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The Schmooze Jews Cleaned Up At The 2018 Emmy Awards
Just about every opportunity Jews had to win Emmy awards at the 70th Annual Emmy Awards on Monday night, they won. Sometimes twice. The show was clunky, generally humorless, and typically lengthy — but the Jews, the Jews were out in full force. Let’s do this. 1.The gawky, well-meant musical opener featured Andy Samberg, funny…
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The Schmooze Jewish Director Halts Emmy Awards With Historic Marriage Proposal
In a moment of live television that was somehow both shocking and predictable, an Emmy award winner used his 37 seconds of speech time to propose marriage. Three-time director of the Academy Award ceremony Glenn Weiss paused the entire 2018 Emmy Award ceremony on Monday night when he took the stage to accept the award…
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The Schmooze Henry Winkler, 72, Wins First Emmy With Ecstatic Speech Written ‘43 Years Ago’
Henry Winkler, joy and graciousness epitomized in a human body, took the stage to accept his first ever Emmy Award at 72 years old on Monday night. Winkler, nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the HBO show “Barry,” leapt to his feet when his name was called, throwing his arms around…
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The Schmooze Emmy Opener Tells ‘Straight White Guy’ Andy Samberg ‘There’s No Room For You!’
In a well-intentioned Emmy opener so cringe-inducing that audience members may need to visit a chiropractor, two types of actors performed: Blonde, white women, and black men. It’s a clever concept with a strong point: in the song, “We Solved It!” a gang of beloved comedy stars (Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Titus Burgess, Kristin Bell,…
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The Schmooze Emmy Nominations 2018: Larry David, ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ and All Else Jewish
The 2018 Emmy nominations dropped late Thursday morning. The Television Academy award show nominates, by our humble calculus, approximately 900 million people each year. Nevertheless, we have worked tirelessly to determine which people are people of the book. Here are all the Jews and Jewish projects nominated in major categories: Lead Actress in a Comedy…
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The Schmooze Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Recovering Well After Finishing Chemo
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the once and future duchess of Jewish diaspora culture, was seen out today for the first time since finishing her chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. The actress was diagnosed in September, and spoke publicly and poignantly about the prevalence of breast cancer diagnoses — using it as an opportunity to highlight the need…
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Film & TV Emmys 2017: So Many Jewish Nominees
(JTA) — On Thursday, the Television Academy announced the nominees for the coveted Primetime Emmy Awards. Here are the acting candidates with Jewish ancestry. The awards for TV excellence will be presented Sept. 8 on CBS. Lead actress, drama series Evan Rachel Wood is being considered for her portrayal of Dolores Abernathy, an android character in the sci-fi…
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Fast Forward Carrie Fisher Receives Emmy Nomination For Last Television Role Before Her Death
Congratulations to Carrie Fisher, who was nominated for an Emmy on Thursday morning for her final television role before she passed away. The late actress, who died of a heart attack at the end of 2016, was nominated posthumously for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for playing Rob Delaney’s mother in “Catastrophe,” an…
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