Israels makeup wars With a record number of women elected to Israels Parliament,one of them suggested why not set aside a room for them to freshen up during long days of lawmaking,perhaps pooling funds for a makeup artist so they could look their best on TV? When word got out,outrage erupted. One critic posted a picture of the lawmaker who proposed the makeup room,Ruth Calderon,with gaudy make-up. It was the latest wrinkle in Israels makeup wars: in February,PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife were criticised for spending $10,000 in public money on makeup artistes. Cant buy me love? Its debatable Many Beatles fans can barely stand to watch the 1970 documentary Let It Be,which throws an unwelcome spotlight on the bands members as they lecture,criticise and ignore one another. Not exactly the makings of a toe-tapping Broadway musical. But the musical will begin previews on Broadway under its own acrimonious cloud now. This time,the bad blood extends to the courthouse,where one Beatles tribute band is defending itself against copyright infringement claims leveled by another. The creators of the Beatles tribute show Rain,filed suit last against Let It Be producers. The suit contends that the new musical owes a significant debt to Rain. Sharks tear up Twitter,if not ratings Word of the disaster first came from witnesses. Horrified by what they were seeing,they reached for their keyboards and smartphones about the Sharknado. There was no need for alarm though,for it was just a campy movie about airborne sharks,televised on Syfy. But for some reason Sharknado became a bona fide social media phenomenon. Syfy hurried to declare it the channels most social telecast ever, with a total of 387,000 online comments about it. But the online popularity didnt bear out for Syfy; Sharknado was watched by 1.37 million viewers,the channels regular audience.
