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Topic: Hollywood

June 12, 2013
10:46 am

Michael Shannon plays Richard Kuklinski in "The Iceman," a film by Israeli-born director Ariel Vroman (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

‘The Iceman’ cometh: Ariel Vromen hits the big time

Israeli director’s breakout film chronicles life of Richard Kuklinski, a mafia hit man who killed more than 100 people while his family thought he was working for Disney

By Michal Shmulovich

May 22, 2013
9:04 am

Jack Garfein: Strange, wild, triumphant

Israeli cinema will pay tribute next week to the Holocaust survivor who made an indelible mark in American show biz

By Michael C. Kotzin

May 16, 2013
11:54 pm

Robin Wright stars in Israeli director Ari Folman's sci-fi drama 'The Congress' (photo credit: official promotional trailer screen cap)

‘Waltz with Bashir’ director returns to Cannes with sci-fi departure

Five years after he captivated audiences on the riviera with his trailblazing animation/live-action war story, Ari Folman offers star-studded ‘The Congress’ — ‘something entirely different’

By Adiv Sterman

March 9, 2013
6:52 pm

Hundreds of performers, including Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson, helped raise awareness of the Holocaust as it unfolded by joining the cast of We Will Never Die. (Courtesy of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies)

The first time Hollywood exposed the Holocaust

Saturday marks 70 years since a daring, controversial ‘propaganda pageant’ demanded US action against the genocide

By Matt Lebovic

March 8, 2013
8:38 pm

Comic turned politician Beppe Grillo has called Israel "frightening" and accused Jews in Hollywood of persecuting Mel Gibson. (AP/Fabio Palli, Lapresse)

Italy kingmaker’s anti-Jewish views under scrutiny

Suddenly a force in politics, comedian Beppe Grillo is generating unease with comments on Jewish conspiracies and media control

By Frances D'Emilio

March 7, 2013
9:25 am

The dude abides (photo credit: Working Title Films)

‘The Big Lebowski’ turns 15

The Coen brothers’ eminently quotable movie changed everything — at least for those urban achievers who love to quote movies

By Ben Harris

February 27, 2013
4:35 am

The puppet star of "Ted" claimed he was Jewish at Sunday's Oscars, and co-presenter Mark Wahlberg called him an "idiot." (YouTube screenshot)

ADL not amused by ‘Ted’s’ Oscars sketch

Watchdog slams myths and stereotypes in skit created by host Seth McFarlane on Jewish control of the film industry

By Times of Israel staff

February 25, 2013
2:49 pm

'5 Broken Cameras' co-directors Guy Davidi and Emad Burnat (photo credit: Kino Lorber)

No consular reception for Israel’s Oscar filmmakers

French ambassador hosts ‘Gatekeepers’ in conjunction with consulate; Guy Davidi of ’5 Broken Cameras’ speaks out against Israel’s criticism of his film

By Michal Shmulovich

February 25, 2013
12:46 pm

Oscars’ awkward ‘Jew’ jokes

Character created by host Seth MacFarlane spanks the Academy with segment about Jewish control of the film industry

By Times of Israel staff

January 10, 2013
3:03 pm

Syril Zimand, missing since November 2012. (photo credit: Facebook)

Aspiring Israeli filmmaker missing in Hollywood

From the web The Jewish Journal: Screenwriter Syril Zimand arrived in Los Angeles in November but has disappeared without a trace

December 15, 2012
5:39 pm

View of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Der Spiegel essay: Our ‘nation of perpetrators’ is still under the spell of its Nazi past

In plaintive article, author whose grandfather served in the Nazi SA says Germany is still dominated by its dark history

By Yifa Yaakov

September 27, 2012
6:50 pm

Streisand and Rogen are mother and son

While ‘The Guilt Trip’ may prove hilarious, it’s rife with the anachronistic shtick apparently still beloved by Hollywood’s machers

September 9, 2012
5:42 am

Jewish eatery in Florida targeted by arsonists

From the web Police unsure if attack on Achla Pita Grill near Miami is a hate crime, Sun-Sentinel reports

May 10, 2012
7:29 pm

John Travolta. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Ack Ook, Flickr)

Look who’s talking now

Travolta allegedly claims Hollywood run by gay Jewish men

By Ilan Ben Zion

March 12, 2012
10:50 am

Academy Award and three-time Golden Globe winner Angelina Jolie. (photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe/Flash90)

Israeli actress to play young Angelina Jolie

Up-and-coming star Odeya Rush to play young version of actress in movie ‘Maleficient’

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