Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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The Schmooze Hitler Appears in Shampoo Ad for ‘Real Men’
After refusing to yank an ad in which Adolf Hitler extols a shampoo brand’s masculine virtues, Istanbul-based advertising agency MARKA confirmed today that the commercial for Biomen “would not be aired again and had also been removed from the company‘s web site,” according to EuropeOnline. In the commercial, which had aired on Turkish television, der…
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The Schmooze Alicia Silverstone Spits Up Food for Baby
Now broadcasting exclusively online: Alicia Silverstone in the straight-to-video epic “bear eating my mouth.” It’s not a horror movie — at least not in the conventional sense. The “Clueless” star and vegan-cookbook author uploaded footage of her daily feeding routine for 11-month-old son Bear Blu, passing him chewed-up food directly from her mouth. It’s in…
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The Schmooze Bethenny Frankel, Serious Actress?
The official website of Bethenny Frankel — the tireless “reality” self-promoter who most recently chronicled her crumbling marriage on Bravo’s Bethenny Ever After(http://www.bravotv.com/bethenny-ever-after) — describes her as a “bestselling author and natural food chef.” Now, Frankel apparently wants to add “serious actress” to the list. UsMagazine.com reports Frankel just auditioned for a role in director…
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The Schmooze Demi Moore: From Kabbalah To Rehab
We’re not sure what Jewish mystics had to say about Red Bull and Adderall, but actress Demi Moore apparently immersed herself in Kabbalah to stay on track with her recovery from addiction, gossip site TheFix reports. The approach was not entirely successful; in February, Moore ended up checking herself into “an undisclosed location” from which…
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Food Schwartz’s Deli Sold to Celine Dion and Co.
The sky didn’t fall, the earth didn’t stop turning, and most importantly, the smoked meat didn’t stop coming from the cramped galley at Schwartz’s, the legendary Montreal deli that was sold yesterday to a group of investors including Mr. and Mrs. Celine Dion. As the Forward reported last month, news of Schwartz’s pending sale sparked…
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The Schmooze Q&A: Comics Writer Danny Fingeroth
At Marvel Comics, where he spent years as a group editor on “Spider-Man,” Danny Fingeroth worked closely with the costumed character’s conceptual father — the legendary Stan Lee. Fingeroth, now senior vice president of education at New York’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art,. Fingeroth, now senior vice president of education at New York’s Museum…
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Culture Talking Comics With Diane Noomin
Pioneer of women’s comics Diane Noomin talks to Michael Kaminer about Wimmen’s Comix, Twisted Sister and her new book, “Glitz-2-Go.” The many and varied adventures of Didi Glitz — the book’s central character and Noomin’s comic alter ego of several decades — both delight and instruct. Noomin uses Didi to combine the personal and the…
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The Schmooze Congressional Hopeful Denies Holocaust
The Holocaust never happened. That’s one of the campaign platforms for Arthur Jones, a Lyons, Ill. insurance salesman gunning to become the Republican candidate to run against Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski in Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District this fall. “As far as I’m concerned, the Holocaust is nothing more than an international extortion racket by the…
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