The Arts

U.S. Jewish briefs: January 11, 2017

ADL: Roof verdict underscores need for anti-hate crime law in South Carolina NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan. 11, welcomed closure of the federal trial in the Charleston massacre case, which resulted in hate crime convictions against white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof for the murders of parishioners at Emanuel AME

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Coldplay to Play Israeli-Palestinian Peace Concerts

British rock band Coldplay are planning to play two concerts for both Israelis and Palestinians near the Dead Sea in November, in a bid to boost peace hopes between both sides, according to Israeli media reports. Israel’s Channel 2 reported Monday that one of the world’s biggest bands will play the unprecedented shows at an

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Actress Natalie Portman: Women Are So Often Objectified

American actress Natalie Portman has spoken out against women being objectified “in business, in government, and in storytelling.” The Jackie star, who was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her portrayal of the late Jacqueline Kennedy in the new biopic, said she believes Hollywood, like all industries, has a long way to go when

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Bishop presides over classy MiraCosta theater program

By Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California — College students and their parents, often look forward to the start of the new school year, the moving of grown children out of the house and into their dorms, the structure of a day with classes and homework, no logy teenager sleeping until noon, nor having that interminably empty stomach

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

Everything That Donald Trump Thinks Is Overrated

During her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille award at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, Meryl Streep took a rather large swipe at Donald Trump. “This instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kind of gives permission for

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

He’s a lion, hear him roar

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — The slice of life that he brings to the stage is his own.  Filled with pain and anger, hostility, loneliness, and alienation, it is, nevertheless, a solo performance that in the end brings the audience to its feet in a well-deserved minutes-long standing ovation.   Benjamin Scheuer, playwright, songwriter, and performer,

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Cynthia Citron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Poets of three nations debut in JCC’s new season

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The ninth season of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices will open with three featured poets, Samantha Lennon, Marc Rolnick and Ilana Brosh. Tuesday evening, January 17, 7  p.m., these three talented writers will inaugurate the 2017 season of this series in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. Samantha

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar

‘Hidden Figures’ is a hit, nearly tying ‘Rogue One’ for No. 1 box-office spot

LOS ANGELES — The new movie “Hidden Figures” tells the uplifting true story of a trio of women who defied expectations as they helped the U.S. space program. Now the tale is also beating the odds at the box office. The Oscar hopeful surpassed industry projections in its wide-release debut over the weekend, collecting $21.8

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Meryl Streep denounces Donald Trump, defends persecuted Hollywood actors at Golden Globes

Meryl Streep used almost all of her acceptance speech at Sunday night’s Golden Globes to denounce Donald Trump and sports fans, and to place Hollywood actors among the world’s most persecuted people. Miss Streep was garlanded with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) lifetime achievement award and said that in addition to losing her voice,

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Alec Baldwin took another jab at Donald Trump with one hard-hitting Instagram post

Alec Baldwin didn’t have time to tease Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” this week, but that didn’t stop him from trolling the president-elect anyway. On Friday, Baldwin mocked Trump on Instagram with one savage selfie. Baldwin shared a photo of himself wearing a Trump-esque hat that reportedly reads “Make America Great Again” in Russian,

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Film mogul, power broker, ex-spy, Arnon Milchan is central to Netanyahu graft probe

Israeli Hollywood producer reportedly keeps the PM supplied with fine cigars, and the PM’s wife with champagne. Illicit benefits or just gifts from a good friend? By Times of Israel staff and Stuart Winer Hollywood-based billionaire Israeli film producer Arnon Milchan, who is at the center of corruption allegations now being investigated by police against

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds buried in Los Angeles

Los Angeles (dpa) – Hollywood actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were buried in a Los Angeles cemetery on Friday in a private service. The ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills was attended by family and friends including Fisher’s brother Todd and her daughter Billie Lourd, according to US media reports.

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA