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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Is Carrie Fisher In for ‘Star Wars’ Sequel?
Will they? Won’t they? Speculation abounds about which of the original Star Wars cast will make the jump to the upcoming sequel. Carrie Fisher made our hearts soar like the Millenium Falcon when she sat down with Palm Beach Illustrated and answered a point blank “Yes” when asked whether or not she was coming back…
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How Playboy Came to Israel
Images of Israel usually conjure up holy monuments, the Mediterranean Sea and a land steeped in political turmoil. Now you can add Playboy bunnies to that list. Playboy Magazine, which is printed in over 30 countries, recently added the Holy Land to its list. On newsstands March 6, and printed only in Hebrew, the magazine…
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Marc Jacobs, Actor?
Marc Jacobs is stepping off the runway and onto the red carpet. According to Refinery29, the fashion designer will be appearing in “Disconnect,” a new thriller starring Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard, Paula Patton, and Max Theriot. The movie focuses on the dark-side of social media and online chat-rooms, with several story lines that intersect for…
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Books Author Blog: Deciding to Forgo Research
Earlier this week, Nancy Richler discussed the perspective of her novel “The Imposter Bride.” Her blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit: One of the great pleasures of writing for me is researching…
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Will Mila Kunis Win for ‘Best Kiss’?
Hot on the trail of Golden Globes and Oscar season, it’s time for Hollywood’s finest to pray they still fit in their glam-wear, and head to the MTV Movie Awards, held on April 14. “Django Unchained” and “Ted” are the frontrunners, with seven nominations apiece. “Ted” star Mila Kunis gathered two nominations, Best Female Performance…
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Israeli-Iranian Singer Performs at UN
The Israeli-Iranian singer Rita performed at the United Nations General Assembly Hall. Rita performed in Hebrew, English and Farsi at the “Tunes for Peace” concert on Tuesday night – just the third full-fledged concert at the U.N. venue. The singer, who goes by just her first name, but whose full name is Rita Yahan-Farouz, performed…
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Sarah Silverman in Bed With Joan Rivers
“I’m Joan Rivers — let’s see who’s coming out of my closet tonight!” That’s the beginning of Joan Rivers’s new web series, “In Bed With Joan.” The answer, for the first episode, is Sarah Silverman, who craws right in for the “full mommy experience.” During the episode the two comedians talk about what Jews keep…
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‘Rhoda’ Actress Has Cancer
Actress Valerie Harper best known as wise-cracking neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern on television’s “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, People magazine reported on Wednesday. Doctors told Harper, 73, on Jan. 15 that she had as little as three months left to live after a battery of tests revealed she has…
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Drake Throws His Cash Around
Drake seems to have a lot of cash to literally throw around. He arrived this past weekend at a Charlotte, NC strip club with a box full of cash in the amount of $50,000. Before long, it was raining money so hard that the floor was covered in bills. That’s $50K that could have gone…
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Books Alice in Yiddishland
Translating classic children’s books into Yiddish is becoming a trend these days. First there was “The Hobbit,” which was recently translated by retired computer programmer Barry Goldstein. Now there’s “Alice in Wonderland,” which has been rendered into Yiddish by Israeli children’s author Adina Bar-El. Bar-El, 66, who lives on Moshav Nir Yisrael, is the author…
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Books Author Blog: A Departure From the Traditional
Jan Aronson is the illustrator of the “The Bronfman Haggadah” published by Rizzoli. Born in New Orleans, New York-based artist Jan Aronson has had more than 70 solo and group exhibitions. Read more about Jan here. Her blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s…
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