Dancing with the Stars
The new season of “Dancing with the Stars” begins on Monday, Sept. 12 (8PM) on ABC. The 12 celebrity contestants this season do not, so far as I know, include any tribe members. However, probably the biggest celeb of the 12, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, is al…
On Your Favorite Platform (TV, web, etc.)
Remember YAKOV SMIRNOFF? Back in the 1980s, he was a stand-up sensation, comparing the good things in America with the bad or difficult things in his native Soviet Union. His signature line (about America) was: “What a Country!” Well, the end …
A Surprisingly Jewish Boxing Movie
“Hands of Stone” tells much of the life story of boxer Roberto Duran, now 65, who held several major titles in the 1970s and 1980s and is ranked as one of the best fighters of all-time. It got good, if not great reviews when it played the 2016 Cannes f…
At the Movies: Opening Friday, Aug. 20
The new film version of “Ben-Hur” is the third major movie based on the famous 19th century novel “Ben-Hur: a Tale of the Christ”. Here’s the story: Judah Ben-Hur is an aristocratic Judean/Jew during the period of the Roman occupation. His be…
At the Movies:
“Florence Foster Jenkins” was the subject of a long feature piece recently on “CBS Sunday Morning” and if the film lives up to its clips, and its interesting backstory, it should be a hoot. It’s based on the true story of the title character, a New York heiress who…
