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.. . .
Sunday, February 27, 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.. . .
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg changing the world one story at a time
By Danielle Berrin
“It was Shabbat yesterday,” Jeffrey Goldberg said as explanation for why he had delayed an interview with a Jewish newspaper. But his next line. . .
