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Pink, Adam Levine Among Victims Of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Mean Tweets
Being a celebrity is complicated. On one hand, you are revered across continents by total strangers. On the other hand, you are detested across continents by total strangers. Adam Levine and Pink were called upon by Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday evening to contend with the latter. The pop stars both took part in the host’s “Mean…
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Arie Luyendyk Gets Some Advice From Jewish Ex-‘Bachelor’ Jason Mesnick
Disgraced Bachelor, Arie Luyendyk, faced the world Tuesday night on ABC’s “After the Final Rose” to talk about why he proposed to one woman, Becca Kufrin, on national television only to break it off a month later and run back to runner-up, Lauren Burnham. Luckily, he was not alone. Former Bachelor Jason Mesnick turned up…
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Zach Braff Continues To Insist He Looks Like The Bachelor Scoundrel
Zachary Braff is capitalizing on a moment of national tragedy in a last ditch attempt to convince the world that he is hot. Once again, it falls to a national Jewish publication with Socialist roots to stop him in his tracks. We can’t control senseless evil, specifically “Bachelor” star Arie Luyendyk’s sadistic heart-stomping of fiancée…
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Sarah Silverman Pays Homage To Mister Rogers In PBS Anniversary Special
What’s the cure for 2018 America? According to Sarah Silverman, it just might be Mister Rogers. Tuesday evening, PBS aired its Mister Rogers special, “It’s You I Like”, an hour-long 50th anniversary celebration of the beloved show’s first episode. The special featured a multitude of celebrity fans watching footage spanning the nearly 3 1/2 decades…
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Even Nathan Lane Is Not Immune To Harvey Weinstein’s Adult Temper Tantrums
The earth will be flush with the stillness of the apocalypse before humans stop coming forward with stories of suffering at the hands of Harvey Weinstein. Nathan Lane told his own Monday evening on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and, in classic Nathan Lane fashion, the story is long-winded but ultimately rewarding. It starts off…
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No, The Most Hated Man In ‘Bachelor’ History Is Not Jewish
Arie Luyendyk committed a cardinal sin Monday night when his journey of love on ABC’s “The Bachelor” came to an earth-shattering end — the hapless former race car driver changed his mind. After initially choosing Becca, a Minneapolis publicist, Luyendyk only made it two weeks before ending the engagement (before the couple was able to…
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The Internet Is Demanding Maya Rudolph And Tiffany Haddish Host The 2019 Oscars
It’s unclear how many plebeians have to want something for it to become a reality but I think 5000 is a good place to start. That’s how many people have signed a petition started by Care2, a social networking site. The author of the petition, who identifies herself as Rebecca G., points out that Tiffany…
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Chelsea Clinton Dodges Question About Friendship With Ivanka Trump
Chelsea Clinton visited “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” on Monday evening to discuss — kind of — her relationship with Ivanka Trump. “Are you still friends with Ivanka?” asked Colbert. “I haven’t spoken to her in a very long time,” said Clinton, perfectly executing a lack of commitment to both the affirmative and the negative….
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This Jewish Teen Is Sending The First Slice Of Avocado Toast Into Space
It was the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson who once said, “The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.” It is in that spirit that a group of students at a Seattle private school decided to launch a piece of avocado toast into space. It seems history has unfolded just as early scientists…
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Tiffany Haddish Worked The Bar Mitzvah Circuit Before She Was Famous
These days, Tiffany Haddish is introducing Academy Award nominees alongside Maya Rudolph and making history as the first black female standup comedian to host Saturday Night Live — but there was a time when you (yes, YOU!) could have hired her to perform at your bar or bat mitzvah. Haddish said in an interview with…
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I Attended Three Of NYC’s Biggest Purim Parties In One Night
The story of Purim opens with a 180-day party capped off by a seven-day mega-party. It ends with the instruction that the holiday should be celebrated by Jews “as days of feasting and merrymaking,” which should be taken as “an obligation.” And so, on Wednesday night I set off into the night with the goal…
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