Talya Zax is the Forward’s opinion editor. Contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter, @TalyaZax.
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By Talya Zax
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The Schmooze ‘The Post,’ ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Lead Golden Globes Nominations
“The Post,” the Steven Spielberg-directed account of The Washington Post’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, is one the most-nominated films for the 2018 Golden Globes. With six nominations, “The Post” came in a close second to Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” which won seven nominations. “Call Me By Your Name,” the much-heralded…
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The Schmooze Hanukkah Book Recommendations And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
It’s nearly Hanukkah, so dust off your hanukkiah, wrap your presents and dig up bubbe’s recipe for sufganiyot. Still, take some time before the madness of the holidays commences to relax with some of the weekend’s best cultural events, movies and books. To our readers in Los Angeles: Due to the fires, we won’t be…
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Culture The 12 Books You Absolutely Need This Hanukkah
2017 has been a stressful year. The health care system has been jeopardized; nuclear war has been threatened; hurricanes and wildfires devastated California, the northern Midwest, Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico; Harvey Weinstein, Leon Wieseltier, Bill O’Reilly, Louis C.K. and Kevin Spacey, among many other powerful men, were brought down by horrifying allegations of sexual…
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Film & TV James Franco’s ‘Disaster Artist’ Follow-Up To Be Shel Silverstein Biopic
James Franco has won rave reviews for his work on “The Disaster Artist,” a Tommy Wiseau biopic he directed and in which he stars as the legendarily weird creator of “The Room.” The project has, apparently, given him the biopic bug; today, the Hollywood Reporter wrote that Franco’s next project will be a film about…
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The Schmooze The Year’s Best Books, ‘The Disaster Artist’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
It’s been a week of big news and high tension. None of that will go away by Monday; if you hope to use the weekend to rejuvenate, do so with some of the best culture in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as the week’s best movies, TV and books. 1)…
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Culture Movie News: James Franco’s Tommy Wiseau Tribute, Early Awards Season
Still nursing your Thanksgiving food coma? Can’t handle any degree of activity more strenuous than that of sitting in a movie theater? Great: This week’s new movies come out tomorrow, so today, we have this week’s movie news. 1) James Franco’s Tommy Wiseau biopic is a hit Tommy Wiseau famously created and starred in “The…
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Culture New York Times 10 Best Books Of 2017 Include Works By Naomi Alderman, Ron Chernow
Naomi Alderman’s novel “The Power” and Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant, “Grant,” are among The New York Times’s 10 Best Books of 2017. Alderman’s “The Power” won this year’s Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. The Times books editors wrote that the novel was “a riveting story, told in fittingly electric language, that explores…
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Culture Playwright Israel Horovitz Accused Of Sexual Harassment, Assault By Nine Women
Playwright Israel Horovitz, the founding artistic director of Gloucester Stage Company, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by nine women, The New York Times’s Jessica Bennett today reported. Horovitz’s accusers are all women who worked with him when they were adolescents or in their early 20s. They include the playwright Jocelyn Meinhardt, who…
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