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Fast Forward Al Franken Regrets Resigning — And 7 Senators Regret Telling Him To
Seven senators regret calling for former Senator Al Franken to resign for sexually inappropriate behavior, saying that their decision was made in haste. A New Yorker story questioned the account of the first woman who accused the Minnesota senator of indecent contact. In November 2017, a photo was released of Franken pretending to grab talk-radio…
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The Schmooze Aziz Ansari, In Comeback After Sex Scandal, Mocks Sensitivity Around Swastikas
Did you hear the one about the swastika? You must have! Aziz Ansari has told it hundreds of times. After all, he needed material for his comeback. In January 2018, Ansari was enjoying exceptional success. After starring in a cult-hit sitcom, writing a bestseller, and developing broad appeal as a standup, he was showered with…
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The Schmooze Sarah Jessica Parker Opens Up About Her #MeToo: ‘I Just Push It Down, Push It Away’
Imagine this: You are one of the wealthiest and most bankable actresses in the world. You and your film star husband both enjoy status as icons. You head up a production company, eventually producing your own prestige television shows. You’ve been decorated with awards and lucrative endorsement deals. A male coworker begins behaving inappropriately toward…
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The Schmooze Women Refused To Talk About ‘Barstool Sports’, Fearing Rape Threats
There’s a beloved cultural joke that Jews are nowhere in sports — but that’s not true. You don’t have to look back as far as Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg. We brought the world the last Super Bowl MVP, Julian Edelman. Olympian Aly Raisman is one of the finest athletes in the world. And this…
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The Schmooze Chris Kattan’s #MeToo: Comedian Says Lorne Michaels Pressured Him To Sleep With Female Boss
Saturday Night Live comedian Chris Kattan says that famed SNL show-runner Lorne Michaels pressured him to engage in sex for the sake of a business deal. In “Baby Don’t Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live,” Kattan writes that during production for “Night At The Roxbury,” the 1998 movie starring Kattan and Will…
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The Schmooze An Orthodox Group Releases Brave PSA Video About Sexual Abuse
Amudim, the Orthodox Jewish organization that supports Orthodox youth in crisis, just released a powerful video campaign about sexual abuse, produced by Yeeshai Gross — and it’s required viewing for anyone affiliated with just about any faith community. A mother, father and teenage daughter sit facing an authority figure — a principal, a rabbi, an…
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The Schmooze Moby: I Dated Natalie Portman. Portman: I Was A Teenager, He Was A Creep.
What would the 2019th year of the Common Era be without another delightful He said, She said? The singer-songwriter Moby has claims in his new memoir that he had a fling with movie star Natalie Portman decades ago, when she was 20 and he was 33. He previously spoke of “dating” Portman in an interview…
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The Schmooze ‘Law & Order’ Episode Asks: What If A Muslim Woman Politician Was Raped In A Synagogue?
There is no question that the Muslim elected official at the center of a recent episode of “Law & Order: SVU” is based on real life Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. There is this question, though: Why would anyone think it’s okay to make a TV episode about an Ilhan Omar-inspired character being raped inside a…
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