Jewish actors
Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary
Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!, a two-part HBO documentary debuting this week, is a career-spanning portrait of one of American comedy’s most influential figures.
Stranger Things fans ignore anti-Israel activists' boycott call after stars sympathized with Israel
Jewish actor Jerry Adler, 'Sopranos' star, dies at 96
Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson breaks Hollywood record, becomes highest grossing actor
Series finale of HBO’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ reunites Larry David-Jerry Seinfeld Jewish comedy duo
David, who created “Seinfeld” with Seinfeld, returned to write that final episode after having left the series after seven seasons.
Rebel Wilson calls Sacha Baron Cohen 'a**hole' in new memoir
On March 15th, Wilson initially teased the conflict on Instagram, revealing she had dedicated an entire chapter to a "massive a**hole" she encountered in Hollywood without naming anyone.
Jewish actor reportedly offered the role of the next James Bond
The iconic superspy who has become a fixture on the big screens may soon be played by a Jewish actor with significant acting chops.
Cameri Theatre offers ‘Angels in America’
Angels in America was quickly placed within the Western canon of theater by no other than late literary critique Harold Bloom.
Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis, dies at 76
Lewis had been in ill health for a number of years and last April announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease two years earlier.
Not all heroes wear capes: Robert Downey Jr. commended for Jewish life necklace
Jewish star Robert Downey Jr. wore the necklace as he accepted the Maltin Modern Master Award for his role in Oppenheimer.
‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Fleishman,’ Natasha Lyonne among Jewish nominees at strike-delayed Emmys
The awards come in a new context for show business and the Jewish world: one in which parts of Hollywood are wearing pins in support of Israeli hostages while the other criticizes Israel.
Actress Ginnifer Goodwin speaks on behalf of child hostages held by Hamas
The Once Upon A Time actress shared the story of 4-year-old Roz Asher, who is currently being held by Hamas terrorists.
Variety’s star-studded Hollywood summit on antisemitism takes a turn amid war in Israel
In the first celebrity conversation of the day, award-winning actor Julianna Margulies said “it is shocking” how few members of her industry have spoken out against antisemitism.
Rachel Bloom’s one-woman musical comedy to open off-Broadway this fall
A Los Angeles native, Bloom, who studied drama at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, once told JTA that she always felt a kinship with New York Jews.
