Winona Ryder
As Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine Folds, Remembering Some Of Its Best Work
In homage to Interview’s nearly five decades of cultural contributions, here are some of our favorite entries from its archives.
Has Golden Globe Nominee Winona Ryder Staged a Comeback?
At the Golden Globes, she’s up for a prize after her role in the Netflix drama “Stranger Things,” in which she plays the character Joyce Byers.
8 Jews To Watch Out for at the Golden Globes
From “Transparent” to Natalie Portman, we rounded up all of the Jew-iest shows and Jewish actors to get a nod this year.
Winona Ryder: Actress, 90s Icon, Constitutional Scholar?
Winona Ryder has recently come back into the spotlight with Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Here are five things we learnt about the star from her August 8th interview in New York Magazine.
How to Sacrifice a Lamb and Other Important Information
For many Jews and non-Jews, American Jewish culture is defined by stereotypes such as the pushy mother, the shleppy father, chopped liver swans, too much food (“just in case…”) accountants, doctors, and holidays in the Catskills or Florida. But a new generation of Jews are so hip, Americanized and assimilated that they are not even familiar with those stereotypes. They may think, for example, that Bar Kochba is the name of a nightclub — at least according to Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman in “The Big Jewish Book for Jews.” The authors of “Yiddish With Dick and Jane,” Weiner and Davilman will make you chuckle, cause you to give away that Holocaust memoir, and maybe even teach you something about American-Jewish cultural history in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Winona Ryder Knew Mel Gibson was Anti-Semitic Long Before We Did
Winona Ryder, the 90s star who can be seen starring alongside Natalie Portman in the newly released film “Black Swan,” is sharing some not-so-warm Mel Gibson memories. Turns out, Gibson’s racist tirades, which have come into the spotlight in the past few years, actually date back over a decade.
Friday Film: 'Black Swan'
Excepting the Coen brothers’ “True Grit” remake, or Disney’s blockbusting, multidimensional sequel to “Tron,” is there any film more anticipated this awards season than Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan”? Let’s rephrase that, for the sake of brevity. Is there any non-Jeff Bridges film more anticipated this awards’ season than “Black Swan”? Probably not.
