My favorite thing about being Jewish — and it’s just so hard to pick between classic hits like “unleavened bread,” “having shoulder hair at 15,” and “being used by right-wing nationalists as an excuse to justify the same kind of genocide that tends to be inflicted upon us every other century or so” — is that I’ve always felt like the religion and its attendant culture places an unusual emphasis on being alive. Six thousand years of trying not to die can do that to you. We don’t believe in heaven, and we don’t believe in hell; when someone passes, we say “may their memory be a blessing,” and when we pray on Yom Kippur (one of the few days of the year that most of us go to shul), we only ask God to write our names in the Book of Life so that we can spend another...
- 1/19/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
I love going to the movies every year, but I really loved going to the movies this year. I saw Knock at the Cabin in Providence, I saw May December in Tallinn. I saw Enys Men in a small theater at Village East where it felt like everyone in the audience turned against the film but me. Somehow I liked Equalizer 3 despite loathing the other two. The worst movie I saw in theaters was Fast X, which I watched on an edible that put me to sleep during a set piece. I missed out on seeing Magic Mike’s Last Dance with some friends who wound up running into Christopher Nolan going to see Skinamarink. I loved breaking Yom Kippur fast during The Beast (out next year—I...
I love going to the movies every year, but I really loved going to the movies this year. I saw Knock at the Cabin in Providence, I saw May December in Tallinn. I saw Enys Men in a small theater at Village East where it felt like everyone in the audience turned against the film but me. Somehow I liked Equalizer 3 despite loathing the other two. The worst movie I saw in theaters was Fast X, which I watched on an edible that put me to sleep during a set piece. I missed out on seeing Magic Mike’s Last Dance with some friends who wound up running into Christopher Nolan going to see Skinamarink. I loved breaking Yom Kippur fast during The Beast (out next year—I...
- 12/28/2023
- by Fran Hoepfner
- The Film Stage
“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”
We’re all glad the strikes are finally over, but I feel misunderstood. I mean, sure, I pull down tons of cash to stonewall and bulldoze artists on behalf of multinational media conglomerates who want to protect their many billions of dollars in beautiful, beautiful profits. And I get that a certain amount of public condemnation and mockery come with the gig (yes, I’ve seen your mean tweets and memes and yes, I hope all of you die). But before I crawl back into my office in the bowels of a Sherman Oaks shopping mall, before little ol’ Carol is gone and forgotten for the next three years (or at least until next summer when...
We’re all glad the strikes are finally over, but I feel misunderstood. I mean, sure, I pull down tons of cash to stonewall and bulldoze artists on behalf of multinational media conglomerates who want to protect their many billions of dollars in beautiful, beautiful profits. And I get that a certain amount of public condemnation and mockery come with the gig (yes, I’ve seen your mean tweets and memes and yes, I hope all of you die). But before I crawl back into my office in the bowels of a Sherman Oaks shopping mall, before little ol’ Carol is gone and forgotten for the next three years (or at least until next summer when...
- 11/16/2023
- by Fake Carol
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: As the striking actors guild sits down today with the studio bosses for the first new talks in over 80 days, the writers are one step closer to officially ending their nearly 150-day labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
“We strongly endorse this proposed contract and encourage you to vote for its ratification,” said Writers Guild of America West president Meredith Stiehm and WGA East president Lisa Takeuchi in a joint message to guild members that started landing in scribes’ inboxes late this morning (read the full email below).
Over 11,000 members of the WGA on both coasts received their ratification ballots and support material Monday via email. Garnering unanimous support from the WGA West board and the WGA East council the tentative agreement that guild negotiators came to with studio CEOs on September 24 is now out for “members in good standing” to give a Yea or Nay to.
“We strongly endorse this proposed contract and encourage you to vote for its ratification,” said Writers Guild of America West president Meredith Stiehm and WGA East president Lisa Takeuchi in a joint message to guild members that started landing in scribes’ inboxes late this morning (read the full email below).
Over 11,000 members of the WGA on both coasts received their ratification ballots and support material Monday via email. Garnering unanimous support from the WGA West board and the WGA East council the tentative agreement that guild negotiators came to with studio CEOs on September 24 is now out for “members in good standing” to give a Yea or Nay to.
