Author MichaelLiss

Popular Israeli reggae band Hatikva 6, rock band Flow and DJ Hadar Marks brought the Tel Aviv beach vibe to Central Park on Sunday to help celebrate the Israeli city's 100th birthday.A 1,300 square-foot sandbox...

Paris Hilton is going to the Middle East to do what the likes of Condoleezza Rice, George Mitchell and Tony Blair have never accomplished in the region: Find a new best friend.The heiress is attempting to furth...

Andrew Giuliani, son of "America's Mayor," has lost his case against Duke University. He was suing the school for dropping him from the golf team. Giuliani claimed breach of contract, while Duke count...

Seven Minutes in Heaven, part drama, part thriller and part metaphysical mystery, tells the story of a woman one year after surviving a bus bombing, as she tries to put together the pieces of what happened that...

Israeli-born, New York-based filmmaker Danae Elon took home a top prize at the Tribeca Film Festival last night. Her documentary Partly Private won the award for Best Documentary in the New York Competition cat...

Partly Private, a documentary by New York-based Israeli director Danae Elon is more commonly referred to as "the circumcision movie" at the Tribeca Film Fest. Elon, who is pregnant when the film opens, doe...

One notable trend at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, which continues through May 3, is the number of films in the program with Israeli directors or themes. The movies range in tone from light comedy to inten...

Woody Allen's new film Whatever Works, starring Larry David in the curmudgeonly old guy role, has its world premiere as the opening night film of the Tribeca Film Festival this evening. The movie marks Allen's ...

You'd think he'd be too busy promoting that teeny little movie he has coming out May 1, but People's reigning Sexiest Man Alive has been encouraging people to turn 140 characters into $100,000 for their favorit...

Unable to locate its inner Lebowski, Team Heeb proved that Jews aren't so good with the bowling in the final of five nerdy sporting contests sponsored by Saucony Originals.Only two of the eight team members wer...

Wholesome clothing retailer American Apparel struck out against Woody Allen yesterday, laying the seeds of its defense in the $10 million lawsuit the director filed against the company for using his image in a ...

Director Kevin Smith picked up the Renegade Award at the Vail Film Festival this past weekend. After an acceptance speech consisting of an epic monologue about breaking a toilet he was sitting on, he held a Q&a...