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The Schmooze Josh Radnor on Talmud and ‘Liberal Arts’
John Radnor is best known for his role as Ted Mosby, the central character in the hit CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother.” But that’s likely to change as he continues to flesh out his resume as a talented film writer and director. His first feature, “Happythankyoumoreplease” (2010) had, in his words, “a really…
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Fast Forward YouTube Blocks Anti-Islam Movie in Egypt, Libya
YouTube, the video website owned by Google Inc, said on Wednesday it would not remove a film clip mocking the Islamic Prophet Muhammad that has been blamed for anti-U.S. protests in Egypt and Libya, but it has blocked access to it in those countries. The clip, based on a longer film, depicts the prophet as…
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Fast Forward Egypt Islamists Plan New Protest Over Film
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, whose political party propelled the nation’s president to power, called for a nationwide peaceful demonstration on Friday to condemn insults to Prophet Mohammad, a senior official said on Wednesday on the group’s website. The statement followed a protest in Cairo on Tuesday in which some demonstrators scaled the U.S. embassy walls and…
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Fast Forward U.S. Envoy to Libya Killed Amid Muslim Riots
The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on their car, a Libyan official said, as they were rushed from a consular building stormed by militants denouncing a U.S.-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad. Gunmen had attacked and burned the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of…
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Culture Exile on Second Street
Director Chantal Akerman was back on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. She was standing in front of her audience at Anthology Film Archives, a film society so hip that there was a line of people around the block, still waiting to get into the screening of her newest movie, “La Folie Almayer,” a very loose adaptation…
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The Schmooze Ari Graynor on Jewish Mothers and Phone Sex
What do two nice Jewish girls in Manhattan do when they’re short on rent? Silly question. They open a phone-sex line, of course. That’s the premise of “For a Good Time Call…” which opens in select cities August 31 and nationally in September. It may sound silly, but the plot is loosely based on fact….
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The Schmooze Nominees for Israel’s Most Coveted Film Award
For Israeli filmmakers the most wonderful time of the year is almost here. No, it’s not Hanukka or even Christmas — it’s the Ophir awards. Recently the Israeli Academy of Film and Television announced its nominations for the 2012 awards, which will be distributed at a ceremony in September. Modeled after Hollywood’s Oscars, the Ophir…
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Culture The Dybbuks Made Me Do It
If there had been stand-up comedy in the shtetl, “The dybbuk made me do it!” could very well have been a popular catchphrase. The myth of an innocent person turning to evil because a demon has taken possession of his or her body is common to all cultures, but it has deep roots in Jewish…
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