Carew 'never did' convert to Judaism

Looking for more scoops on your favorite New England sports teams? Check out NESN. It's not time to celebrate Hannukah, but the next time you or someone you know does, they will have to do so knowing one of the holiday's best songs is outdated. Rod Carew


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Rod Carew Sorry Adam Sandler ... I'm NOT a Jew!

The Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, NH is is proud to present comedian Paula Poundstone in concert August 10th & 11th. It's impossible to attend a Paula Poundstone performance without marveling at... CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Dep


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Siggraph 2012: 'Hotel Transylvania' Previewed by Director Genndy Tartakovsky

“I felt like I got dropped into a war zone,” admitted Genndy Tartakovsky about when he was first brought on to direct Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, which opens Sept. 28. Clips and work-in-progress from the film highlighted a panel, held T


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Not Part of The Jew Carew


According to Adam Sandler’s famous Chanukah Song, Hall-of-Famer Rod Carew is a Jew. According to Rod Carew, this is not true. But one of his good friends is Jewish (Adam Sandler). In 1994, Adam Sandler came up with a popular song on Saturday Night Live c


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"Stuck on Stereotypes"

Networks Struggle to Appeal to Hispanics By TANZINA VEGA and BILL CARTER Sofia Vergara is probably the most recognizable Hispanic actress working in English-language television. She is one of the stars of “Modern Family,” the highest-rated scripted show


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A boffo Bollywood concert in Beltsville

Bollywood’s sound, if not its glamour, filled the High Point High School auditorium Sunday evening, when singer-composer Bappi Lahiri brought some of his greatest hits to Beltsville. The resonant-voiced tenor couldn’t bring them all, of course. A 40-year


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“Hall-Of-Fame” Rod Crew Is Not A Jew After All

Rod Crew the Hall of Famer, isn’t actually Jewish after all, but despite the lyrics in Adam Sandler’s famous song “Hanukkah” song. TMZ reports: Everyone knows the lyrics: “O.J. Simpson … NOT A JEW!!! … but guess who is … Hall of famer Rod Carew … (he con


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Rod Carew tells Adam Sandler he's not Jewish

Hall of Famer Rod Carew is not Jewish, as legend may have it. In 1994, comedian Adam Sandler's Chanukah Song listed all the famous Jews of the 20th century, which included the former Minnesota Twins and California Angels star: "...O.J. Simpson... not a J


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Re-Bourne, with Anger Management

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," but these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture is just what we need. With that in mind, here is what's on the radar screen in TV, music and film for the coming w


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Chris Rock: 'Grown Ups' Is Better Than 'The Artist'


Comedian Chris Rock wasn’t kidding when he said that “Grown Ups” – the 2010 film comedy he made with Adam Sandler, Kevin Hardy, David Spade and Rob Schneider -- is better than the Academy Award winner for best picture. “Hey, ‘The Artist’ was great. ‘Grow


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Prepping for the Mars Landing: Is There Movie Potential?

So the Mars 'Curiosity' rover is scheduled to make landfall on the red planet very late tonight/early tomorrow morning to investigate what cool clambakes are going on next door. Or, you know, signs of life (but really what's more lively than a clambake,


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Tracked down: Ayla Brown, Alexander Ludwig, David Spade and more...

Yee-ha honey Ayla Brown performing at The Book Shack in Kingston ... Leonardo DiCaprio, sporting a straw hat, cruising around Nantucket on a moped with a lovely lady. (Perhaps his main squeeze, Erin Heatherton?) The couple had dinner at Galley Beach and


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Eccleston to join 'Thor 2'?

With last month's news that director Sam Raimi had left Legendary's long-gestating "World of Warcraft" adaptation, it seemed as if the video game film might never be made. But now Variety reports (via /Film) that the studio has "sparked to" screenwriter


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Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis run with comedy in 'The Campaign' [Photos]

They made us laugh on “Saturday Night Live” but we all know those laughs don't always translate to the big screen. Just because someone was once an “SNL” star, doesn't guarantee they will be a movie star. For every successful Will Ferrell and Bill Murray


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Emily Browning Splits From Jeremy Irons' Son

Emily Browning has ended her relationship with Jeremy Irons' son Max, according to a U.K. report. Actress Nina Dobrev has taken to Twitter.com to end an apparent feud with Miley Cyrus by offering her services at the singer's nuptials. Armed police were c


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'Celeste and Jesse' Co-Writer and Director On Working With Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg

Who better to write a movie about two best friends than, well, two best friends? After all, no one knows the ins and your outs, ups and your downs of the dynamic quite like they do. So, it made sense for Will McCormack and his best friend of 13 years, Ra


