Becky Scott
By Becky Scott
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The Schmooze The Most Famous Jewish Matchmaker In The Business Plays Nice(r)
Everybody is mortally terrified of something. Some of us fear small spaces, the open ocean, airplanes, death. Others can’t watch horror movies and avoid public speaking. I am afraid of Patti Stanger. Stanger, the Jewish host of the reality series “Million Dollar Matchmaker”, is known less for her tough love than for her flagrant cruelty….
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The Schmooze The Secret Jewish History Of The Blowout
If a Bat Mitzvah is the definitive marker of becoming a woman, a girl’s first blowout surely deserves second place. Blowouts give you an excuse to feel beautiful, an excuse to go out, and an excuse to put off showering for more days than is probably appropriate. For this, we have Rose Cannen to thank….
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The Schmooze The Season 3 Opening Credits Of ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Will Be Directed By The Same Dude Who Made The ‘Thong Song’
When advertisements for a show called “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” began appearing all around New York City several years ago, it made me very uncomfortable. Here we go again, I thought, another show all set to perpetuate a stereotype of women that depicts us all as unstable, hysterical, desperate lunatics who would move across the country for…
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The Schmooze ‘Broad City’ Is Starting A Sex Toy Line
Just when you started to think good ideas had gone extinct, “Broad City” announces a new line of sex toys. The “Broad City” twitter page retweeted a tweet Tuesday evening from Lovehoney, a sex toy and lingerie online shop. Carpe Dayum! Be the first to get your hands on new #BroadCity sex toys, coming soon……
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The Schmooze Senator Al Franken Talks John McCain’s Epic ‘No’ Vote On ‘Late Night’
The video of John McCain voting no on the Senate’s healthcare repeal attempt seems to have everything we could want in a good murder mystery. Suspense, a dramatic twist, audible gasps from a room full of senators who are suddenly realizing with a start that there won’t be a murder after all because they’ve failed…
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The Schmooze Drake’s Dad Released A Music Video And It’s … Certainly Interesting
There are some things you can’t make up: Donald Trump’s presidency, evolution, the number of people who have found the Virgin Mary’s face in a piece of toast, and now this music video that Drake’s father just released. Of course, I’m all for older people following their dreams. In a world where medical technology means…
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The Schmooze What Happens When You Quit Your Job At A Pizza Parlor To Open A Nicole Richie Pop-up Museum?
New York City is home to a bevy of thriving art scenes. There are the galleries of Chelsea, the jazz clubs of Harlem, the aspiring DJs of Williamsburg — and a pop-up museum dedicated to honoring the messy tabloid scandals of the early aughts in Bedford-Stuyvesant? Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen are the masterminds behind…
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The Schmooze ‘Jesus Camp’ Creators To Release Documentary About Leaving The Hasidic Community
In “Jesus Camp,” the premiere documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, we watched as three children dedicated their young lives to Jesus Christ and the teachings of their church: climate change as a hoax, the imminent return of Jesus as a given, and Christian heavy metal as a legitimate form of art. The duo…
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