- 10/2/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
“It’s a road map. People are going to study it like the Torah.”
That’s how one prolific showrunner describes the Writers Guild of America’s tentative new three-year Minimum Basic Agreement, a deal that was reached as Yom Kippur, the day of atonement that serves as the holiest of Jewish holidays, was beginning as the sun set Sunday after five frantic days of bargaining with chiefs from four major conglomerates and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The tentative agreement, which is now with guild members for ratification, was reached mere days before the 148-day-long work stoppage officially snapped 1988’s record 154-day strike to become the longest in WGA history.
The guild gained protections against the use of artificial intelligence, data transparency and residuals tied to streaming success as well as guarantees for the minimum size of writers rooms among a cadre of other topics as...
That’s how one prolific showrunner describes the Writers Guild of America’s tentative new three-year Minimum Basic Agreement, a deal that was reached as Yom Kippur, the day of atonement that serves as the holiest of Jewish holidays, was beginning as the sun set Sunday after five frantic days of bargaining with chiefs from four major conglomerates and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The tentative agreement, which is now with guild members for ratification, was reached mere days before the 148-day-long work stoppage officially snapped 1988’s record 154-day strike to become the longest in WGA history.
The guild gained protections against the use of artificial intelligence, data transparency and residuals tied to streaming success as well as guarantees for the minimum size of writers rooms among a cadre of other topics as...
- 9/27/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First, came the texts I couldn’t believe.
Then, the email that made it real.
Last, the tears. Of relief. Of gratitude. And hope that next SAG-AFTRA — and the Uaw, and IATSE, and every union still standing in this country — will get the deals they deserve.
We have a deal.
Of course, it’s “tentative” right now, because La La Land loves to screw folks with the fine print. So, you do really have to dot those i’s lest you find out you’ve given up residuals when they invent direct-to-brain dream uploads 10 years from now. And it’s truly not over until Fran, the Mother of Labor Dragons, gets a deal that will protect actual human actors. The WGA has started the late-inning rally, but we will leave to them the glory of capping it with a walk-off home run.
But the benefit of being known as the...
Then, the email that made it real.
Last, the tears. Of relief. Of gratitude. And hope that next SAG-AFTRA — and the Uaw, and IATSE, and every union still standing in this country — will get the deals they deserve.
We have a deal.
Of course, it’s “tentative” right now, because La La Land loves to screw folks with the fine print. So, you do really have to dot those i’s lest you find out you’ve given up residuals when they invent direct-to-brain dream uploads 10 years from now. And it’s truly not over until Fran, the Mother of Labor Dragons, gets a deal that will protect actual human actors. The WGA has started the late-inning rally, but we will leave to them the glory of capping it with a walk-off home run.
But the benefit of being known as the...
- 9/25/2023
- by Anonymous
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The race by the AMPTP and the WGA to get a deal done by sundown had plenty of folks thinking back to a very memorable episode of Entourage — Doug Ellin, included.
The creator of the HBO comedy was reminded Sunday on X about how the weekend negotiations between the AMPTP and the WGA sounded “like an Entourage storyline.”
Ellin replied, “And on Yom Kippur it sure does.”
Not sure what he’s talking about? Think back 16 years ago to the season 3 episode dubbed “The Return of the King.” The 2007 episode kicks off with the boys at the race track while Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) is arriving at temple before the start of Yom Kippur. That’s when he runs into Nick Rubenstein (Adam Goldberg), the neurotic son of movie producer Phil Rubenstein who is making the movie Medellin with Paul Haggis.
The rub: Benecio Del Toro has walked away from...
The creator of the HBO comedy was reminded Sunday on X about how the weekend negotiations between the AMPTP and the WGA sounded “like an Entourage storyline.”
Ellin replied, “And on Yom Kippur it sure does.”
Not sure what he’s talking about? Think back 16 years ago to the season 3 episode dubbed “The Return of the King.” The 2007 episode kicks off with the boys at the race track while Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) is arriving at temple before the start of Yom Kippur. That’s when he runs into Nick Rubenstein (Adam Goldberg), the neurotic son of movie producer Phil Rubenstein who is making the movie Medellin with Paul Haggis.
