Tag: Hollywood
Luminaries, much support and protests at Gal Gadot Hollywood star ceremony
Gal Gadot joined luminaries like William Shatner, Jodie Foster and even Godzilla when she was honored on Tuesday with a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame—a first for an Israeli actress.
The mood...
Jewish Hollywood’s Jewish problem
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...
Hollywood hype
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,...
Trump names Mel Gibson, with history of Jew-hatred, ‘special’ Hollywood envoy
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...
Police detain Israeli rock star for waving hostage sign at Hollywood concert
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
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
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
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
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
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,”...