Damned Yankees
In yet another example of America's heady cultural imperialism, Boston-based entrepreneur Larry Baras is bringing our national pastime to the Holy Land; June 24 will mark the opening day of the Israeli Baseball...
I Got it from My Ima
Last year, the "Black Eyed Peas held a concert in Tel Aviv.":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyAd-BGGxJw On September 9, they're back in Israel, this time to headline "Jerusalem Rocks!":http://www.jerusalemrocks...
Whatchu Talkin Bout, Officer?
Not yet satisfied your fix for depressing news about former child stars? Try this one: Two days ago, the cops cited Gary Coleman for disorderly conduct after he was seen "banging on his steering wheel and argui...
Lost Men
In other "Corey Feldman news":http://heebmagazine.com/blog/view/271, he's teamed back up with Corey Haim for a "poorly-reviewed":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072702432.h...
_Heeb_ Love Chunk
Last weekend, geeks abounded at the "2007 San Diego Comic-Con":http://www.comic-con.org/, as junior movie studio execs, graphic novelists, and Boba Fett groupies gathered to celebrate the man-child universe.
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Let’s Play Two!
What do Rocky and the history of the Jewish people have in common? No, the answer is not "_pain_,":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1TxiVhrkZA as Clubber Lang might assert. The answer is that both will be honore...
Hot and Bothered Over Hillary
It is not our desire to venture out of the warm, nurturing embrace of the entertainment world, but "David Brooks'":http://select.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/opinion/27brooks.html?_r=1&hp&oref=login piece in the _Tim...
Bat Boy Weeps at Loss of “The World’s Only Reliable Newspaper”
After 28 years of thrillingly reputable journalism, the Weekly World News is "shutting down":http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN7O23037320070724. The last issue of the beloved tabloid is slated fo...
The More the Merrier?
Yesterday, Slate "discussed":http://www.slate.com/id/2170977/ polygamy in America, and specifically among Muslims. Only about 1% of Muslim-Americans practice polygamy, but with the number of Muslim-Americans at...
The Churchill of the Poison MInd
After the last few thousand years, it's a nice change of pace for something good to happen on "Tisha b'Av":http://www.ou.org/yerushalayim/tishabav/tishabav.html: "Ward Churchill":http://english.aljazeera.net/NR...
David vs. David
In the fallout from the breakup of Hollywood power couple Larry and Laurie David, some interesting tidbits about Laurie have "come to light":http://gawker.com/news/hypocrites/is-homewrecker-laurie-david-a-secre...
Thou Shalt Not Covet Exclusive Premiere Invites
Last night was the "premiere":http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/07/big_laughs_and_small_food_at_t.html of the Ten Commandments satire _The Ten_, written and directed by David Wain (check out his picks for the t...
