{"id":9150,"date":"2013-09-04T16:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T22:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=9150"},"modified":"2013-09-05T02:18:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T08:18:33","slug":"refaeli-seduces-cowell-new-moses-film-east-village-vs-schwimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/refaeli-seduces-cowell-new-moses-film-east-village-vs-schwimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Refaeli seduces Cowell, new Moses film, East Village vs. Schwimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (6NoBacon Staff) &#8212; The Israeli version of &#8220;X Factor\u201d won&#8217;t air until after the High Holidays, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/09\/03\/arts-entertainment\/x-factor-israel-promo-bar-refaeli-comes-on-to-simon-cowell\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">one promo<\/span><\/a> is sure to amp Israelis for their edition of the American hit show.<\/p>\n<p>It features host<strong> Bar Refaeli <\/strong>racing through the desert to an American-style diner, where she meets up with a digitally manipulated Simon Cowell, the show&#8217;s founder and one of its judges.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli supermodel uses tarot cards to seductively introduce Cowell to the four judges, all popular Israeli singers. There\u2019s <strong>Ivri Lider<\/strong>, \u201cthe clever one\u201d; <strong>Shiri Maimon<\/strong>, \u201cthe diamond&#8221;;\u201d <strong>Rami Fortis<\/strong>, \u201cthe crazy one&#8221;; and <strong>Moshe Peretz<\/strong>, \u201cthe prince.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just when you think Refaeli is going to kiss the British bad boy, she grabs his car keys and zooms off, \u201chence getting his approval to get behind the wheel of the car for his show\u2019s debut in the Holy Land,\u201d the Hollywood Reporter so insightfully noted.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all very hot and heavy &#8212; except for the gum-smacking waitress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New big-screen Moses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The man who brought us \u201cAlien\u201d is collecting an all-star cast to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/28\/arts-entertainment\/from-aliens-to-israelites-ridley-scotts-new-moses-flick\" target=\"_blank\">retell the story<\/a> of Moses on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Variety reports that director Ridley Scott is working on \u201cExodus,\u201d a new film about the biblical hero, with former Batman Christian Bale playing Moses. John Turturro and \u201cAlien\u201d alumna Sigourney Weaver have signed on to join the cast as the parents of the pharaoh Ramses, who will be played by Joel Edgerton, according to Variety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreaking Bad\u201d star Aaron Paul is in talks to play Joshua, Moses\u2019 successor, who leads the Israelites into the Promised Land. And according to TheWrap, \u201cSchindler\u2019s List\u201d star Ben Kingsley is in talks to play a Hebrew scholar.<\/p>\n<p>The film is expected to begin filming this month in England, Spain and Morocco. Co-producer Steve Zaillian, who penned the screenplay for \u201cSchindler\u2019s List,\u201d is writing the script.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Ross&#8217; facing wrath over new digs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Someone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/29\/arts-entertainment\/new-york-city-graffiti-targets-david-schwimmer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">spray-painted<\/span><\/a> \u201cRoss is not cool\u201d on a construction site in Manhattan&#8217;s East Village, the New York Post reports. Next to the message was an arrow pointing straight at the new six-story mansion being built by former &#8220;Friends&#8221; star <strong>David Schwimmer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9164\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Graffiti-Schwimmer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9164\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9164 lazyload\" title=\"Graffiti Schwimmer\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Graffiti-Schwimmer-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Graffiti-Schwimmer-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Graffiti-Schwimmer.jpg 750w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/166;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9164\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9164\" title=\"Graffiti Schwimmer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Graffiti-Schwimmer-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Graffiti-Schwimmer-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Graffiti-Schwimmer.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-9164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Village graffiti criticizing the mansion being built by &quot;Friends&quot; star David Schwimmer, right, relates to his character&#39;s name on the show. (evgrieve\/Creative Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whoever is responsible for the graffiti is likely not a \u201cFriends\u201d enemy but instead a gentrification hater. It seems neighbors and preservationists are less than thrilled about Schwimmer&#8217;s 9,000-square-foot digs being built on the site of an 1852 townhouse purchased by the actor and subsequently tore down &#8212; shortly after the city declared the building was up for landmark status.<\/p>\n<p>Other messages on nearby boards and signs include \u201cThe destruction of an irreplaceable historic building for what???\u201d and \u201cF\u2013k you + your uglyness.\u201d We\u2019re guessing Schwimmer won\u2019t be accidentally marrying or enjoying hilarious Thanksgiving feasts with his new neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tales of Corey Feldman&#8217;s orgy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today in Jews Gone Bad news, Corey Feldman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/28\/arts-entertainment\/notes-on-an-orgy-corey-feldmans-orgy\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">hosted an orgy<\/span><\/a> &#8212; an orgy attended by a writer who documented her experience there in great detail.