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Joss Whedon’s Long Lost ‘Wonder Woman’ Script Was Leaked And It’s Really Bad
In 2005, Joss Whedon was recruited to write the original screenplay for ‘Wonder Woman.’ He failed and the project was assigned to someone else. Over ten years later, the details of that failure have been thrown into the highest relief, much to the chagrin of Buffy fans everywhere. “I hate the fact that I’m so…
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Why Is No One Talking About How Hot Jon Ossoff Is?
Everybody is talking about buzzy, young, upstart Jonathan Ossoff. The 30-year-old Democrat will be facing off against incumbent Republican Karen Handel Tuesday in a special election in Georgia. But there’s an elephant in the room. A big one. A sexy one. A big, sexy elephant. And nobody is saying it so I will: Jon Ossoff…
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Disney Drops Trailer For New ‘Frozen’ Short
For those who can’t bear to wait over two years for the next “Frozen” movie, Disney has sated us with a short film featuring Olaf, the snowman played by Josh Gad in the original movie. In a short film that will air before Disney/Pixar’s “Coco” this November, Olaf will spend 21 minutes searching for the…
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Lena Dunham Posts Nude Picture Of Herself On Instagram To Celebrate Her Body
There’s an iconic line in the film “Mean Girls” where Amanda Seyfried’s character puts her hand to her breast and says “It’s like I have ESPN or something. My breasts can always tell when it’s going to rain.” It’s said some women are visited with a similar sensation on days when Lena Dunham posts a…
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Elizabeth Banks Apologizes For Forgetting That Steven Spielberg Directed ‘The Color Purple’
“Never say never,” said Justin Bieber ft. Jaden Smith once but how could Elizabeth Banks have known that he was speaking directly to her? In a tweet last night, Banks addressed the remarks she made while collecting an award for women in filmmaking. She criticized Steven Spielberg for “never” having made a movie with a…
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The Best Jewish Camp Movies To Watch This Summer
The founders of the first American Jewish summer camps imagined that camp could be an opportunity for Jewish city kids to breath country air and for Eastern European immigrant children to assimilate. They could not have anticipated that their creations would become populous sylvan gatherings where young people set things on fire, avail themselves of…
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Happy Father’s Day To 5 Jewish Celebrity Dads We Adore
The 10 Commandments direct us to honor our father and mother, so wouldn’t that make every day Father’s Day? To celebrate all dads, here are five Jewish fathers that we love a little extra. 1. Max Greenfield Max Greenfield is a doting father, despite the neuroticism of his character Schmidt on “New Girl.” Greenfield recently…
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Emmy Rossum Reveals Her Biggest Ally For Equal Pay On ‘Shameless’
At a roundtable discussion of female Hollywood luminaries this week, actress Emmy Rossum discussed the negotiations that ensued when she asked for a raise after being paid less than her co-star William H. Macy for seven seasons of the show “Shameless”. Famously, Rossum and her team eventually received an offer for equal pay to Macy,…
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5 Father’s Day Gifts That Your Jewish Dad Will Love
I prefer to express my appreciation of loved ones in ways other than participating in the commercialization of holidays and, by extension, displays of affection. But most people aren’t socialist blowhards, so if you have yet to get something for Father’s Day, here’s five gifts that might make your Jewish dad happy. 1. Great Jews…
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Elizabeth Banks Calls Steven Spielberg For Poor Record Of Casting Female Leads
Elizabeth Banks, the actress-producer-director phenom who broke box office records as director of the second “Pitch Perfect” movie, criticized director Steven Spielberg this week for his refusal to make movies starring women. Collecting an award for women in filmmaking, Banks, who is known for her icy wit and multi-hyphenate talent, spoke about the importance of…
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That Controversial ‘Julius Caesar,’ And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
If you, unlike this author, anticipate that your weekend will involve anything other than frequent doses of cold medicine, a couch, and “The Great British Bake Off,” we’ve got arts and culture picks for you. Read on! 1) Read Intriguing new releases include Allegra Goodman’s “The Chalk Artist,” Daniel Kehlmann’s “You Should Have Left,” and…
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