Sundance Film Festival, the film industry’s annual takeover of Park City, Utah, kicked off last Thursday, and already three films of particular note have been picked up for distribution. Weiner In May, Sundance Selects will release “Weiner,” filmed primarily during Anthony Weiner’s second bid to become mayor of New York City. The film was supposed…
There’s a lot of amazing Jewish movies coming out of Sundance Festival this year. The popular film festival is in its 28th year, and is starting on Thursday, January 21st, in Park City, Utah. From documentaries about Jewish settlers to full feature dramas from the heart of New Zealand, here are eight great movies that…
It’s hard to mention Anthony Weiner without inviting some sort of a punchline. Even if you disregard the very unfortunate name, it seems like, since 2011, he’s been caught in one sex scandal after another. So what happens if you get caught in the middle of all that drama, as documentary filmmaker? Filmmakers Josh Kriegman…
Anthony Weiner just can’t catch a break. After only two months as a consultant for PR firm MWW, that he has been forced out. Apparently, having a disgraced former Congressman on your staff doesn’t exactly reassure clients. In an internal memo obtained by the Post, MWW chief Michael Kempner said Weiner “understands that his presence…
Anthony Weiner with his wife, Huma Abedin, at a recent New York event./Getty Images (Reuters) — An Indiana lawmaker apologized on Tuesday following online reports that he traded sexually explicit text messages with a woman involved in a similar controversy with disgraced ex-lawmaker Anthony Weiner, the Indianapolis Star newspaper reported. “I am truly sorry I…
Now that he’s lost his place in politics, Anthony Weiner has taken up… cooking? The disgraced former Democratic Congressman from New York City is lending his support to Rockaway Restoration Kitchen, a new non-profit restaurant and job training center, according to the Rockaway Times. The new eatery will serve up healthy nosh and offer food…
Anthony Weiner, Elliot Spitzer and Bernie Goetz. They’re back, in this week’s quiz. The latest item to wow visitors to Kosherfest? It’s here, too, because, like those men, it’s as Jewish and strange as it Goetz. <a href=”http://theforward.polldaddy.com/s/jew-hear-about-2″>View Survey</a>
(Reuters) — Anthony Weiner, the New York City mayoral candidate undone by a sexting scandal, stands in a schoolyard — the butt of his classmates’ jokes. A chorus of reporters breaks out into a sexually charged dance number during a Weiner press conference. A new play about the misbegotten campaign of Weiner, the former Congressman…
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