{"id":9080,"date":"2013-09-01T22:55:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T04:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=9080"},"modified":"2013-09-01T22:55:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T04:55:44","slug":"drake-undercut-by-stylist-revelry-at-franco-roast-one-directions-harry-goes-kosher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/drake-undercut-by-stylist-revelry-at-franco-roast-one-directions-harry-goes-kosher\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake undercut by stylist, revelry at Franco roast, One Direction&#8217;s Harry goes kosher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (6NoBacon Staff) &#8212;<strong> Drake<\/strong>\u2019s smooth look doesn\u2019t come cheap &#8212; especially if you\u2019re the one dressing him.<\/p>\n<p>According to papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Canadian rapper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/27\/arts-entertainment\/stylist-claims-drake-owes-him-70k\" target=\"_blank\">owes<\/a> former stylist Michael Raphael more than $70,000 in fees and expenses, the New York Daily News reports.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer Drake hired Raphael, the owner of a high-end Manhattan boutique he frequented, to help him with his \u201cbrand direction.\u201d Translation: He hired Raphael to pick out his clothing. Which isn\u2019t as easy as it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for the American Music Awards in November, for example, Raphael says he had to travel from Los Angeles to New York just to fetch a \u201ccustom-designed chain and pendant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raphael also claims Drake asked him to move to Toronto but did not reimburse him for rent. Then there were the thousands of dollars of items he bought for Drake at Foot Locker, Nike and J. Crew. Raphael says Drake fired him in December before paying back any of the money he shelled out.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Post, Raphael is seeking compensation plus an award for breach of contract. The grand total: $76,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Franco roast revealed<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nComedy Central\u2019s roast of <strong>James Franco <\/strong>doesn\u2019t air until <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sept. 2<\/span><\/span>, but already a slew of critics and bloggers are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/27\/arts-entertainment\/best-jewish-jokes-from-the-james-franco-roast\" target=\"_blank\">ruining<\/a>it for enlightening the rest of us who weren\u2019t lucky enough to attend the event Sunday night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9081\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rogen-and-Franco.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9081\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9081 lazyload\" title=\"The Comedy Central Roast Of James Franco - Show\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rogen-and-Franco-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rogen-and-Franco-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rogen-and-Franco-1024x692.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/202;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9081\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9081 \" title=\"The Comedy Central Roast Of James Franco - Show\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rogen-and-Franco-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rogen-and-Franco-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Rogen-and-Franco-1024x692.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-9081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seth Rogen, left, and James Franco laughing onstage during the Comedy Central roast of James Franco, Aug. 25, 2013. (Photo by Jason Merritt\/Getty Images for Comedy Central)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While we really did want to wait to actually hear funny folks like <strong>Andy Samberg<\/strong>, <strong>Sarah Silverman<\/strong>, <strong>Seth Rogen<\/strong> and <strong>Jonah Hill <\/strong>take gibes at Franco &#8212; and each other &#8212; naturally we couldn\u2019t help but take a peek at the many lists of the evening\u2019s best jokes that are flooding the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out the lines were pretty funny &#8212; and pretty Jewy. Here are a few of our favorites:<\/p>\n<p>Bill Hader on the Rogen-<strong>Barbra Streisand<\/strong> movie &#8220;The Guilt Trip&#8221;: \u201cIf I wanted to watch two ugly Jews weaving through traffic, I\u2019d watch Seinfeld\u2019s web series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogen on the roasters: \u201cThis dais is literally Hitler\u2019s wet dream. It\u2019s got Jews, gays and whatever Aziz is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Kroll: \u201cJames Franco is truly our generation\u2019s James Dean. So handsome that you forget he\u2019s only been in two good movies. Dean, of course, died at the tender age of 24 sparing himself the embarrassment of writing self-indulgent short stories and getting roasted by a bunch of jealous Jew monsters.<\/p>\n<p>Silverman: \u201cI can\u2019t tell if this is the dais or the line to suck <strong>Judd Apatow<\/strong>\u2019s balls. This dais is so Jewy. What is this, the Comedy Central audit of James Franco?