‘The Wire’ creator and HBO’s favorite son David Simon is working on two new shows
Jewish Journal
August 11, 2015
It’s no secret that Jewish television writer David Simon is adored at HBO.
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Real estate scion Robert Durst indicted on weapons charges in New Orleans
Jewish Journal
April 8, 2015
Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, was indicted on weapons charges in New Orleans on Wednesday, the Orleans Parish District Attorney\’s Office said.
Ari Shavit’s ‘My Promised Land’ to be made into HBO film
Jewish Journal
March 17, 2015
\”My Promised Land,” a best-selling book about Israel by journalist Ari Shavit, is being made into a documentary for HBO.
Robert Durst’s Jewish background
Aron Chilewich
March 16, 2015
Jewish real estate scion Robert Durst, the subject of a recent HBO documentary miniseries, is currently awaiting extradition to Los Angeles after being arrested by the FBI in a New Orleans hotel Sunday evening, March 15. FBI officials say they have new evidence linking Durst to the 2000 killing of his friend Susan Berman in her Hollywood Hills home.
Durst charged with murder, movie confession likely admissible
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2015
New York real estate scion and accused murderer Robert Durst\’s bathroom muttering that he \”killed them all\” would likely be admissible evidence in a murder trial, legal experts said on Monday.
New York real estate scion Durst agrees to extradition on murder charge
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2015
New York real estate scion Robert Durst agreed on Monday to be extradited to Los Angeles County from New Orleans to face a charge of first-degree murder in the 2000 death of a longtime friend.
‘Night Will Fall’ lifts a curtain on concentration camp atrocities
Tom Tugend
January 22, 2015
The first time I saw the horrific newsreels of the liberation of the concentration camps, showing mountains of skeletons piled up and skulls staring out of empty eye sockets, was in 1959.
We need a rematch: Maher vs. Affleck vs. Harris
Rob Eshman
November 5, 2014
I have one word for Ben Affleck, Sam Harris and Bill Maher: Rematch.
Why there is still no ‘Entourage’ movie
Jewish Journal
October 23, 2013
It seems the “Entourage” cast members could use some help from someone like superagent Ari Gold.
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