Media Icon, Wendy Williams is this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. award recipient. The award was given to Williams by the Consulate General of Israel in New York for her work toward dialogue, understanding and compassion between people of different backgrounds.

Last night was hot at DROM! Tel Aviv’s notorious electrock&roll group, Terry Poison, made its New York City debut during the annual CMJ music festival.

Director Quentin Tarantino plans to visit Israel this September for the local premiere of his Holocaust-era film Inglourious Basterds. Will he be bringing celeb cast members Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, and B.J. Novak?

From Maccabi Tel Aviv to the NBA, Omri Casspi, 21, has become the first Israeli to make it to the big league. The 6-foot-9, 225-pound forward was chosen as 23rd pick by the Sacramento Kings. Still, he says, he hasn’t found the perfect hummus yet in America.

Those of you who saw the recent release of Angels & Demons might be wondering who plays Vittoria Vetra, the female lead alongside Tom Hanks. Answer: Ayelet Zurer, one of Israel’s most critically acclaimed actresses who’s now begun to make a name for herself abroad.

Boaz Mauda, Winner of Kochav Nolad 5, at the 2008 Eurovision ContestPhoto: Proteusbcn on Flickr, used under Creative Commons license. Our friend at the Transracial blog alerted us to the following newsworthy item: his sources indicate that season 7 of Kochav Nolad (A Star is Born), (effectively the Israeli version of American Idol will be [...]

Photo: Jerry Avenaim for Wikimedia Commons, Used under Creative Commons license The human cast of Hollywood hit Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa arrived in Israel over the weekend for the movie’s local premiere in Netanya. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith came to town as the voices of the movie’s main character and had [...]

Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Used under Creative Commons license Israelis have had a lot on their plates the past couple of weeks with the big McCartney concert transfixing the country just before the start of the fall holidays. Now, Ynet reports, music fans have a few weeks to prepare for British rockers Whitesnake followed in June [...]

Seal in Frankfurt, Germany Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars came out to salute Israel’s 60th birthday last month in a gala event in LA. Entitled “From Vision to Reality,” the program featured guests like, Seal, Jason Alexander, and Serena Williams and paid tribute to the State of Israel and movie producer Arnon Milchan (who’s made [...]

Photo: Getty Images One of Israel’s hottest TV shows is A Star is Born (Kochav Nolad in Hebrew), which is the local search for singing talent (along the lines of American Idol). Last week marked the end of Season 6, with Israel Bar-On crowned the winner. According to Ynet, 30,000 people watched the show live [...]