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Life How The Shabbat Dinner Is Becoming Trendy
Shabbat, that traditionally religious, meditative bookend of the working week, seems to be undergoing something of a renaissance. “The concept of spending quality time with friends and family while taking a break from scrolling on Instagram—is for everyone,” Ariel Okin wrote in a 2017 Vogue article, ‘How To Host A Shabbat Dinner And Why You…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman: ‘What’s Revolutionary For Us Is Daily Life for Men’
If there was one woman impatient for time to be up in Hollywood, it was certainly Natalie Portman. The actress has been on the front lines of the recent activism that has swept Hollywood since the October Weinstein bombshell. In a new Buzzfeed interview, Portman continues to air her rage and indignation for all the…
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The Schmooze Director Of Natalie Portman’s New Film Accused Of Whitewashing Out Actors Of Color
Alex Garland is the latest director being accused of taking roles from people of color and giving them to white actors. The film in question is the upcoming “Annihilation.” Based on a book of the same name written by author Jeff Vandermeer, Garland has been called out by several organizations for replacing two of the…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Credits Reese Witherspoon With Awakening Her To The Magic Of Social Media
Natalie Portman is one of the most important celebrities whose lives we invade each day with unwelcome speculation. That’s why it’s an objectively good thing that she joined Instagram in January. And she credits Reese Witherspoon, professional actress and Oprah’s best friend, with inspiring her to do so. “Reese has been a wonderful support system…
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Fast Forward Natalie Portman’s Return To ‘SNL’ Featured Rap, Jackie O And ‘Stranger Things’
Natalie Portman’s first appearance hosting “Saturday Night Live” in 12 years featured a sequel to her hardcore rap that went viral in 2006. In her new appearance, the Harvard-educated, Oscar-winning actress made vulgar and often violent references to being a mother, her work with the “Time’s Up” initiative and even the widely-derided “Star Wars” prequels:…
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Fast Forward Natalie Portman Tells Women’s March Of ‘Sexual Terror’ At 13
(JTA) — Jewish actress Natalie Portman told thousands of marchers at the Women’s March Los Angeles that she experienced “sexual terrorism” at the age of 13 following the release of her first movie. She said her first fan letter after the release of “The Professional,” in which she played a young girl who befriended a…
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The Schmooze Here’s What Spielberg Had To Say About Natalie Portman’s ‘All Male Directors’ Dig
I don’t want to be your token crazed liberal arts millennial, but the fact is that if Steven Spielberg had criticized Natalie Portman’s Golden Globes comment about the “all-male nominees” for best director, I would have have built a model of E.T. and burned it in effigy, and I would have demanded that you do…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman Just Did Right By All Women At The Golden Globes
Natalie Portman, resplendent in a decadent velvet gown and her signature face-that-looks-like-it-was-personally-architected-by-God, almost made a huge mistake at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards. She followed Oprah. After Oprah Winfrey’s exceptionally barn-burning acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award, a speech that brought the entirety of the Hollywood glitterati to its feet with an evangelical…
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