The Schmooze lies at the intersection of high and low culture. Here, the latest developments and trends in Jewish art, books, dance, film, music, media, television and theater are all assimilated into one handy pop culture blog.
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Kate Upton Refuses To Participate In The Guess Investigation Of Paul Marciano
In January, Kate Upton publicly accused fashion mogul Paul Marciano of sexually assaulting her when she was a model for Guess several years ago. Marciano stepped down from his role at the company two weeks later as Guess prepared to launch an internal investigation. Wednesday evening, Upton tweeted that she would not be participating in…
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Instagram Sensation ‘Girl With No Job’ Fired Over Anti-Muslim Mom Pamela Geller
It appears that Instagram sensation, Claudia Oshry Soffer, better known by the social media handle “Girl with No Job”, will have to find a new job. Soffer has been let go from social media company Oath after the Daily Beast published a piece connecting her to Pamela Geller, infamous anti-Muslim activist and Soffer’s mom. Despite…
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Armie Hammer Comes For Entertainment Journalist Who Once Wrote An Unflattering Article About Him
Armie Hammer has done it again. (“It” being that he has insulted an entertainment reporter who once wrote an article suggesting that his belated fame was a byproduct of his wealthy, male, whiteness). On Tuesday, Buzzfeed reporter Anne Helen Peterson tweeted out a perfectly reasonable critical analysis of the Jennifer Lawrence profile in Vanity Fair,…
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The Oscars, Mario Vargas Llosa’s Latest And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
It’s Oscars weekend, and, for once, the often-predictable ceremony has the admittedly mild potential to be genuinely interesting. On the biggest night of Hollywood’s year, how will presenters, performers and award-winners address the ongoing revelations of pervasive sexual assault and harassment that began with The New York Times’s exposé on Harvey Weinstein? A surprising number…
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Alec Baldwin Will Stand By Woody Allen Until He’s ‘Convicted Of Something’
After decades of silencing women who accused powerful men of sexual harassment and assault, it is undeniably en vogue to now very publicly support them. This is a good thing (!), mostly. We are collectively viewing women as people and not as hysterical liars who are trying to destroy men for personal reasons or sad…
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Stan Lee Professes Love To His Fans As He Battles Pneumonia
Stan Lee, the Marvel comic book legend responsible for so many of your favorite superheroes, professed his love to his fans in a video released Tuesday. In the video, Lee explains his absence from the public scene – the comic creator has been battling pneumonia. “I want you all to know I’m thinking of you,”…
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Oprah Couldn’t Afford Barbies As A Child — Now One Is Modeled After Her
The best revenge is living well. The very, very best revenge is becoming an international sensation whose name is synonymous with success and then being made into a Barbie. Oprah Winfrey had a very, very difficult childhood. And now she is getting the best kind of revenge. You wouldn’t know it from the way Oprah…
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Peter Sarsgaard And Jeff Daniels Say They Believe Dylan Farrow
If there is a heaven, Woody Allen is probably not getting in. If there is a heaven, those of us who do make the cut will be blessedly relieved of any earthly memory that involves Mr. Allen. If there is a heaven, nobody — nobody — will ever have to have another conversation about him…
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Ben Platt Enjoys A Bit Of Lox
Attention, universe. Ben Platt has done it again! He’s updated his social media accounts, and this time, it’s lox related. Ben Platt has never once let us down. The Jewish singer-actor who bared his soul nightly on the Broadway stage in Dear Evan Hansen is now giving us even more to relate to. Platt stopped…
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For Monica Lewinsky, The #MeToo Movement Is About Redemption
I was eight years old when Monica Lewinsky’s young life changed forever. At that age, I was hard-pressed to distinguish between her 21 years and that of President Clinton’s 5+ decades. I didn’t understand the difference, symbolically nor literally, between their job titles. Nobody explained these things to me. Instead, the only lesson I learned…
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Emily Ratajkowski’s Subversive Black Wedding Veil Was So On Brand
In a series of Instagram stories, Emily Ratajkowski revealed that she got married on Friday, in a secret civil ceremony at City Hall. Foregoing wedding traditions, the bride did not wear white: instead, she wore a louche, sunset-hued Zara pantsuit (which retails for $200). And, for her veil, she wore a flat-brimmed hat with a…
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