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The Schmooze When 10-Year-Old Mayim Bialik Met Cyndi Lauper
Throwback Thursday (#TBT, for those who don’t know) is the perfect time for celebrities show us (carefully chosen) snippets of their past on Twitter and Facebook. This week, Mayim Bialik wins the cool kid contest with a picture showing a 10-year-old (and too adorable for words) Mayim casually hanging with Cyndi Lauper. for #tbt, here’s…
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The Schmooze Shia LaBeouf Writes Apology in the Sky
(JTA) – Shia LaBeouf, the 27-year-old “Transformers” star, has been the center of a plagiarism controversy. LaBeouf’s recently released short film, entitled “HowardContour.com,” appears to be a near-exact replica of veteran cartoonist Daniel Clowes’ 2008 comic “Justin M. Damiano.” Clowes was apparently blindsided by the plagiarism, telling Buzzfeed that he had no idea of the…
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Fast Forward British Police Arrest Three Fans Over Anti-Semitic Soccer Tweets
Three British men have been arrested for posting anti-Semitic comments on Twitter following a soccer match in October. Police said two men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested Thursday in London and in Wiltshire, Reuters reported Friday. A third man, 48, man was arrested at his home in Canning Town in London last week on…
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The Schmooze Celebrities Mourn Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, icon of South African freedom, passed away today at the age of 95. People around the world signed on to Twitter to mourn collectively, and celebrities were no exception. I hope the great work started by Nelson Mandela continues to spread across the world. He will be remembered as an icon for equality….
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The Schmooze Internet: Gal Gadot’s Boobs Aren’t Big Enough for Wonder Woman
Yesterday, the Internet was abuzz with the fact that Israeli supermodel Gal Gadot had been cast as Wonder Woman in the upcoming “Batman vs. Superman.” But not all were enthusiastic. Apparently, fans are concerned that the former Miss Israel’s, ahem, assets aren’t up to scale. Basically, her boobs aren’t big enough. I wonder if Wonder…
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The Schmooze Joan Rivers Picks on Jennifer Lawrence — Wrong Move
Joan Rivers picked the wrong lady to mess with. The “Fashion Police” diva was irked by some comments made by Jennifer Lawrence — otherwise known as Queen of Awesome and America’s favorite person — during a Q&A with Yahoo! employees last week. “There are shows like ‘The Fashion Police’ that are just showing these generations of young…
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Opinion Live Tweeting the Kristallnacht Pogroms
Exactly 75 years ago, between November 7 and 13, 1938, a wave of anti-Semitic pogroms swept across Germany and Austria. This year, a group of German historians chose to commemorate the events, which marked a turning point in the Nazi’s persecution of Jews, using an unconventional medium: Twitter. On October 28, the five historians who…
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Fast Forward The Onion Slams Washington Redskins Owner With Anti-Semitic Slurs
(JTA) — Last week, the Anti-Defamation League joined a number of groups and politicians urging the Washington Redskins to change their team’s name, already. Here’s another Jewish wrinkle: The Onion posted an article on Monday that uses two anti-Jewish slurs (one twice) and two adjectival stereotypes to describe Redskins owner Dan Snyder and skewer his…
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