Becky Scott
By Becky Scott
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The Schmooze Joy Behar Apologized To Mike Pence For Comparing Christianity To Mental Illness
Faith is a funny thing. It has divided the world throughout history, the cause of countless bloody deaths. It has torn families apart, it has been used to justify torture and enslavement, but it has also provided comfort and hope and order — elements of existence that are hard to otherwise come by. Panic as…
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The Schmooze Which Jewish Celebrity Are You?
Inside of us all, there is a Jewish celebrity. Are you Mayim Bialik or Lena Dunham? Natalie Portman or Zac Efron. Daniel Day Lewis or Ben Platt? Finally, we have the technology to find out which celebrity that is. Just take our awesome quiz!
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The Schmooze Rachel Bloom Invites Entire Audience Onstage To Perform Song About Boobs
How did you celebrate International Women’s Day? Did you split a bottle of wine with your best friend and pep talk each other about asking your boss for a raise? Did you post an Instagram photo of you and your girlfriends looking good at Monica’s bridal shower last May? Did you tweet something inspiring at…
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Fast Forward Kristen Wiig To Join Cast Of ‘Wonder Woman’
Kristen Wiig has had the kind of career most actresses would kill for. She found fame as one of the funniest Saturday Night Live cast members in the show’s history but, since leaving in 2012, she has refused to be typecast. Her acting portfolio includes the coming-of-age dramedy “Diary of a Teenage Girl”, the dark…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham And Billy Eichner To Guest Judge Upcoming Season Of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Some people achieve their dreams and other people ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. (And then there are those who live lives of quiet desperation but this isn’t about you right now). RuPaul, the host and creator of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, falls solidly into the second category. The actor/model/author/television personality/personal role model to all is the most internationally…
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The Schmooze ‘Jessica Jones’ Creator On Why She Only Hired Female Directors To Shoot Season Two
After four excruciating years, “Jessica Jones” season two is finally here. And for that, you can thank … women! In a new interview with Vulture, Melissa Rosenberg, the show’s creator, explains her decision to hire only female directors to direct season two’s 13 episodes. Well, I tried on season one to get as many women…
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The Schmooze Oprah Perfectly Sums Up The #MeToo Movement On Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Podcast
Gwyneth Paltrow’s new GOOP podcast dropped Wednesday and, believe it or not, there was nary a mention of vaginal steaming to be heard. Instead, the episode was 75 minutes of an only rarely interrupted monologue from the Queen, the goddess, the Empress herself — Oprah Winfrey. Universal reverence for Oprah has become so widespread and…
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The Schmooze ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Trailer Drops Amid Lemony Snicket Woes
The season two trailer for “A Series of Unfortunate Events” dropped Wednesday, only weeks after author Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket, was accused by multiple women of making inappropriate sexual comments to them. The popular book series was turned into a television show by Netflix and stars Neil Patrick Harris as the evil…
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