Reality television star Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson showing a letter she received from an Israeli fan. (Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Adi Segal, an Israeli fan of the “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” star, sent her a letter from a bomb shelter during the recent Gaza conflict.\u00a0“We watch your show every time we feel terrorized and threatened and you light up our faces,” wrote Segal, a college student. “We watch it in our bomb shelters and panic room, and rejoice in the happiness and joy you spread. When you are playing redneck games, eating sketti or dumpster diving, we feel like we are dumpster diving along your side and forget the sad reality that is outside. Your family is a shining beautimous beacon of hope for the Middle East.”<\/p>\n
In response, the toddler in tiara took a photo of herself with the letter and an inflatable hammer emblazoned with the Israeli flag and posted it on her Facebook page. Is this the next step in Israeli hasbarah? Is it connected to the recent firing of the Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon?<\/p>\n
Maybe next year we’ll be able to watch \u201cLand of Milk and Honey Boo Boo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lena Dunham book leaks<\/strong><\/p>\nThe book proposal that landed “Girls” creator\u00a0Lena Dunham<\/strong>\u00a0a $3.7 million publishing deal was\u00a0leaked\u00a0online on Monday.\u00a0The 66-page proposal explains the ideas behind the book, \u201cNot That Kind of Girl,\u201d and reveals it will be divided into six sections: Work, Friendship, Body, Sex, Love and Big Picture, the Christian Science Monitor reported. The structure of the book by the Jewish actress, writer and director is inspired by the late Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown\u2019s \u201cHaving It All.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve never kept a diary,\u201d Dunham wrote in the introduction. \u201cI remember being given a journal around age six, penning a long paragraph about my massive crush on Colin Bliss (what a name!) and then leaving it casually strewn open on the kitchen counter for my parents to \u2018find.\u2019 Here was my feeling: if a girl writes in her diary and no one\u2019s there to read it did she really write at all?\u201d<\/p>\n
Some notable quotes from the proposal include: \u201cEvery ice pop I ate, every movie I watched, every poem I wrote was tinged with a fearful loss,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve been in therapy since I was seven.\u201d<\/p>\n
The leaked proposal was posted on various blogs and websites, but was taken down when Dunham\u2019s attorney intervened. There is still no word if she is writing the book naked while eating cake.<\/p>\n
The future about nothing<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat if the most popular sitcom of all time took place in 2012?\u00a0SeinfeldToday, the creation of Jack Moore, the editor of BuzzFeed Sports, and comedian\u00a0Josh Gondelman\u00a0<\/strong>aims to\u00a0answer\u00a0that question.<\/p>\nOn Twitter, the two imagine what a modern-day version of\u00a0 the show about nothing would look like.\u00a0One of the tweets predicted that “Elaine joins JDate so she pretends to be Jewish. She meets an amazing guy who dumps her for being ‘too Jewy.’ George discovers falafel.”<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m pretty much constantly watching episodes in the background while I\u2019m doing anything,\u201d Moore told the Atlantic Wire. \u201cI have a thumb drive with the whole series on it that I keep in my bag pretty much all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zach Braff’s new relative<\/strong><\/p>\nThere\u2019s nothing quite like discovering new branches of the Jewish family tree, espcially when that branch reaches all the way to failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney.\u00a0Zach Braff<\/strong>, the Jewish star best known for the film \u201cGarden State\u201d and the TV show \u201cScrubs,\u201d recently\u00a0discovered\u00a0that he\u2019s related to the ex-governor of Massachusetts through a common ancestor. And not just any ancestor, but one accused of witchcraft in the 17th century, according to report from MSN.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s very bizarre because believe it or not, I thought it was another prank on the Internet because I\u2019ve been killed off on the Internet, I came out of the closet on the Internet, a lot of things have happened to me on the web and I start getting wind that I was related to Mitt Romney through a witch!\u201d Braff said during an appearance on \u201cRove L.A.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like a joke, but this genealogist, who I guess has way too much time on his hands, went and tracked my mother\u2019s maiden name and figured out she grew up in Rhode Island and discovered that Mitt Romney and I are related through the very last woman who was killed through the Salem witch trials,\u201d he went on. \u201cAnd I thought it was like a tabloid thing, [but] it was a reputable genealogy journal, so yeah, Mitt and I are related through a witch!\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019re not quite sure what this means for the tribe, but Braff would certainly be an interesting edition to the Romney family portrait.<\/p>\n
