Some people enter the world with a spasm of life, commanding attention as they jerk their way into existence. Kinda like how Kramer bursts into a room, only probably with more medical equipment and less studio audience applause. On Wednesday, a baby boy made one such entrance — at least if his name, like Moses…
(JTA) — Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson’s recent intervention on behalf of civil rights in Egypt is prompting a mixed response there, ranging from gratitude to anti-Semitism. Johansson, who is Jewish, was one of several celebrities to weigh in earlier this month against the arrest of four employees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a…
“Black Widow” star Scarlett Johannson and “SNL” pundit Colin Jost got married over the weekend, providing a definitive answer to the question people have been asking since they started dating: “Really? That guy?” Though the wedding took place last weekend, the couple broke the news on Thursday as part of a fundraiser for Meals on…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is continuing its love affair with Jewish filmmakers with the 2020 Golden Globe nominees. We don’t expect that members of that outfit are particularly interested in Jewish geography, but here at the Forward, our offices are plastered with headshots connected by yards of red thread and dates of b’nai mitzvah….
Responding to her continued and controversial defense of Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson has stated that she will not censor her personal opinions in the interest of optics. In a November 26 Vanity Fair profile, journalist Chris Heath asked Johansson about widespread criticism of her stated belief in Allen’s innocence in the case of his daughter…
Updated, 1:25 PM: This article has been updated to incorporate Dylan Farrow’s response to Johansson’s comments. Dylan Farrow responded to comments made by actress Scarlett Johansson in support of Woody Allen. Farrow, who is Allen’s daughter, says that Allen sexually abused her when she was a child, a claim she has upheld since 1992. Allen…
Depending on where you get your news, Scarlett Johansson is either an untouchable star at the top of the A-list or a pathetic has-been. She’s one of the most beautiful women in the world, sitting comfortably atop a monster-fortune, or she’s an out-of-touch hack. Which is it? If you live in the Venn diagram of…
Depending on where you get your news, Scarlett Johansson is either the top of the A-list or a pathetically out-of-touch has-been. Which one is it? Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, Johansson has been celebrated for stirring turns in movies by the Coen Brothers, Woody Allen and…
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