The rub: Benecio Del Toro has walked away from...
- 9/25/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Larry Wilmore says “finally.” Greg Grunberg says “Mazel tov! Writers Strike Deal!!!”
Bill Wolkoff promises not to picket Dancing with the Stars.
The Writers Guild has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end its strike after nearly five months, and needless to say — the members have thoughts, lots of happy thoughts. And it’s all spilling out on social media.
Here’s a roundup of their reactions so far:
Billy Ray: “To all my fellow writers— You earned this. You saved our profession. Now let’s continue to stand w the actors. And IATSE. And the Teamsters. And labor everywhere. That’s how we’ll save America.”
Wolkoff: “Day 146. It gives me great pleasure to say we will Not be picketing Dancing With The Stars tomorrow! I really can’t wait to watch the premiere on Tuesday, because we did it!
Bill Wolkoff promises not to picket Dancing with the Stars.
The Writers Guild has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end its strike after nearly five months, and needless to say — the members have thoughts, lots of happy thoughts. And it’s all spilling out on social media.
Here’s a roundup of their reactions so far:
Billy Ray: “To all my fellow writers— You earned this. You saved our profession. Now let’s continue to stand w the actors. And IATSE. And the Teamsters. And labor everywhere. That’s how we’ll save America.”
Wolkoff: “Day 146. It gives me great pleasure to say we will Not be picketing Dancing With The Stars tomorrow! I really can’t wait to watch the premiere on Tuesday, because we did it!
- 9/25/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
(Updated with WGA statement) The Writers Guild brass and studios CEOs were working Friday night to close a deal to end the scribes’ strike, but it seems they aren’t quite there yet.
Running from around 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., the third day of direct talks between the WGA negotiating committee and the heads of Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery has ended without a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract. While the two sides were able to find accord on a number of issues, a solution acceptable to all on matters like AI and writers rooms’ minimum staffing levels has eluded the negotiators so far, we hear.
However, while nothing was etched in stone, it does appear Bob Iger, Donna Langley, Ted Sarandos and David Zaslav and the other principals are open to reconvening at some point over the weekend. In fact, the CEO Gang of Four,...
Running from around 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., the third day of direct talks between the WGA negotiating committee and the heads of Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery has ended without a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract. While the two sides were able to find accord on a number of issues, a solution acceptable to all on matters like AI and writers rooms’ minimum staffing levels has eluded the negotiators so far, we hear.
However, while nothing was etched in stone, it does appear Bob Iger, Donna Langley, Ted Sarandos and David Zaslav and the other principals are open to reconvening at some point over the weekend. In fact, the CEO Gang of Four,...
- 9/23/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump decided to take time during Rosh Hashanah — the start of the Jewish High Holy days and the celebration of the New Year — to blame “liberal Jews” for voting to destroy America and Israel.
“Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & Israel because you believed in false narratives!,” he wrote on Truth Social on Sunday, presumably referring to the American Jewish support for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. “Let’s hope you learned from your mistake & make better choices moving forward!”
The leading Republican...
“Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & Israel because you believed in false narratives!,” he wrote on Truth Social on Sunday, presumably referring to the American Jewish support for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. “Let’s hope you learned from your mistake & make better choices moving forward!”
The leading Republican...
- 9/18/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Who shall we say is calling? On a new rendition of Leonard Cohen’s nearly half-century–old folk-rock classic “Who by Fire,” it’s Skinny Pelembe and Beth Orton. The duo’s breathy performance adds a sense of desperation and urgency to the track, which appeared on Cohen’s 1974 LP, New Skin for the Old Ceremony. There’s also a chilly element of mystery to the staggered way Orton and Skinny Pelemebe, whose real name is Doya Beardmore, build it out into shouting at the end.
Orton met Beardmore earlier...
Orton met Beardmore earlier...
- 9/14/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre, the largest arts and entertainment synagogue in the U.S., is offering complimentary seating to striking members of the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA and their immediate families for its High Holy Day Services on Rosh Hashanah (September 15 and 16) and Yom Kippur (September 24 and 25). Tickets for non-Temple members for both services normally cost $500 each.
