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Oscars 2011 Slideshow. . . - Jews and Oscars: The Night’s Minyan [SLIDESHOW]
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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 omen that a good night awaited Jewish talent.. . . - Top ten moments from the 2011 Academy Awards
Hollywood Jew
It’s safe to say there wasn’t a single surprise at the 2011 Academy Awards, perhaps the most predictable ceremony in Oscar history, with all the usual suspects taking home gold. “The King’s Spe. . . - Oscars 2011: Top Jewish Moments [VIDEO]
The Ticket
There was Aaron Sorkin’s win for scripting “The Social Network;” Natalie Portman’s for her turn as a deranged ballerina in “Black Swan;” David Seidler‘s for his original screenplay, “The King’s Speech. . . - Top Five DOs and DON’Ts at the OSCARS
Life Coach. Jew
1. DO be impeccable, appropriate, and delightful. Colin Firth, always understated, accepting for Best Actor, “I have a feeling my career has just peaked.” You just can’t help rooting for him. 2. . . - Oscars Sucked, Corey Haim Snubbed & No Amount of Booze Could Make it Watchable
Keeping the Faith
The 83rd Academy Award Oscar show was painful to watch. By painful of course I mean I would have rather stuck my hand down my own throat and removed my kidney, than have to sit through one more excru. . . - Lessons from “True Grit”
Life Coach. Jew
Watching the movie, I kept thinking that the Academy has gotten it horribly wrong. “True Grit” is nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Supporting Actress (. . . - James Franco’s Mother
The Ticket
Ever since James Franco agreed to host the Academy Awards on Feb. 27 with Anne Hathaway, I’ve thought back to my interview with him last year during a break from his performance-art project involving. . . - Conceiving “The Kids Are All Right” [AWARDS UPDATE] [VIDEO]
The Ticket
“We were both raised Jewish and upper-middle-class,” writer-director Lisa Cholodenko said of herself and Stuart Blumberg, with whom she wrote “The Kids Are All Right”—and won best screenplay toda. . . - Oscar Party Food
Foodaism
A couple of years ago I interviewed Chef Micah Wexler, who was then working at Craft in Century City, the West Coast Tom Colicchio outpost. It was Oscar weekend, and Wexler was tasked with making the. . . - ‘The King’s Speech’ cinematographer, Danny Cohen [SLIDE SHOW]
The Ticket
In a memorable scene from “The King’s Speech,” the future George VI (Colin Firth), a.k.a. Bertie, spews every expletive imaginable as a technique to overcome his severe stutter with the help of. . . - This is not Israel’s year in the Oscar races
Oscars
“The Human Resources Manager” struck out early in the best foreign-language film competition, while the documentary feature “Precious Life” was short-listed among the 15 semi-finalists but did. . . - Desperately Seeking Sorkin
Hollywood Jew
I had this fantasy about Aaron Sorkin. It’s probably only natural that I should want to know him, because he is, after all, the most intelligent and sharp-witted writer working in Hollywood today. H. . .
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