Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Harvey Weinstein loses key supporters in wake of sex harassment allegations

LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein continued to lose key support over the weekend from people within his close circle of associates and in the larger media industry as the disgraced film executive moved to contain the fallout from his sexual harassment scandal. Two important members of his crisis team quit Saturday, including Los Angeles attorney […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Tel Aviv Mayor supports theater that honored terrorists

Hundreds of people, including Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, rallied at Jaffa’s Arab-Hebrew Theater Friday. The Arab-Hebrew Theater is facing a cut in the state subsidies it receives after it honored Dareen Tatour, an Israeli-Arab poet who was indicted in 2015 for incitement to violence and support of terrorism. “This is a theater that does

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

France 24’s web documentary “If I Ever Come Back” wins audience awards at the Swiss Web Festival

France 24’s Stephanie Trouillard has been awarded the Audience Award at the Swiss Web Festival for her work chronicling the last days of a French Jewish girl who died in the Holocaust. In 2010, a collection of wartime letters and photographs was discovered in an old cupboard at a high school in Paris. Forgotten for

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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Evangelina Elizondo Dead At 88: Legendary Actress Passes Away

Evangelina Elizondo has passed away at the age of 88. The legendary actress was confirmed dead by the actors guild in Mexico, ANDI. “The directorial board on behalf of ANDI feel the loss of Evangelina Elizondo,” they wrote in a tweet. Elizondo is credited as the voiceover in Spanish for “Cinderella.” She also starred in

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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Monty Hall, original host of popular game show ‘Let’s Make a Deal,’ dies at 96

LOS ANGELES—Monty Hall, the original host and co-creator of “Let’s Make a Deal,” the long-running game show that debuted in 1963, making kooky audience costumes and carnival-style bartering an institution on daytime television, has died, according to Associated Press. He was 96. Hall, who was also a dedicated philanthropist, died of heart failure Saturday morning

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer

LOS ANGELES — Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The star of “Veep” and “Seinfeld” posted news of her illness Thursday on social media. A spokeswoman for Louis-Dreyfus confirmed the posts were authentic. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up

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

Is ‘Merchant anti-Semitic? ‘Compared to what?’

Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks ‘Merchant of Venice’ at Montclair State Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participated in a roundtable discussion with Shakespearean scholars David Scott Kastan of Yale University, at right, and James Shapiro of Columbia University. Photos by Mike Peters Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Montclair State University on Sept. 23. Even distinguished Shakespearean scholars

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

This comedy legend goes to bat against “stupidly politically correct society”

Mel Brooks is fed up with society’s “stupidly politically correct” sensibilities and warns that they will lead to the “death of comedy.” Brooks, the creator of acclaimed comedy films like “Blazing Saddles,” “History of the World, Part I” and “Young Frankenstein” and one of only 12 people to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jaws dropped when Stephen Colbert invited a special guest to the Emmys stage

Emmys host Stephen Colbert delivered a ton of jabs to President Trump in his opening monologue of this year’s award show. The host taunted the president many times, reminding the audience of several tweets he made about previous award shows. Colbert joked with previous Emmys host Seth Myers about the tweet Trump sent that accused

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA