DiCaprio, Rafaeli bring paparazzi out in force to Hod Hasharon
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and model Bar Rafaeli arrived in Israel Sunday.
By Nirit Anderman and Asaf CarmelHod Hasharon has never seemed so glamorous. Dozens of paparazzi have camped out since dawn Sunday at the family home of supermodel Bar Rafaeli, to catch a glimpse of a hair or two on the head of her partner, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who arrived early Sunday with Rafaeli on a flight from Frankfurt.
A surprise awaited the couple on the Lufthansa flight - a group of 10 Israeli reporters returning from the musical "Mama Mia" in Dublin. "They came right into the lion's den," Nirit Weiss, the editor of the weekly entertainment guide Pnai Plus, said.
The paparazzi were out in force by the time the couple left the airport, and the focus moved to the Rafaeli family home, which was surrounded by local and foreign press.
"When a helicopter flew over Bar Rafaeli's house, I thought it would land in the yard and pick up Rafaeli and DiCaprio before I could get a picture," Barak Fachter, a photographer for the magazine Rating, said. "When I found out the helicopter had been sent by Guy Pines' program, I calmed down a little but I still stayed alert."
Fachter, who had been waiting since 3:30 AM by the Rafaeli home, managed to get a not-very-successful shot of the two.
DiCaprio and Rafaeli have been shut up in the house since then; even Guy Pines has not gotten a shot of them.
Weiss said Pnai Plus has had a hard day. "I have a mini-situation room here with three people working around the clock, calling every restaurant, hotel and place of entertainment they might visit."
The dailies have also been working overtime. "We've got a reinforced paparazzi alignment in place," a senior figure at Maariv said. "There's no dilemma here - it's the kind of photo everyone wants to see," he added. "It's a dry spell now. So if we can breathe in a little stardust, why not?"
The relationship between DiCaprio, 32, and Rafaeli, 21, which began last year, has had the media following their every move together, and has turned Rafaeli into a model in demand around the world.
DiCaprio rose to fame when he was nominated for an Oscar at age 19 for his role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." In recent years he has broken out of his glamor-boy persona to pursue more serious roles, including last year's "The Departed," which won its director, Martin Scorsese, his first Oscar, and "Blood Diamond."
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Model Bar Rafaeli and her partner, actor Leonardo DiCaprio (Reuters) |
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That really is a bummer!! Leonard is my most favorite actor! Now that he has a girlfriend i have no chance!
wow they are the perfect couple.they both are hot and they have great eyes. i wish that was me.i have always been wishing that i meet leo but it never happened.i hate myself.
Hello,mrs.BAR RAFAELI IS SUPER BEAUTIFUL and is not suitable for dicaprio.
It has everything to do with every one of us. It is a public promotion of intermarriage. The Jewish population in the state of Israel (and all over the world) is shrinking dramatically; intermarriage is doing through consent what Hitler tried to do by force. To elliminate the Jewish people. What kind of pride do you have as a Jew that this DOESN'T bother you?
I'm with Yishai Kohen. It's horrible how the media is promoting the relationship between DiCaprio and "what's-her-face." It's an embarrassment to Jews everywhere to see this Jewish girl together with a German goy.
Amen to that!! A couple of points: 1. How sad is it that NOTHING has been learnt from the tradgedy that befell Dianna, The Princess of Wales. 2. I find it incredible that people are more interested in a glimpse of a movie-"star" or "super"-model than what life might be like after a nuclear war between Iran & Israel etc. or for that matter any of the miriad of deadly serious events which are happening right under our noses that are either ignored completely or so far back in the news list that they barely get noticed. No wonder this world is as F###ed up as it is! G-D help us all.
Great. Now Israelis aren't embarrased to inter- date with non-jews. Zionism without Judaism is garbage. How much more can the Jews(Israelis) keep spitting in the face of G-d!
What is really disgusting is the publication of this silly article, purporting to be news, and in fact being worthy only of the "National Inquirer" or some such crap.
I would rather that they wasted their time camping out looking for photogs of this pair of irrelevant celebs than following violence somewhere in our torn land.
I just feel bad for Leo, that he won't be able to enjoy Israel as any other tourist would. The paparazzis are calling every single place they might visit... how sad...
I still , to this day , fail to get excited over the famous and almost famous people in this world .After all ,..so what ? These people are only doing their jobs . Actor , model , ever super model . Why must they be pursued and bothered ? Why all of the photographers ? Oh , yeah ... they are only doing their job too .
Give me a break, people! What's really disgusting here is that the paparazzi can hound a person (or two, or a whole family) to the point that they have no freedom of movement whatsoever. And don't tell me that this is the price of fame. People who become famous do not, in that action, sign away all of their human rights, and some modicum of peace and dignity is a human right.
Lucky she is not your daughter then. Her personal business has nothing to do with you at all, i too don't agree with intermarriage, but it is a free country and she can date who she likes. If it offends you, why don't you skip the article in the news?
Well Yishai, Welcome to the real world. Not a lot you can do about he probably looks better than you *-))
In this day and age where there is so much intermarriage, is this the message that we want to be broadcasting? And if my daughter came home like that, G-d forbid, I would toss her out.