Becky Scott
By Becky Scott
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The Schmooze Tiffany Haddish Worked The Bar Mitzvah Circuit Before She Was Famous
These days, Tiffany Haddish is introducing Academy Award nominees alongside Maya Rudolph and making history as the first black female standup comedian to host Saturday Night Live — but there was a time when you (yes, YOU!) could have hired her to perform at your bar or bat mitzvah. Haddish said in an interview with…
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The Schmooze Lemony Snicket Replaced By Anita Hill As Wesleyan Commencement Speaker
Children’s book author Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket, will no longer be giving the commencement speech at Wesleyan College this may. Snicket resigned after finding himself the target of student protests amid allegations that he had a penchant for making inappropriate sexual remarks to female authors. Wesleyan’s president, Michael Roth, sent an email…
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The Schmooze Jerry Seinfeld And Alec Baldwin Talk Weinstein And The #MeToo Movement
After the Academy Awards Sunday night, Jerry Seinfeld joined Alec Baldwin for the first episode of Baldwin’s new talk show “Sundays with Alec Baldwin.” It was inevitable that their conversation soon turned to #MeToo and the social justice crusade that has swept through Hollywood as of late. “What is amazing is the speed and efficiency…
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The Schmooze Judith Light Says ‘Transparent’ Cast Is Shell Shocked By Jeffrey Tambor’s Firing
It’s hard to imagine “Transparent” without Jeffrey Tambor’s character, Maura, but that’s what we can expect to get, according to Judith Light, who plays Shelley Pfefferman on the show. Light Entertainment Tonight they could expect at least one more season to be released. “Yes, we are looking at a fifth season, and we’ll see when…
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The Schmooze Jewish Oscar Nominees Snubbed Across The Board
There were only a few Jewish Oscar nominees in the biggest categories this year and all of them went home empty-handed on Sunday night. Daniel Day Lewis, nominated for his role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread”, and Timothee Chalamet, nominated for his role in “Call Me by Your Name”, both lost “Best Actor” to…
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The Schmooze Will The #MeToo Movement Purge America Of Its Toxic Work Culture?
There is no question that Harvey Weinstein’s downfall was the catalyst for a movement that is changing the workplace for women, hopefully for good. Between Time’s Up and #MeToo, amid new accusers coming forward every day and the bosses who are finally listening to them, a long overdue revolution is here. But it’s not just…
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The Schmooze Robert Kraft’s Girlfriend Had A Baby – But It’s Not His
Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the Patriots, has confirmed that his longtime on/off girlfriend, Ricki Lander, has given birth to a child that is not biologically his own. (The Patriots are an American football team. American football is a game in which several hefty men throw around a cornea shaped ball and there are…
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The Schmooze Kate Upton Refuses To Participate In The Guess Investigation Of Paul Marciano
In January, Kate Upton publicly accused fashion mogul Paul Marciano of sexually assaulting her when she was a model for Guess several years ago. Marciano stepped down from his role at the company two weeks later as Guess prepared to launch an internal investigation. Wednesday evening, Upton tweeted that she would not be participating in…
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