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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Reactions to Dylan Farrow’s Open Letter
Getty Images Dylan Farrow has renewed her allegations of sexual abuse against Woody Allen, this time, in her own words. In an open letter published on Nick Kristoff’s New York Times blog, the adopted daughter of Allen and actress Mia Farrow (who now goes by a different name), repeated her claim that the director sexually…
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Roald Dahl’s ‘Dirty Beasts’ Set To Music
Roald Dahl’s “Dirty Beasts” poems have a musical cadence which may explain why, after the success of stage versions of “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, three of them are being set to music to introduce young people to the orchestra. The anteater which gobbles a spoiled rich boy’s aunt, the flying toad which…
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Amar’e Stoudemire’s Off-Season Hobby
Getty Images Amar’e Stoudemire may have spent a little too much time around Israeli kibbutzim. The New York Post reports that the New York Knicks player has bought a 190-acre farm in Hyde Park, Dutchess County. According the Post, Stoudemire talkes about his new farm on a new MSG show, “In the Kitchen With,” which…
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Yeshiva U. Nixes Edgy Photography Project
Yeshiva University is reportedly not interested in having its students wear their hearts on their sleeves—or faces, for that matter. Y.U. administrators put the kibosh on plans by YU and Stern College students to bring Sacramento,California-based photographic artist Steve Rosenfield to campus for his “What I Be” Project, according to Haaretz, Rosenfield, 38, has visited…
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Watch Alison Brie Read Craigslist ‘Missed Connections’
How do you make Craigslist less creepy? Call in Alison Brie. The Jewish “Community” and “Mad Men” actress was on Jimmy Kimmel, where the comedian had her read a series of “Missed Connections” entries out loud. They seemed almost romantic. For those of you who have a life, Missed Connections, as described by Kimmel, are…
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Jerry Seinfeld Confirms ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion — Sort Of
Stop what your’re doing right now and start watching “Seinfeld” re-reruns. The rumors are true — well sort of. Jerry Seinfeld has confirmed that the “secret project” he alluded to during a Reddit AMA earlier this month is in fact a reunion of your favorite show, Variety reports. In an appearance on the “Boomer &…
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The ‘Noah’ Super Bowl Trailer is Here
Move over ScarJo — the ‘Noah’ Super Bowl trailer has arrived. So, take a break from controversy, sit back, relax and enjoy. Because, let’s face it: the only thing that could make us look away from Scarlett Johansson’s SodaStream spot is Russell Crowe playing a biblical character in a Darren Aronofsky film.
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Meet the Broads of ‘Broad City’
The cable television universe isn’t necessarily being taken over by female comics, but it seems that way: Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham and now Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, stars of the new Comedy Central series, “Broad City,” an outgrowth of their popular YouTube series. The two ladies share at least two characteristics with…
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Carole King, ‘Beautiful’ at Grammys and Broadway
Watching Carole King (introduced by Cyndi Lauper) perform “Beautiful” — her ode to self-worth, from her Grammy winning album “Tapestry”— along with “Sara Bareilles counterpointing with her own “Brave,” was a classy moment at the 2014 Grammy Awards which validates why, just the night before, King got the Musicare’s “Person-of-the-Year” Award in recognition of her…
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Pete Seeger and Me
To state the obvious, Pete was an iconic figure in the folk music movement in the United States. As were many, many of my colleagues, I was profoundly influenced by Pete’s music just as I started to really enjoy music. I first found him through the recording of The Weavers reunion concert at Carnegie Hall….
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Paintings By Richter And Freud Go on Auction Block
(Reuters) — An abstract painting by German artist Gerhard Richter will go on sale for the first time at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale in London, alongside works by Lucian Freud and Andy Warhol, Sotheby’s said on Wednesday. Richter’s “Wand (Wall)”, painted in 1994, has been shown in 20 museum exhibitions, including the Richter retrospective “Forty…
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