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Tag Archives: HOT

Bar Gone Wild

10-Jun-09

Holy Crap! Bar Rafaeli’s latest cover-page splash seems to do nothing but “snap-crackle-pop”. The sizzling 23 year old Israeli model seems to be getting more daring, as her posing for America’s oldest and (many say) most prestigious men’s magazine, Esquire, leaves almost nothing to the imagination.
Following her recent cover page pose for Sport’s Illustrated [...]

Coping with the Americobession

19-Mar-09

It seems that American pop-culture and the English language have together saturated what could have been a thriving Israeli culture of sophisticated art, film, literature, and music. Just flip through the channels: Top Model, Top Israeli Model, American Idol, Israeli Idol, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Survivor, Israeli Millionaire, Martha Stewart, Oprah, Dr. Phil. [...]

Don’t look far, stay close

12-Aug-08

The title line above is a quote of Berry Sakharof from his famous song “Kakha Ze Le’ehov O’takh” (“This is what it’s like, loving you”). The song was written especially for the opening theme of the Israeli drama “Shabatot Ve’Hagim” (Holy days) that premiered on HOT’s Channel 3 in 1999.
The video clip that accompanied the [...]

Straight to ViOD

07-Aug-08

A new Israeli show titled “Red Band” is telling the story of a group of several aging musicians who get together after 30 years and plan to go out on a comeback tour. Two things make this show very special. First, the band members are all puppets, even though all other characters are regular humans. [...]