Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Gal Gadot, Arianne Zucker and Bob Dylan

At the Movies: Opening Friday, October 21

“Keeping Up with the Joneses” is a comedy/drama about a pair of covert spies (Jon Hamm and GAL “Wonder Woman” GADOT, 31) who move into a nice suburban neighborhood. Their “simple” neighbors discover their real jobs and get embroiled in a…

Jews in the News: Jeffrey Tambor, Rachel Weisz and Christopher Guest

At the Movies/Movie News
 

“The Accountant” is a thriller starring Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, a math savant with Asperger’s syndrome (he has trouble relating to people). Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, Wolff works as a freelance accountant for criminal organizations…

Jews in the News: Jason Stuart, Shia LaBeouf and Mayim Bialik

Good yunteff and all the jazz.

At the Movies

“Birth of a Nation” is very different from the 1915 film of the same name that celebrated the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. It’s the story of Nat Turner, a (real-life) Virginia slave who led a famous slave revolt in 1831. The film got good re…

Jews in the News: Sarah Jessica Parker, Theo Epstein and Judd Hirsch

A Bit More on SARAH JESSICA PARKER and Her New Show

In my last column, I didn’t note that Parker’s new HBO series,”Divorce,” starts on Sunday, Oct. 9. Last week, Parker was profiled by the New York Times and so I have a chance, in advance of the premiere, to relate what Parker so em…

Jews in the News: Jerry Lewis, Andy Samberg and Shia Labeouf

At the Movies

It was hard not to be charmed by JERRY LEWIS, who turned 90 in March, when he appeared recently on a few TV shows to promote the film "Max Rose". While Lewis cannot walk anymore, mentally he is completely there. I was truly touched as he poignantly discussed the mutual bromanc…