Mayim vs. ‘The View’<\/strong><\/p>\n“Big Bang Theory” actress\u00a0Mayim Bialik<\/strong>\u00a0came out\u00a0<\/a>with the upper hand this past week after cashing a check from ABC for appearing on “The View” last year.\u00a0The show’s hosts made some incendiary comments, suggesting her divorce was a result of her attachment parenting methods, which include breastfeeding her 4-year-old and having all her children sleep in the same bed with her and her soon-to-be ex-husband.<\/p>\n\u201cI like that less than a week after \u2018The View\u2019 bashed me and blamed me for my parenting choices causing my divorce, I got a residuals check for my appearance on their show from last year which was about my parenting book. Heehee,\u201d she wrote on her Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hands-on style of parenting we practice played no role in the changes that led to this decision,” she noted separately on her website, dismissing speculation that her parenting style played a role in the ending of her marriage. “Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.”<\/p>\n
Bar sees you when you’re sleeping<\/strong><\/p>\nYou better watch out,\u00a0Bar Refaeli<\/strong>\u00a0is coming to town.\u00a0The Israeli supermodel\u00a0posted\u00a0a photo on Instagram wearing a Santa suit with the caption \u201cGood Morning Santa!\u201d She appears to be either hung over or exhausted.<\/p>\nOf course, a photo of a famous Jewish model wearing Christmas gear couldn’t pass without comment. Jewish and Israeli followers of Refaeli expressed their feelings, mostly along the lines of \u201cYou know you\u2019re Jewish, right?\u201d Some hoped that she would find God; others said she should just convert to Christianity and get it over with. Others accused her of \u201cbetraying Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was the second time in the past few weeks that Refaeli found herself in the center of a social media storm. During the crisis in Gaza, Refaeli tweeted, \u201cI prey [sic] for the safety of the citizens on both sides and for the day we will live in peace and harmony Amen.\u201d For some reason, Refaeli\u2019s decision to hope for the safety of both sides made many people, including some minor celebrities, accuse her of being \u201cunpatriotic.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response to the latest criticism, Refaeli tweeted in Hebrew, “It’s very entertaining to read criticism of a picture I uploaded wearing a Santa Claus costume as I spend most of my days rehearsing for a Chanukkah show, happy holiday!”<\/p>\n
Refaeli will play the role of Cinderalla in an upcoming play in Israel.<\/p>\n
Nice Jewish Guys Calendar is back<\/strong><\/p>\nAttention ladies (and gentlemen), it is time again to greet the 12 nicest, most pleasant-looking guys — guys who will always call the next day, bring you soup when you\u2019re sick and be nice to your mother. Yes, the 2013 Nice Jewish Guys Calendar\u00a0is here<\/a>, just in time for the holiday season.<\/p>\nThe man behind the idea is TV producer Adam Cohen (Food Network\u2019s \u201cCupcake Wars\u201d), who told BWB that he came up with the idea in 2010 after joking with friends about \u201chow all calendars have firemen or pin-up hotties.\u201d As for the lucky guys, Cohen said, \u201cSome are friends of friends of friends, some answer Internet listings and others just find me.\u201d<\/p>\n
They are all single. But, Adam adds, \u201cHopefully by the time the calendar comes out, they get snatched up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cohen has a vision: \u201cIf this calendar can accomplish anything, it would be my hope that women give this guy a chance out at a bar. He\u2019s funny, nice and a great listener. What\u2019s not to like!?\u201d<\/p>\n
So what are you waiting for, go get it. Mr. April is even holding two puppies!<\/p>\n
(For more Jewish entertainment news, visit\u00a0<\/em>6nobacon.com<\/em><\/a>, the illegitimate child of JTA.)<\/em><\/p>\n
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