Depeche Mode in Israel
A couple of weeks ago, Dave Gahan, the front man for the famous Brit New Wave band Depeche Mode, made a surprise visit to Israel. He was there to attend the Jewish wedding of his son, JACK GAHAN, 27, to Israeli native SIGAL MAMIS. (Given Israeli marriage laws, it is v…
New on TV and Durst Background
“Weird Loners” premieres on Fox on Tuesday, March 31. Four 30-somethings, who haven’t had romantic luck, end up living together in a Queens, New York townhouse. One of the two female residents is Caryn Goldfarb, a high strung dental hygienist who is “…
Celebs Behaving Badly or Wanting To
BILLY CRYSTAL, 66, writing for the March issue of the AARP Bulletin, recounts he met legendary CBS newsman Walter Cronkite while working as a theater usher in the late 1960s. Excited to see the famous man, Crystal rushed-up to his seat and asked Cronkit…
Mensch=Nimoy
I know I wrote about the late LEONARD NIMOY last week. But here’s a story I just came upon that was not in any obit. Last August, WALTER “Chekov” KOENIG, 78, spoke to the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. About Nimoy, he said: “Leonard was .a very good man. Sound ethics and…
On Star Trek’s Tribe Members
No doubt, you heard that LEONARD NIMOY died last week, age 83. His longer obits noted his many Jewish ties, including: raised in an Orthodox home, he re-embraced religious Judaism about 25 years ago; he celebrated the feminine aspect of G-d in a book (“She…
