<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, bombing on leno]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, bombing on leno]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/bombingonleno http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/bombingonleno <![CDATA[Meet Hillela Bernstein, Halle Berry's Jewish Cousin]]>
Stopping by The Tonight Show Friday to promote Things We Lost in the Fire, Halle Berry brought with her a couple mementos she probably now wishes had also perished in the blaze: Having recently discovered the funhouse-mirror filters on Apple's Photo Booth program—also employed to terrifying kaleidoscopic effect by Rosie O'Donnell—Berry pulled out several printouts of her morphing handiwork, including a big-nosed alter ego she described as "my Jewish cousin."

Then, upon realizing she might have just alienated the Far-Reaching Network of Jews Who Control Her Destiny, Berry asked, "Oh my God. Have I just, like, ruined my whole career?" She'd later request the offensive modifier be stricken from the broadcast, and publicly begged forgiveness for the regrettable lapse of good taste in pursuit of a talk show bit that did more towards illustrating how movie stars have a genuinely hard time filling their down time—just like us!—than eliciting any well-earned laughs.

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