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Life Estelle Getty, RIP
Estelle Getty of “Golden Girls” is no longer with us. Here’s a tribute from a fan: From her New York Times obit: Long before “Golden Girls” Ms. Getty had been portraying maternal types of all sorts on the stage. “I am the mother,” she declared in her opening line in “Torch Song Trilogy,” Harvey Fierstein’s…
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Life Iran’s New TV Network Has No Sense of Humor
The folks who run the Web site of a new Iranian government-sponsored English-language TV network— the Islamic Republic’s answer to CNN and al-Jazeera English —apparently don’t get the concept of satire.
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Life Cheryl Hines Is a ‘Nation’
Heeb magazine “Goy Issue” cover-girl Cheryl Hines — who has been consistently brilliant playing Larry David’s non-Jewish wife on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — confesses: “I’m still not even sure what [goy] means. But I’ve been called that for a while, since I started Curb. Honestly, I couldn’t give you a definition.” Among the other revelations…
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Film & TV Borat in Rehab, Eva Mendes’s Jew Fetish and Other Tales From the MTV Movie Awards
For one night, at least, MTV may as well have been the Jewish Television Network. Yesterday’s MTV Movie Awards had an unusually large number of young, hip celebrity Jews taking center-stage. The show was hosted by comedian-of-the-moment Sarah Silverman, who, in typical faux-innocent fashion, mercilessly roasted Paris Hilton (conveniently in attendance). Silverman noted — to…
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Life Everyone’s a Critic (and a Therapist)
On Tuesday, as part of its spin on the Tikkun Leil Shavuot — the all-night study session traditionally observed on Shavuot eve — the JCC in Manhattan screened a number of episodes of the hit Israeli television series “Bitipul,” or “In Treatment.” (The JCC defines “study” broadly.) The series was presented by psychologists Jill Salberg…
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Culture The Capitol Gang
The recipe for a successful reality television series is relatively straightforward. Take a bunch of young, attractive coeds, cram them into a tight space and stoke their competitive instincts with a common challenge that demands both teamwork and individual distinction. Set up a camera, and voilá: instant drama, or, at least, a reasonable facsimile thereof….
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