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Watch Lena Dunham Relive The Day Donald Trump Became President
November 8th, 2016 is a day that every conscious adult will remember for the rest of their life. They will remember where they were when they received the news, with whom, and how it made them feel. For most Democrats (and many Republicans), that memory will replay as a slow-motion car crash over a cliff…
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The Hashtag #SeinfeldTaughtMe Is Trending On Twitter
Turns out “Seinfeld” wasn’t just a sitcom – it was an educational program that taught multiple generations how to be a person, like “Sesame Street” for adults. Thousands of Twitter users are responding to a hashtag #SeinfeldTaughtMe with the lessons they learned from Jerry Seinfeld and his gang. The Schmooze has compiled our favorites but…
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Here Are 5 Happy Things Amidst A Landscape Of Devastation
Perhaps it’s just me, but there seems to be a general sense of dread in the air nowadays. And why shouldn’t there be? All of the insects are dying. The issue of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace is worse than many of us imagined (and just as bad as many of us suspected)….
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An Editor’s Note About Bryan Singer
Our source for an aggregated story published about ‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer, was Yahoo News. When they took their story down we removed ours, too, as we could not independently confirm the sources originally cited.
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Leonard Bernstein’s Centennial, ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
The craze of Halloween has passed; if you’re still feeling sick from all that candy, there’s luckily a bundle of good, recently-released books with which you can happily stay at home and recover. If you’re not quite ready to hibernate there’s still plenty to do out and about, including more celebrations of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial,…
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The Real Winners Of The World Series Are The Jewish People
The Miracle of Hanukkah. Our roster of Nobel Prize winners. Sandy Koufax’s refusal to play on Yom Kippur. It’s hard to say which story Jews have been dining out on the longest. Now we can add another to the rotation: the year when each World Series team had its own Jewish superstar. Two Jews. Two…
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Beyonce Joins Seth Rogen For Cast Of ‘Lion King’ Live Action Movie
What do Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, and James Earl Jones have in common? Besides the exact guest list for your fantasy dinner party, that is. All four will star in Disney’s live-action “The Lion King” remake, in theaters in 2019. As Nala, Pumbaa, Timon, and Mufasa, respectively, the superstars will be joined in the…
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Playboy Has Decided Brett Ratner Is Too Creepy To Direct Hugh Hefner Biopic
Since Weinstein was officially outed as the prolific sexual predator that he is, powerful abusers have been dropping like dominoes. Having witnessed the swift justice dealt to Weinstein in the wake of the allegations, many women have felt personally empowered to come forward with their own accounts of sexual harassment and abuse — which means…
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Julie Klausner: ‘Difficult People’ Has Referenced Kevin Spacey’s Reputation For Years
Once upon a time, news site Gawker was there to make public the whisperings of the Hollywood rumor mill. When it went bankrupt, it left a digital media hole that has yet to be filled. Luckily, we have “Difficult People” on Hulu. The show was created by Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner, two comedians who…
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Dustin Hoffman Latest To Be Accused Of Sexual Misconduct
Another day, another deluge of victims coming forward to tell stories of abuse and harassment at the hands of powerful men in Hollywood. Author Anna Graham Hunter penned a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday morning in which she accused Dustin Hoffman of sexually harassing her while she was a high school intern on…
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Jay Leno Says His Jewish Neighbors Used To Run Errands For His Family On Christmas
We’ve all been there. Your Christian neighbors are sitting at home with their family on Christmas. The gifts sit under the tree, just waiting to be unwrapped. Kenny G is playing in the background. There’s a feeling of warmth and contentment in the air, even despite the 72-degree weather outside reminding them that climate change…
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