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Paula Abdul Falls Off Stage At A Concert, Keeps Singing Like Nothing Happened
“The LORD said to Joshua: ‘Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?’” — Joshua, 7:10 “I get knocked down, but I get up again/You are never gonna keep me down” — Tubthumping, Chubuwumba Veteran performer Paula Abdul proved that she knows how to get right back on the horse — the 56 year-old…
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“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is Coming to the Big Screen 50 Years Later
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is becoming a movie and our sixth grade selves are clutching our Lisa Frank stickers and the Silly Bandz coiled around our wrists in joyous celebration. The endearingly raw young adult novel was released in an age when the concept of accumulating a certain amount of likes on…
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MAZEL TOV! Joshua Kushner And Karlie Kloss Are Now Married
It’s the moment we have all been waiting for. Joshua Kushner, businessman and brother of presidential advisor Jared Kushner, married Karlie Kloss, supermodel and tech-ed entrepreneur. Red, blue, Jew, non-Jew, obsessed with the way the ideological differences within the tight-knit Kushner family must cause relentless low grade friction or just attracted to Victoria’s Secret models…
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Rihanna Turned Down Super Bowl Halftime In Solidarity With Kaepernick
Maroon 5 must have been so high on the pride of being asked to perform the Super Bowl LIII halftime show, they didn’t recognize the fire burning in the eyes of pop superstar Rihanna. Girls like her don’t run ‘round with guys like Adam Levine and co. If it means supporting an institution that sidelines…
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‘Orange is the New Black’ Will End After Season Seven
Say goodbye to those beloved orange jumpsuits on your TV screen. The cast of “Orange is the New Black” has announced that their upcoming seventh season, which will debut on Netflix in 2019, will be their last. Members of the OITNB cast released a tearjerking video on Wednesday evening regarding the cancelation of their show….
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Cardi B Is In Talks to Play Fran Drescher’s Daughter In ‘The Nanny’ Reboot
When we first found out a reboot of “The Nanny” would possibly be gracing our TV screens with iconic celebrity Fran Drescher, we were all ears. “Tell us more!” we shouted in Queens accents from our rooftops, or rather, our office cubicles. The gorgeous nasal voice of Fran Fine (Drescher’s on-screen name) has spoken to…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Remake Of Israeli ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Thrills On Netflix
Like parents, teachers try to convince their students that they don’t play favorites. But when you’re singling out one student by taking him to the playground during nap time, there’s no pretending any more. Such is the case in “The Kindergarten Teacher,” Sara Colangelo’s adaptation of the 2015 Israeli film of the same name by…
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Chelsea Clinton Goes To Bat For Jews Over Farrakhan’s ‘Termites’ Comparison
Chelsea Clinton has spoken: on the topic of termites, Jews are not a fitting comparison. It’s a low bar, but we all got here together. Clinton spoke up on Twitter in defense of Jews in response to a video of Louis Farrkhan speaking at a recent rally in which he seems to compare Jews to…
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Drake Says It Would Have Been A ‘Fairytale’ To Have Kids With Rihanna
Drake is the quintessential Jewish romantic of our generation. If you’ve read any of Schmooze’s coverage of the rapper, you’ll know we have a penchant for his velvety lyrics, soft brooding eyes, tender soul and lack of self-awareness. Drake has made us swoon once again with his recent confession on Lebron James’ “The Shop,” where…
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Ivanka Trump Confuses Philosopher Socrates With Fictional Gas Station Worker
In a tweet on Tuesday, Ivanka Trump misattributed a quote to Socrates. “‘The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.’-Socrates” she initially tweeted, later deleting it and reissuing it with the caveat “Socrates the fictional character, not the person.” She’s forgoing the…
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‘Roseanne’ Is Dead And Ratings Are On Life Support As ‘The Conners’ Premieres
Life goes on, and with life, for better or for worse, comes ABC. “The Conners,” the swiftly reshuffled “Roseanne” reboot, sans leading lady, aired its first episode on Tuesday night. It’s been five months since the network canceled what would have been its crown jewel after the notoriously controversial Roseanne Barr tweeted racist slurs about…
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