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Natasha Leggero: \u201cAndy Samberg\u2019s comedy group is called The Lonely Island, which is how each of his teeth feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>One Direction star wears a kipah<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nIn what seems like a bid to become even more popular among Jewish tweens of the female persuasion, Harry Styles of the band One Direction <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/26\/arts-entertainment\/one-directions-harry-styles-spotted-at-nyc-kosher-eatery\" target=\"_blank\">paid a visit<\/a> to the Manhattan kosher restaurant Le Marais on Aug. 22, The Algeminer reports.<\/p>\n<p>The British hearthrob was even wearing a kipah &#8212; a blue knitted number embroidered with his name. According to Twitter, it was a birthday gift from director friend Ben Winston.<\/p>\n<p>While Styles, who sports a Hebrew tattoo and occasionally tweets in Yiddish, is obviously quite philosemitic, he is not in fact Jewish. Don\u2019t believe us? Ask his dad, who recently issued this statement to curious fans:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Still lots of queries asking if H is some % Jewish? No idea where any rumours came from in but, categorically, he is 0% Jewish. Not at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rivers, Midler rip Miley&#8217;s VMA romp<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile the promo for the MTV Video Music Awards featured Macklemore and Ryan Lewish blowing a shofar, Sunday&#8217;s show in Brooklyn didn&#8217;t offer much Jewish content.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/27\/arts-entertainment\/joan-rivers-bette-midler-react-to-miley-cyrus-vma-performance\" target=\"_blank\">big talk<\/a> was the racy performance by Miley Cyrus that included provocative dancing and other bizarre actions. Miley&#8217;s moves caused a couple of outspoken Jewish women,<strong> Joan Rivers<\/strong> and<strong> Bette Midler<\/strong>, to share their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers tweeted, &#8220;Miley Cyrus at the VMAs last night reminds me of Candyland &#8212; the easiest game in town and everyone gets a turn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Midler offered: &#8220;Did you see @MileyCyrus on the VMA&#8217;s? Does her tongue hanging out mean she&#8217;s dehydrated?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pretty much what the Jewish mother in us was thinking, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brody to play Houdini<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe History cable network is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/22\/arts-entertainment\/adrien-brody-to-play-harry-houdini\" target=\"_blank\">putting together<\/a> a four-hour miniseries on the life Harry Houdini, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, \u201cThe Pianist\u201d star <strong>Adrien Brody<\/strong> has signed on to play the legendary Jewish magician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoudini\u201d will track the rabbi\u2019s son from his poor roots to a life of celebrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince my childhood, when I dreamed of being a great magician, Harry Houdini has been one of my heroes,\u201d Brody said. \u201cHis bravery and obsessive determination still fascinate me. Houdini mastered the art of escape &#8212; not only from physical chains, but from poverty and the social constraints of a humble immigrant origin. His life story appeals to the universal longing for acceptance with which we all can identify. To portray him is beyond an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kristen Connolly from \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d will play his wife, Bess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bar to boycotter Waters: Remove my photo<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nPink Floyd front-man Roger Waters has rather publicly encouraged a boycott of Israel. Now one well-known Israeli has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/21\/arts-entertainment\/bar-refaeli-to-roger-waters-remove-my-photo-from-your-videos\" target=\"_blank\">demand<\/a> for him: Remove her photo from a video he uses during his performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoger Waters, you should remove my picture from videos at your concerts. If you\u2019re going to boycott, then go all the way,\u201d Israeli supermodel <strong>Bar Refaeli<\/strong> tweeted to her 500,000 followers last week.<\/p>\n<p>Her message followed Waters\u2019 open letter to fellow musicians asking \u00a0them to join with him \u201cand thousands of other artists around the world to declare a cultural boycott on Israel.\u201d Snap!<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully he\u2019ll heed her call and delete the shot. And who knows, maybe once he\u2019s on a roll, he\u2019ll drop the pig balloon and Nazi uniform, too.<\/p>\n<p><em>For the latest Jewish celebrity news, visit JTA&#8217;s 6 Degrees (<span style=\"background-image: initial; background-color: #ffffcc;\">No<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"background-image: initial; background-color: #ffffcc;\">Bacon<\/span>) blog.<\/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=\"Drake%20undercut%20by%20stylist%2C%20revelry%20at%20Franco%20roast%2C%20One%20Direction%27s%20Harry%20goes%20kosher%20\";<\/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":[3619,3618,3062,3407,8790,8795,8788,3617,3408],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080"}],"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=9080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9082,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080\/revisions\/9082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}