This is the Forward’s coverage of Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, whose career collapsed in autumn 2022 after he went on an antisemitic tirade.
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The Schmooze Joan Rivers on the Kimye Wedding
A good barometer of whether something is worth writing about or not is if Joan Rivers has anything to say about it. Another, higher (and rarer) measure of success is if she has something GOOD to say about it. This week, the forthcoming Kanye West and Kim Kardashian nuptials win on both counts. Upon hearing…
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The Schmooze Lindsay Lohan Thanks Anthony Weiner
While hosting “Chelsea Lately” last night, a newly released Lindsay Lohan opened by thanking her fellow celebrities for giving us all something to talk about while she was in rehab. As you all know for the past 90 days, I’ve been on a lovely court-ordered vacation in Malibu, she quipped, adding: “I have a lot…
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The Schmooze Watch Gwyneth Paltrow Imitate Jay-Z and Beyonce
Oh, Gwynnie. America’s most hated/loved celebrity made a splash during her appearance on “The Ellen Show” on Thursday when she was asked to impersonate singers based on a game that the actress often plays with her husband, singer Chris Martin. On the list? Jay-z, followed by Macklemore & Lewis, Kanye West and Beyonce. Watch below,…
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The Schmooze Kanye West: ‘People Look at Me Like I’m Hitler’
A lot of people don’t like Kanye West — which apparently makes him feel like Hitler. “I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street and people look at me like I’m [expletive] insane, like I’m Hitler,” the rapper and awards-show hijacker told fans last night at a concert in England. “One day…
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The Schmooze $1 Million For a Bar Mitzvah? No Way, Kanye
Former NBC CEO Jeff Zucker threw his son Andrew a lavish bar mitzvah at the Four Seasons this weekend — complete with sushi, a celebrity guest list that included Katie Couric and customized Converse sneakers handed out to Andrew’s pals as party favors. But if there was one thing missing from the bash, it was…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Third-Generation Holocaust Literature; Whither the Israel Philharmonic?
A Holocaust-themed video game called “Sonderkommando Revolt,” based on a 1944 uprising at Auschwitz, has been withdrawn. Chibi Vision, “your new favorite science fiction hip-hop boy band” talks about the Jewish love-hate for Christmas. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, but what does its future hold? LABA, a Jewish house…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart, Dubbed The Most Influential Man, Interviews Obama Tonight
President Barack Obama and Jon Stewart. One of the pair is the most influential man in the world, and the other hopes to sway young Americans to show up at the polls and vote Democrat on November 2 with a TV appearance tonight. The most influential of the pair is not the President of the…
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The Schmooze Israeli Swimsuit Model Gets Shout-Out in New Kanye Song
It might be the most daring lyric in the history of rap: an attempt at making something rhyme with “Ginzburg.” But as he’s proven in numerous songs and public appearances, Kanye West is nothing if not bold, and he almost manages to pull off the “swerve/Ginzburg” couplet in one of his latest songs, “Christian Dior…
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