(JTA) — Larry David excoriated Californians months ago in a public service announcement to social distance and advised them “Go home! Watch TV!” At some point they’ll have a chance to tune in for another season of his “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” HBO announced Tuesday that it would renew the show created by and starring David…
The 2018 Emmy nominations dropped late Thursday morning. The Television Academy award show nominates, by our humble calculus, approximately 900 million people each year. Nevertheless, we have worked tirelessly to determine which people are people of the book. Here are all the Jews and Jewish projects nominated in major categories: Lead Actress in a Comedy…
When we last saw Larry David, who with Gal Gadot and Ruth Bader Ginsberg makes up the holy trinity for Jews, he was running from an assassin. The end of the long-awaited 9th season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” found our hero breaking with Lin Manuel Miranda over creative choices and being pursued by a would-be…
How does a bastard, balding, elderly man/Who likes samples and grousing/Living in Bernie Sanders’ shadow/Get a guest star who has music superpowers? Ladies and gentlemen, the pop-culture moment you didn’t even realize you had been waiting for: Lin Manuel Miranda is guest-starring right now on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the show about the man who will…
(JTA) — Kenny Ellis isn’t a rabbi. But it wasn’t much of a stretch for him to play one on TV. Ellis is a veteran cantor at Temple Beth Ami, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Santa Clarita, California. After 27 years at the pulpit, he is breaking into prime-time TV this week with two roles…
Since the last time we saw “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” a lot has happened. Trayvon Martin. Obergefell v. Hodges. Donald Trump. And in that alternative universe the (semi-)fictional Larry David resides in, time has taken its irreversible toll as well — he’s a little grayer, a little balder, Ted and Mary are separated (and haven’t seen…
“Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I’m Jewish.” This Sunday night, the long-awaited ninth season of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is set to premiere. Though “Seinfeld” was once viewed as the show for Jews, its Jewishness was largely coded; the show never even confirmed George…
Once upon a time, a man named Juan Catalan was arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old girl. The alleged crime took place on May 12, 2003. Also once upon a time (specifically the exact same time!!!), Larry David filmed an episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in which he attended a Dodgers game with a…
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