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‘Bachelorette’ Contestant Calls For Religious Tolerance In A Dreamy Instagram Pic
Dean Unglert, 25-year-old former (as of Monday night’s episode) “Bachelorette” contestant and verifiable BABE, took to Instagram on Saturday to call for religious tolerance. For context, last night was the hometown episode of “The Bachelorette,” in which the remaining contestants bring their lady home to meet the fam. While prepping “Bachelorette” protagonist Rachel Lindsay to…
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Billy Crystal Sneezed So Hard He Tore A Rib Muscle
Small, tall, fat, thin — the human body is a miracle no matter what it looks like. Without our bodies, we would just be souls drifting in the wind, incapable of hiking up a mountain or scrolling through Instagram on our iPhones. But sometimes these miracles can be more trouble than they’re worth, as Billy…
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Sarah Silverman Is Uniting Every Living Disney Princess In One Movie
Sarah Silverman: creator of “Jesus Is Magic”, lover of fart-jokes, author of autobiography “The Bedwetter”, and princess? The truth is sometimes stranger than fiction—even fiction made up by Disney. In the upcoming animated movie “Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2”, every living woman who has voiced a Disney princess will unite for a…
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The Boy Who Lived, Daniel Radcliffe, Helps Injured Muggle Mugging Victim
Harry Potter has “a bit of a saving-people thing” and so, it seems, does Daniel Radcliffe. The 27 year-old professional wizard slash self-resuscitated-teen-icon-turned-bonafide-artist (we love him) was one of several passersby who rushed to the aid of a mugging victim in London today, according to the Evening Standard. Pottermore, eat your heart out. This is…
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Comedians Chelsea Peretti and Jordan Peele Welcome The World’s Funniest Baby
The extremely bashert couple “Brooklyn 99” star Chelsea Peretti and “Get Out” creator Jordan Peele have welcomed their first child. The bravely-named Beaumont Gino Peele was born July 1st, but the couple, who eloped last year with only a dog for a witness, announced the birth today. With a comedy pedigree that includes half of…
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Drama For Disney Over Firing Of Kermit The Frog Voice Actor
Washington D.C. isn’t the only swamp that’s swamped with drama right now. After news broke last week that Disney had fired Steve Whitmire, the man who has voiced Kermit the Frog for the past 27 years, The Hollywood Reporter sat down with him for an interview and it’s quite clear that bygones are not bygones…
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Miranda Kerr Opens Up About Wedding To Snapchat Founder Evan Spiegel
Love is a mysterious thing. Although there are some pretty strong predictors for the type of person you’ll fall in love with (someone roughly as attractive and successful as you, for example), there are some instances of besottedness that defy human explanation. Like Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel, for example. Miranda Kerr was the second…
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The Best Career Advice Billy Eichner Ever Got Came From Joan Rivers
It’s weird to think of raucous comedians like Billy Eichner and Joan Rivers as serious professionals with a deep knowledge of their craft but that’s exactly what both of them are. Rivers famously started doing stand up comedy only to support her pursuit of a serious acting career (a personal favorite fun fact) and Eichner’s…
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RIP Martin Landau, Jewish Actor Of ‘Mission Impossible’ Fame
Martin Landau, of “Mission Impossible” fame, died on Saturday of “unexpected complications” at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 89 years old. Landau was the recipient of several Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe award for his work on the television series “Mission Impossible”. He also received a Best Supporting…
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Leah Remini’s Tell-All Scientology Special To Premiere Season Two Later This Summer
“Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” earned a well deserved Emmy nomination on Thursday morning. One of the deepest dives into the controversial religious cult of Scientology, the series is at once disturbing, honest, and absolutely addictive. “Aftermath” portrays Scientology as a vindictive and controlling religious group. Stories of revenge for daring to leave the…
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Check Out This Extremely Foreboding Yiddish Sex-Ed Cartoon
Congratulations — you made it to the end of the week! As a reward and a reminder to always use protection, The Schmooze would like to gift you this adorable cartoon music video of an old Yiddish cabaret song that seeks to teach the children an important life lesson. The song and the video were…
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