By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Mary Tyler Moore, who passed away last week, had a number of connections to the Jewish world, both in her real life (her husband Robert Levine is Jewish) and her performing life (an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show entitled “Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda” grappled with […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — ‘He who tires of London has tired of life,’ wrote Samuel Johnson, and I dare say he had a point. Even in the dead of winter, when the bone-chilling cold really does chill every inch of bone in your body, the place has its pleasures provided you are suitably
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodThe Kardashian sisters are going head-to-head with President Trump. Following the president’s executive order to ban Syrian refugees from entering the United States and a place 90-day hold on immigrants traveling to the country from seven middle eastern nations, the Kardashians, who are of Armenian descent, have fired back. Kim Kardashian West shot back at
Barbara Hale, best known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Perry Mason’s loyal secretary Della Street on the long-running 1950s and ’60s TV series starring Raymond Burr, has died. She was 94. Hale died Thursday, according to her son, actor William Katt, who posted the news on his Facebook page. Katt’s agent, Jacqueline Sander, said
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastYossi Chaikin’s tale of hard work, grit and determination took him from Kiryat Yam to the Juilliard School of Dance. Now, he’s made it to the big leagues By Ronit Bezalel CHICAGO — Yossi Chaikin, grew up in Kiryat Yam with immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union. So while he always knew that he
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe great British actor John Hurt has died at the age of 77. A Knight of the Realm the performer appeared in a number groundbreaking films. We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of John Hurt, who played Mr. Ollivander. Harry Potter fans will miss him very much. pic.twitter.com/xgSjePd4aV— Harry Potter Film (@HarryPotterFilm)
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastShia LaBeouf was arrested during his livestreamed anti-Trump protest early Thursday morning at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York. The actor and performance artist was charged with misdemeanor assault. LaBeouf, 30, was continuing his four-year protest called “He will not divide us,” which began Friday when Donald Trump was sworn in
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 27th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center will run February 8-19. The 12-day Festival is the largest Jewish cultural event in San Diego and draws over 17,000 attendees annually and 97 film screenings.
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — What could be more overwhelming than a play by Samuel Beckett? How about FIVE plays by Samuel Beckett? Ron Sossi, the fearless founder of L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre and its Artistic Director, has built his reputation on the innovative, unique, and sometimes quirky theater productions he has undertaken in the Odyssey’s
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMike Connors, the star of the long-running television series “Mannix,” passed away Thursday afternoon at the age of 91. Connor’s son-in-law, Mike Condon, revealed that Connors died due to complications from pneumonia, which had been diagnosed a week earlier. Connors’ most well-known work was that of private detective Joe Mannix on the CBS television series
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMary Tyler Moore, who died Wednesday at the age of 80, didn’t really make that much television when you get right down to it. She starred in just two series that lasted a total of 12 years. But, man, did her characters and those series resonate. I cannot think of a 20th century TV performer
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMary Tyler Moore, the multiple Emmy-winning actress who first charmed TV viewers on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in the 1960s and became a beloved TV icon who could “turn the world on with her smile” on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s, has died. She was 80. In a career that began
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIsraeli-born actress Natalie Portman was announced on Tuesday as one of the nominees for this year”s Oscars. Portman was named in the best actress category for her performance in “Jackie”, a biographical drama which follows Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy. Portman, who was born
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA“Saturday Night Live” couldn’t have planned a better guest host for its inaugural-weekend show than Aziz Ansari. Or at least that’s the conclusion many came to after the writer-actor-comedian delivered the opening monologue. Ansari, who made a name for himself as Tom Haverford on “Parks and Recreation,” is now co-creator and star of his own
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