NYC boy gets Nicki Minaj for his 'Super Bass' Mitzvah

WHEN TATTLE was a kid, an over-the-top bar mitzvah party was one held at night - with steak.

"Star Wars"-themed bar mitzvahs were a big deal. So were sports-themed.

Sure, a boy was becoming a man, but he was still a boy.

Now . . .

Matt Murstein, the 13-year-old son of NYC rich guy Andrew Murstein, had his bar mitzvah party at Manhattan's swanky Pierre Hotel on Saturday night, and London's Daily Mail reports that the entertainment was . . . Nicki Minaj.

Makes Tattle think that the snake in the Garden of Eden may have been an anaconda.

Nicki performed the clean versions of seven of her hits and posed for photos with all the hormonal young guests.

For this, she was reportedly paid more than $200,000. But for that kind of money, the revelers got cleavage plus a message.

"Get an education," Nicki said. "Stay in school. And don't be a slouch or a bum."

And when she showed her lack of bar mitzvah knowledge and asked the guest of honor how old he was, he said, "Old enough."

Cheeky brat.

On Nicki's Instagram account, she later posted a photo captioned, "With my new boy toy at his Bar Mitzvah. Hi Matt! Mazel Tov!"

Matt's father, by the way, earned his millions off the fares of taxi drivers. He is the president and largest shareholder of Medallion Financial Corp., which provides loans (about $1.5 billion) to New York cabbies.

Also in attendance at Matt's shindig: baseball legend Hank Aaron, former New York Knick John Starks and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And Matt appeared in a video . . . with Bob Costas and Patrick Ewing.

Salma Hayek said Monday that the animated feature film "The Prophet" that she co-produced has been a personal passion project, one she hopes can inspire young viewers to think outside the box about ways to improve the world.

Hayek is visiting Lebanon, her ancestral homeland, for the international premiere of the film, written and directed by Roger Allers, who co-directed "The Lion King."

Salma told the Associated Press that the movie has a "message of peace."

"I think the whole world could use a little bit of message of peace, and more than a message of peace, to watch something that's uplifting for the spirit and joyous, and that you can share with your family," Hayek said, as she walked down the red carpet for the premiere in downtown Beirut.

The film tells the story of Almitra, a young girl who finds the voice she lost through her friendship with Mustafa, a poet imprisoned for his ideas. Salma also provides the voice of the girl's mother, Kamila.

The story is based on The Prophet, a 1923 book by iconic Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran.

* The Broadway adaptation of "An American in Paris" received 12 Tony nominations yesterday, including one for best original musical.

Its competition in that big category are "Fun Home," by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, based on Alison Bechdel's autobiographical graphic novel, which also garnered 12 nominations; "Something Rotten!" an Elizabethan satire; and "The Visit," a musical version by John Kander, Terrence McNally and the late Fred Ebb of the 1956 tragicomedy by Friedrich Durrenmatt.

How long does it sometimes take to get a musical to Broadway? Ebb died in 2004.

The nominations for best new play went to Simon Stephens' "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer-winning "Disgraced," Robert Askins' "Hand to God" and the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Wolf Hall Parts One and Two," based on the novels of Hilary Mantel.

The Tonys will be presented June 7, at Radio City Music Hall. This year's hosts are Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth.

* Sam Smith has canceled his Australian tour after suffering a hemorrhage on his vocal cords.

"The doctors have told me I need to fully rest until my vocal chords [sic] have healed, otherwise this could become a huge long-term issue," Sam Instagrammed.

* Lifetime says it's joining in the "Full House" revival with a behind-the-scenes movie of the long-running family sitcom.

The creative team behind the project also produced Lifetime's "The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story." No cast or air date was announced for the film, which is in development.

"Full House" aired on ABC from 1987 to 1995, with stars including John Stamos and Bob Saget, and Tattle has never seen one episode.

With the working title "The Unauthorized Full House Story," the film promises . . . more than it is likely to deliver.

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