NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial reported Thursday that they were at an impasse after more than 30 hours of deliberations over four days. Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill instructed the panel of seven men and five women to keep pressing for a unanimous decision. “While you should not hesitate […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eva Trieger CORONADO, California –Little ushers in a summer theater season quite so well as a fantasy featuring triumph over evil, new and lasting friendships, and sinister suspense, all bathed in sticky sweet ripe peach juice. That is precisely what the partnership of Pickwick Players and Coronado Playhouse is serving up for the next
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastGermany’s biggest paper leaks pirate copy of controversial documentary that public TV channel has refused to broadcast By Marc Neugroschel Screenshot of BDS protesters in Paris, from the documentary ‘Chosen and Excluded — Jew Hatred in Europe.’ (Courtesy) COLOGNE, Germany — A new much discussed documentary on European anti-Semitism has been leaked on the website
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — If you can imagine the handsome Ethan Hawke with a perpetual frown and a gravelly voice like Billy Bob Thornton’s in Sling Blade, you will appreciate Hawke’s amazing performance in a lovely, delicate new movie that opens in L.A. tomorrow (Friday, June 16th). The film is Maudie, based on
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot promised her fans she was inspired to portray the superhero role once more, despite criticism from those who supported Palestine. “Wonder Woman” has been banned in Tunisia, Lebanon and Jordan since Gadot, who is of Israeli descent, served in the Israel Defense Forces. She took to Twitter Sunday after “Wonder
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANEW YORK — In February, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul fell just short of Hollywood’s highest honor when “La La Land,” the Southland-set musical they penned the lyrics for, failed to win best picture at the Academy Awards. No misses this time. The stars shone for the composer-lyricists and book writer Steven Levenson, as “Dear
Tony Awards: Big winners, surprise losers and what it all means for the theater Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Bette Midler won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, for her starring role as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly!. Midler, who is Jewish and first performed on Broadway in 1966 as Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, has had
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By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SPOKANE, Washington — Film making is a collaborative endeavor. Many people who are essential to the film making process are not well known. The documentary film, Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Romance, written and directed by Academy Award-nominated Daniel Raim is about two of those little known, but essential people. Harold Michelson
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Craving an omelet, or a cuppa Joe, served up with sarcasm or perhaps a smile? You know how it is when you stop in at your favorite breakfast joint, and don’t even have to say, “I’ll have the usual.” The waitress knows your signature dish, your daily habits,
Suspicion, acceptance on menu at ‘The Spitfire Grill’ Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDavid Breakstone Ares, Eros, and the eroticism of Zion She is so quintessentially Israeli. And it’s not just the accent, mannerisms, and facial expressions. There’s something far more profound about her than that. If only people all over the world who are falling in love with Wonder Woman as I have were to realize that
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAhead of the Tony awards, the story of the historic Oslo peace accords and hit stage production — from Terje Rod-Larsen himself By George Alan Baumgarten NEW YORK — The iconic image is forever etched in the minds of those who remember it: Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in that unlikeliest of handshakes, under the
In drama ‘Oslo,’ behind-the-scenes diplomacy takes center stage Read More »
International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAdam West, who donned a cape, cowl and tights to became an overnight sensation in 1966 as the star of the campy “Batman” TV series, has died, his family said. He was 88. West, who later lamented being typecast as the Caped Crusader but eventually embraced having been part of American pop culture, died Friday
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastHe didn’t meet Sylvester Stallone on the best of nights, and it didn’t go much better the time he bumped into Kiefer Sutherland. But Mark Wahlberg liked E.L. Woody, at least enough to cast him in HBO’s hit series “Entourage.” Wahlberg’s marching orders for Woody were clear enough — just play yourself. So Woody strapped
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Sandee Brawarsky J.R.R. Tolkien’s great-grandson Nicholas Tolkien. Separated by three generations, one lived through war to create a magical world of fantasy, and one was blessed to know peace but writes about an unimaginably tragic chapter of history. Playwright and director Nicholas Tolkien, who makes his Off-Broadway debut this month with “ Terezin,” is
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Jewish great-grandson has a play on Theresienstadt Read More »
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