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Culture The Grammys highlighted Jews of color — but picked a strange champion for racial justice
In real life, Taylor Swift dates a Brit known for playing Nazis. But in the fantasy realm of the Grammys, she shacked up in an astroturf-peated A-Frame with boychik producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff; they went on to win Album of the Year for “Folklore.” This was just one vision in a strange, socially…
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Culture Vampire Weekend, Babs And RBG’s Son Pick Up 2020 Grammy Nominations
As with all things Jewish, there are ups, and there are downs. At first glance 2020’s Grammy nominees, announced November 20, find our people performing admirably, but not necessarily with the degree of success to which we’ve become accustomed. Drake, for example, only has two nominations, down from last year’s seven. But the Grammys distributes…
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The Schmooze Scarlett Johansson’s Lovers, Ryan Reynolds Through Sean Penn
Updated, 10:30AM: This article was published in December 2017, but has been updated to reflect the thrilling developments in Scarlett Johansson’s love life. Like Moses taking orders from that bossy burning bush, Scarlett Johansson didn’t ask to be the leader of the Jewish people. Nevertheless, between her Germanic beauty and obvious talent, Johansson never stood…
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The Schmooze 19 Definitely Accurate Pop Culture Predictions For 2019
Wipe that perspiration off your brow: We’ve almost made it to 2019. But in today’s fast-paced news cycle, who knows what might have changed by the time you wake up on New Years Day? Maybe Gwyneth Paltrow will have thrown her hat in the ring for 2020 — the nation could really use some self-care….
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Fast Forward Steve Bannon: 1, New Yorker: 0
President Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon was uninvited to the New Yorker Festival, where he was scheduled to headline, the New York Times reported. The rescinded invitation came after several celebrities dropped out following the release of the festival’s lineup. David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, announced the news in an email…
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The Schmooze Please Let Me Be Sad About Lena Dunham’s Breakup
Here at the Schmooze, we’re not afraid to get extremely real. Commercial Israeli chocolate is disgusting. Howard Stern is a national disgrace. The premise that Jews are uniquely bad at sports is baseless. (All these are stories we’ve received hate mail for writing about.) But I put off writing about actress and “Girls” creator Lena…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham’s Dog Is Defending Her On Twitter
It took Lena Dunham about three seconds to respond to allegations that she lied about her reason for giving up Lamby, the rescue dog she adopted in 2013. BARC Shelter in Brooklyn, where Dunham adopted Lamby, disputed her statement that the dog came from an abusive home and claimed, instead, that it was actually a…
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