Beaufort cast fly from Israel to L.A. for Oscars
Jewish Journal
February 22, 2008
Oshri Cohen, the star of Beaufort, is caught off guard by me, Orit, the relentless paparazza, as he leaves for LA to attend the Oscars
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TV: From Bensonhurst to Vermont, via Hollywood
Pat Sierchio
February 21, 2008
Gary David Goldberg did not set out to be a screenwriter. He was already 30 when a teacher at San Diego State University guided him toward the profession. That fateful nudge set Goldberg on his path to becoming a successful writer/producer and director of a string of films and television shows that include \”Spin City,\” \”Brooklyn Bridge\” and the phenomenally popular sitcom, \”Family Ties.\”
VIDEO: It’s Not Fair – Let The Jews In Hollywood!
Jewish Journal
February 16, 2008
When the Writers went on strike, even comedy paid a price.
Coen brothers, Chabon teaming up on ‘Yiddish Policemen’
Ben Harris
February 14, 2008
In some ways, it\’s a most natural shidduch. There\’s Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose best-selling 2007 book, \”The Yiddish Policemen\’s Union,\” marked a turning point in the author\’s growing exploration of Jewish themes in his fiction. And Joel and Ethan Coen, the maverick filmmakers whose Jewish sensibility has been evident in countless of their movies, but who have yet to fully actualize their Semitic humor in a full-blown Jewish film. Until now. Late last week, the Guardian revealed that the Coens had agreed to write and direct the film adaptation of \”The Yiddish Policemen\’s Union.\”
Hollywood conflicted on candidates as California primary date nears
Tom Tugend
February 1, 2008
Steven Spielberg, arguably Hollywood\’s most influential citizen, co-hosted a fund-raiser early last year that netted $2.1 million for Hillary Rodham Clinton\’s presidential campaign.\n\nA few weeks later, Spielberg joined DreamWorks partners Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in throwing a fund-raiser for Barack Obama, Clinton\’s chief rival for the Democratic nod, that yielded $2.2 million.\n\nSpielberg has since formally endorsed Clinton and given the U.S. senator from New York the maximum donation of $2,300. But he has also contributed the same amount to Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, and the primary campaigns of Democrats John Edwards and Bill Richardson — who has since dropped out of the race.
‘Meadow Soprano’ explores her Jewish spirit in Israel
Dina Kraft
February 1, 2008
Jamie Sigler, who played the daughter of Mafia kingpin Tony Soprano on the acclaimed HBO show \”The Sopranos,\” grew up in a Jewish home in Jericho, N.Y., going to Hebrew school and having a bat mitzvah. But it was only during her recent visit to Israel that she said she felt a true spiritual and emotional connection to her roots.
There will be Jews at Oscar’s 80th
Tom Tugend
January 25, 2008
After some relatively lean years, Hollywood\’s Jewish talent made a solid showing as nominations for the 80th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday. The biggest winners were brothers Ethan and Joel Coen, whose thriller \”No Country for Old Men\” earned seven nominations, while Daniel Day-Lewis, son of British Jewish actress Jill Balcon, qualified in the best actor category.
From ‘Bucket List’ to ‘Beaufort’
Danielle Berrin
January 4, 2008
In less than 48 hours, I visited Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and Tibet, and Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon. The unlikely juxtaposition was the result of attending screenings of quite different films: the flashy Hollywood premiere of \”The Bucket List,\” followed by an understated private screening of indie Israeli film, \”Beaufort.\”
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