{"id":51661,"date":"2019-11-07T22:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T04:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=51661"},"modified":"2019-11-07T22:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T04:23:22","slug":"dustin-hoffman-and-candice-bergen-are-starring-in-mayim-bialiks-first-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/dustin-hoffman-and-candice-bergen-are-starring-in-mayim-bialiks-first-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Hoffman and Candice Bergen are starring in Mayim Bialik\u2019s first film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 Dustin Hoffman and Candice Bergen are starring in a film to be written and directed by Mayim Bialik.<\/p>\n<p>Actors Olivia Thirlby and Simon Helberg, who appeared in the television series \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d together with Bialik, are also set to star in the comedy-drama titled \u201cAs Sick As They Made Us,\u201d Deadline reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The film tells the story of a divorced mother navigating difficult family dynamics as she finds love. It will be Bialik\u2019s screenwriting and directing debut.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bialik, who is Jewish, is best known for her role as Dr. Amy Farrah Fawler on \u201cThe Big Bang Theory,\u201d which concluded in May. She was first launched into stardom at the age of 15 as the title character in the television series \u201cBlossom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The divorced mother of two has a doctorate in neuroscience, runs her own website, Grok Nation, and is a best-selling author.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Dustin%20Hoffman%20and%20Candice%20Bergen%20are%20starring%20in%20Mayim%20Bialik%E2%80%99s%20first%20film\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7139],"tags":[10291,3500,8790,8795,1315,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51663,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51661\/revisions\/51663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}