It’s Jake Adelstein’s first week as a reporter at The Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Tokyo’s biggest newspapers, and the protagonist of “Tokyo Vice,” a new crime miniseries from HBO, is already questioning how things are done. Jake (Ansel Elgort) is covering a stabbing, and he writes that the victim was murdered — as he certainly…
As a child, I would sit with my bubbe in front of her television set, watching her insert a worn out VHS tape into her VCR of a concert of one of her favorite musicians – the maybe-but-maybe-not-Jewish Elvis Presley. The golden age of rock and roll is through, and the age of musical biopics…
Socrates, allegedly, always wore the same threadbare himation, consistent with his pursuit of virtue over material items. Psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan advocated for sartorial peacocking — he believed a person’s selfhood would always be defined by how the person is perceived, so a brilliant presentation was key. And Shahidha Bari writes that French philosopher Hélène Cixous…
A Swarovski-encrusted, bloated night of semi-redemption, the 90th Academy Awards paid unusual attention to women and immigrants. However, the show reserved the usual amounts of attention for the kind of slavish self-praise that reminds viewers that the unifying trait for all Oscar participants is that they enjoy magnificent wealth in a world where children starve…
Wise men say only fools rush in, but I can’t help falling in love with Ansel Elgort while simultaneously wanting to destroy him. How did this happen to me? Meet Ansel Elgort, the 23 year-old star of Edgar Wright’s summer car-chase spectacular “Baby Driver”. He is an actor, singer, and dancer. He is a composer…
With President Obama leaving the White House, we also have to say goodbye to one of our favorite bromances of all-time. Yup, you know what we’re talking about. The leader of the free world and his “brother” Vice President Joe Biden. Spring forward A photo posted by Vice President Joe Biden (@vp) on Mar 8,…
2017 is looking like an explosive year for talented up-and-coming actors. We pulled together five Jews who are about to hit it big, so you can say you knew them when. Odeya Rush This 19-year-old Israeli actress has already made a name for herself starring alongside a star-studded cast in the 2014 film “The Giver”…
100% of profits support our journalism