“As an arts and entertainment industry synagogue, we feel it is our moral duty to support writers and actors in our community and pray for a quick resolution to their current strikes,” said Rabbi David Baron.
Guests for Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day of the year, will include Cristiano J. Zeledón, a former U.S. Marine who will recount how he was wounded during a Russian missile strike in Ukraine while providing volunteer humanitarian aid there; Aron Bell, 96, who will share his story of how he and his late brothers,...
“As an arts and entertainment industry synagogue, we feel it is our moral duty to support writers and actors in our community and pray for a quick resolution to their current strikes,” said Rabbi David Baron.
Guests for Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day of the year, will include Cristiano J. Zeledón, a former U.S. Marine who will recount how he was wounded during a Russian missile strike in Ukraine while providing volunteer humanitarian aid there; Aron Bell, 96, who will share his story of how he and his late brothers,...
- 9/8/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
When it comes to the mythology of "Star Wars," fans might find that there is more knowledge and detail in expanded universe lore than there is on the screen. Darth Vader's suit, for instance, might merely look like an intimidating life-support system at first glance, and audiences can rightly interpret his mask as the respirator that keeps his lungs functioning. The black, swooping helmet he wears was simply part of an Empire uniform, meant to evoke helmets worn by Nazi soldiers during World War II. What did Darth Vader look like under the mask? In 1977, no one knew. The buttons and panels on Darth Vader's chest clearly fulfilled some sort of medical or engineering function, but audiences would never be told explicitly what they did in any of the "Star Wars" movies.
Of course, thanks to extensive expanded-universe lore, various technical sourcebooks, and endless tie-in novels, Starwoids now know...
Of course, thanks to extensive expanded-universe lore, various technical sourcebooks, and endless tie-in novels, Starwoids now know...
- 8/13/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener understands why women-focused film panels are still needed, due to the continued under-representation of women behind the camera — which she herself alluded to on just such a panel at the Nantucket Film Festival this past weekend — but she still hopes that the day will come when women-focused film panels can stop.
“I’m very grateful to be here,” Holofcener said during the panel, titled “Women Behind the Words,” and which also included Allison Williams and Michaela Watkins as fellow panelists. “And I’m very proud to be a woman, but I feel like that has to stop. We have to stop this. We’re just actors and writers and performers.”
Those remarks were prompted by the panel’s moderator, Ophira Eisenberg, saying that, in the industry, “There’s this feeling that you’re going to be judged first as a woman and second as a writer or director or artist.
“I’m very grateful to be here,” Holofcener said during the panel, titled “Women Behind the Words,” and which also included Allison Williams and Michaela Watkins as fellow panelists. “And I’m very proud to be a woman, but I feel like that has to stop. We have to stop this. We’re just actors and writers and performers.”
Those remarks were prompted by the panel’s moderator, Ophira Eisenberg, saying that, in the industry, “There’s this feeling that you’re going to be judged first as a woman and second as a writer or director or artist.
- 6/29/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Sitcom mastermind Kenya Barris knows his way around the witty rat-a-tat, as a writer and an occasional director. At the helm of his first feature, the Black-ish creator choreographs a who’s who of comic talent and lets them shine — key among them Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jonah Hill, who shares screenwriting credit with Barris. In their L.A. story, the 35-year-old son of affluent white Jews and the daughter of affluent Black Muslims fall in love. Let the comedy of discomfort begin.
You People revels in tipping sacred cows (the Holocaust, slavery, liberals, Black Lives Matter), and yet it fits quite comfortably within a time-tested rom-com formula. The Netflix comedy, receiving a limited theatrical release a week before its Jan. 27 streaming debut, abounds with well-etched characters, a good number of them lovably annoying or just plain ridiculous. It comes on like gangbusters and keeps generating belly laughs well past the halfway point,...