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have not kept up with Feldman\u2019s perpetual downward spiral and remember him only as the adorably snarky child star of \u201cThe Goonies\u201d and \u201cLost Boys,\u201d please avert your eyes. Because what we have here is worse than his video for \u201cAscension Millennium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s even worse than his recent birthday party &#8212; you know, the one that per Vice was full of men who paid a lot of money to be there and women who didn\u2019t have to pay as long as they wore nothing but lingerie. It was also being filmed for the pilot of an online reality show called \u201cCorey\u2019s Angels\u201d &#8212; angels being Feldman\u2019s term for his hot female entourage. (Shh! Nobody tell Charlie Sheen.)<\/p>\n<p>Defamer\u2019s graphic account of the sextravaganza, which took place two years ago, was from a writer using a pseudonym. Of questionable integrity, yes, but riveting nonetheless. And really sad, too.<\/p>\n<p>First, there\u2019s the setting: Feldman\u2019s house, which is \u201cfilled with memorabilia from Corey\u2019s childhood &#8212; movie posters, pinball machines. It\u2019s like his inner child did all the decorating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The host and his guest are doing lots of drugs and having lots of sex (lest we forget, it&#8217;s an orgy). Suddenly Feldman disengages from a young woman and asks her to change the CD (making us wonder if this all happened even more than two years ago, but whatever).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI start to listen to the music. It sounds vaguely familiar. I realize Corey has requested to hear his own CD. He\u2019s having an orgy and listening to himself sing at the same time,\u201d the guest writes.<\/p>\n<p>On her way out the writer walks by what appears to be the bedroom of Feldman\u2019s son. The kid isn\u2019t there, but you can\u2019t help but wonder what his visits might be like. We\u2019re hoping they just involve lots of \u201cGoonies\u201d screenings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Kudrow returning to TV<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to the return of one of our favorite friends!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa Kudrow<\/strong> will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/29\/arts-entertainment\/lisa-kudrow-signs-on-for-season-3-of-scandal\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">joining <\/span><\/a>the cast of \u201cScandal,\u201d according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Jewish actress of \u201cFriends\u201d fame has scored a recurring role as a politician on season 3 of the popular ABC drama.<br \/>\nPlaying a politician probably means there\u2019s no room for any ditzy Phoebe action. Then again, we have seen a ditzy politician or two in our day.<\/p>\n<p>No further details on Kudrow\u2019s character have been revealed, so we\u2019ll just have to wait and see. \u201cScandal\u201d returns on\u00a0Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago honors Allan Sherman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As summer neared its unofficial end and children had recently returned from sleepaway camp &#8212; hopefully without contracting ptomaine poisoning or malaria &#8212; Chicago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/08\/30\/arts-entertainment\/chicago-honors-allan-sherman-famed-jewish-song-parodist\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">honored<\/span><\/a> the 50th anniversary of the release of \u201cHello Muddah, Hello Fadduh\u201d by the famed song parodist <strong>Allan Sherman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s Jewish mayor, <strong>Rahm Emanuel<\/strong>, declared Aug. 31, 2013 as Allan Sherman Day in honor of the man behind the music.<br \/>\n\u201cAllan Sherman\u2019s unique childhood experiences in Chicago\u2019s great immigrant neighborhoods inspired the Jewish song parodies on his three gold albums,\u201d Emanuel said in his proclamation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">Sherman moved from his native Chicago to Los Angeles when he was 6. Five years later, following the divorce of his parents and the death of his mother\u2019s second husband, Sherman was sent back to the Windy City to live with his maternal grandparents, who greatly shaped his future career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was while Allan lived with his grandparents that he learned Yiddish, was surrounded by family (his mother came from a large family), and became attached to Jewish life,\u201d says Mark Cohen, author of \u201cOverweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter one year, Allan was shipped back to L.A., but that year in Chicago was the perfect childhood world he always yearned for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mazel tov roundup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two reasons to celebrate this week:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;NSYNC&#8217;s Lance Bass <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/09\/03\/arts-entertainment\/n-syncs-lance-bass-engaged-to-michael-turchin\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">proposed<\/span><\/a> to his Jewish boyfriend,<strong> Michael Turchin<\/strong>, and Jewish actress <strong>Jamie-Lynn Sigler<\/strong> gave birth to a baby boy.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a pretty good few days for Bass. First there was the \u2018N Sync reunion at the MTV Video Music Awards, and then over the weekend came the proposal to Turchin.He said YES!! Love this man,\u201d read Bass\u2019 caption on an Instagram photo he posted Sunday\u00a0that shows him pointing to Turchin\u2019s engagement ring.<\/p>\n<p>While Bass was raised Southern Baptist, Turchin, an artist and aspiring actor, is a self-described \u201cnice Jewish boy.\u201d The couple has been together since 2011.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: blue;\">gave birth<\/span> to their first child, a son, last week. They have named him Beau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth mommy and baby are great!\u201d a rep of \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d star told Us Weekly.<\/p>\n<p><em>For the latest Jewish celebrity news, visit JTA&#8217;s 6 Degrees (No Bacon) 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=\"Refaeli%20seduces%20Cowell%2C%20new%20Moses%20film%2C%20East%20Village%20vs.%20Schwimmer\";<\/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":[3650,3649,3648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150"}],"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=9150"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9152,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150\/revisions\/9152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}