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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Was Ivanka Texting At John McCain’s Funeral On Shabbat?
Footage of Ivanka Trump at John McCain’s memorial service shows the first daughter and presidential advisor focusing on something in her lap during several eulogies, including those given by former senator Joe Lieberman and bereaved daughter Meghan McCain. Now Nancy Jew — girl detective and halakhah sleuth — must solve several mysteries: Was Ivanka Trump…
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There Is Officially A Baby That Shares Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig’s DNA
Sing to the tune of “Edelweiss”: Rachel Weisz, Rachel Weisz Your impact on indie films is incontrovertible Deborah Lipstadt’s pal, Daniel Craig’s gal, We don’t have any information about your new baby because you call that “personal”! Rachel Weisz, one of Judaism’s most respectable superstar-genius-babes, welcomed a new baby with film star Daniel Craig this…
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Roseanne Barr Plans To Take Refuge in Israel During Premiere of ‘The Connors’
What better way to flee your troubles than by heading off to the Holy Land? Just ask Roseanne Barr – she plans on spending some time in Israel when “The Connors” premieres this fall, she told her mentor and confidant Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on his recent podcast episode. Barr was axed from the highly anticipated…
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The Hitler Youth Romance Movie Trailer Is Out, And It’s Just As Gross As You Imagined
A trailer has been released for the much-anticipated movie “Where Hands Touch” by Amma Asante, which follows a biracial German teen as she faces danger under Nazi-occupation and falls in love with a member of the Hitler Youth. via GIPHY It’s gonna be a no from us. And it’s a bummer, because the intention behind…
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So, You’re Going To Be A Guest At The Kloss-Kushner Wedding — Here’s What To Know
Two months at least into her time in the Jewish tribe and six years into a courtship with one very handsome Jewish businessman, Karlie Kloss has finally set a wedding date. The 26-year-old supermodel and her fiancé, Joshua Kushner, will wed at his family’s New Jersey farm in the spring or summer of 2019. Kloss-ner…
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Lana Del Rey Cancels Israel Concert Amid BDS Pressure
It’s September, and these lyrics have never been more apt: “I got that summertime, summertime sadness, su-su-summertime, summertime sadness.” Pop maestro Lana Del Rey has caved to weeks of pressure, canceling her plans to headline a concert at an Israeli festival under pressure from critics of Israel. The announcement, which the singer posted Friday on…
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Michael Cohen Makes $7M Flipping Apartments — While Crying Broke On GoFundMe
Michael Cohen is raking it in — as a “truth-fund” set up by Cohen’s lawyer Cohen continues to successfully solicit money, it has come to light that Cohen sold his stake in two apartment buildings for $13 million. It is fascinating to note the way that the tables (and our feelings) have turned for Mr….
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Troye Sivan’s New Album Is Sultry Bubblegum From A Pop Princeling
Troye Sivan fiddles with his romantic desires throughout his newly released album, “Bloom.” The proudly gay, Australian pop-princeling peppers the ballads with soft beats and gentle murmurs. Gone are the days in which artists would insert sly innuendos about their sexual preferences. Sivan does not shy away from discussing his queerness and, in fact, centers…
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Sheryl Sandberg Quietly Plans To Donate Massive Wealth In Late Husband’s Honor
Sheryl Sandberg owns a 10 percent stake in SurveyMonkey, the popular online survey-making service, where her late husband Dave Goldberg served as CEO. SurveyMonkey filed to go public this week, and Business Insider reports that documentation announcing the company’s IPO plans say that Sandberg plans to donate her stake in the company entirely to charity….
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The Sleeper Hit On Eminem’s Surprise Album Is A Voice Mail From Paul Rosenberg
It’s not clear that Eminem has a place in 2018 — during the Trump administration he tried to position himself as a resistor, but the rapper has always been resistant to anything that isn’t unadulterated praise of his work. In “Kamikaze,” a surprise album the 45-year-old dropped on Thursday, he uses his patented rage not…
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‘A Slap In the Face’: USA Gymnastics Hires Woman Who Defended Nassar — After 50+ Accusations
Imagine this: you’re a national organization. Your former employee was found guilty of sexually abusing hundreds of children, many while he was in your employ. Reports find that your organization has, for decades, “failed to alert police to many allegations of sexual abuse” and consistently created systems that kept predators safe. Now you have to…
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