Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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The Schmooze KISS Singer Gene Simmons Takes Reality Show to Holy Land
Coming up with fresh TV material can be difficult – even if you’re a rock icon with a porn-star wife. For the next season of his A&E reality series, KISS singer Gene Simmons has solved the problem by planning a family trip – to the Holy Land. Israel’s Ynet news Web site is reporting that…
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The Schmooze What’s the Deal With Celebrities and Anti-Semitism?
Who knows what evil lies in the hearts of celebs? In the age of cell-phone cameras, radio talk shows and YouTube, the answer is: nearly everyone. At least in the last couple weeks, that evil has been a familiar one: anti-Semitism, with everyone from Charlie Sheen to (allegedly) Julian Assange to a Japanese rock band…
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The Schmooze Galliano Issues Faux Apology, ‘Sex and the City’ Designer Defends Him
** Update 4:29 p.m.: According to sources, Galliano has checked into rehab The Shmooze is ready for hateful fashion pirate John Galliano to slither off to rehab or Mel Gibson’s house or wherever it is that disgraced anti-Semitic ranters go, but first the newly fired Christian Dior designer had to issue a faux apology. “Anti-Semitism…
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The Schmooze Galliano Fired, Natalie Portman Speaks Out
Anti-Semitism is out of style this season. Designer John Galliano has been fired by the Christian Dior fashion label after he was caught on tape declaring “I love Hitler,” and merrily telling a Jewish couple that their relatives could have been “f—ing gassed.” Galliano was suspended by Dior last week following initial reports about an…
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The Schmooze Vogue’s Ill-Timed Profile of Syria’s First Lady
Her husband runs one of the world’s most repressive police states, but Vogue wants you to know that Syria’s first lady runs a “wildly democratic” household. She is also, the magazine says, “glamorous, young, and very chic.” As other Arab dictators are forced from power, the fashion magazine has released what has to be one…
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The Schmooze Holocaust Documentary To Show in Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be a vile Holocaust denier, but that won’t stop some of his countrymen from learning about the genocide in their own language. The Aladdin Project, a Paris-based organization devoted to co-existence and education, has announced that the landmark Holocaust documentary “Shoah” will be beamed into Iran next Monday via satellite. The film…
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The Schmooze Caught on Camera: Galliano Proclaims ‘I Love Hitler’
So much for that defamation suit. Fashion designer John Galliano is now in even deeper trouble after being arrested last week in Paris for an anti-Semitic tirade. (Anti-Semitic speech is illegal in France). England’s Sun newspaper posted video of the rant online today, with the clip immediately going viral, and contradicting Galliano’s denials last week…
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The Schmooze Glenn Beck: Reform Judaism and ‘Radicalized Islam’ Are Different
Glenn Beck has cleared things up: Reform Judaism and “radicalized Islam” don’t have so much in common, after all. The Fox News host apologized on his radio show today for comments he made Tuesday on television, in which he likened a form of Judaism practiced by millions to the version of Islam practiced by terrorists….
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