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Angry Rabbis Threaten Natalie Portman's Leading Man

Abe Karpen is a Hasidic Jewish hunk who was supposed to star in New York I Love You with Natalie Portman. He had to drop out of the film after being threatened by members of his community. Due to his strict religious beliefs, Karpen refrained from holding Portman's hand during filming, but he still freaked out all of his Hasidic homies. More »

1:30 PM on Sun Mar 16 2008
By hwalker
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