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 Larry David attends the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 11 premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles, Oct. 19, 2021.

Series finale of HBO’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ reunites Larry David-Jerry Seinfeld Jewish comedy duo

By BEN SALES/JTA
 The 76th Cannes Film Festival - The amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2023 charity gala - Antibes, France, May 25, 2023. Rebel Wilson poses.

Rebel Wilson calls Sacha Baron Cohen 'a**hole' in new memoir

 Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson attends a photo session after a Buddhism ritual to pray for success for his movie 'Bullet Train' at Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin Temple in Tokyo, Japan, August 22, 2022.

Jewish actor reportedly offered the role of the next James Bond

 A SCENE from ‘Angels in America – Perestroika.’

Cameri Theatre offers ‘Angels in America’

 Jewish comedian Richard Lewis

Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis, dies at 76

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Robert Downey Jr, nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for "Oppenheimer", attends the Nominees Luncheon for the 96th Oscars in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. February 12, 2024.

Not all heroes wear capes: Robert Downey Jr. commended for Jewish necklace

Alex Borstein, left, and Rachel Brosnahan in a scene from Season 3 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Fleishman,’ Natasha Lyonne among Jewish nominees at strike-delayed Emmys

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
89th Academy Awards - Oscars Vanity Fair Party - Beverly Hills, California, US - 26/02/17 – Actress Ginnifer Goodwin

Famed actress Ginnifer Goodwin speaks on behalf of child hostages held by Hamas

A woman poses by the iconic Hollywood sign on the day members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) approved a new three-year contract with major studios, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 9, 2023.

Variety’s star-studded Hollywood summit on antisemitism takes a turn amid war in Israel

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 Rachel Bloom at 37th College Television Awards.

Rachel Bloom’s one-woman musical comedy to open off-Broadway this fall

By LISA KEYS/JTA
 Ed Asner speaking at the 2012 Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ed Asner plays Holocaust survivor in film being released 2 years after his death

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 Cast member Arkin attends the premiere for the television series "The Kominsky Method" in Los Angeles.

Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
Daniel Donskoy in "A Small Light" series.

Jewish actor plays a Nazi in new series about non-Jew who helped Anne Frank

 Beanie Feldstein as "Fanny Brice" during the opening night curtain call for the musical "Funny Girl" on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre in New York City, April 24, 2022.

‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each nab 6 Tony nominations in a big year for Jewish Broadway

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World.

Boy meets voters: Ben Savage is running to replace Adam Schiff

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 DIANE NEAL and Richard Belzer

The other side of Richard Belzer - the mensch

By DIANE NEAL
 A photo of Richard Belzer taken at the White House Correspondents Dinner on May 9, 2009.

Richard Belzer, eminently recognizable Jewish comedian and character actor, dies at 78

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
 Julian Schlossberg, center, is shown with Elaine May and Alan Arkin. Schlossberg's memoir looks back at all the celebrities he met — many of them Jewish — during his career as a prolific producer.

Julian Schlossberg writes memoir about working with Jewish stars over 6 decades

By STEPHEN SILVER/JTA