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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Bernie Sanders Gave Sacha Baron Cohen Impeccable Side-Eye On His New Show
Reaching across the aisle, Sacha Baron Cohen released footage scamming both liberals and conservatives in the premiere episode of his new TV show “Who Is America” on Sunday. In his opening interview as Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., ph.D., with Bernie Sanders, Baron Cohen provided the best arena for Sanders’ patented side-eye since the advent of…
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How To Watch Some Of Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America’ Without A Showtime Subscription
We’re not in Bernie Sanders’ America yet, so television isn’t free and paid for by the state. If you want to watch Sacha Baron Cohen’s surreal new tv experience “Who Is America” on Showtime, you’ll need to pay for a subscription, or at least keep very close tabs on your 30 day free trial. But…
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Sacha Baron Cohen Also Duped GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz – And He’s Thrilled
Sacha Baron Cohen strikes again. Matt Gaetz, GOP representative, confirms that he, too, joins the legions of congressmen that have been duped by Sacha Baron Cohen. The comedian has been posing as a journalist and has tricked multiple politicians, including Sarah Palin and Judge Roy Moore, for his upcoming show Who is America?. The Daily…
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Bob Weinstein Steps down from Weinstein Company Board
The Weinstein Company is no longer affiliated with the Weinsteins. The Weinstein Company announced in a statement on Thursday that Bob Weinstein and 3 other board members will resign from their positions on the board on Friday. Despite Bob Weinstein’s feverish attempt to hold on to his prominent role at the studio he co-founded, the…
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Weinstein Denies Saying He Offered “Acting Jobs In Exchange For Sex”
In a purported exclusive interview with gossip columnist Taki Theodoracopulos of the conservative magazine The Spectator, Harvey Weinstein pled a personal case: “You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome. I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere,” Theodoracopulos says Weinstein told him. “You got…
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Scarlett Johansson Drops Controversial Trans Movie Role After Outcry
Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of “Rub and Tug,” the movie in which she was cast to play a transgender man. The actress gave a statement to Out.com, saying, “In light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting as Dante Tex Gill, I have decided to respectfully withdraw my participation in the project.” This…
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Orthodox Woman Has 10th Child On Same Day She Becomes A Grandmother
Elisheva Baumel, a resident of the Jerusalem neighborhood Givat Ze’ev, gave birth to her 10th child within 24 hours of the birth of her first grandchild. Baumel gave birth in Hadassah Har Hatzofim hospital shortly after her daughter-in-law Leah Baumel also gave birth in the very same ward. The overwhelmingly special nature of this scenario…
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Ariana Grande’s ‘God Is A Woman’ Makes Us Wonder — Why Is God A ‘He’?
God has been having a busy couple of days. “God told me I was a feminist when he gave me three daughters,” Andrew Cuomo announced this week in a bid to retain his position as New York Governor over challenger Cynthia Nixon. Then, late Thursday night Ariana Grande released the song “God Is A Woman,”…
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A Jewish Woman Will Direct ‘Black Widow’ Standalone Movie
Australian director Cate Shortland will direct Marvel’s standalone “Black Widow” movie, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed. Shortland is a decorated director known for films like “Lore,” a 2012 drama about the lives of the children of Nazis immediately following the Holocaust. She will direct Scarlett Johansson in a movie focused on her character the Black Widow,…
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Attention, World: Former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren Has A Hot, Famous Nephew
I had a torrid affair with former Israeli ambassador to America Michael Oren’s nephew, the actor Jon Rudnitsky. It lasted 16 hours and existed entirely inside my head and I am hear to tell you all about it. Let’s meet Jon Rudnitsky, actor in “Set It Up” and “Home Again,” formerly of Saturday Night Live:…
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Roy Moore: I’m Glad To Be Duped By Sasha Baron Cohen, That’s How Much I Love Israel
Say what you will about trickster comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, but aren’t you glad that it was he who brought Roy Moore’s name back into the news and not, say, a 13-year-old? Disgraced Alabama judge Roy Moore has issued a defiant statement explaining that he attended what he believed to be a conference honoring Israel’s…
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