Buried in coal in Tel Aviv
Supermodel Bar Rafaeli buried in coal in photo protest
The thought of Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli covered up is enough to make many an Israeli – not to mention on and off boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio – cry. But covered up in coal?
That’s the idea behind a new art exhibit opening next week at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. Sponsored by Greenpeace, it’s called “Buried in Coal,” and features stark black and white photographs of celebrities up to their necks in what appear to be blackened briquettes.
The exhibit is intended “to illustrate the terrible danger of producing energy through burning coal,” says Greenpeace.
Coal is the secret polluter in much of the developed world. While most people think of the fumes discharged from cars and trucks, the coal plants that power the electricity grid are an equally noxious scourge. Israel relies on coal.
The Greenpeace show is in part a protest against a plan to build a new coal mill in Israel’s south. Greenpeace again: “The exhibit is meant to call on the prime minister to prevent the building of another mill in Israel, and promote clean energy alternatives.”
So he’s laying in the coal? In additon to Rafaeli, you can find Eurovision performers Mira Awad and Ahinoam Nini (known as Noa abroad), former education minister Yossi Sarid in a ghostly, chalky white pose, and Israel National Basketball Team coach Oded Katash.
The Jerusalem Post has more on the story along with a picture gallery.
Leo buying Israeli property
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Hunkering down at a cafe in Hod Hasharon
In Israel this week to celebrate his birthday along with his mother and actor friend Kevin Connolly (did you know they were friends?), they started their trip in Egypt and are now staying at the Dan Tel Aviv presidential suite.
This is all according to the Israel Hayom paper, which yesterday reported DiCaprio’s property plot plans. One thing is for sure, DiCaprio is not considering building a home in the mercaz, or Israel’s center, where the Rafaelis live. Guess he doesn’t want to rely on them for the proverbial cup of neighborly sugar. Or doesn’t want to run into the paparazzi again…
Bar Rafaeli – proof that Israel is a land of beauty and wonder?
This is clearly Bar Rafaeli’s year. The Israeli supermodel has been voted the third “hottest” woman in the world by men’s mag Maxim.
She was beaten to the top position on Maxim’s list by US actresses Megan Fox and Olivia Wilde.
Under her picture, which was published in Maxim yesterday, the editors wrote: “If there’s any evidence that the Middle East is a land of beauty and wonder – not just unending turbulence – Bar is it.”
Amazing what a pretty face can do. Politicians, professors, entrepreneurs and charitable institutions can speak about this endlessly, but Rafaeli flashes a smile in a picture and the world suddenly gets it.
Strange that they say the Middle East, however, and not Israel.
Hod HaSharon girl - Bar aged 18
What a ride it’s been for Rafaeli. Still only 23, she’s risen to the top of her field, dates Leonardo DiCaprio on and off (she met him at a party in Las Vegas when she was 20), and was the cover girl for Sport’s Illustrated’s 2009 swimsuit edition – the one that matters according to industry buffs.
Modeling since she was eight months old, one can’t help but wonder what comes next for this Hod HaSharon girl?
Think what an ambassador for Israel she could be… if she wanted to.
Israeli model Esti Ginzburg shot in New York
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Bar Refaeli seems to be getting some positive attention headed Israel’s way, thanks to her recent appearance on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and other correlating accomplishments, as I enumerated earlier this month:
Bar is going to save Israel from a water crisis. Bar ate at these three Tel Aviv restaurants (I’ve eaten at all three as well). Bar wins a Women’s World Style Award. Bar appears on Ellen Degeneres. Bar’s body appears on the fuselage of a 737 jet. Bar eats a hamburger (this is news apparently). Bar shuts down the New York Stock Exchange. And my personal favorite, Leo (that kid from Growing Pains) must convert to Judaism in order to marry Bar.
I’m not the only one getting sick of her hotness. The Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) is apparently wondering about Refaeli’s contributions to the greater good of womankind.
Basically, the gist is, can’t there be another Israeli hottie about whom we can get excited? And the answer is decidedly yes. Meet Esti Ginzburg, a Tel Aviv teen who also featured prominently in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, for which she was photographed in Naples.
She’s come a long way since her first modeling gig, for the Tnuva dairy farms, at age eight. Two years ago, she replaced Yael Bar Zohar as the face of Fox clothing, and she hasn’t looked back since. Ginzburg went on to become an international talent, representing brands like FCUK, Pull & Bear, Castro, Tommy Hilfiger. She also recently featured in promotional materials associated with the H&M clothing store’s Winter 08-09 line (pictured). She’s also been on the cover of the French version of Elle magazine four times.
Ginzburg was recently announced as joining the stable of Victoria’s Secret models on the Israeli website for the E! entertainment industry news channel (story in Hebrew). Apparently a shoot is already underway in New York, where Ginzburg is celebrating her 19th birthday. Mazal tov.
Should we lower the Bar (Rafaeli) already?
Yes, of course I think Bar Rafaeli is totally hot and think that it’s quite awesome that she made the cover of Sport’s Illustrated but I’ve been feeling that I can’t turn a corner in the interweb without coming across another a mention of apparently Israel’s greatest invention since drip irrigation and it’s getting quite old. Bar is going to save Israel from a water crisis. Bar ate at these three Tel Aviv restaurants (I’ve eaten at all three as well). Bar wins a Women’s World Style Award. Bar appears on Ellen Degeneres. Bar’s body appears on the fuselage of a 737 jet. Bar eats a hamburger (this is news apparently). Bar shuts down the New York Stock Exchange. And my personal favorite, Leo (that kid from Growing Pains) must convert to Judaism in order to marry Bar.
There is one bright moment and that is David Letterman’s interview with her. The man loves interviewing hot models. Good times.
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