The Golden Globe awards are being televised live this year at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6. on NBC. Sandra Oh and ANDY SAMBERG, 40, will host. Below are the confirmed Jewish nominees and a number Jews closely connected to a nominated film or TV program. Globes...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 19, 2018
At the Movies: Opening soon “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” is based on the true-life story of the late John Callahan (JOAQUIN PHOENIX, 48. Phoenix’s mother is Jewish and he identifies as a secular Jew). Callahan’s severe alcoholism...
Major League Hebrews: 2018 EditionThe following Jewish players were on a major league roster as of opening day: RICHARD BLEIER, 30, Baltimore, relief pitcher. He appeared in 23 games with the Yankees in 2016. In 57 games with the Orioles in 2017, he...
It’s Quite a Story: Here’s What I KnowI’ve previously reported that TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, 24, who was nominated for the leading actor Oscar for playing a young Jewish man in “Call Me By Your Name,” is the son of an American Jewish mother and a...
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony take place on Sunday, March 4 (airing in St. Louis at 7 p.m. on ABC). Jimmy Kimmel will host. The following is a list of “confirmed” Jewish Oscar nominees. My practice is not to include the technical categories....
The Winter Olympic Games continue until Feb. 25 on NBC (Channel 5). The Israelis sent a 10-member team. I know of four American Jews, one Canadian Jew, and one Brit competing. Here is the run-down on the Jewish Olympic athletes from the Diaspora. ARIELLE...
Award season notes and asidesAlmost everyone praised Seth Meyers for his skillful hosting of this year’s politically charged Golden Globe awards. Meyers appeared on “The Ellen Show” a few days before the Globes and talked about his 2-year-old son,...
The Golden Globe awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be presented at 7 p.m., on Sunday, Jan. 7 (NBC). Seth Meyers will host. The Globes are awarded for excellence in TV and films. The film awards are usually a good predictor...
The Goldbergs’ Hanukkah Episode; Hanukkah in “A Christmas Story”The title family of “The Goldbergs” TV show didn’t “come out” as Jewish until a Hanukkah episode in 2015 (the 57th episode), in which it explored the problems of being Jewish...
At the movies“Coco,” an animated film from Disney/Pixar studios, tells of 12-year-old Miguel, who dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Despite his family having a generations-old ban on music, Miguel journeys...
Now playing in theaters and at home “Thank You for Your Service,” which opens in theaters Friday, Oct. 27, follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life. AMY SCHUMER, 36, co-stars...
Gridiron HebrewsJewish Sports Review magazine is out with its annual list of Jews in the NFL and it’s the “thinnest” year I can recall. Only three Jewish players are on an NFL roster. They are: NATE EBNER, 28, of the New England Patriots; ALI MARPET,...
