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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‘Insatiable’ Is Only As Fat-Shaming As The Rest Of TV
The upcoming Netflix series “Insatiable” follows a teenage girl who is bullied for her weight until, having been punched in the jaw and forced to keep it wired shut over the summer, she loses weight, gains social capital, and decides to exact revenge on her bullies. A young white woman getting revenge? Very 2018. Very…
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Gal Gadot: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Is Not A Sequel
Why the 1980s? How is Steve Trevor still alive? And what else can we expect from “Wonder Woman: 1984’? Co-stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, as well as “Wonder Woman” director Patti Jenkins, spoke at Comic Con over the weekend about the much-anticipated addition to the Warner Bros “Wonder Woman” story, “Wonder Woman: 1984,” which…
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‘Who Is America’ Gets GOP Lawmaker To Strip, Scream N-Word
The question Sacha Baron Cohen has posed to the nation — Who is America? — was answered in more lurid detail on Sunday night in the second episode of his shocking Showtime project. Several segments vied for the most nauseating of the night, but the winner was one featuring Georgia state representative Jason Spencer and…
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You Could Go On A Date With Howie Mandel’s Son, Thanks To A Jewish Matchmaker
Everyone’s looking to find love these days, even the children of Hollywood’s rich and famous. That’s why Alex Mandel, son of famed comedian Howie Mandel, has decided to partner up with Jewish dating app Jcrush on his quest for a shidduch. Strangely, we are all invited to go on this wild ride. Throughout time, Jewish…
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We’re Sorry, But Ariana Grande And Troye Sivan’s ‘Dance To This’ Is A Bummer
Two of the biggest names in pop music, Troye Sivan and Ariana Grande, collaborated on the song “Dance To This,” which dropped its long-awaited music video on Thursday. Sivan, the towheaded tween-ish Jew who came up as a singer on YouTube, and Grande, a toddler-ish vixen mired in ethnic ambiguity who came up as a…
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King Princess Is The Jewish Queer Pop Artist You Need In Your Life
All hail King Princess, the queer Jewish pop singer winning the world over with her sultry tunes and bad-boy androgynous style. To those who know her personally, she is 19-year-old Mikaela Strauss, but those (like myself) who’ve been touched by her foray into the music scene, know that she is much more than that —…
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‘The American People Won’t Fall For Ivanka’s Faux Feminism’
“Ivanka Trump Is A Hypocrite” announced the Democratic National Committee on Thursday. In a surprisingly relentless takedown of the first daughter and presidential advisor, the DNC bashed Ivanka Trump’s participation in the administration’s “Hire Americans” campaign, given the practices of her own fashion line. Trump’s products, wrote Elizabeth Renda, a spokeswoman for the Democrats, are…
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‘I Thought The B— Was White’: Roseanne Defends Valerie Jarrett Slur In Video
Roseanne Barr released a video on her personal YouTube page on Thursday night that shows her confused, semi-incoherent, and screaming charged racial comments. None of this is new. Still, there’s something chilling about the video — Barr is disoriented, but the people behind the camera seem to know exactly what they’re doing. The profanity-laced video…
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Mark Zuckerberg Secretly Called To Congratulate Trump After The Election
If it’s true that the truth will out, then it will out very, very slowly. A new report from Buzzfeed News on Thursday found that Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a secret phone call to Donald Trump to congratulate him after he won the 2016 presidential election. Buzzfeed spoke to three people who…
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Israeli Cannabis-Based Skincare Products are Here
What if we told you there was a skincare line containing cannabis? What if it couldn’t actually get you high but can still aid in certain skin diseases? Now that I have your attention — In the Holy Land of Israel there are pharmacists truly doing God’s work. The Israeli-European skincare company MGC Pharmaceuticals has…
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All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler,’ Comedy In D.C. And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Oy, readers. It has been such a week; the only thing to say is oy, and the only thing to do is make plans for the weekend for the sake of distraction. Read on for the best weekend events in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as the best weekend…
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