The Arts

North Coast Rep’s David Ellenstein’s advice to young actors, directors: ‘Inundate yourself in theatre’

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — While most kids are reprimanded for “acting up,” not so in the Ellenstein household, where David and his younger brother, Peter, were encouraged to follow in their father’s footsteps. When I suggested that perhaps acting was in his genes, David quipped, “and in my corduroys.” I wanted to know

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘The Immortalists’ examines living in the face of death

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin; © 2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons; ISBN 9780735-213180; 345 pages; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a story of four young Jewish siblings who visit a fortune teller in New York City, who tells them the exact dates that they will die.  The woman’s predictions take root

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Holocaust novel braces the human spirit

We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter; Penguin Books; © 2017; ISBN 9780399-563096; 398 pages plus acknowledgments; $16. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Having already achieved New York Times best-seller status in hardback, this novel of survival has now been issued in paperback, hopefully to acquaint an even wider audience with the

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Interactive brief on upcoming S.D. Jewish Film Festival

San Diego Jewish Film Festival will include 37 feature films plus 21 shorts to be shown Feb. 8-18 at four different locations in San Diego County. WHAT: The San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS;  www.sdjff.org WHEN: Thursday, February

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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘The Great Shift’ tells of different viewpoints on God

The Great Shift: Encountering God In Biblical Times by James L. Kugel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, © 2017, ISBN 978-0-544-52055-4, p. 344, plus notes and appendices, $30 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  In the mid-nineteenth century Charles Darwin proposed that any species unable to adapt to its dynamic environment is doomed to extinction.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Life described of a 20th- century man

He Could Make Words Sing: An Ordinary Man During Extraordinary Times by David Greene, © 2017 DCG Publishing; ISBN 980998-018201; 193 pages plus endnotes; $17.95. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – History teacher David Greene has written a combination social history and biography of his father-in-law, Harry Greissman, an advertising man. We come

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Fox seeks to quell uproar over Rupert Murdoch’s comments about sexual harassment

21st Century Fox Saturday sought to tamp down a furor over Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch’s comments that downplayed the magnitude of the sexual harassment scandal that has roiled Fox News for the past 18 months. During a interview Thursday with Sky News to discuss the Murdoch family’s sale of most of Fox to Walt Disney

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Dennis Rodman finally realizes what everyone else already knows about Kim Jong-un

12-12-17-rodman Dennis Rodman joined Stephen Colbert on Wednesday’s “The Late Show” to reveal some things about his outlandish relationship with Kim Jong-un. RELATED: Dennis Rodman thinks he’s the best chance at fixing Trump and Kim Jong-un’s relationship Watch the video The 56-year-old NBA Hall of Famer and the dictator have shared a bizarre friendship for

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International, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Former “TODAY” staffer says she had an affair with married Matt Lauer, and she’s spilling all the tea

The Rolling Stones celebrate the North American debut of Exhibitionism at Industria in the West Village – Arrivals A former intern at “The Today Show” has come forward about her alleged month-long affair with disgraced NBC host Matt Lauer back in the early 2000s. According to Addie Zinone, whose story was published in Variety on

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Hoffman accused of exposing himself to 16-year-old

Another three women have accused actor Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconduct, including a 16-year-old high school friend of his daughter more than three decades ago, Hollywood trade magazine Variety reported Thursday. Variety published the accounts from the three women, which the 80-year-old double Oscar winner’s lawyer told the publication were “defamatory falsehoods.” They bring the

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Harvey Weinstein Denies Salma Hayek’s Allegations

After Mexican actress Salma Hayek wrote in the New York Times an op-ed about her experience working with the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, and described Weinstein as her “monster,” he responds through a statement published by a spokesperson. In her op-ed, Hayek wrote that the only thing Weinstein noticed was that she wasn’t sexy in

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

HBO film short has 10-year-old narrating the Holocaust

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – HBO and the Museum of Jewish Heritage plan to air on January 27th a 19-minute short film, The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm.  It builds on a touching conversation between an inquisitive 10-year-old, Elliot Saiontz, and his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack Feldman of Rochester, New York.  Elliot narrates the film.

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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA