Israel-Gaza Conflict
Chelsea Handler, Connie Britton, Andy Cohen Among Artists Urging Biden and Harris to Bring Israeli Hostages Home
Chelsea Handler, Connie Britton, Andy Cohen, Mayim Bialik, Patricia Heaton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ali Landry, Rebecca Minkoff, Isaac Mizrahi, Michael Rapaport, Melissa Rivers, Gail Simmons, Amy Smart, Constance Zimmer and Ariel Martin are among 62 performers and artists — from across television, film, fashion, reality TV and social media — urging President Joe Biden and […]
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Why Pro-Israel Hollywood Stars Like Debra Messing and Ginnifer Goodwin Turn to Hen Mazzig for Advice
Amid the cacophony of debate surrounding the Israel-Hamas War, it’s grown virtually impossible to avoid the thoughts of Hen Mazzig. As the face of the Israeli cause, one might argue that he’s an unlikely candidate: The 34-year-old influencer is gay (he was out throughout his tour of service in the IDF) and spends his time […]
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Stars Wear Red Pin in Support of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire at 2024 Emmys
Several stars brought Israel-Hamas ceasefire advocacy to the 2024 Emmys on Sunday. Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Dallas Goldtooth (Reservation Dogs), Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs), Brittani Nichols (Abbott Elementary writer) and Caroline Joyner were among those seen on the red carpet wearing a pin that featured a red background, orange hand and black heart. The pin symbolizes […]
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Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef and More Call on SAG-AFTRA Leaders to Protect Pro-Palestine Members From Being Blacklisted (Exclusive)
SAG-AFTRA members Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Susan Sarandon, Melissa Barrera and Cynthia Nixon are among the hundreds of union members calling on their organization’s leadership to keep people from being blacklisted for their views on Palestine. In a statement provided with an open letter from organization SAG-AFTRA and Sister Guild Members for Ceasefire, members claim […]
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‘Bliss (Hemda)’ Director Talks Israeli Film Backlash by Major Festivals: “They Don’t Want Us Anymore”
Israeli novelist and director Shemi Zarhin is set to screen his latest movie, Bliss (Hemda) at the Toronto Film Festival with virtually all the certainties in his life and work scrambled by the current war in Gaza that followed the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on southern Israel. “I can’t explain my people. I can explain […]
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Paramount+ Sets Premiere for ‘We Will Dance Again’ Documentary About Oct. 7 Hamas Terrorist Attack
Paramount+ will premiere We Will Dance Again on Sept. 24. The film documents the Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack at the Nova Music Festival last year. The premiere date is tied near to the first anniversary of the attack that killed about 1,200 Israelis and took roughly 250 hostages. To retaliate against Hamas after the attacks, Israel […]
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Gwyneth Paltrow, Gal Gadot and More Hollywood Figures React to Six Israeli Hostages Killed in Gaza
As protests seeking a ceasefire lit up across Israel this weekend, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gal Gadot and Debra Messing joined other Hollywood stars in expressing sorrow and sympathy for the families of six Israeli hostages whose bodies were discovered in a tunnel below Gaza after 11 months in captivity. Nearly a year after their abduction by […]
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Family Confirms Death of Israeli-American Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin announced the young man’s death early Sunday, ending a relentless campaign by his parents to rescue him that included meetings with world leaders and an address to the Democratic convention last month. Goldberg-Polin, 23, was seized by militants at a music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7. […]
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Venice: Amos Gitai Rejects Calls for Boycott of New Film ‘Why War’
Israeli director Amos Gitai has batted back calls for a boycott of his new film Why War and said both sides of the Israel–Palestine conflict need to clean out their current leaderships for peace to prevail. Premiering this weekend of out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, Why War takes its cue from correspondence […]
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Venice Filmmakers Sign Open Letter Protesting “Complicit” Israeli Films in Festival
Around 300 filmmakers have signed an open letter opposing two Israeli films set to screen at the Venice Film Festival. The protest by filmmakers and artists amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict is aimed at Dani Rosenberg’s Hebrew-language film Al Klavim Veanashim (Of Dogs and Men), which is set against the backdrop of the Oct. 7 […]
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Elia Suleiman on Being A Palestinian Director in a Post-Oct. 7 World
Elia Suleiman has not lost hope. The Palestinian filmmaker, who will receive the honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at the 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival, has spent his career chronicling the experiences of his people, and the politics of the troubled Middle East. His features: Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996), Divine Intervention (2002), The Time That […]
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Scooter Braun to be Honored by Anti-Defamation League for Nova Festival Exhibit
Music mogul Scooter Braun will be honored by the Anti-Defamation League for his efforts in bringing the Nova Music Festival Exhibition to U.S. audiences. The exhibition makes its Los Angeles debut in a sprawling studio space in Culver City on Aug. 21, after a successful run in New York City, where 113,000 people experienced it. […]
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