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‘Washed Up Psycho’: Trump and Bette Midler Trade Barbs On Twitter
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few,” George Washington said. Taking a slightly different tack, President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday to admonish performer Bette Midler for attributing a fake quote to the president. “Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be…
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Sex And The City (of Gold): Sarah Jessica Parker Spotted Praying At The Western Wall
Carrie Bradshaw lives in New York. She’s visited Dubai with her khevre of girlfriends. And now she’s touring the Holy land of Israel with her mishpokhe. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker visited the Western Wall on Tuesday, an Israeli celebrity blog noted. Parker and her family (her husband is the actor Matthew Broderick) are currently on…
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What Can We Learn From The Jewish Millennials Who Moved In With Nuns?
Housing prices are astronomical, belief in God is bottoming out, and America seems to have settled into an age of anxiety. Time we get to a nunnery? The New York Times recently ran a story about a group of millennial activists in the Bay Area who moved in with a group of nuns. The project,…
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Adam Sandler Begging Adam Levine To Perform At His Kid’s Bat Mitzvah Party Is Every Parent
The two most powerful Adams since Adam joined forces to welcome a new Jewish woman to the covenant — pop star Adam Levine performed at Adam Sandler’s daughter’s bat mitzvah party. The man who brought us “Hanukkah Songs” one-through-infinity called upon Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine to perform at his daughter’s party, he told Jimmy…
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Shavuot, The Jewish Festival Of Sex, Books And Cheese Is Upon Us. Let’s Rage.
The ancient harvest festival of Shavuot, which begins this Saturday at sunset, is an all-night bacchanal of reading, arguing, and cheese. It’s a celebration of a lot of things: the grain harvest season, God’s giving of the Torah to the people of Israel, and the right to eat dairy. On Shavuot, we read the Book…
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‘Mrs. Maisel’ Season Three Adds ‘Princess Bride’ Actor And Princess Grace’s Granddaughter
Looks like some royal (fictional and real) faces are joining “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” — we hope they’re prepared to eat whitefish and rye bread. Cary Elwes, the endearing star best known for his roles as Wesley in “The Princess Bride” and Robin Hood in “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” will be joining the third…
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Jenny Mollens Got Bat Mitzvahed At The Western Wall, In A Shawl Embroidered With Her Dog’s Name
Today, in news our ancestors couldn’t have dreamed of: Jewish comedian Jenny Mollen approached the mixed-gender prayer space at the Western Wall, holding a Torah and wearing a sheer tallis-like shawl, embroidered with the name of her deceased dog, “Teets.” It was her 40th birthday, and she was having her bat mitzvah. View this post…
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Guy Ritchie Made Israeli Media Interview Him About ‘Aladdin’ In Hebrew — He’s Good!
Grinning impishly, “Aladdin” director Guy Ritchie told the Israeli reporter that his Hebrew is only “kacha-kacha” — so-so. And yet Ritchie — and the very patient Israeli journalist speaking to him about the premiere of Disney’s “Aladdin” — conducted their conversation solely in Hebrew. “My wife — she speaks Hebrew,” Ritchie slowly recited for Ynet…
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Amy Heckerling’s Daughter Defends ‘Consensual’ Chris Kattan Relationship, Blames Lorne Michaels
Update: This article has been updated to include a quote from a spokesperson for Saturday Night Live. Mollie Heckerling, daughter of writer-director Amy Heckerling, has spoken out against claims made by Chris Kattan that framed her mother as having been sexually predatory in a work environment. Kattan, a longtime Saturday Night Live actor, wrote in…
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Harrison Ford To Chris Pratt: Get Lost, ‘Indiana Jones’ Dies When I Do.
Movie star Chris Pratt will play the role of Indiana Jones over Harrison Ford’s chiseled, tanned, sweaty dead body, Ford says. Sorry — where were were? Legendary actor, woodworker, and recalcitrant matinee idol Harrison Ford has spoken: You shall have no other Indiana Jones’s but him. Appearing on The Today Show, the 76-year-old was asked…
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Chris Kattan’s #MeToo: Comedian Says Lorne Michaels Pressured Him To Sleep With Female Boss
Saturday Night Live comedian Chris Kattan says that famed SNL show-runner Lorne Michaels pressured him to engage in sex for the sake of a business deal. In “Baby Don’t Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live,” Kattan writes that during production for “Night At The Roxbury,” the 1998 movie starring Kattan and Will…
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