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Jenny Slate’s New Movie ‘Landline’ Will Make You Feel 90s Nostalgia … But Not Much Else
There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t support other women, said Taylor Swift once, and nowhere is this adage taken more seriously than here at The Schmooze. We aim to support women everyday, whether that takes the form of a tempered response to Emily Ratajowski’s boob claims or an article paying homage…
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Hey Everyone, Guess What? ‘Nathan For You’ Is Returning
It’s been two years since “Nathan For You” aired its third season and most of us had given up hope that we would ever again get to watch hapless, well-intentioned entrepreneurs be duped out of a bright future by a man with a fake business degree and a sadistic sense of humor. But today, Nathan…
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Jews, We Need To Talk: Why Are The Men On JSwipe So Awful?
I love dating Jews. I am proud to say that my romantic history is a long line of summer camp lovers, AEPI brothers, Israeli soldiers who are conflicted and need to talk about it, and boys whose passion for Phillip Roth knows not the bounds of social convention. I considered every single moment of Reform…
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Apparently, Sony Thinks Amy Schumer And Anne Hathaway Are Interchangeable
One is a brunette, the other is blonde. One is Roman Catholic who was married in an interfaith Jewish ceremony, the other is a Jew who will hopefully never betray her fans by getting married. One is laughed at, the other is laughed with. One cites Meryl Streep as her idol, the other is cited…
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Liev Schreiber’s Son Attends Comic-Con Dressed As Superheroine Harley Quinn
Liev Schreiber has described his Jewish mother as a “far-out Socialist Labor Party hippie bohemian freak who hung out with William Burroughs” so perhaps it’s no surprise that Schreiber doesn’t cling fast to gender stereotypes when it comes to his own children. The actor and painfully cool dad, who will probably never embarrass his kids…
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The Origin Story Of The ‘Broad City’ Babes’ Friendship Was Revealed At Comic-Con
Ahh, New York City! Skyscrapers, 24-hour bagel cafes, pizza rats! Is there anything we don’t have? Oh — a working subway system, you say? Yes, one of those would be nice. But if we had a working subway system, Abbi and Ilana of “Broad City” would never have become lifelong friends whose wacky antics bring…
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Drink Tequila Like Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel
In tonight’s episode of The Real Housewives of New York City, the women find themselves in Tequila, Mexico, visiting a distillery that makes the tequila that’s in housewife Bethenny Frankel’s Skinnygirl margaritas. Real Housewives is a national treasure, if you’re a reality-TV fan like me. It has brought us Scary Island (Google it), it has…
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‘Indecent’ Playwright Paula Vogel Calls David Mamet’s Talkback Ban ‘Censorship’
2Pac vs. Biggie. Elizabeth I. vs. Mary, Queen of Scots. The Jets vs. The Sharks. Add to the list: Jewish American playwright David Mamet vs. Jewish American playwright Paula Vogel. There will be blood. And there will also be strongly worded New York Times quotes. How did the grudge between these two great households, both…
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‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Trailer Makes A Joke Of The Sexual Assault Case That Almost Got It Canceled
There’s been quite a bit of speculation over how “Bachelor in Paradise” will deal with the sexual assault accusations that almost resulted in the cancellation of the show. Will the show address it frankly? Will the producers reveal the footage? Will it go unmentioned altogether? Turns out, someone has decided the appropriate way to deal…
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Ezra Miller, DC’s Newest Superhero, Caught On-Camera Giving Anonymous Fan A Steamy Kiss On The Lips
I would just like to preface this post by saying alcohol is a drug that should be consumed in moderation, if at all, by responsible people over the age of 21 who have a sober driver to get them home safely at the end of the night. AND NOW FOR THE FACTS: Ezra Miller, the…
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The ‘Game of Thrones’/Drake Mashup That Will Become The Soundtrack To Your Summer
Episode two of “Game of Thrones” premiered Sunday night and, if the Twitter masses are to be trusted, it was “lit”, as the youths like to say. But wait! What if I showed you something even more lit than Sunday’s episode of “Game of Thrones”, like this mashup of the “Game of Thrones” music with…
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