Jewish Celebrities

Jon Stewart is returning to ‘The Daily Show’ during US election cycle

Published by Reuters By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) – Political comedian Jon Stewart is returning to “The Daily Show” as executive producer and will host every Monday starting Feb. 12, through the 2024 election cycle, Paramount announced on Wednesday. The show will feature a rotating lineup of hosts for the other three nights it […]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Neil Diamond

In 1966, he recorded the first of many hits as a solo artist, “Solitary Man,” and followed that year with “Cherry, Cherry” and “Kentucky Woman.” Subsequent years brought songs as “Sweet Caroline,” “Holly Holy,” “Cracklin’ Rosie” and “Song Sung Blue,” “I Am…I Said,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” “Forever in Blue Jeans.” [SDJW staff]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Piper Laurie

At age 17, she signed a contract with Universal Studios, at that time changing her name to Piper Laurie. She starred with Ronald Reagan in 1950 in Louisa, and claimed to have had her first sexual relationship with the future President of the United States. She acted with Donald O’Connor, Tony Curtis and Rory Calhoun in subsequent films. [SDJW staff report]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: George Burns

In 1926, he married Gracie Allen, who was Catholic, and  subsequently appeared with her in comic short films which had such stars as Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Jack Benny, Frest Astaire, Joan Fontaine, Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Eleanor Powell, and Robert Young. [SDJW staff]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Danny Kaye

Most of Kaye’s films were light-hearted including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector General, White Christmas, On the Riviera, The Court Jester, and the biographical Hans Christian Andersen and The Five Pennies about jazz musician Red Nichols. But he also had a serious side, playing a Holocaust survivor in the TV film Skokie. [SDJW staff]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Shari Lewis

In 1960, the NBC network signed her for The Shari Lewis Show, which stayed on the air through September 1963. Among her many puppet friends were Lamb Chop, a sock with eyes; Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy.  [SDJA Staff]

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Noah Schnapp Addresses Israel-Hamas Comments

Published by Radar Online Noah Schnapp says his “thoughts and beliefs” on the Israel-Hamas war “have been so far misconstrued” amid calls for him to be canceled, RadarOnline.comhas learned. Addressing the backlash, the Stranger Things star defended himself in a TikTok video on Monday evening. “I feel like my thoughts and beliefs have been so

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Natalie Portman: ‘Method acting is a luxury not afforded to women!’

Published by BANG Showbiz English Natalie Portman isn’t able to practice method acting because she is a woman. The 42-year-old actress – who has Alpeh, 12, and six-year-old Amalia with husband Benjamin Millepied – has carved out a successful career in Hollywood since starting out in showbusiness as a child and has even won an

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Bonnie Franklin

Bonnie Franklin (January 6, 1944-March 1, 2013) was remembered for her role as the single mother Ann Romano in the 1975-1984 television series One Day at a Time. Created by Norman Lear, the series addressed a variety of social issues including premarital sex, sexual harassment, and suicide. [SDJW staff report]

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Las Vegas Standup Comic Shecky Greene Dies at 97

Published by Reuters By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Shecky Greene, a comic legend of the old-school Las Vegas lounge acts who rubbed elbows with yesteryear entertainment greats, died on Sunday, his widow told the media. His wife of 41 years, Marie Musso Greene, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her husband, born Fred Sheldon Greenfield

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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals plans for very quiet New Year’s Eve

Published by BANG Showbiz English Gwyneth Paltrow is planning to spend her New Year’s Eve getting into her pyjamas by 8pm. The Goop founder, 51, who recently said she is so clean-living she has virtually no vices left to give up, added she would only indulge in an eggnog with brandy to ring in 2024

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Howard Schultz and the Making of Starbucks

Some of the landsmen who were crucial in the evolution of Starbucks included Zev Siegl, Howard Schultz, Jack Benaroya, Herman Sarkowsky, Sam Stroum, Harold Gorlick and his nephew, jazz musician Kenny G. Later in the company’s history came Leonard Maltz, Howard Behar and Dan Levitan. [Donald H. Harrison]

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A Ship for Justice

Jane Carol Ginsburg directs Columbia Law School’s Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts. Asked what she would like the civilian crew who will serve aboard the Ruth Bader Ginsburg to know about her mother, she replied in an email that they “might peruse two of her books: My Own Words and Justice, Justice Thou Shall Seek.  The latter title was taken from Deuteronomy 16:20: Tzedek, tsedek, tirdof.  For for a keepsake, or memento of her mother’s, she suggested the ship may wish to display the poster that accompanied the issuance in October 2023 of a U.S. Post Office stamp in Judge Ginsburg’s honor. [Donald H. Harrison and Emily Scalmanini}

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