A Muslim beauty blogger turned down an award from the makeup firm Revlon over its marketing ties to the Israeli actress Gal Gadot, Yahoo reported. The blogger, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, cited the ongoing imprisonment of 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, who is pending trial after allegedly slapping an Israeli soldier who had entered her yard in…
This week, a Muslim blogger turned down a prestigious award – over Gal Gadot. Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, the founder of the popular blog and brand MuslimGirl.com, made international headlines by refusing to accept the Revlon Changemaker Award. As Al-Khatahtbeh wrote in an open letter to Gadot, she could not in good conscience accept an award from…
Can you imagine in 2018 someone publicly exclaiming “I’m not sitting next to this black lady on the subway!” and then taking to Twitter and Instagram to voice validation for their vile, preposterous statement? Switch out the African American woman with a Jewish one and change the subway scenario to a Revlon Awards Dinner and…
Dressed like a sexy, lavender disco ball, Gall Gadot tossed her pre-prepared speech to the floor to applause from the crowd of A-listers. In a now-viral speech on Thursday night, the newly minted Hollywood superstar accepted the #SeeHer honor at the Critics’ Choice Awards, which recognizes a person who has demonstrated “the importance of accurately…
(JTA) — The fashion studio of the Lebanese designer Elie Saab deleted from Instagram a picture of Gal Gadot amid rebuke over its ties to the Israeli actress. The image of Gadot, who starred in last year’s action thriller “Wonder Woman,” in a blue sash dress by Saab was accompanied by a description of the…
Almost exactly one year after the historic Women’s March on Washington, DC, the most powerful women in Hollywood gathered for a much more extravagant event that sent the same powerful message: Time’s Up. The slogan, which is also the name of a legal defense fund and initiative intent on applying the momentum for gender equality…
(JTA) — The names Gal Gadot and Harvey Weinstein were among the top 10 mispronounced words of 2017, according to Babbel Magazine. Gadot, who played Wonder Woman in the film by the same name and in “Justice League,” was fifth on the list put out by the magazine associated with the online language learning company….
Welcome to the last weekend of 2017, and, therefore, the last installment of 2017 movie news. If you’re like me, you’ve been wasting an inordinate amount of time wondering why, given your absolute commitment to both Judaism and interesting dialogue, you can’t stop watching truly terrible Christmas movies. (“A Christmas Prince” is a gateway drug,…
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