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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Opens Up About Depression in Glamour Essay
In a country where prescription medication is easily given to people with the slightest inclination towards anxiety and depression, frank talk about what it means to have mental ill is still pretty scarce. Which is what makes Sarah Silverman’s essay in Glamour magazine so meaningful. In the piece, the Jewish comedienne and actress chose to…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Remembers Joan Rivers in Album Re-Release
Courtesy of Stand Up! Records April 18 is National Record Store Day. To celebrate, Stand Up! Records is rereleasing a rare and long out of print Joan Rivers album. “The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album” was recorded in 1968 during a New York City cabaret performance. The newly remixed and remastered album also comes…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman Tweets ‘Vote for Meretz’
American comedian Sarah Silverman called on Israeli voters to cast their ballots for the left-wing Meretz party. Silverman tweeted her appeal early Wednesday. “ISRAEL! If you are a Meretz supporter you NEED to VOTE MARCH 17. Every vote counts. If you don’t vote, you can’t complain,” she tweeted. Silverman also backed Meretz in a tweet…
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Culture Dying to Party: Top Celebs Reveal Funeral Plans
Joan Rivers, who died in September 2014, had her funeral all planned out in her autobiography. “I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action… I want craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene. I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don’t…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Shows Her Dark Side
(JTA) — The Sarah Silverman that the world knows and loves is a loudmouthed, foulmouthed, ribald comedian who tramples on the boundaries of social decency with sharp purpose and uproarious glee. The Sarah Silverman who stars in the domestic drama “I Smile Back,” which premiered at Sundance, is stripped of both bravado and joy. In the…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Makes Marvel Comic Cameo
Scott Koblish/Marvel Entertainment You don’t have to tell me that Sarah Silverman is a superhero(ine). Marvel’s latest Deadpool comic features a cameo by your favorite potty-mouthed Jewess, protesting the big bad Roxxon company, which appears in several Marvel comics series. In addition to being high on the red carpet, Silverman is well-known for her environmental…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman Joins Women of the Wall Hanukkah Candle-Lighting at Kotel
Security guards at the Western Wall entrance confiscated menorahs from several women, but dozens held a candle-lighting ceremony in the women’s section. The guards said they were acting on orders from Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rabbinic authority of the Western Wall and holy places, the Women of the Wall organization said Thursday night in a…
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Opinion Not Afraid To Be a Girlie Girl
A few weeks ago I saw Amy Schumer, stand-up comedian and star of the sketch show “Inside Amy Schumer,” at Carnegie Hall. She was as hilarious as I had hoped, but the truth is, I didn’t really go to see her for the jokes. I went to feel part of a moment. I wanted to…
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