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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Emmy Rossum Is Leaving ‘Shameless’: Read Her Emotional Goodbye Letter
Emmy Rossum, perfect Jewish angel with a heart made of gold and hair made of doll-hair has announced that she will depart the Showtime comedy “Shameless.” Rossum, who has starred on the show alongside William H. Macy since 2011, wrote a moving letter to her fans on Thursday, explaining that soon she will leave the…
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Fed-Up Knicks Fan Sold His Loyalty For $3,450
Evan Perlmutter, a 33-year-old fan of the New York Knicks, has sold his team loyalty to the highest eBay bidder, for almost $3,500, ESPN reports. This news story has this young Jewish pop culture writer wondering — who would pay for that? And also — what are the New York Knicks? James Riedel, a 23-year-old…
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Amazon Bought Woody Allen’s New Movie For $25M. Now They’re Shelving It.
Woody Allen’s movie “A Rainy Day In New York” should have been a huge success. The cast list read like the Vanity Fair “young Hollywood” issue: Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Suki Waterhouse and Elle Fanning. Jude Law and Liev Schreiber were the pedigreed elder statesmen. Amazon bought the rights to stream it on their platform…
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Are Ultra-Orthodox Headscarves Trending For Fall 2018?
With the high holidays soon approaching, high fashion has been on our minds and in our shopping carts. It’s time to repent from last year’s poor synagogue clothing choices and burn our sinful dresses that surely our mother-in-laws and forever fashion police maven in heaven, Joan Rivers, would say is dreadful. Luckily, the runway heavens…
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WATCH: African Singer Goes Viral By Poking Fun At Israeli Life
Over the past two months, a commercial for Israeli satellite television provider Yes has gone viral in Israel, topping the country’s radio playlists and turning its star, 20-year-old Stephane Legar, from an Instagram and Youtube sensation into a household name. Legar, a soldier in the Israeli military, was born in Israel to parents from Togo…
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It’s A Biracial Holocaust Drama, Not A Hitler Youth Romance, Star Promises
If you thought Western Civilization learned our lesson about forbidden romance after Romeo and Juliet, think again. In her upcoming film, “Where Hands Touch”, Amandla Stenberg stars as a young girl who falls for a member of the Hitler Youth. These star-crossed German lovers were criticized moments after Variety featured a glimpse of the film…
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Lea Michele’s Favorite Beauty Product is Four Dollars
Why eat your veggies if you can wear them instead? We live in a slightly disturbing age in which carbs are scorned and spinach is hailed as a deity. Prioritizing health and wellness is violently trendy these days, especially among millennials, to the point that it has become commonplace to slather one’s face in a…
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Ivanka Trump Smiles In Selfie with Pastor Who Calls LGBT People ‘Demonic’
What has blonde hair, walks on two feet, and says one thing but does another completely different thing? The same woman who waxed poetic about wanting companies to hire Americans while her clothing brand was made overseas by women and children who make the lowest of minimum wages,that’s who. In another hypocritical pursuit, Ivanka Trump…
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Josh Peck And His Wife Are Having A Baby And Drake Bell Is Getting Involved
The New Zealand comedy band “Flight of the Conchords” predicted this many years ago — the babies are having babies. It’s becoming, as they said, a “ridiculous Russian doll situation.” Former child star Josh Peck, 31, and his wife Paige O’Brien are having a baby! One half of the team at the center of the…
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Don Jr. Slut-Shames Chelsea Handler On Twitter — With A Bro Assist From James Wood
Donald Trump Jr. really blew the opportunity to mock comedian Chelsea Handler on Tuesday. The first son reacted angrily to a tweet from Jewish comedian Chelsea Handler, in which she theorized that he would eventually “flip” on his namesake — provide incriminating testimony about his father in exchange for immunity in the Mueller probe. The…
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MeToo Guys Have A Right To Repent. Not A Right To Millionaire Influencer Status.
In October 2017 — another look at the news, another thrill of horror. In December 2017 — we assessed our grim situation — if they were out there making our movies, running our restaurants — weren’t they in our workplaces? Could they be in our homes? And by 2018, we began to miss them. My…
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