Actor Zach Braff attends the Broadway opening night of "Big Fish" at Neil Simon Theatre on Oct. 6, 2013 in New York City. (Jemal Countess\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Now the film is done and set to premiere in Park City, Utah, at the Sundance Film Festival in January, USA Today reports.<\/p>\n
In addition to directing and co-writing the project, Braff also has a starring role alongside Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene and Joey King. In other words, enough Jews to warrant an impromptu on-set Rosh Hashanah celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWish I Was Here\u201d is not in competition at the festival, but we\u2019re definitely looking forward to seeing what kind of reaction it gets. Hopefully his investors won\u2019t be disappointed.<\/p>\n
Porn pioneer Al Goldstein dies at 77<\/strong><\/p>\nAl Goldstein, the man who brought his particular brand of hard-core porn to the masses, died last week in a nursing home in Brooklyn. The cause of death, though officially unknown, was most likely renal failure, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n
Goldstein was best known for sharing his raunchy sensibilities and radical ideas via Screw magazine and his New York City public-access cable show \u201cMidnight Blue.”<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Goldstein did not invent the dirty magazine,\u201d the Times obituary states, \u201cbut he was the first to present it to a wide audience without the slightest pretense of classiness or subtlety. Sex as depicted in Screw was seldom pretty, romantic or even particularly sexy. It was, primarily, a business, with consumers and suppliers like any other.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re not familiar with his over-the-topness, this from the Times about sums it up:<\/p>\n
\u201cApart from Screw, Mr. Goldstein\u2019s most notorious creation was Al Goldstein himself, a cartoonishly vituperative amalgam of borscht belt comic, free-range social critic and sex-obsessed loser who seemed to embody a moment in New York City\u2019s cultural history: the sleaze and decay of Times Square in the 1960s and \u201870s.\u201d<\/p>\n
The piece goes on to detail Goldstein\u2019s path to — as well as influence on — the sex industry, the rise and fall of his mini empire, and his eventual descent into poverty and poor health.The latest (and only?) Jewish royal has arrived, care of Charlotte Casiraghi and Gad Elmaleh. Their son, Raphael, was born last week.<\/p>\n
In case you\u2019re not up on European celeb culture, Casiraghi is the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco (and therefore the granddaughter of the late Grace Kelly) and Elmaleh is the Jewish, Moroccan-born actor and comedian who has been called the \u201cJerry Seinfeld of France.\u201d The two became engaged this summer.<\/p>\n
Mazel tov!Paul Rudd has won what may have been the first ever head-to-head competition between two boyishly handsome Jewish stars for the role of a superhero.<\/p>\n
The Wrap reports that Rudd will play Henry Pym in Marvel\u2019s \u201cAnt-Man,\u201d instead of their first choice, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who passed in order to commit to another comic book adaptation, the WB\u2019s \u201cSandman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some may doubt the \u201cAnchorman 2\u201d star\u2019s ability to pull it off, but we have faith. Rudd\u2019s a funny guy with great comic timing — something that seems necessary for a film about a guy whose power is becoming teeny.<\/p>\n
More from the goofy Jewish actor front: \u201cBook of Mormon\u201d star Josh Gad will appear in a remake of the 1960s TV series \u201cGilligan\u2019s Island,\u201d Deadline reports.<\/p>\n
It hasn\u2019t been announced which role Gad will play, but for some reason we have him pegged as a certain bumbling, floppy hat-wearing seaman. Gad also co-wrote the script.<\/p>\n
Drew Barrymore-Adam Sandler reunion<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you\u2019ve been counting the days until Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore would co-star again in a romantic comedy, well, you\u2019ve been counting awhile. It\u2019s been 10 years since \u201c50 First Dates\u201d and 15 since \u201cThe Wedding Singer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, though, the two are back together. In \u201cBlended,\u201d Sandler and Barrymore play a couple who, after an epically bad first date, end up together in a family resort with their kids from previous marriages.<\/p>\n
The twist? Barrymore and Sandler wind up \u2026 in Africa, on safari. Wacky hijinks, including parachuting, fart jokes and plenty of cameos by exotic animals ensue.
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