Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Amy Schumer, Bette Midler and Jennifer Connelly

Schumer and Lawrence, Oh My

As I noted in a recent column, AMY SCHUMER, 34, is so hot after the success of her summer movie, “Trainwreck,” that she's a premiere week guest on  the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (she’ll be on Friday, Sept. 11). But the big buzz now around her is he…

Jews in the News: Amy Schumer, Bernie Sanders and Dave Franco

Baumbach’s New Movie and Colbert’s Premiere Week Guests

Director/screenwriter NOAH BAUMBACH, 45, has made eight, mostly well-reviewed films (including “The Squid and the Whale” and “Margo’s Wedding”) that have focused on the problems of hip urbanites. While they contain some f…

Jews in the News: Emily Ratajkowski, Scooter Braun and Andrew Garfield

At the Movies

“We Are Your Friends,” which opens on August 29, stars Zac Efron (whose paternal grandfather was Jewish) as a struggling young DJ in the electronic dance music scene who dreams of becoming a big-time record producer. Things get complicated when he falls for Sophie, the gi…

Jews in the News: Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Rapaport and J.J. Abrams

At the Movies

Back in 2008, JESSE EISENBERG, now 31, and Kristen Stewart had definite on-screen chemistry in the highly praised “Adventureland”, a coming-of-age film in which they played recent high school grads who eventually get romantic. (Ironically, her character was Jewish and his …

Jews in the News: Ben Platt, Margarita Levieva and Sofia Mechetner

At the Movies

 “Ricki and the Flash,” which opens on August 7, stars Meryl Streep as Ricki, a small-time rock singer who chased her dreams and, along the way, abandoned her family. Ricki has a last chance to mend fences when her ex-husband, Pete (Kevin Kline), asks her to visit Chicag…