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Jewish World Review March 1, 2013 / 19 Adar, 5773 New on the Big Screen, Tube By Nate Bloom
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NEW ON THE BIG SCREEN
Opening on Friday, Mar, 1, is "21 and Over," a raunchy comedy co-written and co-directed by JON LUCAS, 36, and Scott Moore. They are best known for writing the original "Hangover" movie. The plot: straight-A college student Jeff Chang is always well-behaved. His two best friends, Casey and Miller, surprise him by dropping-by the night before his med school interview. One thing leads to another and what was supposed to be one beer turns into a night of chaos and over indulgence.
SKYLAR ASTIN, 26 (born Sylar Astin Lipstein), plays Casey, with JONATHAN KELTZ, 25, ("Entourage") appearing in a supporting role ("Randy"). Astin was a star of the hit Broadway musical, "Spring Awakenings," and co-starred in 2012 film musical, "Pitch Perfect."
Lucas recently said: "21 is where [sic] you go out with all your friends. We call it the American Bar Mitzvah in the movie, because it is oddly this day when America recognizes you as a grownup. You can now do everything you haven't been able to do."
NEW ON THE TUBE: MOB MOM, FASHION, AND FUNNY PARODY
The new ABC series, "Red Widow," starts this Sunday, Mar. 3, at 9PM. It was created by, and is mostly written by MELISSA ROSENBERG, 50 (who wrote the screenplays for the "Twilight" films).
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Pretty redhead JAIME RAY NEWMAN, 34, who went to a Detroit-area Hillel Day School for her primary school education, and has been in several short-lived TV shows, has a supporting role ("Katrina").
The fifth season of the Bravo reality series, "The Rachel Zoe Project," premieres at 9PM on Wednesday, March 6. The new season follows ZOE, 41, and her husband/business partner RODGER BERMAN, 42, as they expand her women's wear collection and open a hair salon. Their infant son, SKYLAR, is often seen.
Starting the same night, at 10:30PM, is the new Bravo series, "Dukes of Melrose." It features prominent boutique fashion store owners CAMERON SILVER, 43, and Christos Garkinos. We see them as they show off their collections of vintage couture and buy and sell great pieces that were often owned by celebrities. In the premiere show, the duo is shown getting "A-List" celebs ready for the Oscars.
Last November, Silver spoke to the London Jewish Chronicle about his new book, "Decades: A Century of Fashion." He had some interesting things to say about Jews in fashion: "In recent years [I've] noticed a real decline in the number of aspiring Jewish designers. It was all about DONNA KARAN, RALPH LAUREN, CALVIN KLEIN …but they are now the old guard. ALBER ALBAZ at Lanvin is wonderful…But there are not that many young ones. It's also not the schmutter business it once was as it's now all about conglomerates and there is so little manufacturing done in the US. There are lots of Jewish CEOs, but I fear the artistry has gone."
(In this context, "schmutter," a Yiddish word, references a time when most American clothes were made by small, domestic manufacturers—often Jewish manufacturers. It wasn't a high prestige industry for the most part. But it was fairly easy to get off the ground as a manufacturer. It also was very possible for a talented young designer—like Calvin Klein et al—to find a small U.S.-based manufacturer who would give him a chance to learn his trade in "the real world".)
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