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Chosen Music: Let’s Wrestle, The Method Actors, Michael Yonkers

March 18, 2010

Let's Wrestle, In the Court of Wrestling Let's (Merge Records)On their MySpace, Let's Wrestle describes their music as '"Grunge/Salsa/Dutch/Pop,'" but this debut record is more accessible than you'd i...

Prayers of Millions Answered: Madoff Does Get Beaten in Prison

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March 18, 2010

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The Wall Street Journal confirmed today that Bernie Madoff, the badass Ponzi wizard, was assaulted by a fellow inmate back in December when he was treated for a broken nose and fractured ribs. Back then, both M...

Heeb Loves the Internet: Our Web Obsessions

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March 17, 2010

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New book Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating or Having Sex seems to feature most of the cast of Look at this Fucking Hipster. (Lemondrop) Here's No. 312 - teaching your alpaca how...

Chosen Film: “Hot Tub Time Machine”

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March 17, 2010

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Hot tubs are awesome. Time machines are even better. Sadly, when you smash the two together in movie form, you get the season's shoddy answer to The Hangover. Like last year's frat boy fest, Hot Tub Time Machi...

Nobody Hates Israel Like CNN Viewers

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March 17, 2010

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(video after the jump) While Rick Sanchez chatted politely with Wolf Blitzer about the current US-Israel tensions, followers of his Twitter feed chimed in with these insightful points:Beau1969 believes that &qu...

Chosen Comix: “From the Ashes”

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March 17, 2010

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When Bob Fingerman envisions the future, he sees a planet with mutants and a healthy supply of Slim Jims. As From the Ashes, his latest graphic novel, begins, Fingerman and wife Michele stand amidst the rubble....

Jewish Man Defends Nazi Pope but You Can Blame the Commies

StevenM

March 17, 2010

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Ever since last week's New York Times profile, Gary Krupp has gotten a lot of attention. (Even the title was shocking: "Wartime Pope Has a Huge Fan: A Jewish Knight") While everyone else in the Jewish world spi...

Jewish Organization Lehava Defends Call for Bar Refaeli / Leo DiCaprio Breakup

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March 16, 2010

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Last week, we reported how Jewish organization Lehava urged Bar Refaeli to dump her inappropriate goy boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio via a letter to the supermodel's mother. Now, Lehava founder Mosis Zion defends ...

Paul McCartney Supports Israel’s Fur Ban

Lauren Soroken

March 16, 2010

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Knighted ladies man and former Beatle Paul McCartney is backing a bill proposed by Israeli animal rights organization Let the Animals Live to ban all fur trade in Israel. If passed, Israel will be the first cou...

Heeb Loves the Internet: Our Web Obsessions

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March 15, 2010

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Breakfast of Champions: The lady gunning to become to the world's fattest woman starts each day by sucking the "soft buttery bacon caramel" out of the new Vosges dark chocolate egg. (The World's Best ...

Dreidel Hustler Interviews Roger Ebert

Brian Abrams

March 15, 2010

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Kind of ironic that it wasn't a phone interview, huh? Or is it too soon to make the can't-talk jokes? No matter: This was part of a dork project I took on in 1993, when I interviewed 22 film critics and asked f...

Chosen Books: “Marry Him”

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March 15, 2010

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Sarah ordered a $16 dollar glass of Bordeaux - "For the tannins," she said - before counting off her latest glamorous projects: interviews with famous actors, a travel piece on Iceland, a film script that's pro...