Ben Stiller And Chris Rock Enjoy Israel Visit

JERUSALEM — Chris Rock says Israel is better than Hollywood. Ben Stiller agrees.

The two Hollywood stars are in Israel for the premiere of their latest movie, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa." The premiere was in the coastal Israeli city of Netanya on Saturday. Stiller says it's a good place to roll out a new movie. He said, "This is better than any premiere we have had so far."

Rock expanded on that. He said, "It's much better than Hollywood. They don't like us in Hollywood, but here they love us."

The animated film features animal characters escaping from Madagascar to the African mainland in a zany adventure.

Stiller also visited the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, the holiest site where Jews can pray, and the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.

Comments

[LMPE]

Let me get this straight. Hollywood doesn't like a big, obnoxious, merchandise-centric movie from Hollywood, but Israel does? What gives?

[Bitsko]

"It's much better than Hollywood. They don't like us in Hollywood, but here they love us."

What does that even mean? Your film was made in Hollywood!

[invisible]

It was a joke.

[Forester]

Oy!

[ailbhe]

I love Chris Rock!

[BJBirdie]

They're not really promoting Madagascar 2 at Yad Vashem, are they?

[UncleJimbo]

No! They waited till they got to The Wailing Wall for that!

[samguy]

I was thinking the same thing. That pic is so wrong!

I'm glad that Rock prefers Eretz Yisrael to Hollywood cuz this Member of the Tribe, who's been there twice, would prefer to go back to Spain or Italy.