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Ozzy Osbourne performs during the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at Alexander stadium in Birmingham, England, Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
July 23, 2025, 9:32 am
Ozzy Osbourne, godfather of heavy metal music, dies at 76
Birmingham native was known for his legendary excesses, like biting the head off of a bat thrown at him on stage, but also for being a family man, as portrayed in ‘The Osbournes’
By Mark Kennedy
Composer Charles Strouse is interviewed in his apartment, June 3, 2008, in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)
May 16, 2025, 9:08 am
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of ‘Annie’ and ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ dies at 96
Three-time Tony Award-winner also wrote film scores for ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘The Night They Raided Minsky’s’
By Mark Kennedy
Val Kilmer poses for a portrait, in Nashville, Tennessee, January 9, 2014. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
April 2, 2025, 10:36 am
Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65
Hollywood star, who was notoriously tough to work with but admired for his dedication to roles, dies from pneumonia, surrounded by family and friends
By Mark Kennedy and ANDREW DALTON
Tony Roberts attends the screening for 'It Takes a Lunatic' during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, May 3, 2019, in New York. (Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)
February 8, 2025, 12:06 pm
Jewish actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85
Best known for ‘Annie Hall,’ where he played Woody Allen’s best friend, Roberts’ film, TV and stage career spanned over six decades
By Mark Kennedy
Linda Lavin speaks at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards, March 19, 2022, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello, File)
December 30, 2024, 11:23 am
Actress Linda Lavin, who starred in long-running sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
Jewish Tony Award winner enjoyed a decades-long career on stage, TV and film, including in ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Wanderlust’
By Mark Kennedy
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Timothée Chalamet in a scene from 'A Complete Unknown.' (Macall Polay/Searchlight Pictures via AP)
December 26, 2024, 5:56 am
Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ is electric in more ways than one
In theaters Friday, film starring Timothée Chalamet is utterly fascinating, captures a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture
By Mark Kennedy
James Earl Jones accepts the special Tony award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at the 71st annual Tony Awards, June 11, 2017, in New York. (Michael Zorn/Invision/AP, File)
September 10, 2024, 8:53 am
Award-winning actor James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, Mufasa, dies at 93
Jones won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors as well as an honorary Oscar
By Mark Kennedy
Richard Simmons speaks to the audience before the start of a summer salad fashion show at Grand Central Terminal in New York on June 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
July 14, 2024, 5:26 pm
Fitness and weight loss icon Richard Simmons dies at 76
Born to a Russian-Jewish mother, Simmons helped people lose weight through his silly public persona and exercise videos after having struggled with being overweight earlier in life
By Mark Kennedy
Richard Sherman speaks at the ceremony honoring the Sherman Brothers with the rename of Disney Studios Soundstage A at the World Premiere of Disney's "Christopher Robin" at the Walt Disney Studios, July 30, 2018, in Burbank, California. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
May 26, 2024, 5:31 am
Richard Sherman, composer of Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘It’s a Small World,’ dies at 95
Along with his brother Robert, pair breathed life into decades of children’s classics such as ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ with catchy, award-winning tunes
By Mark Kennedy
Sheldon Harnick accepts the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the Theatre at the Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016, in New York (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
June 23, 2023, 9:14 pm
Sheldon Harnick, award-winning lyricist of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies aged 99
Also penned the words for ‘Fiorello!’ and ‘The Apple Tree’; actor Jackie Hoffman: ‘Like all brilliant persnickety lyricists he was a pain in the tuchus’
By Mark Kennedy
Ben Platt in character as Leo Frank from the Broadway musical "Parade." (Emilio Madrid/DKC/O&M via AP)
February 28, 2023, 3:25 am
Broadway musical ‘Parade,’ Jewish star fight antisemitism both onstage and off
Ben Platt leads in true story of Leo Frank, a Jew who was lynched in Atlanta in 1915, as US contends with new wave of Jew-hatred, including neo-Nazi protest outside of show
By Mark Kennedy
Jonah Hill, left, and Lauren London in a scene from 'You People.' (Courtesy: Netflix)
January 26, 2023, 11:15 am
Star-crossed lovers tackle Black-white, Jewish-Muslim divides in ‘You People’
Netflix film starring Jonah Hill and Lauren London is a rom-com with teeth that doesn’t shy away from airing long-simmering cultural grievances
By Mark Kennedy
A scene in the production "Indecent," telling the story of a controversial 1923 Yiddish play which featured Broadway's first lesbian kiss. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 11, 2023, 10:26 pm
Free speech advocates slam Florida school for nixing Jewish LGBTQ play
‘Indecent’ tells true story of 1923 Yiddish show which featured controversial first lesbian kiss on Broadway; county spokesperson calls its dialogue ‘inappropriate’ for students
By Mark Kennedy
A scene from 'Rogue Heroes,' a TV series about the origin of Britain’s elite Special Air Service, which premiered November 13, 2022, on Epix. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 17, 2022, 8:41 pm
TV series ‘Rogue Heroes’ explores chaotic, desert-based Nazi-busting WWII unit
Britain’s elite Special Air Service was created by misfits who eschewed traditional military hierarchy and conducted daring attacks on Nazi convoys in North Africa
By Mark Kennedy
This image released by Peacock shows Jeff Wilbusch, right, in a scene from "The Calling." (Heidi Gutman/Peacock via AP)
November 11, 2022, 3:46 am
New crime show ‘The Calling’ tells story of a religious Jewish detective
Based on books by Israeli Dror Mishani, Peacock-streaming version puts Avraham Avraham, who quotes from the Torah, at forefront amid new spasm of antisemitism
By Mark Kennedy
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