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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‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Uses Sex Assault Allegation As Opportunity To Profit
It’s been a long time since America had a break from “The Bachelor” franchise. ABC seems to barrel ahead at the speed of lightning, taking care to schedule finales and premieres only one week apart from one another so as to not deprive the so-called “Bachelor Nation” of the drama for even one moment. This…
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The Jewish Billionaire Wedding That Brought Together Hillary Clinton, Tiffany Trump and Football
You know that recurring nightmare you have where you’re getting married but Hillary Clinton is there, and randomly so is Huma Abedin and a cast member from “The Real Housewives,” and then Tiffany Trump shows up? Plus, for some reason, in the dream your parents and your fiancé’s parents are billionaire political donors who give…
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Jill Soloway Trashes Popular SNL Character ‘Pat’ As ‘Hateful’ ‘Anti-Trans Propaganda’
Unfortunately for your sense of nostalgia but fortunately for the progress of humanity, humor does not exist in a vacuum. It ages like the rest of us and sometimes it ages out of being funny. On a Television Critics Association panel, Jill Soloway brought up a fitting example of this phenomenon in Pat, the androgynous…
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69 Percent of Teenage Girls Now Identify As Feminist — But Do They Know What It Means?
Teenage girls are arbiters of cool. They predicted The Beatles. They are the earliest and keenest adapters to new technology. They vastly surpass boys in college attendance numbers and have since the 1970s. They are consistently on the forefront of advances in fashion, fitness, and popular culture. Full industries rise and fall at their whims….
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Amy Schumer To Make Broadway Debut — In A Steve Martin Play
Controversial comic superstar Amy Schumer will, come November, make her first appearance on the Great White Way. Schumer, who rose to fame through her Comedy Central series “Inside Amy Schumer” and recently starred in the critical flop “Snatched” alongside Goldie Hawn, will be appearing in Steve Martin’s marital comedy “Meteor Shower,” The New York Times…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: You Can’t Compare Nazi Germany To The Southern Confederacy
Eminent thinker and journalist, recipient of multitudinous accolades, and a man whose writing will always be better than your own, Ta-Nehisi Coates, has finally weighed in on HBO’s controversial new series “Confederate.” “Confederate” will tell the story of a United States of America in which the Southern Confederacy won the Civil War and slavery has…
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‘Roseanne’ Returns: The Most Outlandish Things Ever Done By America’s Spitting, Tweeting Sweetheart
In the last year of the 1980s, the TV show “Roseanne” became the most watched television program in America. The show remained immensely popular throughout its nine seasons, and its star Roseanne Barr was hailed as the relatable voice of the working class. But if you are a millennial who has only heard of Roseanne…
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‘Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later’ Withstands The Test Of Time
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it — but also if it ain’t broke and Netflix offers you millions of dollars to make another one, accept that money and do the best you can. I like to think that this was David Wain’s philosophy when he decided to make both a prequel series and then…
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Jewish Former Host Of MTV’s ‘Spring Break’ Does Searing Parody Of Stephen Miller In New Video
Where does one go after making a career out of narrating the makeout sessions of drunk teenagers? Pauly Shore, the former host of MTV’s “Spring Break”, is proving to America that hosting wet t-shirt contests on a Mexican beach for underage youths was not the pinnacle, nor the end, for him. The comedian recently released…
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Meet The Man Behind The Iconic Soundtrack To ‘Wet Hot American Summer’
You’ve probably heard Craig Wedren’s music, and I’m not just talking about his tenure as frontman of the 1980s post-hardcore band Shudder to Think. He’s the mastermind behind the music of David Wain’s comic empire. Wedren has been working with the comedian since the nascent beginnings of their careers and no song of his, perhaps,…
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Larry King Wants To Ask O.J. Simpson How The Food Was In Prison
O.J. Simpson is almost a free man and that means one thing above all – the media hounds are once again free to pursue him relentlessly. Whoever snags that first precious interview with the man who “didn’t do it,” will be plentifully rewarded with great ratings and the pleasure of sitting across from someone who…
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