{"id":5485,"date":"2013-02-20T15:48:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2013-02-25T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T23:49:20","slug":"sacha-baron-cohen-raking-in-the-shekels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/sacha-baron-cohen-raking-in-the-shekels\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacha Baron Cohen raking in the shekels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (6NoBacon) &#8212;\u00a0We pay a lot of money for\u00a0<strong>Sacha Baron Cohen<\/strong>\u00a0to make us feel uncomfortable.\u00a0The Jewish London native is officially the highest paid British actor in America,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fpictures%2Fmfl45khmg%2Fsacha-baron-cohen%2F\" target=\"_blank\">according\u00a0<\/a>to Forbes.com, and even tops Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks in bringing in the dough.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Baron Cohen raked in nearly $31 million thanks to his film \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DcYplvwBvGA4\" target=\"_blank\">The Dictator<\/a>,\u201d but did not make the Forbes Celebrity 100 list because they did not deem him famous enough in the U.S. Tom Cruise led the way with about $74 million. Hanks at $26.2 million and Pitt at $24.7 million trailed Baron Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>Surfacing to stardom through his hilarious HBO sitcom \u201cThe Ali G Show\u201d (you may remember \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVb3IMTJjzfo\" target=\"_blank\">Throw the Jew Down the Well<\/a>\u201d), Baron Cohen went on to make the Hollywood blockbusters \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1l3wco9zVao\" target=\"_blank\">Borat<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUoXAjrevbyI\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno<\/a>.\u201d Other notable films that raised his salary include playing the voice of King Julien in Dreamworks&#8217; \u201cMadagascar\u201d trilogy\u201d; his role as Inspector Gustave in &#8220;Hugo,&#8221; which won 11 Oscars; and most recently as the innkeeper Thenardier in &#8220;Les Miserables.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Radcliffe\u2019s circumcision luck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Radcliffe<\/strong>, best known for sporting round glasses in the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d franchise, is the star of the new film \u201dKill Your Darlings,\u201d which just showed at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. But his magic onscreen wasn&#8217;t the key factor in helping him land the role of playing the American Jewish\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAllen_Ginsberg\" target=\"_blank\">poet\u00a0<\/a>Allen Ginsberg; it was the Jewy-ness of his family jewels.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s director, John Krokidas,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.out.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F2013%2F02%2F11%2Flong-education-daniel-radcliffe\" target=\"_blank\">told\u00a0<\/a>Out Magazine that he was worried Radcliffe wasn\u2019t Jewish when he cast him for the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I sent out the script, I said, \u2018Oh shit, Daniel\u2019s not Jewish,\u2019 \u201c Krokidas said. \u201cAnd my boyfriend said, \u2018Of course he\u2019s Jewish &#8212; everyone in the world knows that. Didn\u2019t you see the shots from &#8216;Equus&#8217;? He\u2019s only British from the waist up.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krokidas was referring to the 1979 play about a psychiatrist who treats a young man suffering from an obsessive fascination with horses that resurfaced in London 2007. Radcliffe as the patient appeared nude on stage, confirming for drama buffs in England and then New York that he indeed was circumcised &#8212; at least for those in orchestra seats. So Radcliffe might owe his mohel a phone call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drew Barrymore is having her tattoos removed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choosing religion over butterflies, Drew Barrymore allegedly is having her tattoos removed to adhere to her husband\u2019s Jewish religion, Star magazine\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fradaronline.com%2Fexclusives%2F2013%2F02%2Ftats-off-for-drew-barrymores-having-her-tattoos-removed%2F\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While converting to Judaism for her husband,\u00a0<strong>William Kopelman<\/strong>, the 38-year-old Barrymore is having six tattoos removed so that she can be buried in a Jewish cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the array that will disappear after painful surgery are a bouquet of flowers on her hip, a butterfly on her stomach, a moon crescent on her toe, two angels on her lower back and a cross on her leg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrew also wants to be a Santa Barbara mom, and tattoos clash with that wardrobe,\u201d a source told Star. \u201cShe\u2019s growing up and turning conservative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mila Kunis wants motherhood over Hollywood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mila Kunis<\/strong>, girlfriend to Ashton Kutcher and star in the upcoming film \u201cOz, the Great and Powerful,\u201d apparently would prefer a life at home with kids rather than playing on the big screen. In an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playboy.com%2Fplayground%2Fview%2Ffrancofile-James-franco-talking-with-mila-kunis\" target=\"_blank\">interview\u00a0<\/a>with Playboy, Kunis revealed that being a mom and homemaker is more appealing than being an actress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5486\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5486\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5486 lazyload\" title=\"milakunis\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5486\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5486 \" title=\"milakunis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/milakunis.