California Briefing: Overdue justice for Blaze Bernstein and Stanford/Cal campus antisemitism
Plus: Natalie Portman to spill 'Secrets'
Plus: Natalie Portman to spill 'Secrets'
(JTA) — Actor Jason Segel — best known as the star of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “How I Met Your Mother” — opened up on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast this week about growing up half-Jewish and complete outsider. Segel sat down for the Monday podcast ahead of the release of film in which he plays tortured…
Let’s get this out of the way — I never finished “Infinite Jest. “ (As a friend recently put it, “Has anyone really?” ) In fact, any guy who listed the book among his favorites was automatically flagged as untrustworthy on my OkCupid scale of dateability. But it seems that some humans have made it…
Getty Images (JTA) – No, the late great writer David Foster Wallace was not Jewish – but the first actor to portray him onscreen is. Jason Segel, the Jewish actor known for his roles in films such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “The Five-Year Engagement” as well as the popular TV show “How I Met…
Jake Kasdan has been on a roll lately. He’s executive producing and directing episodes of “New Girl,” the Zooey Deschanel comedy about to begin its fourth season on Fox. His last film, “Bad Teacher,” starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, cost about $20 million to make and grossed over $216 million at the box office….
What’s better than maple syrup? As a Canadian, I can tell you, not much. Except maybe a movie about the theft of $18 million worth of maple syrup — based on a true story. Jason Segel will star in this sweet (get it?) comedy, which will be directed by Seth Gordon. “Family Guy” writer Chris…
TV Guide Magazine’s annual survey of star salaries is out and one thing is clear — Jon Stewart’s high ratings translate into dollars. According to the survey, Stewart tops the late night bracket, earning between $25 and $30 million a year. In previous years, Jay Leno and David Letterman had monopoly over the honor —…
Jason Segel is a guy who looks ahead and thinks big. While complimenting his current co-star Emily Blunt (“The Five Year Engagement”) in an interview with Us Weekly back in March, he mentioned that he’d ultimately like the chance to appear on the big screen together with another special gal. Segel wasn’t talking about Mila…
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