When it comes to hot DVD box sets, one name I would not usually get excited about is Barry Manilow, who’s releasing an upcoming five DVD set. After all, I’m a guy! Seriously, I think Barry Manilow is one of the most paradoxical forces in pop music. To some, he is a brilliant and deep,…

Apparently Rosie O’Donnell’s time on “The View” affected her more deeply than we knew. According to Perezhilton.com, the outspoken comedian joined Kabbalah queen and friend Madonna in the Holy Land for Rosh Hashana. Perez cites Kabbalah language-laced posts on O’Donnell’s site as possible indications that the former talk show host has converted to the trendy…

American Jews have always had a love affair with the stories of Jewish athletes. Sandy Koufax’s refusal to pitch on Yom Kippur is probably the best known and most beloved example. Now here comes Jewish High Holiday season, just in time for baseball’s penant races to heat up. To play or pray? That is the…

Fox is kicking off the new fall television season a little earlier than the other networks by premiering one of their new series, the cop drama “K-ville.” The show is gathering a lot of attention for its twist to the cop genre: the series is set–and filmed–entirely in post-Katrina New Orleans. The show’s producers readily…

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