Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Milana Vayntraub, Jason Alexander and Paul Lieberstein

An Office Comedy for Labor Day; Sandberg Re-Marries; Busey, Victim of Karma?

 
“Out-of-Office” is an original Comedy Central film that premieres on Sept. 5 (Labor Day) at 7PM. The film focuses on how the private lives of “out-of-office” (at-home) workers often gets mixed-up with …

Jews in the News: Miguel Sapochnik, David Horovitch and John Hamburg

 House of the Dragon, Exploring More Roots, New Netflix Comedy
 
 
"House of the Dragon”, a 10-episode prequel to the mega-hit series “The Game of Thrones” (“GOT”), began streaming (HBO) on Aug. 21. It is set 200 years before the events in GOT. As the series opens, the Sev…

Jews in the News: Simon Helberg, Leonard Nimoy and Robert Towne

Industry, The Old Man, Godfather Jewish Sidelights

 

The HBO series “Industry” recently made it on my radar. It premiered in 2020 during the apex of the pandemic, but was filmed before the pandemic hit. Almost all reviewers said that the show was an unrealistic look at the lives of yo…

Jews in the News: Joey King, Debra Messing and Gal Gadot

Killers on a Train, A Great Bar Mitzvah Movie??, the Sandman  
 
JOEY KING, 22, co-stars in “Bullet Train”, a thriller that opens in theaters on August 5. All the main characters have “coded” names, like “Ladybug”. Here’s the capsule plot: Trained killer Ladybug (Brad Pitt)…

Jews in the News: Beanie Feldstein, Harvey Feirstein and Barbara Streisand

People Who Love Barbra Are the Smartest People in the World
 
I rarely do a whole column on one subject. But I’ve long wanted to write about “The Funny Girl” “odyssey”. Breaking news last week made me do finally do that. 
 
On July 11, it was announced that BEANIE FELDSTEIN,…