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Culture From Drake to Javanka, 12 celebs who need to atone this Yom Kippur
Everyday Jews have the benefit of not having our sins amplified by TMZ or splashed onto tabloid covers. We can hide in our anonymity and use Yom Kippur to engage personally with our creator, taking stock of our sins while God, like Anna Wintour plotting the Met Gala invitations, decides who will be inscribed in…
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Film & TV Spielberg Joins Katzenberg For A Spooky Series You Can Only See At Night
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Fast Forward Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg Give $500K To Students’ Gun Control March
(JTA) — Director Steven Spielberg and producer Jeffrey Katzenberg have pledged $500,000 each to the student-organized March For Our Lives to end gun violence. The nationwide protest scheduled for March 24 is the brainchild of the Never Again movement organized by the student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida,…
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Fast Forward Is Disney CEO Bob Iger Ready To Throw His Hat In The Presidential Ring?
Democrats may have to add another name to the list of potential 2020 presidential candidates. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger is being urged by fellow Hollywood executives to enter the race, Axios reported Friday. Iger, who is Jewish, told friends last month that he is willing to consider a bid for the Democratic nomination….
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Breaking News Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Bought by Comcast for $3.8B
Comcast Corp, the owner of NBCUniversal, said on Thursday it would buy Hollywood movie studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc for $3.8 billion to boost its family-friendly offerings and help it take on No. 1 player Walt Disney. Comcast’s acquisition of DreamWorks Animation will add to Universal’s film library major childrens’ franchises such as “Shrek” and…
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The Schmooze Meet the 3 Jews Who Made ‘The Lion King’ Possible
Ready to feel old? “The Lion King” turns 20 (almost legal!) today. On June 24, 1994, one of the most successful animated features ever entered theaters. In honor of the much-loved Disney classic, we recognize the Jews who made “The Lion King” possible. 1) Matthew Broderick: Voice of Adult Simba Probably most well known for…
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Breaking News Jeffrey Katzenberg Wins ‘Oscar’ for Charity Work
Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg received an honorary Oscar for his charitable work on Saturday at a star-studded gala that kicked off the movie awards season and bestowed film industry gold on three other industry veterans. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually hands out its Governors Awards to people who have made an…
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