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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5 Jewish Stars You Forgot Posed For Playboy
There’s a new doc-series streaming on Amazon right now called “American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story,” and it’s pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about the publication — plus some things you genuinely never thought to ask (as a teaser: Playboy was the first men’s magazine to put out issues in Braille). For…
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A Very Special Passover Message From Larry David
Thank you HBO, for gifting us with the ultimate Passover treat. The network posted a classic “Curb Your Enthusiasm” clip involving Larry David, a Seder, and a cheating child searching for the afikoman on Facebook over the weekend — and it reminded us just how excited we are for the show to return this summer…
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Chelsea Handler And Barbra Streisand Slam Spicer’s Holocaust Gaffe
Sean Spicer is currently being ripped apart for statements he made while comparing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler. “You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” Spicer said during Tuesday’s press conference. When reporters reminded him that Hitler did in fact use gas to kill millions…
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Pour One Out For Passover: A Drinking Game to Get You Through Seder
Whether you are a Napa Valley-native or tend to fall on the Charles Shaw side of things, the Four Cups of Wine demanded by Seder can be daunting. Interspersed unevenly through the night, sickly sweet, broken up by appetizers that are basically clumps of weeds dipped in a saline rinse — the Four Cups can…
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Amy Schumer Hits Back At Body Haters With Defiant Bikini Pics
Amy Schumer isn’t here to be shamed. The actress and comedian, who is featured on the cover of InStyle magazine’s May “Beauty” issue, responded to body-shamers with a series of Instagram bikini shots. “I feel great,” she wrote. “No haters can f with my baseline.” The comedian posted the pictures largely in response to swimsuit…
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Tapped By ‘Top Democrats’ To Run For Office
“Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus may play a lawmaker on TV — but she hopes to keep her political activity strictly extracurricular. The actress told The Washington Post that she has been approached by “top Democrats” with requests to run for office. She’s also gotten some pleas from within her immediate family. “My father keeps saying,…
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The Nazi Soup Nazi And 3 Other Crazy ‘Seinfeld’ Storylines That Never Made It
For all you “Seinfeld” fans out there, boy, do we have a treat for you. Former “Seinfeld” writers David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer talked to Entertainment Weekly last week and revealed a whole bunch of amazing storylines that never made it on air. Here’s just a few of them. 1. The Soup Nazi was going…
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8-Year-Old Cancer Patient Gets ‘Can’t Believe It’ Visit From Matisyahu
Rena Koenig didn’t know what to expect when she emailed Matisyahu to ask if he would visit her 8-year-old daughter who’s battling cancer. “She loves his songs, she listens to them when she is in pain,” Koenig said in a phone interview. “I thought, ‘What do I have to lose?’” The leap of faith paid…
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Why Ivanka Trump Is Considered A ‘Goddess’ In China
Have you ever wanted to be exactly like a celebrity? Like maybe late at night, after scrolling a little too long through Lea Michele’s Instagram, you start wondering how exactly you can get her hair thickness and dewy skin? For Wang Ge, a 26-year-old Chinese business school student, her celebrity of choice is Ivanka Trump,…
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WATCH: Scarlett Johansson Calls Ivanka Trump ‘Cowardly’
Speaking with Ariana Huffington at New York’s Women in the World Summit yesterday, Scarlett Johansson had some harsh words for Ivanka Trump on an unexpected subject: her insistence on operating behind-the-scenes while her father, President Donald Trump, occupy two of the most publicly high-profile positions in the country. While Johansson briefly called Ivanka Trump out…
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Jared And Ivanka Need A Good Couple Name – Jaravanka?
For better or for worse, for richer or for even richer, in sickness and in Mar-a-Lago, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have become celebrity fixtures of the Trump presidency. It’s possible that illegal or unethical links to Russia could end the Jarenka spotlight, but — as my friend Sanjiv reminded me — until that day…
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