Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Clooney Hosts Big-Time Obama Fundraising Party
In case you hadn’t heard, there is going to be a big fundraising bash for President Obama’s reelection campaign tonight over at George Clooney’s place. No one — well, at least no Democrat — would want to miss that, right? But before you run to put on your party dress, you might want to know…
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The Schmooze Amy Winehouse Blood Painting Up for Auction
An art piece made by the late singer Amy Winehouse — using her own blood — will be auctioned off at the Cob Gallery in London. The self-portrait, titled “Ladylike,” is part of a collection by Pete Doherty, called “On Blood,” which was on view at the gallery earlier this year. Doherty, known primarily as…
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The Schmooze Biden Makes Sign of the Cross, Rabbis Giggle
Former TV journalist and newly minted politician Yair Lapid’s address to the Rabbinical Assembly’s National Convention in Atlanta yesterday got a lot of attention. In his remarks, he emphasized that he would work for equality for all religious movements in Israel — something that made the Conservative rabbis in the audience smile. But another politician…
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The Schmooze Dustin Hoffman and Mila Kunis Save Lives
Who needs the Avengers when we have real-life Jewish celebrities rushing to the rescue? First came news that on April 27, actor Dustin Hoffman, 74, saved the life of a London jogger who had gone into cardiac arrest. Hoffman, who owns a home in Kensington, was walking in Hyde Park when he saw lawyer Sam…
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The Schmooze Q&A: Drew Lovejoy on Irish Dancing
Drew Lovejoy proves that you don’t need to be Irish to excel at Irish dancing. Lovejoy, a 17-year-old American biracial Jew, recently won his third consecutive All Irish Dance Championship, the oldest competition in the Irish dance world. He was also the 2010 Irish dance world champion in his age group. Growing up the only…
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The Schmooze Travolta Sex Abuse Case Takes Anti-Semitic Turn
John Travolta is strongly denying allegations by an unnamed male plaintiff (“John Doe”) that he assaulted and sexually harassed him. The actor plans to countersue the plaintiff, a Los Angeles masseur who claims to have been hired by Travolta in January, and his lawyer Okorie Okorocha for malicious prosecution. Travolta’s representative has told the media…
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The Schmooze Video: Spinning Class With Max Greenfield
Max Greenfield, who plays Schmidt on “The New Girl,” has shown that you can turn some kibitzing into some tzedakah. A few weeks ago Vulture made up a mock cover for a workout video that it imagined Greenfield’s “lovably preening” Schmidt character might have made. It was all just a joke, but Greenfield kind of…
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The Schmooze ‘The Dictator’ Meant Those Ashes for George Clooney
Whoops! You know those Kim Jong-il “ashes” that Sacha Baron Cohen — in character as the Supreme Leader of Wadiya — spilled all over Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet at the Oscars? Well, it turns out that they were originally meant for George Clooney…and that the provocateur is contrite over the incident. Last weekend,…
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