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mila Kunis says she ultimately wants a family over a movie career. (Gage Skidmore\/Creative Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, I don\u2019t think I can do this for the rest of my life. I also want a life. I want a family, like, one day, not tomorrow,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to be a present mom &#8230; I\u2019m never in the same place for more than two months. How am I ever going to have a family like that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;If that means I do one movie a year, if people still want to see me and hire me and I don\u2019t suck by that point, great. My only source of happiness can\u2019t be dependent on something so fickle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drake spurs Rihanna-Chris Brown split?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The battle between the Jewish Canadian rapper\u00a0<strong>Drake<\/strong>\u00a0and Chris Brown lives on.<\/p>\n<p>A source\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fsol%2Fhomepage%2Fshowbiz%2Fbizarre%2F4801790%2FRihanna-and-Chris-Brown-split-at-Grammys.html\" target=\"_blank\">told\u00a0<\/a>The Sun that Brown and girlfriend Rihanna split because Rihanna was caught messaging Drake, her ex-boyfriend. Brown and Drake reportedly are suing each other in the aftermath of a brawl last July at a New York nightclub reportedly started over Rihanna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was messaging him and Chris saw and it didn\u2019t go down well,\u201d the source said. \u201cSince that night they have barely spoken and have been doing their own things. For now they have split up, but they will probably make up at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source said the couple broke up the night of the Grammys; the night Drake picked up his first Grammy, for Rap Album of the Year. After cozying up during the show, Brown and Rihanna left looking rather unhappy and later sat at opposites of a club during an after-party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clive Davis reveals he\u2019s bisexual<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Music icon\u00a0<strong>Clive Davis<\/strong>\u00a0has finally revealed the truth about his sexual orientation &#8212; he&#8217;s bisexual.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old Jewish music producer, in the most revealing parts of his new memoir titled \u201cThe Soundtrack of my Life,\u201d discusses his bisexual life, Rolling Stone\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fclive-davis-comes-out-in-new-memoir-20130219%23ixzz2LJzAyw63\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThe-Soundtrack-Life-Clive-Davis%2Fdp%2F1476714789%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26amp%3Bqid%3D1361289164%26amp%3Bsr%3D8-1%26amp%3Bkeywords%3Dthe%2Bsoundtrack%2Bof%2Bmy%2Blife\" target=\"_blank\">memoir<\/a>, which came out Tuesday, has a five-page section toward the end in which Davis, the chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment, talks about his sexuality for the first time in his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn this night, after imbibing enough alcohol, I was open to responding to his sexual overtures,\u201d the twice-divorced Davis writes about a sexual encounter with a man during the \u2018era of Studio 54.\u2019 \u201cAfter my second marriage failed, I met a man who was also grounded in music. Having only had loving relationships and sexual intimacy with women, I opened myself up to the possibility that I could have that with a male, and found that I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the 500-page book chronicles Davis\u2019 Brooklyn childhood and his music career in working with Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Clarkson and many others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isla Fisher on the road for breastfeeding campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Isla Fisher<\/strong>, Sasha Baron Cohen\u2019s better half, has joined Save the Children\u2019s 95 Babies breastfeeding campaign, and traveled to Brazil to promote the campaign under her new role as ambassador, Marie Claire\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marieclaire.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flifestyle%2F540899%2Fisla-fisher-joins-victoria-beckham-in-showing-her-support-for-save-the-children-s-breastfeeding-campaign.html%23index%3D1\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher\u2019s father has been involved with the organization for some 30 years, and Fisher joins other stars such as Victoria Beckham, Myleene Klass, Donna Air and Mariella Frostrup in joining the fight to reduce child mortality rates by promoting breastfeeding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past 20 years, the government has slashed the infant mortality rate by over 50 per cent, and one of the ways they\u2019ve done that is using a unique superfood \u2013 breast milk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite spending time filming the upcoming movie \u201cThe Great Gatsby,\u201d Fisher, a mother of two, had time to travel to Sao Paulo, where the infant mortality rate has been reduced by half since Brazil joined a breastfeeding campaign in 1981.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orthodox female band Bulletproof Stockings hits AOL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The female Chabad band Bulletproof Stockings rocked out last week on AOL\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aol.com%2Fvideo%2Fyouve-got-bulletproof-stockings%2F517669734%2F\" target=\"_blank\">You\u2019ve Got<\/a>\u201d series and explained why its religious adherence only allows them to perform for women.