Just a day after five women came out accusing him of sexual misconduct in the New York Times, Louis C.K. has issued a statement admitting that all of the women’s accusations are true. Five female comedy writers and performers — four of whom went on the record — stated that C.K. had masturbated in front […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAfter the outrage that currently exists in the United States and the rest of the world for all the accusations of sexual misconduct against woman, Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, opened up and shared the allegations he had to deny fifteen years ago. “I’ve been accused of harassment and I can tell you
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” (Gen 1:27 JPS Tanakh) And then there are those who don’t quite fit the mold…. I recently sat down with Tim West, the Cygnet Theatre’s Director of Community
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodMax Lanman knew that a description on Craigslist would not do his girlfriend’s 1996 Honda Accord justice. So instead of making a boring ol’ internet ad, he filmed his own car commercial for the automobile – and it is hilarious. The cheeky minute-long video is shot in almost the exact same style as typical modern
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA[youtube:2034872] Actor, rapper, and film producer Will Smith was spotted at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem Thursday, in an unpublicized trip to the Holy Land. The 49-year-old star of the Men In Black film series, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Enemy of the State, and I Am Legend among others, made
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastEllen Social media exploded Wednesday evening as Ellen DeGeneres’ wife Portia de Rossi went public with a story about action movie star and director Steven Seagal. RELATED: Jane Fonda’s controversial statement about Harvey Weinstein’s victims De Rossi tweeted that during a final audition for a Seagal movie she was approached with a lewd advance, saying
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABONN, Germany – Some 250 art works that a reclusive collector hid from the world for decades, including pieces likely looted from Jewish owners under Nazi rule, are on show at a German museum. The paintings being shown starting from Thursday at Bonn’s Bundeskunsthalle – including works by Albrecht Duerer, Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro
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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIt’s Anne Frank—without the Jews or the Nazis! A Dutch production of a new take on the diary-writing young girl will open amid criticism from Jewish groups this week for erasing the Frank family’s Jewish identity and failing to mention the Nazis who killed Anne and her sister in a concentration camp. Frank, of course,
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — What is Flamenco? Most experts agree that the creation and history of flamenco was in southern Spain in the region of Andalusia where it still flourishes today. Flamenco was created through the fusion of Jewish, Arab, and Gypsy cultures in this area. All of these cultures share the fact
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Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLarry David started his Saturday Night Live hosting gig with a joke that’s been slammed as seriously insensitive by some viewers – and defended by others. The Curb Your Enthusiasm star wrapped up his intro with a joke about picking up women in concentration camps. David said: “I’ve always been obsessed with women, and I’ve
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s inner circle expressed shock when Hillary Clinton failed to quickly condemn Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein after allegations of sexual assault. Now, the president’s team may find the shoe on the other foot as allegations land on a business partner of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Until June, Mnuchin co-owned RatPac-Dune Entertainment, a
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA55th New York Film Festival – “Meyerowitz Stories” Actor Dustin Hoffman has been accused of being sexually inappropriate with a woman who worked as an intern on a production set of one of his films when she was just 17. Anna Graham Hunter made the allegations against Hoffman in a guest article written for The
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADirector Rob Reiner’s “LBJ,” starring Woody Harrelson facially encased in latex and makeup best categorized as a good try, arrives in theaters a year after its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, and 16 months after “All the Way” (Bryan Cranston reprising his juicy Tony Award-winning performance) debuted on HBO. The timing puts this latest LBJ
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Jordan Hoffman NEW YORK — The train rolls into the station, and the villagers know things are about to change. “They’re back,” the town clerk/drugstore owner/erstwhile feudal lord says. Who’s back? Jews. It is 1945 and Hungary has been liberated by the Soviet Union. From a radio we hear that Japan has yet to
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