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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Major Backlash Over ‘Game Of Thrones’ Creators’ New Series About Slavery
HBO announced yesterday that it will be producing “Confederate”, a show that will imagine a world in which the South won the Civil War and slavery is still a legal institution. The series is the brainchild of “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The hype, however, was overshadowed by major ire as…
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‘A Bunch Of Jews’ Is An Actual Panel At Comic-Con This Year
This right here, folks, is your guide to the Jewish highlights of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. True, there are a number of exciting panels on offer, from a series celebrating the centenary of legendary comic book artist Jack Kirby to Gal Gadot talking about her next appearance as Wonder Woman in the upcoming “Justice League.”…
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The Kinky Polyamorous Relationship That Inspired The Original ‘Wonder Woman’
Based on the records “Wonder Woman” has broken in the past couple months, it’s clear Americans are fascinated by the superheroine — but does anyone really know her? In “Professor Marston & the Wonder Women”, which hits theaters in October, we’ll finally get to learn about the history of the character and that of her…
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Radiohead Will Perform In Tel Aviv Wednesday Evening Despite Pro-BDS Protests
. Radiohead will perform in Tel Aviv Wednesday evening, following months of pro-BDS artists and supporters imploring the band to reconsider the performance. Thom Yorke, the band’s lead singer, flashed the middle finger at a group of Palestinian solidarity activists at the TRNSMT festival this week. The incident was caught on camera and posted to…
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Monica Lewinsky Writes About ‘The New Frontiers Of Male Vulnerability’ For Vanity Fair
If you’ve been noticing a trend towards vulnerability among male celebrities lately, you’re not alone. Monica Lewinsky, a Vanity Fair contributor and anti-bullying activist, penned a thoughtful essay acknowledging the changing definition of what it means to “be a man.” Lewinsky uses three celebrity examples — that of Prince Harry, Brad Pitt, and Jay-Z —…
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Harry Styles Confirms He Has Four Nipples In Chelsea Handler Interview
Did you know boy band sensation Harry Styles is an actor now? It’s true — he’s currently on a press tour for his role in “Dunkirk,” the Christopher Nolan war film that’s been drawing early Oscar buzz. As part of said press tour, Styles withstood a series of rapid-fire questions from comedian Chelsea Handler on…
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Felicity Jones Tapped To Play Jewish Queen Ruth Bader Ginsberg In Upcoming Biopic
Sound the alarm: our big-screen Ruth Bader Ginsburg has officially been announced! Felicity Jones of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” has signed on to play Jewish heroine and my personal queen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a new biopic based on Ginsburg’s life. The movie has been in the works since 2015, with Natalie Portman…
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Palestinian Rappers Sing ‘Mama, I Fell In Love With A Jew’
“Mama, I Fell In Love With A Jew” — the words your mother always wanted to hear, right? Not if you’re a Palestinian, most likely. Tamer Nafar and Mahmood Jrere of the Palestinian rap group DAM recently released a music video of their song, “Mama, I Fell In Love With A Jew.” Though humorous, the…
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Maury Makes A Cameo In Season 3 Trailer For ‘Difficult People’
Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner’s Hulu original series “Difficult People” returns for a third lap around the sun August 8th and if the trailer is any indication of what we should expect, this season is going to be the most hilarious yet. “Difficult People” is the love child of Eichner, best known for his Emmy-nominated…
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Check Out Maya Rudolph’s Spot-On Ivanka Trump Impression
I hope to never understand what it feels like to be so uniformly loathed by America’s funniest comedians the way Ivanka Trump is. Maya Rudolph clambered on to the Ivanka hate train Monday night in an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyer.” When asked for her take on Ivanka Trump, Rudolph summed up her…
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Seth Rogen Made A Movie About The Worst Movie Ever Made
“The Room”, a 2003 independent film written by, produced by, and starring a flowy-haired vampiric mystery-man named Tommy Wiseau, has been hailed as the “worst movie ever made.” As a famous-in-its-own-right IMDB review put it: If you took the greatest filmmakers in history and gave them all the task of purposefully creating a film as…
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