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The Schmooze ‘Big Brother’ in Bomb Shelter
Keshet Broadcasting The show must go on! This time with a new bomb shelter. Although many Israeli shows and networks have gone on hiatus due to Operation Protective Edge, Big Brother Israel is undeterred. The show, filmed in Neve Ilan, a village near the outskirts of Jerusalem, was in the middle of its sixth season…
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The Schmooze When a Terrorist Is Not a Terrorist
Image courtesy of HBO When is a terrorist not a terrorist? That’s the question asked and answered in the important HBO documentary, “The Newburgh Sting,” which debuts July 21 at 9 p.m. It’s been over five years. Still, many people are likely to remember how a joint terrorism task force arrested four men before they…
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The Schmooze Cote de Pablo To Play ‘Witch of Moab’ in ‘The Dovekeepers’
Cote de Pablo is a Chilean-born actress who seems to specializing in playing Jews. She is most famous for playing Mossad agent Ziva David in the long-running CBS hit “NCIS.” Now comes news that she has been cast in “The Dovekeepers,” a four-hour mini-series based on Alice Hoffman’s best selling novel, which, in turn is…
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The Schmooze ‘Tyrant’ Quitting Tel Aviv Over Rocket Fire
(JTA) — The production of “Tyrant” is leaving Tel Aviv because of the ongoing rocket fire in Israel. The television drama, which was co-created by Israeli writer Gideon Raff, will move its operations to Istanbul, Turkey, Variety reported Wednesday. Air raid sirens and ongoing rocket fire from Gaza have disrupted the production, and members of…
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The Schmooze Should ‘The Goldbergs’ Be More Jewish?
Paul Lee, ABC’s group president of entertainment, met with reporters this morning during the Television Critics Association semi-annual meeting in Hollywood. Not unexpectedly, the subject of “The Goldbergs” came up. Lee,who recently renewed his own contract with the network (though ABC has languished in fourth place for the last four years), recently renewed the Jewish-themed…
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Culture Star of the Show That Inspired ‘Homeland’ Discusses How TV Affected Reality in Israel
“Prisoners of War,” the Israeli TV drama that inspired “Homeland,” will be released on DVD in the United States on July 8 — and the timing couldn’t be better. “POW” concerns three Israeli soldiers who finally get to return to their families after 17 years in captivity, only to discover that life in the public…
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Fast Forward Dozing Yankees Fan Sues Team and ESPN for $10M Over Mockfest
A New York man says television announcers who teased him on air for falling asleep at a New York Yankees game should let sleeping fans lie. Andrew Rector said he was subjected to an “unending verbal crusade” from ESPN announcers Dan Shulman and John Kruk when cameras caught him sleeping at an April 13 game…
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The Schmooze Mideast Minefield Keeps ‘Tyrant’ Producer Nimble
(Reuters) — It’s hard to keep up with the social and political hurly-burly of the Middle East, but U.S. TV producer Howard Gordon got a hit out of it with “Homeland” and hopes to do the same with new series “Tyrant,” even if it requires last-minute tweaks. While fellow Americans celebrated over the July 4…
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