Hollywood Yenta Roundup: Amy Winehouse, JGL and William Shatner…
under Entertainment,JFacts,Judaism,NewsThis Week’s Top Three Tweet-Worthy Events From Jews Who Make News
1. Amy Winehouse Wins Posthumous Grammy
Amy Winehouse won a Grammy® award for “Best Pop Performance by a Duo” for her duet with Tony Bennett last Sunday. The hookup singer’s parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse, accepted the award for Winehouse who died last year at the age of 27, following a battle with drugs and alcohol.
The Grammys congratulated Winehouse on their Twitter feed by writing, “Congratulations to Best Pop Duo/Group Performance winner Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse “Body and Soul” #GRAMMYs @itstonybennett.”
2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Becomes A Triple Threat
We all know Joseph Gordon-Levitt can act, but it turns out he can write and direct as well. The hookup actor will direct and co-star alongside Scarlett Johansson in a new film he wrote.
The movie is set to begin filming this spring. In the meantime, Gordon-Levitt is taking to Twitter to show off some of his other writing pursuits in this Valentine’s Day Tweet, “And now, a TINY STORY for Valentines Day… https://tmblr.co/ZfxHVyGQdvmz #BelieveInTinyStories #HAPPYVALENTINES ♥♥♥.”
3. Shatner Beams Down To Broadway
On Thursday, William Shatner opened his new one-man show, “Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It.” The show is an all-encompassing look at the hookup actor’s career which spans Shakespearean roles to the part of Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek and beyond.
The 80-year-old actor will appear at the Music Box Theatre in New York for nearly three weeks before taking his show on a national tour. On Tuesday, Shatner Tweeted, “OK Broadway here I am! My best, Bill.” Looks like Broadway is Shatner’s final frontier.
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