Adam Sandler

How Adam Sandler’s ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ drew on real-life Jewish celebrations

The production designer and the set decorator of Sandler's new movie were guided by a local consultant on the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony and crashed 10 parties within a matter of weeks.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
24/08/2023

'You Are So Not Invited': Adam Sandler's bat mitzvah film gets trailer

Whether You Are So Not Invited... will be the leaky fountain pen of bat mitzvah flicks or a joyful coming-of-age celebration remains to be seen, but Adam Sandler's

Ben Stiller satirizes Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah Song’

Stiller imagined what his own representatives would have said had he proposed his own song about Yom Kippur.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
28/03/2023

Tarantino wanted Adam Sandler as Nazi-killing Bear Jew

Speaking on Bill Mahr's podcast alongside Judd Apatow, Quentin Tarantino admitted something that has been rumored for years: That the Bear Jew was meant to be played by Adam Sandler.

Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize for American humor

Sandler, his wife Jackie and their two teenage daughters are set to star in a bat mitzvah-themed movie for Netflix.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
14/12/2022

Adam Sandler dreams more than anything of coming to Israel

“Well, I haven’t been to Israel and I’m the Zohan, for God’s sake. I’m excited to get there,” said Adam Sandler in an interview to AARP.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
22/09/2022
Adam Sandler poses backstage with his Best Male Lead award for "Uncut Gems."

Next up for Adam Sandler’s production company: A YA bat mitzvah novel adaptation

Just months after Sandler threw his daughter a star-studded bat mitzvah party, it looks like his production company is making a bat mitzvah-themed film.

By CALEB GUEDES-REED/JTA
08/06/2022
Adam Sandler poses backstage with his Best Male Lead award for "Uncut Gems."

Adam Sandler is Gen Z’s favorite celebrity - survey

“Adam Sandler moved up from no. 4 in the Spring to the top celebrity taking the spot from Kevin Hart,” according to Piper Sandler, an investment bank and securities firm with no relation to the actor

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
07/10/2021
Adam Sandler poses backstage with his Best Male Lead award for "Uncut Gems."

Adam Sandler pays tribute to doctors and nurses in new ‘Quarantine Song’

Sandler pulled a hoodie over his baseball cap and put on sunglasses (so viewers would not see him reading the lyrics, he said) before he began strumming on his guitar.

By MARCY OSTER/JTA
06/04/2020
Adam Sandler triumphs in NY diamond district’s ‘Uncut Gems’

Adam Sandler laughs off Oscar snub as he wins indie acting prize

Sandler was named best actor for playing a jeweler addicted to gambling in "Uncut Gems," and brothers Josh and Benny Safdie were chosen best directors for the film.

By REUTERS
09/02/2020
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