Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow (movie screen shot)
Here now is the Jewish Business list of the top five celeb stories for 2023, from Howard Stern to Scarlett Johansson.
Howard Stern And Donald Trump Went to War
In September Donald Trump declared war on Howard Stern. Or maybe it was Howard Stern who fired the first shot. In any case, the former president never forgave Stern for saying that Trump should never have run for President and that he was a terrible President.
And Howard Stern and Donald Trump. Stern was even a guest at Trump’s wedding to his third and current wife Melania and Trump attended Stern’s wedding to Beth Ostrosky.
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Barbra Streisand Tells All In “My Name Is Barbra”
Barbra Streisand – Babs to her fans – released a new and provocative memoir in November. The EGOT winner – someone who hit the grand slam by winning one of America’s four most prestigious awards for entertainment, an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and a Gammy – has a new book called “My Name Is Barbra.”
And as if that were not enough, in May she was awarded the Genesis Prize, the 10th such honoree. The first was former New York City Mayor and billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg.
As an activist and philanthropist, Barbra Streisand has donated – and raised – millions of dollars to address some of the most pressing issues of our time in the U.S. and around the world. Ms. Streisand and her eponymous Foundation have provided extensive funding to more than 2,000 nonprofit organizations and causes over the past 37 years.
Roseanne Barr Keeps Shooting Herself In The Foot
Roseanne Barr is insane. In a one-on-one interview with Bill Maher on his Club Random podcast, she claimed that Jews were “inbred,” saying, “I believe that something affects you after thousands of years of inbreeding. … That DNA thing is different from other humans, except the Jews, which also inbreed.”.
And this was after saying things earlier in the year “… nobody died in the Holocaust, either. That’s the truth. It should happen. Six million Jews should die right now ’cause they cause all the problems in the world. But it never happened. But it never happened — mandated.”
Kanye West Apologizes To Jews
This week Kanye West, the nutty rap singer and former Mr. Kim Kardashian – we will let you decide which of those aspects of his life was the more successful/embarrassing one – issued a Christmas apology to the Jews of the world for his antisemitic comments and acts made over the years. To prove his sincerity, Kanye West made the apology in Hebrew.
Yes! You heard that right! The apology was posted on his Instagram account and it was in Hebrew.
In it, Kanye West said, “I apologize with sincerity to the Jewish community for any unintended attacks caused by my words.”
Scarlett Johansson Is ‘Done’ Playing Black Widow
In April Scarlett Johansson told the world she was done playing the Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actress said so while also talking about her first husband the actor Ryan Reynolds for the first time in years. The Oscar-nominated actress spoke about the subject when interviewed by Oscar winning actress and fellow Marvel movies star Gwyneth Paltrow on Paltrow’s “The Goop” podcast.
On her future as the super-heroine Black Widow, Scarlett Johansson said, “I’m done. Chapter is over. I did all that I had to do. Also coming back and playing a character again and again, over a decade of time, is such a unique experience.”
