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Sarah Silverman has once more weighed in on a perennial debate in the world of casting: who gets to play a Jew? It’s a slippery question, and also the name of a parlor game a friend of mine likes to play. Per this friend’s rules, Zachary Levi, a non-Jew who changed his last name from…
Mohammad Bakri, the famed Israeli-born Palestinian actor and filmmaker, is, like many Israelis in the age of coronavirus, stranded abroad. Bakri is in Tunisia, where he was shooting his newest film when the pandemic hit. Tentatively titled Leila Toghader Rouha (Leila abandons her soul,) the film tells the story of a young Syrian girl forced…
The noted British stage, screen and voice actor and writer Stephen Fry revealed Friday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Jewish Chronicle reported. In a 12-minute YouTube video, Fry announced the diagnosis and said that he learned about the diagnosis after a general check-up prompted by a routine flu shot. He said…
Hollywood’s famous two Coreys made an emotional TV reunion of sorts — if you believe in people talking from beyond the grave. Corey Feldman, best known for his roles in classic ’80s movies like “Stand By Me,” “The Goonies” and “Gremlins,” believes he heard a poignant message from his late friend and co-star Corey Haim…
Jeffrey Tambor, Jill Soloway celebrate their win for ‘Transparent’ // Getty Images George Clooney had one. Kathy Bates, Diane Kruger and Dame Helen Mirren too. Signs and buttons with the simple but powerful words “Je Suis Charlie” — French for “I am Charlie” – were everywhere Sunday at the Golden Globes ceremony. The usually raucous…
As we all get ready to worship at the altar of Amy Poehler and Tina Fey on Sunday, take a moment to check out which of your favorite Jewish actors/directors/writers are being honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The 72nd Annual Golden Globes Awards will air at 8 p.m. (EST) on NBC on Jan….
(JTA) — First, there were the celebrity tweeter and deleters. As the Israel-Gaza conflict continues to spark a proxy war on Twitter and other social media, numerous celebrities are getting themselves caught in the crossfire. Earlier this week, both singer Rihanna and basketball player Dwight Howard alienated partisans on both sides by tweeting the #FreePalestine…
(Reuters) — Eli Wallach, an early practitioner of method acting who made a lasting impression as the scuzzy bandit Tuco in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, died on Tuesday at the age of 98, the New York Times reported. Wallach appeared on the big screen well into his 90s in Roman Polanski’s “The…
