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The Schmooze Galliano Found Guilty, Gets Slap on the Wrist
Case clothesed. Six months after an anti-Semitism scandal engulfed his high-profile fashion career, John Galliano got off essentially scot-free in a Paris courtroom today, avoiding jail time and a fine. Despite being found guilty of “public insults toward persons on the basis of their religion or origin,” the court slapped the designer with a suspended…
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The Schmooze ‘Twilight’ Star Kristen Stewart Discovered Singing Dreidel Song
Lana Turner was supposedly discovered at a soda shop while skipping school. Natalie Portman attracted attention while eating pizza on Long Island. And “Twilight” star Kristen Stewart? She was singing about a dreidel. That’s the story Stewart is sharing in the new issue of W magazine, in which she says a holiday play was the…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Names Son ‘Aleph’
She’s an A-list actress who’s given her son an A-list name. According to reports, the Jerusalem-born Natalie Portman has named her son Aleph, after the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In Kabbalah, Aleph represents the oneness of God. In her native Israel, Natalie Portman (nee Natalie Hershlag) is a national treasure. So it’s fitting…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Natalie Portman’s Baby ‘Aleph’; The Man Who Invented the Sexual Revolution
Vanity Fair interviews comedian David Wain for the 10th anniversary of his cult comedy “Wet Hot American Summer.” The Smurfs have been said to be misogynist and anti-Semitic, but the screenwriter of the upcoming Smurfs movie is David Weiss, an Orthodox Jew. Natalie Portman named her child “Aleph.” Good grief. A new book looks back…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Welcomes Baby Boy
Mazel tov to Natalie Portman, the new mother of a baby boy. Details remain scarce about the arrival of the infant, who was delivered less than a week after his mom’s 30th birthday. The actress plans to marry the baby’s French father, dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, later this year. The pair met on the…
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The Schmooze The Jewish Dream Team Behind New Abe Lincoln Flick
If they could get Natalie Portman involved, it truly would be a Jewish dream team behind “Team of Rivals,” an upcoming Hollywood drama about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Instead, they’ll have to make do with “just” the directing talents of Steven Spielberg and the writing gifts of Tony Kushner, who are collaborating for a…
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The Schmooze Donna Karan Goes to Bat for Galliano
Just when you thought you were safe from John Galliano news, New York magazine has found an apologist for the anti-Semitism-spewing designer. Jewish fashionista Donna Karan has gone to bat for the disgraced Galliano, who faces prison time in France for public rants about his “love” for Hitler and other hate speech. Presumably in reference…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman’s Dad Penned a Pregnancy Novel
Is publishing a book easier if your daughter’s an Oscar winner? Natalie Portman’s dad is about to find out. Avner Hershlag, the Israeli father of the “Black Swan” star, is currently peddling his debut novel to major publishing houses, the Observer reports. Partly inspired by his work as a fertility specialist, the book is described…
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