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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Timothee Chalamet Is The Youngest In 80 Years To Be Nominated For Best Actor
It’s a dream come true for a 22-year old Jewish boy from New York City: Timothée Chalamet is officially the youngest actor in 80 years to be nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his performance in Call Me By Your Name (2017). And we’re shepping a lot of nachas. (He also makes…
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Ben Platt Will Star In Ryan Murphy Netflix Show, Streisand and Paltrow In Talks To Join
After a dramatic bidding war, Netflix will house Ryan Murphy’s new comedy series, starring Ben Platt, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Barbra Streisand in talks to co-star. No, you’re not having a mini-stroke at the Kotel, this is just an extremely Jewish piece of news. Is it possible George Soros is paying all these people to…
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In A Veritable Super Bowl Miracle, We Finally Learn How Jack Dies In ‘This Is Us’
Many Americans love football. For them, Super Bowl Sunday is an opportunity to kick back with friends and family and watch a sporting game whose rules they totally understand. It’s an opportunity to engage in group aggression and scream insults at men who have achieved much greater success than any of them. But for many…
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Despite The Flu, Pink Delivers A Magnificent National Anthem At The SuperBowl
Spiky blonde hair combed flat, donning a blush-colored sateen jacket, and looking as resolute as the heroes of Francis Scott Key’s epic poem, pop star Pink delivered a stellar rendition of the national anthem at Sunday’s SuperBowl. And she did it while suffering from one of the deadliest and most damaging flu seasons in recent…
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Harvey Weinstein’s Ex-Wife Pulls Out Of New York Fashion Week
Harvey Weinstein’s estranged wife, Georgina Chapman, has made it clear she’s not quite ready for a come back. The fashion designer who founded Marchesa, a couture line frequently seen on the red carpet, has stayed quiet as a storm of allegations permanently crippled her husband’s career. After announcing a series of shows to take place…
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Pink Comes For Twitter User Who Dares Insult Her Super Bowl Performance
By most accounts, Pink’s performance of the National Anthem at the 2018 Super Bowl was a resounding success. Like Hillary Clinton before her, she battled through illness to honor her commitment to Tom Brady, Robert Kraft, and the American people. It was an inspiration and an indisputable win for femalekind. But where there is a…
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Jewish Olympian Sasha Cohen Is Living Her Best Life Now
Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist in women’s figure skating, doesn’t miss it. She doesn’t miss the physical therapists. She doesn’t miss her lack of social life or chances to explore the world. She doesn’t miss “how small [her] world was.” In a feature with People Magazine, Cohen, who was prevented from seeking gold…
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Anthony Rapp Speaks Out About Kevin Spacey Accusations: ‘I Was Trying To Protect People’
Anthony Rapp, the “Startrek: Discovery” actor whose allegations in Buzzfeed that Kevin Spacey had made sexual advances on him as a child had an explosive impact on the #MeToo movement in October, gave his first TV interview about Spacey on Friday. WATCH: @startrekcbs star Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) responds to the outpouring of support he has…
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Movie News: A Spielberg-Kushner ‘West Side Story,’ A Second ‘Passion Of The Christ’
Movie news is well and good, but seems to pale in the wake of the most fascinating developments from late last week: The Nutella riots in France. According to a January 26 report from the BBC, after Intermarché supermarkets across France began offering a substantial discount on the chocolate hazelnut spread, people began to battle…
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Patriots Star Danny Amendola Receives The Leonard Cohen Treatment
The New England Patriots will square off against the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday at Super Bowl LII, and fans have something to sing about it. Whether you’re a diehard Patriot or just tune in every year to hear the national anthem, you will be stirred by this strangely emotional parody of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” that…
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Fall In Love With Jeff Lurie, the Jewish Eagles Owner and Renaissance Man
Jewish football fans are well aware at this point that Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots NFL team, is a Jew. A philanthropist and a businessman from an Orthodox family, Kraft has funded a professorship at Brandeis and supported football teams in Israel. The Hillel building at Columbia University bears his family name. But as…
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