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Rita Moreno’s Recycled Oscars Gown Is Why Personal Style Should Reign On The Red Carpet
Casually tossing aside the taboo of recycling an outfit, Rita Moreno — who is supposedly of crypto-Jewish descent — wore the same dress to the Oscars that she wore 55 years ago. At the 1962 Oscars, for which Ms. Moreno was nominated (and won) as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in West Side Story,…
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Lemony Snicket Replaced By Anita Hill As Wesleyan Commencement Speaker
Children’s book author Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket, will no longer be giving the commencement speech at Wesleyan College this may. Snicket resigned after finding himself the target of student protests amid allegations that he had a penchant for making inappropriate sexual remarks to female authors. Wesleyan’s president, Michael Roth, sent an email…
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Jerry Seinfeld And Alec Baldwin Talk Weinstein And The #MeToo Movement
After the Academy Awards Sunday night, Jerry Seinfeld joined Alec Baldwin for the first episode of Baldwin’s new talk show “Sundays with Alec Baldwin.” It was inevitable that their conversation soon turned to #MeToo and the social justice crusade that has swept through Hollywood as of late. “What is amazing is the speed and efficiency…
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Judith Light Says ‘Transparent’ Cast Is Shell Shocked By Jeffrey Tambor’s Firing
It’s hard to imagine “Transparent” without Jeffrey Tambor’s character, Maura, but that’s what we can expect to get, according to Judith Light, who plays Shelley Pfefferman on the show. Light Entertainment Tonight they could expect at least one more season to be released. “Yes, we are looking at a fifth season, and we’ll see when…
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Amy Schumer Gave Jennifer Lawrence The Best Breakup Gift Ever
From bruises to breakups, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. And once you’re stronger, you’ll be able to face your own solitary death with that much more focus. That’s what Amy Schumer said to Jennifer Lawrence after Lawrence’s relationship with director Darren Aronofsky ended in November, anyway. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence spoke about the…
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Disney Channel’s ‘Andi Mack’ Knows How To Do Judaism
I want to start a Facebook page — SCALD: Single, Childless Adults Loving Disney — hoping I will find someone in my age range (50s) who is as into the Disney Channel as I am. I could probably sing the entire theme songs of its current shows and those that have been popular since the…
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Jewish Oscar Nominees Snubbed Across The Board
There were only a few Jewish Oscar nominees in the biggest categories this year and all of them went home empty-handed on Sunday night. Daniel Day Lewis, nominated for his role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread”, and Timothee Chalamet, nominated for his role in “Call Me by Your Name”, both lost “Best Actor” to…
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Every Jewish Moment That Happened At The Oscars
A Swarovski-encrusted, bloated night of semi-redemption, the 90th Academy Awards paid unusual attention to women and immigrants. However, the show reserved the usual amounts of attention for the kind of slavish self-praise that reminds viewers that the unifying trait for all Oscar participants is that they enjoy magnificent wealth in a world where children starve…
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Will The #MeToo Movement Purge America Of Its Toxic Work Culture?
There is no question that Harvey Weinstein’s downfall was the catalyst for a movement that is changing the workplace for women, hopefully for good. Between Time’s Up and #MeToo, amid new accusers coming forward every day and the bosses who are finally listening to them, a long overdue revolution is here. But it’s not just…
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Movie News: How Batman Hit The Big Screen, André Aciman On ‘Call Me By Your Name’
We’re contractually obligated to remind you that it’s Oscars week. It’s also Purim. And, since the Forward’s weekly “Read, Watch, and Do” piece already touched on the lingering questions surrounding this year’s awards, let’s instead take a minute to remember Christopher Guest’s mockumentary classic “For Your Consideration” (2006). In the film, three actors come to…
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Robert Kraft’s Girlfriend Had A Baby – But It’s Not His
Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the Patriots, has confirmed that his longtime on/off girlfriend, Ricki Lander, has given birth to a child that is not biologically his own. (The Patriots are an American football team. American football is a game in which several hefty men throw around a cornea shaped ball and there are…
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