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 Fed-Up Knicks Fan Sold His Loyalty For $3,450
Evan Perlmutter, a 33-year-old fan of the New York Knicks, has sold his team loyalty to the highest eBay bidder, for almost $3,500, ESPN reports. This news story has this young Jewish pop culture writer wondering — who would pay for that? And also — what are the New York Knicks? James Riedel, a 23-year-old…
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The Schmooze Amazon Bought Woody Allen’s New Movie For $25M. Now They’re Shelving It.
Woody Allen’s movie “A Rainy Day In New York” should have been a huge success. The cast list read like the Vanity Fair “young Hollywood” issue: Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Suki Waterhouse and Elle Fanning. Jude Law and Liev Schreiber were the pedigreed elder statesmen. Amazon bought the rights to stream it on their platform…
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The Schmooze Josh Peck And His Wife Are Having A Baby And Drake Bell Is Getting Involved
The New Zealand comedy band “Flight of the Conchords” predicted this many years ago — the babies are having babies. It’s becoming, as they said, a “ridiculous Russian doll situation.” Former child star Josh Peck, 31, and his wife Paige O’Brien are having a baby! One half of the team at the center of the…
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The Schmooze Don Jr. Slut-Shames Chelsea Handler On Twitter — With A Bro Assist From James Wood
Donald Trump Jr. really blew the opportunity to mock comedian Chelsea Handler on Tuesday. The first son reacted angrily to a tweet from Jewish comedian Chelsea Handler, in which she theorized that he would eventually “flip” on his namesake — provide incriminating testimony about his father in exchange for immunity in the Mueller probe. The…
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The Schmooze MeToo Guys Have A Right To Repent. Not A Right To Millionaire Influencer Status.
In October 2017 — another look at the news, another thrill of horror. In December 2017 — we assessed our grim situation — if they were out there making our movies, running our restaurants — weren’t they in our workplaces? Could they be in our homes? And by 2018, we began to miss them. My…
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The Schmooze ‘SURPRISE!’ ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Will Head To Broadway
Appearances can be deceiving. For example, an elderly woman with a hard-to-place accent may really be your estranged father. And a musical based on a beloved family comedy classic may sound like a foolish idea, when in fact most great musicals are based on beloved works from other mediums! (See: Les Miserables, Oklahoma, Cats, Cabaret,…
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The Schmooze Stormy Daniels Heats Up Vogue In Annie Leibowitz Shoot
Never thought you’d see Stormy Daniels in Vogue, did you? Daniels is the true breakout star of 2018 — she has a look, she has a past, and most importantly, she has what to say. In a gorgeous shoot by Annie Leibovitz in October’s Vogue, Daniels is a siren — both in the sense of…
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The Schmooze Is Woody Allen ‘Taking A Break’? Or Will No One Make His Movies?
Woody Allen has made at least one movie a year since 1982. In the 15 years before that, he made 15 movies. This year, he is slated to make zero movies. His movie “A Rainy Day in New York,” purchased as part of a package by now-disgraced former Amazon Studios head Roy Price in 2016,…
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