Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Famed San Francisco radio host commands laughter with new Jewish humor book

Michael Krasny’s ‘Let There Be Laughter’ offers funny jokes and insightful commentary as antidote to trying times By Renee Ghert-Zand You know how a lot of people have trouble remembering jokes? Well, Michael Krasny isn’t one of them. An English professor and the longtime host of the most-listened-to locally produced public radio program in the […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Whoopi Goldberg made a serious promise after being targeted by a fake news site

Whoopi Goldberg expressed her disgust on ABC’s “The View” after she was made the subject of a fake news allegation regarding Carryn Owens, widow of Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens who was killed in a raid in Yemen. A fake story claimed that Goldberg had criticized the widow after President Trump singled her out

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

I’ll be back: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s possible ’18 Senate run

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2017 – Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R- November 17, 2003 – January 3, 2011) is considering a 2018 Senate run as a third-party, or independent, candidate. Schwarzenegger’s entrance would give him the stage to continue to lock horns with President Trump over political issues. Trump has publically excoriated the former body

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Richard Gere: Cigar gifts ‘no big deal‘ if Netanyahu makes peace

In Israel, Hollywood star says disgraced ex-PM Olmert was ‘a friend of mine’; compares PM, US president: ‘It’s all deals to them’ By Sue Surkes Richard Gere attends opening night of the Miami Film Festival on March 3, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images/AFP) Hollywood movie star and veteran peace campaigner Richard Gere weighed

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

In Israel, everyone knows Richard Gere’s ‘Norman’

Director Joseph Cedar insists the character — though evocative of his uncle, whose cash-stuffed envelopes landed Olmert in prison — isn’t based on anyone in particular By Jessica Steinberg To Israelis, the premise of Josheph Sedar’s latest film might seem achingly familiar: It tells the story of a New York Jew who does exorbitant favors

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Fred Weintraub, who financed ‘Woodstock’ and helped discover Bruce Lee, dies at 88

Were it not for the renegade work of club owner, Hollywood producer and self-described showman Fred Weintraub, the lives of Bruce Lee, Frankie Valli, Neil Diamond, Richard Pryor and Woody Allen, to say nothing of the mud-encrusted hippies Weintraub captured in the film “Woodstock,” might have taken other turns. Weintraub died Sunday, leaving a legacy

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Hollywood star demands Israel divide Jerusalem, end ‘occupation’

Hollywood A-lister Richard Gere, who portrayed King David in the eponymously titled 1985 film and is perhaps best remembered for his lead roles in An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, and Runaway Bride, is set to land in Israel later on Tuesday. But while the actor”s past visits to the Jewish state received warm

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

4th Native Women in Film Festival Highlights Anti-Pipeline Cause

Winona at an informational meeting about the Enbridge pipelines Sandpiper and Line 3. (Photo: Keri Pickett)[dc]O[/dc]jibwe Nation tribal member Winona LaDuke – Ralph Nader’s vice presidential candidate on the Green Party ticket in 2000 – appeared Feb. 23 at the 4th Native Women in Film Festival, where an anti-pipeline documentary about…

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Hugh Laurie in Israel to address TV conference

Former ‘House’ star joined by TV heavyweights from CNN, FOX, and HBO for 2-day Jerusalem event By Jacob Magid Hugh Laurie gives his acceptance speech for the Golden Globe he won for Best Supporting Actor on January 8, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube) Acclaimed British actor Hugh Laurie arrived in Israel Sunday, and met with President Reuven

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Robert Osborne, movie connoisseur and host of Turner Classic Movies, dies at 84

Robert Osborne, who displayed an encyclopedic knowledge — and love — of films and film history as the primary host of Turner Classic Movies, has died in New York, the network said Monday. He was 84. Osborne was a former longtime columnist for the Hollywood Reporter and the author of the official history of the

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Hearts break together for ‘The Blameless’

“Every time I read this play, I feel less alone.” –GT Upchurch  (Performances Magazine, p.11) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Meet the Garcia family. They don’t discuss things in the Garcia house. They yell. And the exclamation points are followed by tense, pregnant silences. Today, Mama is fit to be tied. Her daughter Theresa

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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Pat Boone and the story of ‘Exodus’

  By Jerry Klinger LOS ANGELES — Pat Boone, world famous singer, movie actor and writer has been a lifelong friend of Israel. His active continuing career has spanned over 62 years, selling more than 46 million albums, 38 Platinum top forty singles, starring in 12 movies and a hit T.V. show. Yet, he will modestly

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Jerry Klinger, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA