Tag: Academy Awards
Documentary on Oldest Shoah Survivor Wins Oscar a Week after Her Death
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” won the Academy Award for documentary short Sunday night.
Exclusive: Jews Well-Represented at Academy Awards
Palestinian “Omar” was best foreign-language film finalist, while Israel’s “Bethlehem” was eliminated early on.
Oldest Holocaust Survivor Dies at 110
Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old Holocaust survivor and concert pianist whose life was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, has died.
Herz-Sommer, who was believed to...
World’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor Stars in Oscar-Nominated Film
If there is one movie that must be seen, it is the documentary of a Holocaust survivor now 110.
Has American Society Become Insanely Hypersensitive?
It is time that this hypersensitivity got toned down. Save it for real racism.
Argo and Benghazi
In the version of events provided by Argo, it wasn't radical Islamists who stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, but the Iranian people as a whole.
Two Israeli Films Harshly Critical of Israel Get Oscar Nod (+Trailers)
Of course, both movies portray Israel in a negative light, so calm down before kvelling.
Composer Marvin Hamlisch, 68
Marvin Hamlisch, the acclaimed composer and arranger of dozens of films and Broadway shows, has died at 68.
Hamlisch died Monday in Los Angeles following...
Oscars to Sacha Baron Cohen: Stay Home
If they ban him, does he not bleed, at least a little, on the inside? The Oscar folks appear to have had it up to here with the loveable, although as lowbrow as they come, British-Jewish star. Or maybe it was all his own idea. You figure it out.