Jenny Singer is a freelance writer and a former Forward staff writer. She writes a weekly Substack about living with anxiety, called “Uneasy Going.”
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze Harvey Weinstein’s Company Owes Malia Obama Money
Harvey Weinstein is bankrupt. Morally, and now also, in terms of his company, financially. The Weinstein Company filed for bankruptcy on Monday, and in documents obtained by several news organizations and reported first by The Blast, the company has 300 pages of creditors, including former first daughter Malia Obama, who interned for The Weinstein Company…
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The Schmooze William Shatner Wants You To Know He’s Alive After Facebook Death Hoax
It’s a tough week for Facebook, which plunged a rather dramatic $37 billion dollars as reports emerged that the firm Cambridge Analytica accessed user data in connection with the Trump campaign. And now, as if that blackening of personal freedoms wasn’t enough, the website is also hosting ads that erroneously claim that “Star Trek” actor…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Went To An Iowa Hair Salon. Now, Its Customers Are Outraged
At Salon Spa W in Des Moines, a gracious environment enhanced with blonde wood and chrome accents, a simple blow-out (a popular hair style that provides volumized hair,) costs $45. If you visit Spa W wishing to achieve a hairstyle like Ivanka Trump, who has (we suspect) double process-dyed hair, which is always immaculately blown…
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Culture Give me 829 words to make you fall in love with one of the greatest artists who ever lived
Remembering Stephen Sondheim on the occasion of his birthday
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The Schmooze Jonah Hill’s Grandfather May Have Dated Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Everybody! Everybody. Take a deep breath, make sure you have a light nosh on hand, affix your favorite collar, and pray that you’ll survive this announcement: According to “Lady Bird” star and America’s newest sweetheart Beanie Feldstein, who also happens to be the sister of comedian Jonah Hill and the childhood best friend of Broadway…
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The Schmooze Amy Poehler Is Producing A Movie Starring The Funniest Women Alive
Amy Poehler. Maya Rudolph. Tina Fey. Rachel Dratch. Paula Pell. Ana Gasteyer. Emily Spivey. These are seven of the funniest people alive. They all happen to be women. They all happen to be in their 40’s and 50’s. They all happen to be best friends. And they are making a movie. If you aren’t screaming,…
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The Schmooze Arianna Huffington Wants YOU! (To Keep Shabbat)
The Huffington Post casts a wide net: “Woman Effortlessly Annihilates Opponent In Cotton-Candy Eating Contest” is a headline you could read on the site today. But Arianna Huffington, the founder of the site, which holds the remarkable distinction of being the most popular news website in the United States, is once again calling for readers…
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The Schmooze WATCH, SERIOUSLY: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Invited Stephen Colbert To Work Out With Her
Say what you will about the evils of the internet, but watching a comedian challenge the oldest Justice on the Supreme Court to a wrestling bout makes the whole thing feel worth it. On Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert released the most delightful video to hit YouTube since the sneezing panda: a clip of himself working…
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