\u00a0Its\u00a0members explained that religious law forbids men to listen to the singing of women and that the band caters to an all-female audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe specifically want to create a space that\u2019s just for women,\u201d said Perl Wolf, one of the band members, explaining that playing music for women only takes away from tensions and distractions of having men around.<\/p>\n<p>Dalia Shusterman, another band member, added, \u201cThe general assumption is that we\u2019re cutting out half our audience, which I suppose is true. But there are only what, 3 billion women in the world? I think we\u2019re good with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bulletproof Stockings story has made headlines in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofisrael.com%2Fgirls-just-want-to-have-fun%2F\" target=\"_blank\">Times of Israel<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypost.com%2Fp%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fbrooklyn%2Funorthodox_dtXvx36DDgZSgg8a37eTAI\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0the New York Post<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fonline%2Fblogs%2Fculture%2F2012%2F12%2Fabrahamic-rockers.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0the New Yorker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Galliano stirs it up with fashion choices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Some saw it as mocking, others thought differently when former Christian Dior fashion designer John Galliano showed up in public in New York wearing a long black jacket, a black top hat and his hair styled in a way that resembled side locks.<\/p>\n<p>Was Galliano &#8212; who just signed on to head the fashion house Oscar de la Renta and had lost his Dior gig for ranting anti-Semitic slurs at a Paris cafe &#8212; fashioning the look of hasid?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is he mocking?\u201d Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypost.com%2FPage%2FUuid%2F72c9ac54-75a5-11e2-8798-41bab40cf16d\" target=\"_blank\">asked <\/a>in the New York Post. \u201cThe way the socks look, the jacket, the peyos &#8230; My question is, who\u2019s he laughing at?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve Kolb, the CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, came to Galliano\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is John\u2019s hair and how he dresses and certainly not a mockery of others,\u201d Kolb tweeted before writing, \u201dLets all take a deep breath, relax and remember it\u2019s just clothes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liz Rosenberg, a spokewoman for Galliano, said any implications that the look was meant to offend was incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>And Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said he didn\u2019t find Galliano\u2019s outfit offensive &#8212; and that it didn\u2019t resemble hasidic garb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a deliberate distortion of his outfit. No hasid wears a scarf or fedora, and Galliano has long hair,\u201d Foxman told JTA. \u201cHe\u2019s not trying to make any statement, and after he reached out to the Jewish community to turn over a new leaf, I find it very sad that this is the way they treat him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julia Louis-Dreyfus irks Israeli women with TV ad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Julia Louis-Dreyfus<\/strong>, best known as Elaine on \u201cSeinfeld\u201d and vice president on HBO\u2019s \u201cVeep,\u201d made Israeli headlines after starring in Israel\u2019s YES satellite television company commercial. In the ad, Louis-Dreyfus assumes a woman in her elevator is pregnant and fires out solutions on how to rectify her mistake.<\/p>\n<p>The commercial ends with her saying, \u201cMade a mistake? Just fix it!\u201d Viewers then are told how they can switch to YES satellite if they still have cable.<\/p>\n<p>The bit provides plenty of laughs, but Israeli women are saying the commercial makes women look silly.<\/p>\n<p>Galit Wolloch, the chairwoman of the Israeli women&#8217;s organization Na&#8217;amat, complained to Israel\u2019s Channel 2 and took to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10151277748518663%26amp%3Bset%3Da.133689163662.107712.94762908662%26amp%3Btype%3D1%26amp%3Btheater\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>to write how insulting and condescending the commercial\u2019s message is, Haaretz\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fblogs%2Froutine-emergencies%2Fjulia-louis-dreyfus-big-mistake-on-israeli-television.premium-1.503125\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call for a stop to this rude and insulting ad, which is running in prime time on commercial television,\u201d Wolloch wrote in Hebrew, saying the placement of an attractive woman near a heavier one appearing to be pregnant offends \u201chundreds of thousands of women across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(For more Jewish entertainment news, visit\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2F6nobacon.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><em>6nobacon.com<\/em><\/a><em>, the illegitimate child of JTA.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Sacha%20Baron%20Cohen%20raking%20in%20the%20shekels\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2044,8790,8795,837,8788,2043],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5485"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5489,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5485\/revisions\/5489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}