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Plus: The goofiest mayoral portrait in the history of mayoral portraits
Plus: The goofiest mayoral portrait in the history of mayoral portraits
The actor didn’t mean to kill his cinematographer. Rabbinic sages have weighed in on similar cases.
An otherwise dull conversation was enlivened by Wi-Fi issues
After hosting his talk show “Here’s the Thing” on WNYC since 2011, actor and comedian Alec Baldwin is decamping to iHeartRadio — because of Woody Allen. The shift is Baldwin’s latest demonstration of loyalty to Allen, his longtime friend, whose directorial career has in recent years been overshadowed by allegations of sexual abuse by his…
The Schmooze has a life to live — we want to pet cute dogs, read about Pete Davidson’s tattoos, find ways to use Jewish celebrity culture as a prism through which we can work to dismantle social structures — in short, we’re busy. But we have taken some time on this beautiful, sunny Friday, just…
After decades of silencing women who accused powerful men of sexual harassment and assault, it is undeniably en vogue to now very publicly support them. This is a good thing (!), mostly. We are collectively viewing women as people and not as hysterical liars who are trying to destroy men for personal reasons or sad…
Is Woody Allen guilty of sexually abusing his step-daughter Dylan Farrow as a young child, as Farrow alleges? Is Allen’s marriage to adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn evidence enough that there is something extremely wrong with Allen? Should we forgive it all because “Annie Hall” is just such a good entry into the cannon of great…
The upcoming film “Blind,” starring Alec Baldwin as a novelist who loses his sight in a car crash, has drawn criticism for casting an able-bodied actor as the blind lead. The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading organization advocating for disability rights, spoke out against the film, accusing it of “crip-face” — a comparison to blackface…