Sunday, March 14, 2010
David Schwimmer engaged to British photographer Zoe Buckman
Actor David Schwimmer is engaged to British photographer Zoe Buckman, his rep confirms to Entertainment . . .
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Bar Refaeli urged by Jewish nationalists not to marry DiCaprio
Members of a Jewish nationalist group have written to Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli urging her not to marry her non-Jewish boyfriend, actor Leonardo . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Politics Elbows Its Way Into Film’s Oscar Party
By Danielle Berrin
At the official Oscar party March 7 for the Israeli foreign film nominee “Ajami,” the tension between art and politics threatened to overwhelm . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
American Funnyman in Israel’s Army
By Jonathan Kirsch
The first thing you need to know about Joel Chasnoff’s “The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid From Chicago Fights Hezbollah” (Free . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Everyday Objects, Artist’s Whimsy Form Famous Faces
By Dikla Kadosh
Bright pink salami cold cuts and tiny bottles of liquor make up the face of Boris Yeltsin. Madonna has a red kabbalah string for a mouth; Barbra . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Why can’t an Israeli film win an Oscar?
By Tom Tugend
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Jewish films don’t make Oscar cut
By Tom Tugend
If Hollywood is dominated by Jews, it sure let our side . . .
Sunday, March 7, 2010
‘Ajami’ passed over at Oscars
JTA
Israel's half-century jinx at the Oscars continued Sunday night, as “Ajami” was passed over for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language . . .
Saturday, March 6, 2010
“Manifest Equality” Exhibit in Hollywood [VIDEO]
By Melanie Reynard
Yosi Sergant was raised Jewish in Culver City. The 30-something year old gained recognition working on Obama's campaign and moved on to become . . .
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Jews Get the Last Word as Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Rewrites History
By Danielle Berrin
Two days after this year’s Oscar nominations were announced, Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” — a film about a band of Jews who . . .
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Devil Within: Siri Hustvedt’s Memoir of an Undiagnosed Illness
By Jonathan Kirsch
A fraught moment in the encounter between men and women is the one in which an ailing woman seeks a cure from a healer — sometimes a physician, . . .
Monday, March 1, 2010
OSCAR BALLOT 2010
By JewishJournal.com
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Producer Landau: Interpreter of Dreams
Pat Sierchio, Contributing Writer
Getting an Academy Award nomination for best picture is something most filmmakers only dream about. For Jon Landau, producer of the sci-fi fantasy . . .
Monday, March 1, 2010
No Star is Safe: Rivers riffs on red carpet attire
By Naomi Pfefferman
Joan Rivers loved, loved, loved Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.” But not his shlumpy attire at the recent Golden Globe Awards . . .
Monday, March 1, 2010
‘Hurt locker’ writer brings the trauma home
By Naomi Pfefferman
When Mark Boal arrived in Iraq to cover the Army’s high-risk bomb squad for Playboy magazine in 2004, officials startled him with two unusual . . .
Monday, March 1, 2010
Doc Noms Probe Present Dangers, Past Misdeeds
Iris Mann, Contributing Writer
Two of the Academy Award nominees in the documentary film category deal with whistle- blowing about subjects as basic as what we eat and why we . . .
Monday, March 1, 2010
Jewish Sensibility, Not Practice, Rules in Hollywood
By Danielle Berrin
It’s tough to be religious in Hollywood.
How could it be otherwise, since the industry itself demands absolute devotion? Ask anyone how they got . . .
Monday, March 1, 2010
When The Truth Is Found to Be Lies: The Coen Brothers’ Rorschach for Serious People
By Rabbi Anne Brener
I learned about Jewish spirituality in a yoga class in 1971. I lay prone on the carpeted floor, relaxing after achieving the challenging bridge . . .
Friday, February 26, 2010
Jewish author’s estate accuses J.K. Rowling of plagiarism
By Dan Goldberg, JTA
It could be the script for a best-selling novel or a blockbuster . . .
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Actor Andrew Koenig’s Body Believed to Have Been Found
By JewishJournal.com
The body of missing actor Andrew Koenig is believed to have been found. Koenig is known for his performance as Richard Boner, on ABC's "Growing . . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
A musical Steinasty
By Dikla Kadosh
The Stein family communicates in music. Birthday parties were always marked by jam sessions. Instead of playing geography on family road trips, the . . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Marcel Möring’s new novel explores death and life, post-Holocaust
Dora Levy Mossanen
In the skilled hands of the Dutch author Marcel Möring, “In a Dark Wood” (HarperCollins Publishers, $27.99) confirms that a work of fiction can . . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Open-mic night at the Improv
By Ryan Torok
Comedy’s living legends — like Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Richard Lewis — all started out, at least in part, as nobodies playing . . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Forbearance: a true life in comedy
By Ryan Torok
It’s Thursday night at an Italian restaurant in a Ventura County strip mall. Bruce Fine is standing at the back of a small room where he performs . . .