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Fast Forward Woody Allen’s Adopted Daughter Dylan Farrow Details Sex Abuse Claim in Letter
Woody Allen’s adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, on Saturday revisited her sexual abuse claim against the filmmaker in a letter on the website of the New York Times, as she questioned his acclaim in Hollywood. The revival of the accusation against Allen comes just ahead of this year’s Oscar Awards, where the 78-year-old filmmaker is nominated…
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Fast Forward Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid Cuts Off Cash to Settlements Amid Scandal
Israel’s finance minister halted the transfer of government funds to West Bank Jewish settlements on Saturday and ordered a probe into allegations that money meant to support municipalities had been funnelled to a pro-settler political group. The money in question had been earmarked to cover security and building maintenance fees that were incurred when Israel…
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Fast Forward Maximilian Schell, Oscar-Winning ‘Judgment at Nuremberg’ Actor, Dies at 83
Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Academy Award for his role as a German defence attorney in the 1961 film “Judgment at Nuremberg”, has died aged 83. The Vienna-born actor died overnight at a clinic in Innsbruck as the result of a “sudden and serious illness”, his agent, Patricia Baumbauer, told the Austria Press…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Insists Peace Push Isn’t ‘Quixotic’
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that he remains hopeful that the Obama administration’s effort to broker a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians can succeed. The United States hopes to complete a “framework” accord in coming weeks and will then try to negotiate a final peace deal by the end of 2014,…
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Fast Forward Zev Yaroslavsky Mulls Run for Los Angeles Seat of Retiring Rep. Henry Waxman
Two prominent Southern California Democrats – a Taiwan-born state senator and former Los Angeles controller Wendy Greuel – have jumped into the race to fill a congressional seat being vacated by the retirement of veteran Rep. Henry Waxman. Veteran Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, a longtime Jewish leader and political ally of Waxman who…
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Fast Forward Rocket Fired at Eilat Shot Down by Israel
Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system on Friday shot down a rocket fired at the Red Sea resort city of Eilat, an occasional target of militants in Egypt’s lawless Sinai peninsula. “The Iron Dome system intercepted a rocket fired at Eilat,” an Israeli military spokeswoman said. “It was probably launched from Sinai.” Earlier this month…
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Fast Forward David Wildstein, Jewish Aide, Says Gov. Chris Christie Knew About ‘Bridgegate’
The former New Jersey Republican official at the center of a political retribution scandal dogging Governor Chris Christie said on Friday the governor knew about a traffic jam orchestrated by his top aides, the New York Times reported. David Wildstein, who is Jewish, said he had evidence that proves Christie had knowledge of the lane…
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The Schmooze Roald Dahl’s ‘Dirty Beasts’ Set To Music
Roald Dahl’s “Dirty Beasts” poems have a musical cadence which may explain why, after the success of stage versions of “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, three of them are being set to music to introduce young people to the orchestra. The anteater which gobbles a spoiled rich boy’s aunt, the flying toad which…
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