{"id":7174,"date":"2013-05-13T07:35:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=7174"},"modified":"2013-05-13T07:38:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:38:16","slug":"ashton-kutcher-heading-to-israel-adam-yauch-memorialized-amanda-bynes-twitter-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/ashton-kutcher-heading-to-israel-adam-yauch-memorialized-amanda-bynes-twitter-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashton Kutcher heading to Israel, Adam Yauch memorialized, Amanda Bynes&#8217; Twitter fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (JTA) &#8212; Israel next week will welcome its first big-name American visitor since Barack Obama. OK, so this time it\u2019s the star of \u201cTwo And A Half Men\u201d and not the ruler of the free world, but <strong>Ashton Kutcher<\/strong> equals pretty exciting stuff.<\/p>\n<p>The Kabbalah-practicing actor will bring his Jewish girlfriend, actress <strong>Mila Kunis<\/strong>, aka the Sexiest Woman in the World (see item below), according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofisrael.com%2Fisrael-trip-on-tap-for-ashton-kutcher%2F\" target=\"_blank\">Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kutcher has visited the Holy Land before, the last time in 2010 with then-wife and fellow Kabbalah devotee Demi Moore.<\/p>\n<p>In Israel, rather than exploring mysticism, Kutcher will be promoting high-tech initiatives &#8212; that actually sounds about as opaque and vague.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Park named for Beastie Boys&#8217; Adam Yauch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York City honored the late rapper <strong>Adam Yauch<\/strong>, MCA\u00a0of the Beastie Boys, by bestowing his name on a Brooklyn playground. The park, formerly called Palmetto Playground, is just a couple of blocks from where the musician grew up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7176\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adam-Yauch-Park.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7176\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7176 lazyload\" title=\"Adam Yauch Park Naming At Palmetto Playground\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adam-Yauch-Park-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"166\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adam-Yauch-Park-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adam-Yauch-Park-1024x631.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 270px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 270\/166;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7176\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7176 \" title=\"Adam Yauch Park Naming At Palmetto Playground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adam-Yauch-Park-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adam-Yauch-Park-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Adam-Yauch-Park-1024x631.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noel and Frances Yauch, second from left, and former Beastie Boys member Adam Horovitz and wife Rachael, with New York City and Brooklyn officials standing by the plaque marking Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn, May 3, 2013. (Daniel Zuchnik\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the dedication ceremony last week, speakers included bandmate<strong> Adam Horovitz <\/strong>(aka Ad-Rock); Yauch\u2019s parents, Frances and Noel, and Borough President <strong>Marty Markowitz<\/strong>, who rapped his own version of the Beastie Boys\u2019 \u201cOpen Letter to NYC,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fpopcandy%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Fadam-yauch-park%2F2132735%2F\" target=\"_blank\">according to USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Hangover&#8217; Jews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis were not on most people&#8217;s radar back in 2007. That&#8217;s probably why the casting folks for \u201cThe Hangover\u201d were initially trying for more famous stars &#8212; and coincidentally, more Jewish &#8212; for the lead roles.<\/p>\n<p>The first actor associated with the project was <strong>Jack Black<\/strong>, who dropped out early on, director Todd Phillips told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Fnews%2Fhangover-uncensored-oral-history-449046\" target=\"_blank\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. <strong>Paul Rudd<\/strong> also passed on the film.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not hard to imagine Black and Rudd blacking out in Vegas, but Jake Gyllenhaal in the part ultimately played by Galifianakis? Not so much, although Gyllenhaal had been on the wish list for the first version of the character, which originally was a younger brother rather than an older one still living at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Bynes melts down on Twitter<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just a day after<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.6nobacon.com%2F2013%2F05%2F01%2Ffive-scary-tweets-from-amanda-bynes%2F\" target=\"_blank\"> tweeting lingerie-clad selfies<\/a>, former Nickelodeon star<strong> Amanda Bynes<\/strong> star posted an even louder cry for attention (and help?): topless photos of herself.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not just the nudity that indicates a depressing rock bottomness to her downward spiral. It\u2019s seeing her all alone in her bathroom, her tweaked-out expressions, her photo captions (\u201cRawr!\u201d). Eek.<\/p>\n<p>And just when you think it can\u2019t get worse, Bynes goes off on actress and author Jenny McCarthy, who shared over Twitter that the police were at Bynes\u2019 house and that hopefully the troubled 27-year-old would now get the help she needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@JennyMcCarthy I need help? What are u talking about?&#8221; Bynes ranted. &#8220;Aren\u2019t u 50 years old? I\u2019m 27, u look 80 compared to me! Why are you talking about me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And:\u00a0&#8220;@JennyMcCarthy you\u2019re ugly! Police weren\u2019t at my house old lady! Shut the f**k up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For once Bynes seemed somewhat aware of her mania, eventually removing the tweets and apologizing. \u201dYou\u2019re beautiful! I was lying!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mila Kunis, world&#8217;s sexiest woman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FHM magazine put <strong>Mila Kunis<\/strong> at the top of its annual 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. The super classy publication (tagline: \u201cIt\u2019s great to be a man\u201d) praises her work on \u201cThat \u201970s Show,\u201d \u201cForgetting Sarah Marshall\u201d and Black Swan,\u201d in which, we are reminded, Kunis \u201cplayed tonsil-hockey\u201d with <strong>Natalie Portman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Surely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F03%2F16%2Fmila-kunis-ashton-kutcher-reunite_n_2886293.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ashton Kutcher<\/a> would agree with the editors, who call the Ukrainian Jewish star the \u201cDream Girlfriend.\u201d Other chosen ladies who made the arbitrary cut: <strong>Scarlett Johannson<\/strong> at No. 49 and\u00a0<strong>Alison Brie<\/strong>, No. 57.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lena Dunham&#8217;s expensive digs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s often hard to figure out how much of the real-life <strong>Lena Dunham<\/strong> makes it into the character she plays on her HBO series \u201cGirls.\u201d It\u2019s certain, though, that Hannah Horvath would never have gone with a real estate agent to see the apartment Dunham checked out over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The three-bedroom pad in the hip Williamsburg section of Brooklyn features twin walk-in closets, a giant living room-kitchen area and a 1,900-square-foot wrap-around terrace with views of the Manhattan skyline and the Williamsburg Bridge, according to the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Flife-style%2Freal-estate%2Fgirls-creator-lena-dunham-eyes-billyburg-gretsch-building-article-1.1330450%3FlocalLinksEnabled%3Dfalse\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Daily News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(For more Jewish entertainment news, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/6nobacon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>6nobacon.com<\/em><\/span><\/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=\"Ashton%20Kutcher%20heading%20to%20Israel%2C%20Adam%20Yauch%20memorialized%2C%20Amanda%20Bynes%27%20Twitter%20fit\";<\/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":[2762,2760,81,8790,8795,1202,2761,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7174"}],"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=7174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7177,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7174\/revisions\/7177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}