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'SNL' creator has a knack for developing stars

Over almost four decades, "Saturday Night Live" has displayed a Madonna-like gift for reinvention, defying critics who, every five years or so, question the show's relevance in a rapidly changing culture. The likes of Chevy Chase, Will Ferrell and Amy Po


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Sid Ganis approached to produce 2013 Oscars with Lorne Michaels

Former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis was approached to produce next year's Oscars telecast with "Saturday Night Live" veteran Lorne Michaels, according to two sources with knowledge of the academy's negotiations. Earlier


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Pop Forecast: Bourne-again film franchise, Sheen’s second coming


A man who was allegedly sucker-punched in a Fort St. John street a week ago has died in an Edmonton hospital. With a shot at an Olympic medal on the line, Canada's women's soccer team needed to figure out how to breach a stout British defence that had ye


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Report: Sid Ganis and Lorne Michaels Courted to Produce Academy Awards 2013

A day after Jimmy Fallon was rumored to be eyed as the host for the 2013 Academy Awards, it is now reported that two acclaimed producers are approached to produce next year's Oscars telecast. Los Angeles Times reports that the two names are former AMPAS


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Cars and Culture: Movies that murder the car


It’s the middle of July and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are selling Christmas trees from door to door. A particularly unreceptive homeowner gets under their skin. One thing leads to another and all out war ensues. The homeowner in a towering rage attack


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Crime Does Not Pay: The Complete Shorts Collection (1935-1947)

Do it the hard way, the right way, the Judge Daryl Loomis way. Mr. Swain has promised me an incident that will poignantly illustrate that sometime, somewhere, the criminal always pays. Once upon a time, going to a movie didn't just involve a ton of Coke


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Watch: Andy Samberg gets serious about his work in 'Celeste and Jesse Forever'

When I interviewed Andy Samberg at the press day for "That's My Boy," he was joined by Adam Sandler, and it was a rowdy, loose conversation, which seems fitting based on the movie itself. When we sat down to talk about his new film "Celeste and Jesse For


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Jim Ross Blog: CM Punk As A Heel, Undertaker Death Reports, Stone Cold/Adam Sandler

The following are highlights from the latest online blog by WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross: JR on whether or not CM Punk is a heel: "Is @CMPunk now a wrestling villain? Depends on who you ask and what side of the aisle one sits. Punk made a great deal of sen


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Ballpark Recipes to Make at Home

We all know how that song goes, "Take me out to the ballgame/Take me out with the crowd/Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack…," right? We’re no fools here at The Daily Meal, and we know that just as that song points out, the actual game is only half the


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Biker Belles Sturgis Ride Attracts Star Power


The Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s annual Biker Belles will again celebrate the passion, diversity and spirit of women in motorcycling during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The Biker Belles celebration presented by Harley-Davidson begins Wednesday, August 8, 2012


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Tracked down: Danny O'Connor, Adam Sandler, Tuukka Rask and more...

Framingham boxer “Irish” Danny O’Connor spars with Lowell ring king “Irish” Micky Ward during a New England Revolution practice in Gillette Stadium to promote Danny’s Aug. 12 bout after the Revs vs. Montreal Impact throwdown (the two-time national amateu


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Ted (review)

“I need a man, not a little boy with a teddy bear.” This is a shocking thing to hear in a piece of American pop culture in the early 21st century. A beautiful woman -- here played by Mila Kunis -- not tolerating the adolescent manchild antics of the doof


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Brad Pitt returns to his Thelma and Louise days as he continues filming The Counselor in white cowboy hat

He iconically first rose to recognition with his cheeky grin wearing a white cowboy hat in breakout movie Thelma and Louise back in 1991. Fast forward 21 years and Brad Pitt has almost stepped back in time as this morning he stepped out in a similar get-


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Vancouver animators set for TIFF spotlight

The acceptance of Hotel Transylvania into the Toronto International Film Festival is pushing the work of Sony Pictures Imageworks' animation studio in Vancouver into the spotlight. Director Genndy Tartakovsky worked with 73 Vancouver animators to create


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'The Watch' latest evidence that a corps of comedy stars is fading

LOS ANGELES - "The Watch" must have seemed like a good idea to someone, at some point in time. Featuring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill, the story of a civilian watch group that comes across an alien plot boasted three of comedy's biggest names


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Top-notch docs added to already packed TIFF lineup

TORONTO The dramatic rise and fall of two of Canada’s biggest newsmakers will be splashed across the big screen at the Toronto International Film Festival this September, with documentaries about fallen theatre mogul Garth Drabinsky and disgraced sprinte


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