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The Schmooze From ‘GoT’ To ‘Maisel’ To ‘Kominsky,’ Jews Dominate The 2019 Emmy Nominations
The golden age of television continues to beat down on us mercilessly, like the sun on a particularly glorious day of global warming. The comedy is cutting-edge, the drama is devastating, and the darkly comic, Talmudic, Kabbalist-influenced prestige series is…popular? A veritable kehillah of Jewish creators, actors, and more are up for awards at the…
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The Schmooze He’s The US Ambassador To Israel, And He Dressed Up As A BDSM Dragon For His ‘GoT’ Party
BDS or BDSM? David Friedman holds one of the most significant positions in American diplomacy. As the US ambassador to Israel, the Orthodox Jewish bankruptcy lawyer, and former president of the Trump Organization, influences policy decisions in one of the most volatile parts of the world. Friedman has courted controversy — comparing supporters of the…
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Film & TV ‘Game Of Thrones’ Made Headlines For A Starbucks Cup. Were The Showrunners To Blame?
With “Game of Thrones” arriving at an unsatisfying end, fans have been quick to pin the blame on showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. If the timing of the hit show’s eighth season felt rushed, the character beats unconvincing or the conclusion a bit confused, it makes sense that the pair, who wrote the final…
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The Schmooze Next Up For The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Bros Benioff and Weiss: ‘Star Wars’
When you look up and see three stars in the sky, that means “Game Of Thrones” is over and it’s “Star Wars” time again. The boychiks who adapted “Game Of Thrones” for TV — David Benioff and D.B. Weiss — look to go from strength to strength as the epic series comes to a close…
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Culture What’s An Ex-CIA Leader Doing On ‘Game Of Thrones’?
Last night’s “Game of Thrones,” the second installment of the hit HBO show’s six-episode final season, saw the ensemble awaiting a climactic siege on the northern holdfast of Winterfell. But little did the keepers of the castle know, as they planted bulwarks and fretted about tactics, that an expert on matters of national security was…
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The Schmooze HBO Just Ordered A ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Written By A Jewish Buddhist
In seven seasons of “Game of Thrones,” the mega-hit HBO show which delights in showing the violent rapes of its female characters, 2.7% of episodes have been directed by women, and 5.5% have been written by women. That’s going to change. For the new prequel series, which will take place thousands of years earlier than…
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Forward 50 2017 David Benioff
Lord Commander Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Behind the gory, lustful scenes of “Game of Thrones” stand two rather unassuming Jewish boys. David Benioff, born David Friedman in New York City, is one of the two showrunners behind HBO’s megahit, alongside D.B. Weiss. The duo met while studying Irish literature at Trinity College Dublin in 1995….
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