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Jewish Hollywood’s Jewish problem

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The 97th annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday night. A bit of mystery was added to all the pageantry. Long before statues were handed out, the anticipation was eclipsed by the glamorous parade...
Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan accept the Oscar for “Best Picture” during the live “ABC” telecast of the 96th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024. Credit: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Hollywood hype

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The Academy Awards ceremony—with all its traditional Hollywood hype and international attention—is set to take place in Los Angeles on March 2. The Oscars represent the best talent the big screen has to offer,...
Mel Gibson attends the Los Angeles special preview screening of "Monster Summer" at Directors Guild Of America on Sept. 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic.

Trump names Mel Gibson, with history of Jew-hatred, ‘special’ Hollywood envoy

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson “special ambassadors” to Hollywood, which he called “A great but very troubled place.” “They will serve as special envoys to me for the...
Israeli singer Aviv Geffen performing at the Jerusalem Theater, June 3, 2012. Photo: Uri Lenz/Flash90.

Police detain Israeli rock star for waving hostage sign at Hollywood concert

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Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen was escorted out of a David Gilmour concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday by Los Angeles police, after failing to heed a request to take down a sign...

Film to feature Timothée Chalamet as Jewish table-tennis star Marty Reisman

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Timothée Chalamet, the 28-year-old star of the epic sci-fi “Dune” series, is taking a more down-to-earth role in a new movie based on the life of Marty Reisman, a Jewish table tennis champion. “Marty Supreme” will feature...

450-plus Jews in entertainment industry condemn Glazer’s speech

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More than 450 Jewish executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing the speech film director Jonathan Glazer gave at the Academy Awards ceremony on March 10 when accepting his Oscar for...

‘As a Jew’ Oscar moment shows how woke antisemitism works

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Unless you’re a film buff, you may not have heard of Jonathan Glazer before his viral moment at this year’s annual Academy Awards ceremony. After “The Zone of Interest”—a highly-praised film about the commandant of the...

At Oscars, Holocaust film director talks ‘refuting’ Jewishness, Israel ‘hijacking’ Holocaust

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Accepting the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Jonathan Glazer, director of the Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” read, with quivering hands, from a prepared statement. “All our choices are made to reflect...

‘I suggest you all do it’: Tiffany Haddish urges visiting Israel

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In an Instagram Live video she shot after boarding a plane to Israel on Tuesday, actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish described the purpose of her trip, calling it “educational.” “I need to go see for myself, I’m one of those people,”...
Susan Sarandon at the Hotel Excelsior in Venice, Italy in 2017. Credit: Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock.

Susan Sarandon: ‘Don’t let anyone tell you it started on Oct 7, 2023’

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On Jan. 15, many noted somberly that it was the 100th day that Hamas terrorists were holding hostages in Gaza. Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon—no stranger to antisemitic comments—had a different message in mind...