You People revels in tipping sacred cows (the Holocaust, slavery, liberals, Black Lives Matter), and yet it fits quite comfortably within a time-tested rom-com formula. The Netflix comedy, receiving a limited theatrical release a week before its Jan. 27 streaming debut, abounds with well-etched characters, a good number of them lovably annoying or just plain ridiculous. It comes on like gangbusters and keeps generating belly laughs well past the halfway point,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leonard Cohen’s 1973 visit to the frontlines of the Yom Kippur war is set to be dramatized in a new limited TV series from Keshet International and Sixty-Six Media.
“Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai” is an adaptation of Matti Friedman’s book of the same name, which tells the story of Cohen’s 1973 concert on the frontlines of war.
“In October 1973 the poet and singer Leonard Cohen – 39 years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end – traveled to the Sinai desert and inserted himself into the chaos and blood of the Yom Kippur War,” reads the logline. “Moving around the front with a guitar and a pick-up team of local musicians, Cohen dived headlong into a global crisis and met hundreds of fighting men and women at the worst moment of their lives. Cohen’s audience knew his songs might be the last thing they heard,...
“Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai” is an adaptation of Matti Friedman’s book of the same name, which tells the story of Cohen’s 1973 concert on the frontlines of war.
“In October 1973 the poet and singer Leonard Cohen – 39 years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end – traveled to the Sinai desert and inserted himself into the chaos and blood of the Yom Kippur War,” reads the logline. “Moving around the front with a guitar and a pick-up team of local musicians, Cohen dived headlong into a global crisis and met hundreds of fighting men and women at the worst moment of their lives. Cohen’s audience knew his songs might be the last thing they heard,...
- 11/28/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The fashion world turned its back on Kanye West last week. And now it’s Hollywood’s turn — and the rapper/provocateur has his series of anti-Semitic posts to blame.
Over the weekend, Kanye West had his Instagram restricted and a tweet taken down after he made anti-Semitic comments on both platforms. The messaging about Jewish people — paired with his claim that Black Lives Matter was a “scam” and his promotion of “White Lives Matter” shirts last week — is getting people like Jack Antonoff, Josh Gad, John Legend, and Jamie Lee Curtis...
Over the weekend, Kanye West had his Instagram restricted and a tweet taken down after he made anti-Semitic comments on both platforms. The messaging about Jewish people — paired with his claim that Black Lives Matter was a “scam” and his promotion of “White Lives Matter” shirts last week — is getting people like Jack Antonoff, Josh Gad, John Legend, and Jamie Lee Curtis...
- 10/10/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Lisa Rinna is setting the record straight on how she feels now that daughter Amelia Hamlin has broken up with Scott Disick. During her visit to Watch What Happens Live on Wednesday, Sept. 15, Lisa played an atonement game with host Andy Cohen and fellow guest Sarah Paulson called "At-Own It, Baby." The segment honored Yom Kippur and involved each of the three stars dishing about possible regrets. At one point, Lisa was asked, "What is the worst thing you said about Scott Disick behind his back?" This led the 58-year-old The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star to lean her head to the side and slyly smile, suggesting she didn't love the question. After a moment, she shared,...
- 9/16/2021
- E! Online
“Real Housewives” dinners have a tendency to fly off the rails, but Eboni K. Williams — the New York franchise’s first Black cast member — prefers to exchange ideas instead of blows.
That was the goal of her Harlem Nights event earlier in the season, and also her Black Shabbat dinner that airs Tuesday night. Viewers will have to tune in to see how the Shabbat unfolds, but the intention was for it to be a time of reflection.
“If you come to an Eboni K. Williams event, you’re going to get deep,” Williams told TheWrap’s Lawrence Yee ahead of Tuesday’s episode. “You’re going to get vulnerable. You’re going to come away with a sense of something really powerful.”
“Some of my castmates leaned into that for Black Shabbat,” she continued.” “And I was really impressed and proud and even picked up the phone after the...
That was the goal of her Harlem Nights event earlier in the season, and also her Black Shabbat dinner that airs Tuesday night. Viewers will have to tune in to see how the Shabbat unfolds, but the intention was for it to be a time of reflection.
“If you come to an Eboni K. Williams event, you’re going to get deep,” Williams told TheWrap’s Lawrence Yee ahead of Tuesday’s episode. “You’re going to get vulnerable. You’re going to come away with a sense of something really powerful.”
