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_Heeb_ @ Sundance: Jim From _The Office_ Gets _Hideous_

January 23, 2009

Office star John Krasinski really is that freaking nice in real life. But for his directorial debut Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Krasinski dives deep down the rabbit hole of the male psyche. The film, whi...

_Heeb_ @ Sundance: _Superbad_’s Greg Mottola

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January 23, 2009

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One of the higher-profile movies making its debut at Sundance this year is Adventureland, director Greg Mottola's follow-up to Superbad. The â€˜80s-set film, which he also wrote, stars Jesse Eisenberg from The ...

_Heeb_ @ The Inauguration: A Recap

January 23, 2009

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We couldn't pass up the opportunity to bear witness to #44 Barack Obama's big presidential weekend so here's a drive by of what went down in the newly sexy Washington, D.C. Yes, people are saying D.C. is sexy n...

Jeffrey Ross: The Heeb Interview

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January 23, 2009

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I ran into the comedian Jeffrey Ross at a dinner for the Creative Coalition in D.C. at the restaurant Teatro Goldoni where he speculated that the Lincoln Bible was way holier than the Torah. Ross was there alon...

_Heeb_ @ Sundance: A Recap

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January 23, 2009

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I just got backfrom Park Citylate last night. I'm f-ing exhausted and bleary-eyed, fo' shizzle, but I thought I owed you folks a recap of the fest. Here goes: Former Onion editor turned screenwriter Robert Sieg...

First _Heeb_ Magazine, Next an Oscar?

January 22, 2009

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Courtney Love isn't the only female badass to grace the pages of Heeb's Wasted Issue. Check out our interview with Melissa Leo. Though Leo hasn't been able to grab headlines with "anti-Semitic rants," she foun...

Tamar Eisenman: The _Heeb_ Interview

January 22, 2009

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Israeli songstress Tamar Eisenman is at the top of the new wave of musicians from the Holy Land breaking away from many of the musical genres for which the country is best known. Eisenman is already a pretty bi...

The Obamas, Stimulating the Economy One Crappy Product at a Time

January 22, 2009

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You have the t-shirt. You have the button. Hell, you've even stuffed your face with the Obama cupcake. Still can't get enough of the first family? Well, now your children can join in the fun of rampant consumer...

_Heeb_ @ Sundance: _The Wrestler_ and _Big Fan_ Writer, Robert Siegel

MichaelLiss

January 22, 2009

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Robert Siegel left his post as editor-in-chief of the Onion to do what all writers eventually try their hand at: write screenplays. How'd that work out for him? He wrote the words that lead to Mickey Rourke's O...

_Heeb_ @ Sundance: Nicholas Kristof

MichaelLiss

January 22, 2009

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Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer-winning Times columnist, wants us to care. And he knows what he's up against.The Sundance documentary Reporter follows Nick through life-risking trips in Afghanistan, Darfur ...

Inside Beit T’Shuvah

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January 22, 2009

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Text by Malina SavalIt was a soul sickness that 26-year-old Noah Jashinski (top photo) says he was suffering from. It stemmed from a failed attempt at rock â€˜n roll stardom after stints playing back-up for Sma...

Polanski’s European Vacation Extended

January 22, 2009

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A hearing on Roman Polanski's attempt to have his 1977 rape case dismissed, which would allow the director to return from his 32-year exile in France, was put on hold. Polanski's lawyer, who claimed the entire ...