{"id":7858,"date":"2013-06-26T07:35:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2013-06-26T07:35:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T13:35:19","slug":"silvermans-dad-rips-japs-winehouse-death-theory-drake-rejected-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/silvermans-dad-rips-japs-winehouse-death-theory-drake-rejected-in-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverman&#8217;s dad rips JAPs, Winehouse death theory, Drake rejected in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (6NoBacon.com) &#8212; Thanks to the cultural gem that is \u201cPrincesses: Long Island,\u201d lately the term JAP &#8212; Jewish American Princess &#8212; has been bandied around with a vigor that hasn\u2019t been seen since the lavish bat mitzvah and nose job-filled days of our adolescence.<\/p>\n<p>Those not happy about the development have company in <strong>Donald Silverman<\/strong>, the father of JAC (Jewish American Comedian) <strong>Sarah Silverman<\/strong>. The elder Silverman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/06\/25\/arts-entertainment\/sarah-silvermans-dad-doesnt-like-japs\" target=\"_blank\">finds it infuriating<\/a> that anyone would proudly own a label that implies they are materialistic and shallow.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, anyone who does is \u201cbeing an asshole,\u201d he told HuffPost Live.<\/p>\n<p>While Silverman\u2019s four daughters and five grandchildren \u201cdon\u2019t wear jewelry or drive new cars,\u201d he said, and therefore are anti-JAPs, we don\u2019t doubt Silverman\u2019s expertise in this area. He was Skyped in to the interview from Boca Raton, after all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winehouse&#8217;s brother: Bulimia killed her\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the \u201c<strong>Amy Winehouse<\/strong>: A Family Portrait\u201d exhibit, opening soon at London\u2019s Jewish Museum, will show the public a different version of the singer\u2019s life than the one we saw in the tabloids, her brother has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Amy_Winehouse2-213x157.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">come forward<\/a> with a new angle on how she died.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #500050;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While he doesn\u2019t deny her very public struggle with drugs and alcohol, it isn\u2019t what killed her, says <strong>Alex Winehouse<\/strong>. Instead, he claims, it was bulimia that actually led to his sister&#8217;s death. (The coroner&#8217;s inquest listed alcohol poisoning as the cause of death).<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;She would have died eventually the way she was going, but what really killed her was the bulimia,&#8221; he told The Observer. &#8220;Had she not had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Alex Winehouse, his sister developed bulimia in her late teens, like her friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;d put loads of rich sauces on their food, scarf it down and throw it up,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They stopped doing it, but Amy never really stopped. We all knew she was doing it but it&#8217;s almost impossible [to tackle], especially if you&#8217;re not talking about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #500050;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Winehouse died in 2011 at age 27. Tragic, no matter how exactly it happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Drake&#8217;s wait to party with Heat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the Miami Heat&#8217;s NBA Finals victory over the San Antonio Spurs, Canadian rapper<strong> Drake<\/strong>, an avid Heat fan and good friends with Heat superstar LeBron James (meaning he will probably become an avid fan of the next team LeBron decides to take his talents to), wanted to use his star power to get into the Miami locker room to congratulate the champs.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, the television cameras caught Drizzy being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/06\/24\/arts-entertainment\/drake-double-feature-watch-his-locker-room-rejection-hear-his-new-songs\" target=\"_blank\">rejected<\/a> by the security guards. One of the guards said access was granted only to media, whereupon Drake responded, &#8220;I am the f***ing media.&#8221; Of course, that didn&#8217;t help his odds.<\/p>\n<p>Drake had to wait until the after party, where the rapper performed while LeBron and co-star Dwayne Wade were drinking champagne and eating pizza next to him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rick Moranis&#8217; Jewish album<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t tell The Lonely Island, but there\u2019s another comic album out this month, and it\u2019s just as delightfully ridiculous &#8212; albeit a lot less raunchy and much more heimishe.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #500050;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Rick Moranis<\/strong> might not be the first actor you\u2019d think would venture into the world of jokey music. In fact, it\u2019s likely you would not think of him at all, seeing how he retired from acting in the \u201990s.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Recently, however, the star of classics such as \u201cSpaceballs,\u201d \u201cParenthood\u201d and \u201cLittle Shop Of Horrors\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Rick-Moranis-My-Mothers-Brisket-and-Other-Love-Songs-e1371652959569-156x109.