Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Alexis Arquette, transgender activist and actress, dies at 47

San Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg.  Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last name […]

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Sully’ is a Love Letter to Post-9/11 New York City

The opening scene of Sully, the new Tom Hanks/Clint Eastwood movie about the “Miracle on the Hudson,” takes place in a midtown Marriott, in the mind of U.S. Airways Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, and the image is pretty much what every New Yorker expects when they see an airplane flying way too low over Manhattan.

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

A Leonard Nimoy biography for kids

Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez; Alfred E. Knopf publisher; ISBN 9781101-933329;  28 pages, including author’s note, $17.99. SAN DIEGO – With all the ongoing celebrations of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, the youngsters in your life may be wondering what all the hoopla is about.  This short well-illustrated

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Star Trek 50: 10 Times William Shatner Was the Funniest Person in the Galaxy

For today’s 50th anniversary of Star Trek, we could have compiled a list of best and worst episodes, but that’s kind of been done before. Instead, we wanted to pay tribute to the comic genius of the original Captain Kirk, who has been regaling fans with his Kaufmanesque style of humor for almost as long

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Star Trek 50th anniversary celebrated in ‘For the Love of Spock’ from Leonard Nimoy’s son

When you grow up with Spock as your father, chances are your life will take some out-of-this-world turns. This Friday, cinemagoers will get a chance to see the life of the late Leonard Nimoy from the inside, as his son, Adam Nimoy, unveils “For the Love of Spock,” a documentary not only about his father’s

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Santa Clarita Valley is a part of ‘Star Trek’ lore

LOS ANGELES—The mission, from the day “Star Trek” premiered on America’s televisions on Sept. 8, 1966, was ambitious: “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Where did Gene Roddenberry’s TV series go to find that world? Often as not, it

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Hugh O’Brian, TV’s Wyatt Earp, dies at 91

Hugh O’Brian, the star of TV’s “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,” died Monday. He was 91. O’Brian died in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to a statement on the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation website. Handsome, square-jawed and athletically fit, the dark-haired O’Brian appeared in a string of movies and TV anthology series in

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jewish trivia question: Gene Wilder, z”l

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The great Gene Wilder, star of such wonderful movies as Blazing Saddles, The Producers, The Frisco Kid, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Young Frankenstein, passed away last week. How did Wilder describe the role of Judaism in his life? A. I’m not at all religious, although I am certainly Jewish–which, to me, means that

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Porn is for losers’: Pamela Anderson pens op-ed condemning porn as ‘the dark side of adult sexuality’

After the New York Post leaked photos on Monday from yet another sexting scandal involving Anthony Weiner, his long-suffering wife Huma Abedin promptly announced their separation, leading some of the world to fly up in arms about the damaging effects of porn. Weiner’s sexting habit and porn might not appear to have an obvious correlation,

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

German soldier’s WWII story screens at GI Film Festival

By Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel,” a documentary showing another side of World War II – that of a pacifistic German drafted into Hitler’s army—will be screened Thursday, Sept. 15,  at the Village Theatres in Coronado. The 104-minute documentary will be one of the offerings of the G.I.

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

How Do People Die From Complications Of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Gene Wilder’s family announced he passed away of “complications from Alzheimer’s disease” at the age 83 in his home in Connecticut on Monday. The iconic actor and comedian suffered privately from the progressive brain disorder for three years before succumbing to the disease’s complications. More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease today,

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast