(JTA) — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Sarah Silverman’s new late-night show earned Emmy nominations on Thursday.
“Maisel,” Amazon Studios’ popular series set in a very Jewish 1950s New York neighborhood, was nominated for best comedy series. Rachel Brosnahan, its non-Jewish star, was nominated for best lead actress in a...
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(JTA) — Roseanne Barr is taking matters into her own hands to explain “what happened and why.”
On Monday night, Barr said on Twitter that she will film her own interview and post it online a day after announcing that she would be interviewed on television.
Barr, who is Jewish,...
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(JTA) — Israeli actress Gal Gadot took a break from filming the sequel to the 2017 movie “Wonder Woman” to visit a Virginia children’s hospital in full costume.
On Friday, Gadot posed for photos with patients and staff at Inova Children’s Hospital in Annandale during her visit.
The hospital posted...
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(JTA) — Actress Roseanne Barr became emotional and expressed regret for her tweet against a former Obama administration official during a podcast interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
The interview had taken place two days after ABC canceled her popular show, a reboot of her late 1980s sitcom, over the tweet...
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By SONYA SANFORD
(The Nosher via JTA) – I grew up in a home where almost every meal was made from scratch. In retrospect, I’m grateful for the delicious healthy food I grew up eating, but at the time I coveted my friends’ fruit roll-ups, Capri Suns and Happy Meals....
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By CHAYA RAPPOPORT
(The Nosher via JTA) – Limonana is a classic Israeli drink that combines freshly squeezed lemon juice and mint leaves for a unique Israeli-style lemonade treat that’s beloved throughout the country.
Limonana is a combination of the Hebrew and Arabic words “limon” and “nana,” which mean lemon...
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(JTA) — Roseanne Barr reportedly cried and apologized for her racist tweet in a podcast interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
Barr “was sobbing and very apologetic about the whole thing,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which cited an unnamed source. Boteach did not air the interview.
The call in to the...
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(JTA) — Television host Samantha Bee apologized for calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c***” on her TBS late-night show “Full Frontal” after she came under fire for the comment.
In a Thursday tweet, Bee called her statement from the previous night’s show “inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I...
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(JTA) — ABC canceled the hit series “Roseanne” after its star posted racist comments on social media.
The network announced the cancellation on Tuesday after Roseanne Barr drew wide criticism for a tweet in which she mocked Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Barack Obama.
“Roseanne’s Twitter...
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Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, who became the scourge of the #metoo sexual harassment movement last year, turned himself into New York City authorities this morning on what are expected to be felony rape charges.
Wearing a black suit and a sky blue sweater with no tie, Weinstein got out...
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