Review: ‘Oblivion’

By Joan Alperin-Schwartz
Published on April 16, 2013

Did Katie Holmes file for divorce to shield the kids from Scientology?

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on June 30, 2012

Adam Shankman melds worry with chutzpah in ‘Rock of Ages’

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 13, 2012

Jewish nose-job doctor courts controversy with “Jewcan Sam” music video [VIDEO]

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 20, 2012

NEWS FLASH: Everyone Loves Jewish People!

By Ilana Angel
Published on November 17, 2011

Adam Sandler proposes wife swap with Tom Cruise

By Lauren Bottner
Published on November 10, 2011

Letters to the Editor: Survivor’s pension, Philanthropy, Passover Seder, Jane Harman, Tom Cruise

Published on May 3, 2011

Holocaust survivor's pension, Philanthropy, Passover Seder

Should the Simon Wiesenthal Center honor Tom Cruise?

By Danielle Berrin
Published on April 14, 2011

The plot to kill Hitler becomes a Tom Cruise thriller

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 18, 2008

The film reconstructs the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on the Fuhrer's life, which, had it succeeded, would have spared the lives of untold thousands of soldiers and death-camp inmates

Katie Couric at Friars Roast: ‘Palin’s wardrobe is worth three hookers and a pony’

By The Web Guy
Published on October 27, 2008

Q & A With Bahar Soomekh

By Karmel Melamed
Published on May 11, 2006

Persian Jewish actress Bahar Soomekh earned some serious attention last year when she played a young Iranian in "Crash," the Academy Award winner for best picture. She's now appearing in an even bigger role -- playing alongside Tom Cruise in the thriller, "M:I:III." On the eve of the film's debut, Soomekh spoke about growing up Persian Jewish in Los Angeles and about her career.

Minority Report

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on July 4, 2002

Steven Spielberg's new film, "Minority Report," is not exactly a deep take on the problems of "knowing," but since you'll probably see it anyway, here's where it brought me.
The film, based on a science fiction story by Philip K. Dick, argues that the future can indeed be known. Moreover, our security depends upon finding a Pinchas, a zealot who knows what crimes are being committed, and personally stops them. So anxious are we to hire this Pinchas, this future-knower, that we would sacrifice our freedoms for him.
It is 2054 in a dark, police-state Washington, D.C, all murder has been foretold by three mermaid-type creatures called precogs, so named because they have pre-cognition. The crimes are prerecorded in the future, then replayed in real time, at which point they are interrupted and prevented by a precrime squad headed by John Anderton (Tom Cruise), the very Pinchas we are seeking. Pretty neat.