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Category Archives: Celebrity
Whatever Happened To Jessica Simpson?
I no longer envy Tony Romo. I don’t want anyone mocking Jessica for putting on weight. She’s clearly dealing with some heavy emotional issues right now and she needs us just to listen and be supportive. Or it might be … Continue reading
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Tagged emotional issues, envy, jessica simpson, putting on weight, tony romo
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Who Killed The Yeshiva Girl?
Liz Davis writes the Jewish Celebrity blog: This Sunday the plot thickens on Showtime’s The L Word as the investigation continues into who killed “Miss Yeshiva Girl,” Jenny Schecter. In last week’s season premiere, the twisted self-destructive Jewess, played by … Continue reading
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Tagged bette and tina, jewess, l word, liz davis, murder mystery, rsquo
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Madonna Gets Her Tikkun Tweaked
I am available to do similar services for a very reasonable fee. Gawker reports: Madonna sought counseling to be "less domineering" in relationships. But it had to be at a Kabbalah center, in New York, with this one elite rabbi, … Continue reading
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Tagged collective group, group effort, kabbalah center, kushner, riding horses, tikkun
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I Broke The Jennifer Garner Stalking Story
Read my initial report here. Pops emails: "So, Sunny Jim, I see you crowing like a fair-dinkum jackdaw that you "broke" the Jennifer Garner story. That’s a big stretch, boy. You troll public records, copy and paste the info and … Continue reading
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Tagged ben affleck, initial report, mental patient, mortal fear, new york daily news, psych ward
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The Flight Home
Joe emails: "I came back from a meeting in Chicago and behind me sat this overweight man with a mustache and a seventies haircut, covered in dandruff. Everyone around me was murmuring, and the air attendants (the male ones) starting … Continue reading
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Tagged adulation, flight home, mustache, overweight man, ron jeremy
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Lindsay Lohan At Jewish Learning Academy Thursday
She mainly hung out in the parking lot… I keep hearing great things about the Jewish Learning Academy. Here is its website.
Posted in Celebrity, JLA
Tagged jewish learning, learning academy, lindsay lohan, parking lot
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Lindsay Lohan Converting To Judaism?
From EOnline: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com It’s no shtick—Lindsay Lohan is converting to Judaism. And apparently, her family is taking the news very well. "As long as she believes in God," says her father, Michael Lohan, a self-proclaimed born-again Christian who raised … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic faith, church of scientology, converting to judaism, eonline, jewish religion, samantha ronson
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