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The Schmooze You’ll Never Guess What Natalie Portman’s Alias Is
Getty Images Celebrities — they’re just like us. They grocery shop, they pay bills, they travel. Only, unlike you and me, they use utterly ridiculous names to complete these mundane plebeian tasks. The recent Sony hack has revealed the alternate identities of some of our favorite Jewish (and Jewish adjacent — Taye Diggs was married…
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The Schmooze Robert Downey Jr. Tops Forbes List of Highest Paid Actors
For the second year running, Robert Downey Jr. tops Forbes’ list of highest paid actors in Hollywood. Since June of last year, Iron Man has made $75 million — impressive even by Tony Stark standards. The tribe has done slightly better on Forbes list of highest paid actresses, with two fabulous Jewish ladies making the list….
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Life Not Another ‘Jewish Hotties’ Slideshow
Thinkstock Oh Daily Caller, no you didn’t just publish a slideshow of Jewish hotties under the tenuously time-pegged slogan “13 Jewish Hotties We Wouldn’t Pass Over.” Just no. In addition to being outright objectifying without even a trace of hipster irony, there’s something a little unpleasant about the project, as if the fact that Jewish…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Protest Shooting of Natalie Portman Film ‘Tale of Love and Darkness’
Residents of a Haredi Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem reportedly have complained that filming for American actress Natalie Portman’s new film will take place there. The filming of “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” based on the book by Israeli author Amos Oz, began Tuesday in the Nahalot neighborhood, Haaretz reported. Portman, who appears as Oz’s…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Joins Israeli Push to Aid Syrian Refugees
(JTA) — We didn’t think it was humanly possible, but Natalie Portman has gone and inspired us yet again. This time, The Times of Israel reports, the actress, director, and adorable mom has donated money and clothing to Syrian refugees via Operation Human Warmth. The initiative is the result of several Israeli organizations—the youth group Hanoar…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman’s Husband Will Convert to Judaism
French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, husband of Jewish actress Natalie Portman, told an Israeli newspaper that he is converting to Judaism. Millepied told the Hebrew-language Yediot Acharonot in an article published on Wednesday that he is “in the middle of the conversion process.” He added that he hopes that the conversion process will “come to an…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Is Back!
After two years off-screen, the tribe’s pride and joy (a Harvard graduate!) is back in the limelight. Natalie Portman shines on the November cover of Marie-Claire, and dishes about her love for Los Angeles, her upcoming move to Paris and how, really, she’s just like you and me. She even has bad habits! “I bite…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman in the Holy Land
Natalie Portman is currently in Israel working on a film adaption of an autobiographical novel by Israeli author Amos Oz. The Jerusalem-born Oscar winner will direct and star in “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” which is to be filmed in Hebrew in Jerusalem. This will be her feature film directorial debut. Portman, who is…
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