Archive for October 14th, 2007
Simcha On The Square Attracts Thousands
by Leslie Bunder October 14th, 2007Filed in: Music, Events 0 Comments
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More than 25,000 people have attended Britain’s biggest one day Jewish arts festival. Simcha on the Square, which took place in central London’s Trafalgar Square, saw a host of entertainers from a Jewish Elvis to Sacha Baron Cohen’s musical brother Erran take to the stage.
Organised by Jewish Culture UK, an umbrella organisation of groups promoting Jewish life and in partnership with the Mayor of London, the event featured an eclectic choice of entertainment on offer including bottle dancers from Fiddler on the Roof, klezmer performers and folk dancing.
Winehouse’s Father Prepared For Shiva
by Jewtastic Staff October 14th, 2007Filed in: Music, Celebrity 0 Comments
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Amy Winehouse’s father was so sure the jazz songstress would die of a drugs overdose earlier this year, he has already penned a speech for her funeral.
The Rehab singer was admitted to a London hospital in August after reportedly taking a cocktail of drugs.
Dad Mitch was driven to prepare his memorial speech because he feared Winehouse would not survive the health scare, and he has blasted his troubled daughter’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, for her downfall.
Stones Wood Tells Winehouse To Hang Out With Winners
by Jewtastic Staff October 14th, 2007Filed in: Music, Celebrity 1 Comment
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Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has urged troubled star Amy Winehouse to stop hanging out with people who could bring her down.
The guitarist has lost countless music industry friends to drug addictions throughout the years - and fears Winehouse will head the same way if she doesn’t start surrounding herself with “winners”.
Johansson Dropped Blonde Look For Nanny Diaries
by Jewtastic Staff October 14th, 2007Filed in: Film 2 Comments
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Scarlett Johansson lost her trademark blonde hair so she could look “normal” on screen in new movie The Nanny Diaries.
Director Robert Pulcini admits Johansson was desperate to shed her glamorous image for the role, which sees her as a college graduate who works as a nanny for a rich family.
Pulcini says: “She wanted to look a very ordinary girl. Scarlett dyed her hair brown. She didn’t want to persist with the Hollywood glamour look and she pulled it off.”
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