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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Who Is Amanda Bynes’ Secret Love?
Amanda Bynes is in love. With whom, you ask? Well, we don’t know. What we do know is that it’s someone she doesn’t follow on Twitter, and that Drake, who has been the target of everything from her sexual fantasies to angry rants about his looks, is a close second. I’m In Love With Someone…
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Kirk Douglas’ Bloody Nose
It’s hard to picture Spartacus taking snark from anyone. But in a a personal essay in the Huffington Post, Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovtch) recalls how as a young child, he ran home to mommy with a bloody nose given to him by Yanak, a childhood friend who punched him after accusing him of killing…
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Was Rush Limbaugh Right About ‘Commie’ Camp Kinderland?
Just because Rush Limbaugh says it’s raining doesn’t mean it’s a sunny day. Admittedly, his assertion that Camp Kinderland — a summer camp in the Berkshires — is a hotbed of Communist indoctrination doesn’t have much traction in 2013. But consider the camp’s backdrop for sports, music, drama, and arts and crafts. The theater is…
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Glenn Close Fetes Pat Mitchell At Elly Awards
Never has the adage “If you want something done, ask a busy woman” so aptly fit the description of the honorees at the June 25 Women’s Forum of New York 2013 Elly Award Luncheon at The Plaza, which honored Maria Cuomo Cole and Pat Mitchell. Formidable women with paragraph-long rosters of accomplishments, both were honored…
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Free Undies For Lena Dunham
Buying underwear is so 2010. Lena Dunham’s found a better way: she gets them delivered for free. The writer/director/star of “Girls” confessed her hatred for the politically correct undergarment via Twitter, adding that HBO provides her with a pair every morning onset. Our costume dept has realized that if they want me in underwear they…
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Austrian Artists Revamp Nazi Poet Memorial
A memorial to Austrian poet Josef Weinheber (1892-1945) stands in Vienna’s First District, the city’s business and historic core. While it honors his literary contribution to his homeland, there’s no mention of his Nazi past – or pro-Hitler works. But that may soon change. A team of Vienna-based artists launched an “intervention” June 28 aimed…
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Lena Dunham, Joseph Gordon-Levitt added to Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 276 new members to join its 16 branches. The Hollywood Reporter noted that the list of actors invited to join includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jason Schwartzman, Jason Bateman, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Lopez, Sandra Oh, Danny Trejo, Chris Tucker, Emmanuelle Riva and Charles Grondin. Lena Dunham will…
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Zayde Bloomberg!
Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have a new title very soon. According to the New York Post, Hizzoner is a soon-to-be granddaddy. Georgina Bloomberg, a professional equestrian, is expecting a winter baby, the 30-year-old’s spokeswoman confirmed on June 26. “Georgina and her boyfriend are excited to be expecting a baby this winter. Her entire family has…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Dissed By Yale
If you’ve ever been the sad recipient of an Ivy League rejection letter, you’re in glitzy company. Maggie Gyllenhaal has revealed that she was turned down by Yale and wait-listed at Columbia. “I wanted to go to Yale, but they didn’t accept me,” she told Gotham in their June 28 issue. “Columbia didn’t accept me…
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Albert Einstein-Signed Bible Fetches $68K
A Bible signed by Albert Einstein sold for $68,500 at an auction in New York City. The Bible was part of a fine books and manuscripts auction at Bonhams on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. The Bible’s final price far exceeds its pre-sale estimate of between $1,500 and $2,500. The German-born, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and…
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Susan Bee Paints the Spaces Between People
In many ways, “Criss Cross: New Paintings,” Susan Bee’s current exhibit at Accola Griefen Gallery, has its origins in her 2006 exhibit, “Seeing Double: Paintings by Susan Bee and Miriam Laufer.” “Seeing Double” was a mother-daughter dialog between Bee and Laufer, who died in 1980. “Criss Cross” also begins with Laufer, through a painting titled…
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