Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Not Mel Gibson

By Danielle Berrin

Trying to determine the worst offender may seem a Sisyphean task considering the past year’s almost farcical uptick in anti-Semitic rants. It’s. . .

Monday, May 16, 2011

Coen brothers have bone to pick with Israel boycotters

JTA

Popular filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen said during a visit to Israel that they do not agree with artists who boycott the Jewish state. Asked during a. . .

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

By Tom Teicholz

Elizabeth Taylor, who died Wednesday at age 79, spent much of her life in the public eye – famous for her violet eyes and her jewelry – and she. . .

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies

JTA

Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, who maintained a support for Israel after converting to Judaism in the late 1950s, has died.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Elizabeth Tayor dies at 79

Famed actress, Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79. She had recently been receiving treatment for congestive heart failure. Taylor was. . .

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Charlie Sheen hires Israeli bodyguards

Actor Charlie Sheen has hired Israeli military veterans as round-the-clock security guards.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Jews and Oscars: The Night’s Minyan [SLIDESHOW]

By Tom Tugend

In the opening montage of Sunday’s Academy Award ceremony, hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway played with a dreidel, which proved to be a good. . .

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Len Lesser, Seinfeld’s ‘Uncle Leo’ dies at 88

CNN.com

Veteran actor Len Lesser died in his sleep Wednesday morning in Burbank, California, of complications from pneumonia. He was 88.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

83rd Academy Awards Nominations Announced

Oscar nominations announced.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Natalie Portman to wed

JTA

Actress Natalie Portman, who is expecting her first child, announced she will marry the baby's father.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Lovitz on lying, the Talmud and ‘Casino Jack’

By Naomi Pfefferman

“I hate lying,” Jon Lovitz, the comedian, actor and comedy club owner said without a touch of humor in his voice. “I just can’t stand it. I. . .

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Chasidic man suing Jimmy Kimmel

A Chasidic man from Brooklyn is suing talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic remarks predate DUI tape, Winona Ryder says

JTA

Actor Mel Gibson made "anti-Semitic and homophobic" remarks long before he was caught on tape making those kind of comments, actress Winona Ryder. . .

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

History of Hollywood Jews to show in Vienna

By Danielle Berrin

Werner Hanak-Lettner, a curator for the Jüdisches Museum Wien (the Jewish Museum Vienna) has lately been asking a lot of people the question,. . .

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Ronni Chasen update: Gun is a match in ‘person of interest’ suicide

The Beverly Hills Courier has learned exclusively that preliminary ballistics analysis of the bullets that killed famed Hollywood publicist Ronnie. . .

Monday, December 6, 2010

DiCaprio converting to Judaism?

JTA

Leonardo DiCaprio is rumored to be considering converting to Judaism for his longtime girlfriend, Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Natalie Portman and the psychology behind ‘Black Swan’

by Amy Longsdorf

When Natalie Portman cracked open the script for "Black Swan," the saga of an ambitious ballerina's mind-blowing nervous breakdown, she instantly. . .

Monday, November 22, 2010

Filmmaker marries Hollywood to tikkun olam

By Uri Fintzy, JTA

What was Elisabeth Moss, star of the AMC hit series “Mad Men” and an avowed Scientologist, doing hanging out with a Lubavitcher Jew?

Monday, November 22, 2010

Same-sex couple on ‘Dancing’ sent packing

Israelis voted off the first same-sex partners on "Dancing with the Stars."

Monday, November 22, 2010

Ronni Chasen: A Hollywood murder mystery

By Danielle Berrin

It was fitting, in that Hollywood way, that the last time Ronni Chasen was seen alive was at a movie premiere. She was there in all her usual glory. . .

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Film fest gala a spicy melting pot for Sephardic Jews

By Danielle Berrin

In the Los Angeles Jewish world, the Sephardic Jewish community stands out for two things: its stylishness and its separateness.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Canadian reality show producer sorry for slur

JTA

The makers of a new Canadian reality TV show have apologized for an online trailer in which one of the program's characters says she hates Jews.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Bar Refaeli, Leonardo DiCaprio return to Israel

JTA

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli and her boyfriend, popular American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, arrived in Israel for a vacation under heavy security.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Jon Stewart named most influential man

Jon Stewart has been voted the most influential man of 2010 by the online magazine AskMen.com.