The Arts

Cannes and Cannes-not: Jews abound, but no Israeli films at the festival

While it was a dry year for cinema coming out of the Jewish state, the Tribe is heavily represented in this year’s screenings By Jordan Hoffman CANNES, France — Time to pack up, head home and not think about how many flaky, butter-drenched croissants I stuffed in my maw during my 12-day stay in the […]

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Sex with the powerful: A story of a D.C. intern

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hills; (c) 2017; ISBN pending; 307 pages; tentative price $26.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two young Jewish interns, Monica Lewinsky and Chandra Levy, z”l, as written about in the Washington D.C. media became caricatures of themselves. Lewinsky was the intern whose spotted

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

R.I.P. to Dina Merrill, a beloved character actress from the 1950s and 1960s

Dina Merrill, the rebellious heiress who defied her super-rich parents to become a movie star, often portraying stylish wives or “the other woman,” has died at age 93. Merrill, raised in part on the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida now owned by President Donald Trump, died Monday, according to a family spokeswoman. The cause of death

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Pls help me’: Frantic parents search for missing kids after Manchester blast

Desperate parents and friends used social media to search for loved ones on Tuesday after a blast killed at least 22 people at a British concert by US singer Ariana Grande, with images of happy-looking teenagers posted next to pleas for help. “Everyone pls share this, my little sister Emma was at the Ari concert

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

James Bond fans are heartbroken over the loss of one of the great men who brought him to life

Rest in peace Sir Roger Moore. On Tuesday, the official Twitter account for one of the men who brought James Bond to life issued an official statement with the news of his death. He was 89 years old. Watch the video With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father,

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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

At least 19 dead, 50 injured after explosion at Ariana Grande concert in England

At least 19 people were killed and 50 injured Monday night in an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that police are treating as a possible terrorist attack. The explosion happened near an entrance to the 21,000-seat arena just minutes after Grande’s concert ended and the singer left the stage, witnesses said.

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Billy Bush regrets that ‘Access Hollywood’ tape, especially his daughter’s reaction to it

It’s been more than seven months since the leaked release of a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape featuring Donald Trump and Billy Bush crudely discussing women in an exchange that Trump later dismissed as “locker room talk.” Since then, one of those men has become president and the other has been unemployed. Bush broke his silence

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Anderson Cooper apologized for a crude remark about President Trump, but some weren’t happy about it

CNN host Anderson Cooper is apologizing for the “crude” remark he made about President Donald Trump to a guest on his show. On Friday, during a segment on “AC360,” Cooper spoke with guest Jeffrey Lord, who is a staunch Trump supporter. During the back and forth, Cooper said, “If [Trump] took a dump on his

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Whoop and Howl at ‘The Old Man and the Old Moon’

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Pigpen Theatre Co. has come to the Old Globe with their epic sea shanty, The Old Man and the Old Moon. They hoisted the sails with some bluegrass, complete with a banjo, fiddle, accordion and an electric bass, setting our toes tapping, hands clapping and faces grinning

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast