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CBS News Jon Voight: "I have to say my piece" On a sunny afternoon this month in Los Angeles Jon Voight was feeling groovy. Tap dancing alongside Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz, he sang, "Wild thing, you make my heart sing …" True story: Voights brother, Chip Taylor, wrote the hit "Wild Thing." And like the songs title, this Academy Award-winner is a bit of a loose cannon, especially in this town. "Im an interesting person, to myself," he said. "Im interesting, very interesting guy...

Jewish humor makes America happy   April 23, 2021 The Torah tells us that Sarah, the matriarch of the Jewish people, laughed when told she’d give birth in her old age. Since that moment, it seems, Jews have continued laughing — at themselves and their predicaments, at each other, even at God. And beneath that laughter, and the humor that sparked it, lies the story of the Jewish people throughout the age. History Jewish humor as a genre got its start in 19th-century Eastern Europe, where...

For some, home is the house they grew up in. For others, it’s a country or a nation. Some find it in family, or in the arms of a lover, while others believe it’s where we go when we die. Some say home is the “ pale blue dot ” that is our planet, and still others believe it’s only a state of mind. Despite a glorious rooftop view of the Empire State Building, when my rent doubled at the Garment District retail space where I was illegally living, I realized that New York City had become...

/PRNewswire/ -- The majestic mullets of Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks! Darryl Hannah rocking her blonde mega-curl explosion on the red carpet! A flashback to...

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Dumbstruck In Love × A Decade Of TV Romance. By Matt Roush, ReMIND Magazine Why do fools fall in love? It’s more fun that way, especially when it comes to all of those characters who were struck dumb by matters of the heart in a wave of popular 1990s TV comedies. Top of the will-they-or-won’t-they list, dominating the decade’s pop-culture water cooler chatter, were those friends with benefits from NBC’s top-rated sitcom Friends. New generations continue to fall for this funk...

In the 1982 film, "My Favorite Year," the lead character, Bengie Stone, a Jewish comedy writer who worked on a fictional version of Sid Caesars "Your Show of Shows" is

Today in History Today is Thursday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2021. There are 309 days left in the year. Todayís Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1986, President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election; Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency. On this date: In 1793, President George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting on record at his Mount Vernon home; attending were Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Treasury Secretary Alexan...

John Carucci FILE - Billy Crystal, host of the 64th Annual Academy Awards, sings on stage in Los Angeles on March 30, 1992. Crystal has hosted the awards show nine times. (AP Photo/Craig Fujii, File) February 05, 2021 - 9:48 AM NEW YORK - After hosting the Oscars nine times, Billy Crystal wouldn’t necessarily rule out a tenth. But the 72-year-old actor would prefer some wider attention for his low-budget indie film, “Standing Up, Falling Down.” Perhaps...

100 Actors Who Served in the Military By Andrew Lisa, Stacker News On 2/3/21 at 6:30 PM EST Actors have long tried to give audiences a taste of the realities of war and military service since the earliest days of the motion picture industry. But if called upon to portray a member of the Armed Forces on screen, many actors could draw from their own life experience. Some of historys biggest stars served their countries in times of war and peace. Some experienced combat, while others were stati...