For your consideration
Rob Eshman
January 8, 2009
Hollywood and the movies still cling to the image of the Jew-as-victim, while in the world beyond Blu-ray the reality is much more … complicated.\n\n
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Hollywood
Don’t feel bad! I love Christmas, too!
Jewish Journal
December 18, 2008
In this crazy world, everyone can use some Christmas cheer, and let\’s face it, whether enjoying a gingersnap latte or a warm smile from a perfect stranger, we all benefit in one way or another.
Spielberg’s Wunderkinder Foundation joins list of Madoff victims
Tom Tugend
December 15, 2008
Steven Spielberg suffered some losses in the Bernard Madoff fraud scandal, though apparently nowhere near a rumored $300 million. However, the famed filmmaker\’s private Wunderkinder Foundation had some investments with Madoff, though Spielberg spokesman Marvin Levy said he was unable to detail the assets or losses of the foundation.
VIDEO: The David Susskind Show (1970) ‘How to be a Jewish Son’
Jewish Journal
December 3, 2008
How to be a Jewish Son — or — My Son the Success! The David Susskind Show with Mel Brooks, David Steinberg, George Segal, Stan Herman, Dan Greenburg and Larry Goldberg.
Danny Goldberg: Hangin’ with the ‘geniuses’ of rock ‘n’ roll
Jewish Journal
November 26, 2008
No one ever said the life of a rock \’n\’ roll star was easy, and if you\’re the one responsible for their success, keeping an artist both successful and happy can be no less daunting
Q&A with producer Jeff Silver: ‘Making fewer films is good’
Danielle Berrin
November 26, 2008
\” . . . Making fewer films is good, because there are too many films in the marketplace and too much pressure to perform in the first weekend. I think it\’s a market correction to have fewer movies out there, and maybe there will be more of a premium on originality. Right now, there\’s a lack of ideas in Hollywood. People are recycling ideas, not reinventing them . . . \”
Sharon Stone, Howie Mandel, Arianna Huffington, William Kristol
Danielle Berrin
November 21, 2008
\”It\’s a groundbreaking week,\” Howie Mandel said to some 1,000 guests at Jewish Television Network\’s annual benefit at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Nov. 5. \”Just yesterday we elected a black man president, and tonight we\’re honoring a Jew in show business.\”\n\n
Doing Jews right on TV — for better or worse
Danielle Berrin
November 20, 2008
The Jewish character has become the American Jewish character, disassociated from an ethnic history and assimilated into American culture. And the assimilation hasn\’t only been for Jews.
Survey: Fewer Americans think Jews control Hollywood
Danielle Berrin
November 20, 2008
The majority of Americans no longer believe that Jews control Hollywood. This is the news from a new poll released by the Anti-Defamation League that also suggests there remains a widespread conviction that there is an organized campaign by Hollywood and the national media to undermine religious values.
Malibu camp offers respite and community for kids with HIV
Danielle Berrin
November 19, 2008
\” . . . This camp, this organization [Hollywood Heart] gives me true happiness.I get back so much more in ways that are impossible to quantify, in ways I couldn\’tget from anything material or anything else I\’ve ever done . . . \”
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