“Some of my castmates leaned into that for Black Shabbat,” she continued.” “And I was really impressed and proud and even picked up the phone after the...
- 8/10/2021
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
Ben Platt is many things: a Tony-winning actor who perfected the art of snot-crying on stage and a songwriter whose talents extend to catchy Yom Kippur jingles and beyond. What Platt is not, as many on Twitter were quick to point out after the trailer for “Dear Evan Hansen” debuted, is a high school student.
And yet, the 27-year-old revisits his adolescent years in the “Dear Evan Hansen” film adaptation as an anxiety-riddled teen who gets tangled in a lie that spirals out of control. He originated the character on Broadway in 2017 to massive acclaim. So it’s understandable that Universal Pictures, the studio behind the movie, wanted to Platt to reprise the role that made him a star. Given the 10 years or so that separate Platt from the SATs, that upset some people.
After the trailer launched, Platt took to social media on Wednesday to respond to criticism about...
And yet, the 27-year-old revisits his adolescent years in the “Dear Evan Hansen” film adaptation as an anxiety-riddled teen who gets tangled in a lie that spirals out of control. He originated the character on Broadway in 2017 to massive acclaim. So it’s understandable that Universal Pictures, the studio behind the movie, wanted to Platt to reprise the role that made him a star. Given the 10 years or so that separate Platt from the SATs, that upset some people.
After the trailer launched, Platt took to social media on Wednesday to respond to criticism about...
- 5/19/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
In Washington, D.C., we are blissfully recovering from Monday night’s game when the Nationals beat the Dodgers to tie up the playoff series 2-2. We are hoarse from yelling and need serious manicures from all the nail biting innings.
East Coast Jewish fans are religiously thrilled our match-up will begin on Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. Et because the start time comes after sundown of our holiest Day of Atonement. We are supposed to observe the holiday by praying in synagogue, not eating or drinking, and not watching baseball.
It’s not fair to those Jewish fans living on the West Coast as the game starts there at 5:30 p.m., which is before sundown. Although I want my home team Nats to win, I do feel empathy for those Jewish Dodgers fans who are confronting religious dilemmas about watching the game during Yom Kippur.
It’s...
East Coast Jewish fans are religiously thrilled our match-up will begin on Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. Et because the start time comes after sundown of our holiest Day of Atonement. We are supposed to observe the holiday by praying in synagogue, not eating or drinking, and not watching baseball.
It’s not fair to those Jewish fans living on the West Coast as the game starts there at 5:30 p.m., which is before sundown. Although I want my home team Nats to win, I do feel empathy for those Jewish Dodgers fans who are confronting religious dilemmas about watching the game during Yom Kippur.
It’s...
- 10/9/2019
- by Aviva Kempner
- The Wrap
Amazon’s Emmy Award winner series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is coming back for Season 3 on December 6th, 2019, and a trailer for the series has dropped giving us our first look at what’s in store for the fans!
I love this show, and it looks like this third season is going to be great! I’ve really enjoyed these characters and the way that their story arcs have been playing our have been a lot of fun. Judging from this first trailer for the series, I like where things are headed.
In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel's life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she's good at - and going from housewife to stand-up comic is a wild choice to everyone but her.
The upcoming...
I love this show, and it looks like this third season is going to be great! I’ve really enjoyed these characters and the way that their story arcs have been playing our have been a lot of fun. Judging from this first trailer for the series, I like where things are headed.
In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel's life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she's good at - and going from housewife to stand-up comic is a wild choice to everyone but her.
The upcoming...
- 8/20/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2 Trailers Amazon Prime‘s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 2 TV show trailers stars Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle, and Michael Zegen. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s plot synopsis: “In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel’s life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper [...]
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- 10/25/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Amazon Studios’ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is one of the best shows that I saw last year. If you haven’t seen it your missing out on something special. The fact that the first season won eight Emmy Awards including outstanding comedy series, lead actress in a comedy, supporting actress, and writing and directing, should tell you how great of a show it is.
Today we’ve got a wonderful new trailer to share with you for Season 2 showing us what’s in store for the characters that fill the series. It was also announced that the series would return on Wednesday, December 5th! Here’s the synopsis:
In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel's life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she's good at - and...
