Did you know...
... that today is Angry Birds Day? On this day in 2009, the game Angry Birds was released. Created by Finnish company Rovio Entertainment, the series focuses on multi-colored birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs, their enemies. It's known as the most downloaded freemium game series of all time!
In this classic musical, plain faced Fanny Brice, played by Barbara Streisand, rises to stardom on the New York vaudeville stage and maintains and maintains a turbulant marriage with a suave gambler Nick Arnstein. Directed by William Wyler and co-starring Omar Sharif, the film was nominated for eight Oscars and Streisand won Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe.
Adapted from Phillip Roth's novella, this comedy explores values based on materialism and class-consiousness. The story centers around the romantic relationship between a young Jewish man who works at the Bronx Public Library and a beautiful spoiled young woman from a well-to-do suburban Jewish family. The film stars Jack Klugman, Ali McGaw, and Richard Benjamin.
Did you know...
... that today is Winnie-the-Pooh Day? The book "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne, made its debut on this day in 1926. Milne named the main character after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys - Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger - were used in Milne's stories as well. Read a classic today!
Did you know...
... that today is The Jetsons Premiere Day? On this day in 1962, The Jetsons premiered on ABC-TV. This popular primetime cartoon show features the Jetson family living in a utopian future. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. Grab some popcorn and sit down for a bit to enjoy this popular sitcom - you won't regret it!
Did you know...
... that today is The Golden Girls Debut? On this day in 1985, we became acquainted with 4 single older women living together in Miami, Florida. Each of the main characters have won Emmys for their acting and the series also won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and 3 Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series. Spend some time today watching this "golden oldie"! ;-)
Maximilon Schell, Rod Steiger, and Robby Benson star in this film, whi depicts Brooklyn in the 1940s when two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a Hasidic family and the other a Zionist family but they come together through their mutual love of stickball. The issues of the importance of tradition, parental expectations, and the formation of the Israel cause constant friction.
Based on a true story, this 1981 film tells the story of two British track athletes--one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian--who compete in the 1924 Olympics. The internationally accaimed film, starring Ian Charleson and Ben Cross, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.
Norman Jewison directs Chaim Topol in this version of Sholom Aleichem's quintessential story of a Jewish peasent in Prerevolutionary Russia, conyending with marrying off his three daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentimant threatens his village.
Set in Australia in the 1950s, A Place to Call Home is a compelling and romantic story of one woman’s journey to heal her soul and of a privileged family rocked by scandal.
The first film basedon the personal diary of Anne Frank was directed by George Stevens and starred Shelly Winters. It won three Oscars including Best Actress. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, which was based on the original dairies detailing the life of a Jewish girl in hiding during WWII, it was honored as the eighteenth most inspiring film of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers in 2006.
Steven Spielberg's epic portrait of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who saw the opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power and gradually became concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution. Starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes, the film won seven Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
Claude Lanzmann's nine hour French documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses, including several survivors as well as several ex-Nazis. The recollections of those directly involved demonstrate all to well that itcan happen anywhere at any time.
Directed by Jewish-Canadian David Cronenberg, this films stars Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Ron Silver. It is a darkly humorous adaptation of Alan Dershowitz's book about his successful legal appeal of Claus von Bulow's conviction for the attempted muder of his wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow. The film concentrates on the preparatory work that Dershwitz and his students did as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the reversal of fortune of title.
This musical star Al Jolson as the son of a Jewish Cantor who must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer. The film was remade in 1980 with Neil Diamond in the lead to somewhat less acclaim.
Directed by Barry Levinson and starring Warren Beatty and Annette Benning, Bugsby tells the story of underworld legend Bugsy Siegal, a Jewish mobster who was one of the most feared gagsters of his day. The film depicts Siegal's role in the development of the city of Los Vegas in the 1940s.
Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, and Ralph Richardson star in this film directed by Otto Preminger. It is a fictionalized account of the post-WWII struggle for Israel to become an independent country and home for Jewry.
This record-breaking film was the winner of eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, and Score. This epic masterpiece stars Charlton Heston as a rebellious Israelite who takes on the Roman Empire in the time of Christ. Directed by Oscar-winner William Wyler, Ben-Hur features one of the most famous action sequences of all time--the chariot race--and was named was named one of the top American films of all time by the American Film Institute.
In sixteenth century Prague, a rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews from persecution. Writer, actor and director Paul Wagenor made three films built around the mythical creature of Jewish legend; the original was released in 1915 and a sequel of sorts, The Golem and the Dancing Girl, came out in 1917, followed by The Golem: How He Came into the world in 1920.
This Canadian film made a star out of Richard Dreyfus, who played Kravitz, in this story of how ambition and greed can drive someone at the expence of his own happiness. The film explores the themr of anti-Semitism and the responsibilities that come with adulthood.
(Neko no ongaeshi in Japanese) is a 2002 Studio Ghibli film directed by Hiroyuki Morita and written by Aoi Hiiragi . It is a modern fairytale about a clumsy girl called Haru who saves the life of the Cat Prince. As a reward she is taken to the Kingdom of the Cats where she reluctantly begins to transform into a cat. As this happens the King attempts to force Haru to marry the Prince whom she saved. Using her newfound friends Toto, The Baron and Muta she has to leave before she turns fully into a cat.
(2005-) is a primetime television medical drama, airing on ABC, that follows Meredith Grey, a first-year surgical intern at the beginning of the drama, and her fellow interns as they struggle to become doctors.
