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The Schmooze ‘Shrek’ The Movie Isn’t Old Enough To Vote…But It’s Getting A Reboot
It’s a 21st century fairytale: “Shrek,” the 2001 DreamWorks comedy, will live again. The universally beloved animated movie already spawned three follow-ups, a spin-off, and a Broadway musical, and one more follow-up is in the works. So is it time to reboot the original smash(mouth) hit? What would Donkey say? Listen to your wallet —…
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The Schmooze Peres Goes to ‘House That Shrek Built’
While pundits pondered the crisis brewing over Iran, Shimon Peres was visiting the house that Shrek built, but not exactly to pitch a sequel to Prince of Egypt, the biblical epic that in 1998 launched DreamWorks Animation. On the second day of his Hollywood sojourn, the Israeli president used his lunch-time tour Friday of Hollywood’s…
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Life Shrek and Fiona in Midlife
“Shrek the Final Chapter” caused a bit of a dispute in my house. Don’t get me wrong – I love the “Shrek” movies. The messages about beauty, gender, acceptance and love fly in the face of mainstream Hollywood with the size-zero Photoshopped girly-girls who, even if they are detectives or fighters or professionals are still…
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