After George
Naomi Pfefferman
October 19, 2000
The Emmy-nominated actor has a ruse to help George fade from public memory: He\’s diversifying.
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More Thana Villain
Naomi Pfefferman
June 29, 2000
When Jason Isaacs went in to audition for the Royal National Theatre\’s production of Tony Kushner\’s \”Angels in America,\” he knew exactly what role he wanted. He insisted upon portraying the anxiety-ridden character of Louis, who is somewhat based on the life of the gay Jewish playwright.
Every Inch a Star
Naomi Pfefferman
March 23, 2000
In a gated community high above Los Angeles, Tony Curtis is holding court in the foyer of his two-story house in the shady corner of a cul-de-sac. Wearing white shorts and Birkenstocks, he is reclining on the staircase like a prince from one of his early movies. His famous blue eyes peer over spectacles as he simultaneously signs bills, rejects scripts, answers the telephone, and coordinates two assistants, a housekeeper, and sundry deliverymen.
What Makes Henry Tick?
Michael Aushenker
January 27, 2000
Given the great heights of celebrity he has scaled, his 30-year career begs the question: what made Winkler last?
Hank Azaria Spends “Tuesdays With Morrie.”
Ivor Davis
December 2, 1999
Hollywood has found its Jewish comfort zone in \”Tuesdays with Morrie,\” the ABC television movie version of Mitch Albom\’s best selling book.
Hoffman on Hollywood, Judaism and the Holocaust
Ivor Davis
March 4, 1999
What moviegoer can forget the scene: a graduation party around a Beverly Hills swimming pool, where a callow, young graduate named Benjamin Braddock gets a little career advice — one word: \”Plastics.\”
The Artistry of ‘Art’
Gene Lichtenstein
January 21, 1999
Tongue of a Bird,\” now playing at the Mark Taper Forum, is a confoundedly difficult play.
Hollywood’s Boy
Naomi Pfefferman
October 1, 1998
Looking studiously at the floor during a recent interview, Ben Stiller came off less the Hollywood \”It\” dude than the cute, shy guy you had a crush on at Jewish summer camp.
If the Spaceship Comes
Adam Gilad
September 3, 1998
I am in a cult.
Not one with an Indian twist, nor a homegrown one full of fervid believers waiting for a modern-day Shabtai Tzvi to fly us all to a New Jerusalem. No, my cult is more like that of those UFO suicides in Rancho Santa Fe waiting for the spaceship to take them away to a far better place.
My cult is called Hollywood.
The Arts
Tom Tugend
August 7, 1998
When Steven Spielberg first saw Adam Goldberg in the television series \”Relativity,\” the director scribbled a three-word memo to himself: \”intense, funny, Jewish.\”
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