Archives – Page 21

Here They Go Again: Tim Nordwind Says OK Go Has Grown Up

January 12, 2010

My phone rings at 12:59 p.m., but I let it ring twice to not seem too eager. Tim Nordwind, bass player of the Grammy-winning band OK Go, gives me a sleepy but pleasant "Hello?" It's only 10 a.m. in L.A. and he ...

Chosen Books: _The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals_

StevenM

January 12, 2010

Archives

20

Ever wanted to take a bite out of a slow-roasted sasquatch? Or sink your teeth into the juicy basted thigh of a chupacabra? Why didn't you? Was it because these creatures don't actually exist? Or did you wor...

Chosen Film: _Within the Whirlwind_

DanaMakover

January 12, 2010

Archives

11

In the long tradition of depressing films by and about Jews, director Marleen Gorris presents Within the Whirlwind. Based on Evgenia Ginzburg's memoirs, this film shows the Jewish poetess suffering, starving an...

Kids in San Diego Make _Star Wars_ Hanukkah

Brian Abrams

January 12, 2010

Archives

5

(video after the jump)Members of a San Diego synagogue found a new way to tell the story of Hanukkah: through the characters of Return of the Jedi. I really don't know if this is more embarrassing for Jews or G...

Gallerist Jeffrey Deitch Appointed to MOCA, Blurring the Lines of Commerce and Culture

January 11, 2010

Archives

34

Jeffrey Deitch, the influential New York gallerist known for championing artists Keith Haring, Jeff Koons and Dash Snow, is creating major art-world buzz today with the announcement that he'll be taking over as...

Ben Stiller Plays Middle-Aged _Heeb_ Editor in _Greenberg_

Brian Abrams

January 11, 2010

Archives

10

(trailer after the jump)Noah Baumbach's Greenberg stars Ben Stiller as a man-boy who moves from New York to L.A. just to housesit for relatives and lounge around while a whitebread soundtrack plays for two hour...

Natasha Lyonne Seeks Protection Against Father

January 11, 2010

Archives

12

Following a string of celebrities calling the cops on their folks, American Pie's Natasha Lyonne is headed to court for an order of protection against her dad, Aaron Braunstein.Lyonne talked with Heeb in 2008 a...

Chosen Music: MC Paul Barman

RSS

January 11, 2010

Archives

24

When Asher Roth released Asleep in the Bread Aisle earlier this year, you could have waved conductor batons to the symphony of Eminem comparisons. In reality, though, Eminem had less to do with Roth's success t...

Oliver Stone Says Hitler and Stalin Just Misunderstood

DanaMakover

January 11, 2010

Archives

10

The controversial director is at it again with his new 10-part documentary series, Oliver Stone's Secret History of America.Stone plans to give "a different perspective" on your favorite paranoid, mur...

_Heeb_ Storytelling: Writer and Charles Barkley Muse, Jessi Klein

StevenM

January 11, 2010

Archives

8

(video after the jump)Heeb Storytelling had a very special holiday event at Joe's Pub in New York City last month with seven-minute stories from Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling (Jackie's Joke Hunt, The...

Alexander the (Not) Great

jewdar

January 11, 2010

Archives

13

The fast-paced world of new media often leads eager beaver online journalistos to write hastily in order to beat the competition. Sometimes, though, it's good to take a moment for consideration. When Jewdar fir...

Morning Dump

Brian Abrams

January 11, 2010

Archives

7

(video after the jump)From Mel Brooks's High Anxiety (1977), here's some funny shit (literally) that's sure to help start your morning off right. In a film career filled with a massive amount of wackadoo gems, ...