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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Zac Efron Struggles To Become A Man In New ‘Baywatch’ Movie
What’s wrong with being a man right now? Not much, unless you have conflicted feelings about wars (propagated now and ever mostly by men), murderers (the vast majority also male), and man buns (no further explanation required). Zac Efron is here to change all this. The 29-year old actor co-stars with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson…
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Austin Mayor Publishes Open Letter to ‘Wonder Woman’ Women-Only Screening Hater
Last week, an Austin movie theater announced it would be hosting a women-only screening of ‘Wonder Woman’ and men lost their minds (#notallmen! #notallmen! #notallmen! Please don’t send me any threatening emails!!!!!). Today, Austin mayor Steve Adler posted on his website a letter he received from one of these angry men. The letter’s author, Richard…
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William Shatner Is Upset About His Interview In The Daily Beast
On Wednesday, The Daily Beast published an interview with William Shatner – who was very beautiful when he was young – in which the Priceline Negotiator off-handedly mentioned he wasn’t “trying to do anything to get deported.” Shatner, who is Canadian, was responding to a question from the interviewer, Craig Modderno, about an anti-Trump petition…
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Emmy Rossum’s NYC Synagogue Wedding Was Flawless
Get out your kleenex, scroll to the farthest depths of your wedding Pinterest board, and start plotting your next trip to synagogue: actress Emmy Rossum got married this weekend and it was unbearably beautiful. The 30 year old Rossum, who looks like she was designed in a lab by scientists attempting human perfection, married writer-director…
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Lebanon Makes It Official – ‘Wonder Woman’ Banned From Theaters
It’s official – ‘Wonder Woman’ has been banned from the big screen in Lebanon because lead actress Gal Gadot is Israeli . The ministry of economy announced Monday that it was considering a ban but the official ban wasn’t passed until Wednesday afternoon, mere hours before the film was supposed to premiere. The ban comes…
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Would Carrie Bradshaw Approve Of Sarah Jessica Parker’s New Sneaker Line?
I’m currently making my way through Sex and the City long after the curtain fell on the final episode. It’s hard to be left alone with all of my opinions about Big’s short-lived marriage to Natasha but last week, Sarah Jessica Parker finally gave me something relevant to write about: her brand-new sneaker line. This…
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UPDATED: Heads Will Roll: Kathy Griffin in Hot Water for Decapitated Donald Photo
The past 24 hours has been a true rollercoaster for Kathy Griffin, who wanted nothing more than to tweet out a picture of herself holding a replica of Donald Trump’s bloody head in peace. Unfortunately, she got much more than the laugh she was hoping for. Conservatives and liberals alike lashed out at the comedian…
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Sarah Silverman Turns Near-Death Experience Into Something Hilarious
If Tig Notaro invented the art of making light of potentially fatal illness, Sarah Silverman is picking up right where Notaro left off. The comedian’s new Netflix special ‘A Speck of Dust’ dropped yesterday and Silverman finds comedic inspiration from the near-death experience she went through last year, when a “freak-case” of epiglottis sent her…
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Shalom, Bollywood! Filmmaker Tells Story Of India’s Forgotten Jewish Stars
“Shalom” is perhaps the last word that comes to mind when most people think of Bollywood but one man is out to change that. Danny Ben-Moshe, an award winning documentarian, is working to finish a film that explores the lives of the Jewish stars of the world’s largest film industry. Ben-Moshe was inspired to tell…
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What Does It Take To Be ‘Husband Material’? Ask Mila Kunis
Mila Kunis and hubby Ashton Kutcher made their debut on ‘The Bachelorette’ last night. The couple, both of whom say they watch the show religiously, called ABC to request a cameo when they found out Rachel Lindsay would be this season’s leading lady. Kunis and Kutcher joined Lindsay and the men competing for her heart…
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Have You Been Pronouncing Gal Gadot Wrong?
Jimmy Kimmel does a lot of things right as reigning King of Late Night Television. He speaks out in support of Obamacare, adorably exploits children’s love of candy, and even hires writers who get themselves blocked by Donald Trump on Twitter. But something he once struggled with? Pronouncing Israeli actress Gal Gadot’s name. Last year…
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