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Jewish Thugs and Presidents: An Evening with Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks talks about playing a thug in the movie, Drive; about his book “2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America” which features a half-Jewish president. Other career highlights too.

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Now for something light: List of the Winners at the 2012 Golden Globes!

Golden Globes 2012 List of Winners

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Movie Review: “The Adventures of Tintin” by Dorri Olds

The Adventures of Tintin is Steven Spielberg’s first foray into motion capture 3D animation. It’s the tale of Tintin, a cartoon journalist created by Belgian artist Hergé and his wire haired terrier Snowy

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In the Land of Blood and Honey — Angelina Jolie Wrote and Directed

Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s, In the Land of Blood and Honey is the directorial debut of Angelina Jolie. She did a great job as both writer and director.

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Q&A: Steven Spielberg Talks Tintin for The Daily Jewish Forward

Steven Spielberg’s 3D film, based on 3 Hergé stories, premiered on December 11, 2011 at New York City’s Ziegfeld Theatre. Read the interview about The Adventures of Tintin and his dog Snowy on The Daily Jewish Forward.

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Steven Spielberg Speaks of His New Movie, “The Adventures of Tintin”

Dorri Olds interviewed Steven Spielberg at the New York City premiere of The Adventures of Tintin. Others in attendance at the Ziegfeld Theatre red carpet were George Lucas, Jamie Bell (Tintin), Enn Reitel (Nestor, Mr. Crabtree), Joe Starr (Barnaby) and Nick Frost (Thomson). Also there were Producer Kathleen Kennedy, SNL actor Bill Hader and Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito.

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Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Interviewed Steven Spielberg at the New York City premiere of The Adventures of Tintin. Others in attendance at the Ziegfeld Theatre red carpet were George Lucas, Jamie Bell (Tintin), Enn Reitel (Nestor, Mr. Crabtree), Joe Starr (Barnaby) and Nick Frost (Thomson). Also there were Producer Kathleen Kennedy, SNL actor Bill Hader and Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito.

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Charlize Theron’s New Movie: Young Adult written by Diablo Cody (Juno)

Charlize Theron’s New Movie, Young Adult, is a great date movie or with pals but if you’re feeling low about life and pining a long lost love, go with somebody, don’t go alone—not now, around the holidays. The ending isn’t tied up with a bow, but you want to kill yourself either.

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Unhooked: How to Quit Anything

When chain-smoking Manhattanite Susan Shapiro went to Dr. Frederick Woolverton, a Greenwich Village addiction specialist in 2001, she had little hope she’d be able to quit her 27-year two-pack-a-day smoking habit. But Woolverton, a psychologist and founder of the Village Institute in New York and Arkansas, and a former smoker himself, immediately helped her nix her nicotine addiction. Within nine months, he helped her quit alcohol, pot, gum and bread.

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A New New York Novel

Todd Hill spent 20 years as a New York City journalist and movie critic. He has interviewed almost every A-List star you can think of including Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie. He recently took a 360-degree detour and wrote his first novel, Dutchess County. It’s about courtship, marriage and a slew of mistakes.

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