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">released <\/a>\u201cMy Mother\u2019s Brisket &amp; Other Love Songs,\u201d a collection of tunes in which he seriously owns his Jewish heritage.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the title song, a ballad about his favorite Shabbat dish, other tracks have names like \u201cPu-Pu-Pu,\u201d \u201cLive Blogging the Himmel Family Bris\u201d and \u201cBelated Haftorah.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #500050;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n\u201cIn the past if I were to have come up with stuff like this, this filter would have been on it,\u201d Moranis told The New York Times, referring back to his days writing for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. \u201cWe would come up with something, and one of us would say, \u2018No, no, no, it\u2019s too Jewish. Can\u2019t do it; it\u2019s too Jewish.<\/span><\/span>&#8220;This time, because I was essentially going to make this record on my own, I could just say, \u2018The hell with it.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It might seem like an odd career choice, but not so much when you consider his last project. In 2005 Moranis, who quit acting to spend more time with his family following his wife\u2019s death, came out with \u201cThe Agoraphobic Cowboy,\u201d a humorous country album that was nominated for a Grammy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #500050;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nWe hope he has the same mazel this time around.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #500050;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Greenfield back with &#8216;Veronica Mars&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>While most JAPs on TV today are no fun to watch, there is one we find vastly entertaining: \u201cNew Girl\u2019s\u201d Schmidt, played by Max Greenfield.<\/p>\n<p>Before his days metrosexualing it up and shoving dollars in the douchebag jar on the Fox hit, Greenfield was known for his role as Deputy Leo on \u201cVeronica Mars\u201d &#8212; a role he\u2019ll be reprising in the upcoming movie version of the UPN\/CW show.<\/p>\n<p>Greenfield <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/06\/20\/arts-entertainment\/new-girls-max-greenfield-signs-on-to-veronica-mars-movie\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> the news last week during a Google Hangout interview with Gold Derby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited about it,\u201d he said of the Kickstarter-funded project starring Kristen Bell. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those few occasions where you\u2019re working on something everybody is so excited to be there. Everybody is going to be going full force on this project, and it\u2019s going to be like a fun reunion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>De Niro respects Israelis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The celebrities on hand for President <strong>Shimon Peres<\/strong>&#8216; 90th birthday festival last week left Israel with some unforgettable memories.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Stone spent her remaining time in Israel participating in a video forum with Peres and Arab youth from all over the world. <strong>Barbra Streisand<\/strong> filled Tel Aviv&#8217;s Bloomfield Stadium twice for her 99th and 100th live shows, which were praised by critics.<\/p>\n<p>Even Robert De Niro stopped by and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/06\/20\/arts-entertainment\/robert-de-niro-praises-israels-aggressiveness\" target=\"_blank\">shared his thoughts<\/a> on Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they\u2019re energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They\u2019re nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Two Many Lenas&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Good news to all you <strong>Lena Dunham<\/strong> fans out there who just want more and more (and more) of her. A Brooklyn performance took the Dunham phenomenon to stage and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/06\/19\/arts-entertainment\/too-many-lenas\" target=\"_blank\">multiplied her<\/a> by five for the performance &#8220;Two Many Lenas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group depicting the many sides and quirks of Dunham goes by Caroll Simmons and identifies as a \u201cpop-up performance collective dedicated to unraveling and exploring the legacy of filmmaker, writer and actor Lena Dunham.\u201d For those who aren\u2019t steadfast Lena fans, Caroll is the first name of Dunham\u2019s father and Simmons is the last name of Lena\u2019s mother. Creativity!<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cToo Many Lenas,\u201d each character represents a separate \u201cLena trait&#8221;: apologetic, perfect, self-depicted, naked and urban. A sixth Lena serves as a mixed bag of the others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Bernstein<\/strong>, a young filmmaker and the brainchild of Caroll Simmons, reached out to some friends in January with an idea for a show called \u201cFour Lenas.\u201d And now we have 7!<\/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=\"Silverman%27s%20dad%20rips%20JAPs%2C%20Winehouse%20death%20theory%2C%20Drake%20rejected%20in%20Miami\";<\/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":[1711,3062,8790,8795,8788,2054],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858"}],"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=7858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7859,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions\/7859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}