Today we’ve got a wonderful new trailer to share with you for Season 2 showing us what’s in store for the characters that fill the series. It was also announced that the series would return on Wednesday, December 5th! Here’s the synopsis:
In 1958 New York, Midge Maisel's life is on track- husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she's good at - and...
- 10/24/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Fall is not only a great time to be a TV Fanatic; it's a great time to be Jewish!
The Jewish Holiday Season is upon us. As we Jewish fans balance our overloaded DVRs and hectic holiday schedules, one cannot help but wonder how our favorite Jewish characters are spending the holidays. Are they praying in Shul, having elaborate family dinners, or is it just business as usual?
Jewish representation has evolved a great deal over the years. While jews themselves were always prominent in the entertainment business in America, significant Jewish characters and Jewish plots did not crop up until the 1970s.
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There was a lapse in the 1980s, but then the 1990s gave us Seinfeld, and the rest is history. Today shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Broad City focus on Jewish characters,...
The Jewish Holiday Season is upon us. As we Jewish fans balance our overloaded DVRs and hectic holiday schedules, one cannot help but wonder how our favorite Jewish characters are spending the holidays. Are they praying in Shul, having elaborate family dinners, or is it just business as usual?
Jewish representation has evolved a great deal over the years. While jews themselves were always prominent in the entertainment business in America, significant Jewish characters and Jewish plots did not crop up until the 1970s.
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There was a lapse in the 1980s, but then the 1990s gave us Seinfeld, and the rest is history. Today shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Broad City focus on Jewish characters,...
- 9/10/2018
- by Leora W
- TVfanatic
The organisers of the Fractured Visions Film Festival have announced the line-up for their inaugural event. Says the organisers:
Over the past 10 months the festival has been privileged to witness some of the finest examples of modern horror from across the world. But after a tough selection process with dozens of stunning submissions, the official selection for the 2018 Fractured Visions Film Festival has been made.
Children Of The Fall (Israel) – UK Premiere
Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark past, arrives in Israel during the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realises that the local Kibbutz members don’t take kindly to foreigners, and the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday in the Jewish faith), brings a brutal threat to her and her fellow volunteers. What began as a fun celebration of youth quickly turns into a menacing and bloody night of terror,...
Over the past 10 months the festival has been privileged to witness some of the finest examples of modern horror from across the world. But after a tough selection process with dozens of stunning submissions, the official selection for the 2018 Fractured Visions Film Festival has been made.
Children Of The Fall (Israel) – UK Premiere
Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark past, arrives in Israel during the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realises that the local Kibbutz members don’t take kindly to foreigners, and the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday in the Jewish faith), brings a brutal threat to her and her fellow volunteers. What began as a fun celebration of youth quickly turns into a menacing and bloody night of terror,...
- 8/24/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
If songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul win the original music and lyrics Emmy for their song in “A Christmas Story Live!”, they will attain the elusive Egot status: that is, winning the four biggest honors in show business.
The two collaborators are nominated for “In the Market for a Miracle,” one of three new tunes they wrote for Fox’s Dec. 17 adaptation of their 2012 stage musical based on the holiday movie classic.
They previously won the 2016 song Oscar for “La La Land,” the 2017 Tony for their score for Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen” and the 2018 Grammy for the cast album for “Evan Hansen.”
Only 12 people in history have managed the Egot feat, and just five of those were composers. Plus, Pasek and Paul would be the youngest to manage the feat; both aged 33. Are they thinking about the possibility of entering this exclusive club?
“Only because people like you bring it up,...
The two collaborators are nominated for “In the Market for a Miracle,” one of three new tunes they wrote for Fox’s Dec. 17 adaptation of their 2012 stage musical based on the holiday movie classic.
They previously won the 2016 song Oscar for “La La Land,” the 2017 Tony for their score for Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen” and the 2018 Grammy for the cast album for “Evan Hansen.”
Only 12 people in history have managed the Egot feat, and just five of those were composers. Plus, Pasek and Paul would be the youngest to manage the feat; both aged 33. Are they thinking about the possibility of entering this exclusive club?
“Only because people like you bring it up,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
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