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Grandma's cookies
Chicago TribuneHaman, legend has it, was a bad guy who wore a bad hat. He is remembered and reviled on the holiday Purim in story, song and snack. Rare is the leader — good or bad — who has a pastry named for his hat. Haman's crime (plotting to do in...Tags: Human Interest, Apricots, Holidays, Recipes, Butter
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Hamantaschen!!
Dining@Large1) Poppy Seed2) Everything elseThe NY Times has a great piece today on hamantaschen, from Tel Aviv to Paris.“I put out only a few humantashen the weeks before Purim,” said Florence Kahn, owner of a celebrated Eastern European bakery in......Tags: Just Born, Inc.
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Purim Book Buddies
February 21--Join the senior rabbi of Temple Sholom of Chicago, Rabbi Aaron M. Petuchowski, and Rimma Khodosh, Director of Temple Sholom's outstanding pre-school, Gan Shalom, for a joyous celebration of Purim that includes singing, art projects and...Tags: Temple Sholom of Chicago, Judaism
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Mercer Island Jewish Team Makes History in Short Trip to State Tournament
Web ReporterA Mercer Island Jewish high school made history this week, qualifying for the girls state basketball tournament in Yakima. Because of the Purim holiday this weekend and a traditional Orthodox fasting period, Northwest Yeshiva High School opted out of...Tags: Yeshivas, High Schools, Education, Schools, Sports
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Missing hype's high-water mark
"For Your Consideration," Christopher Guest's Oscar-hype satire, arrives on DVD at the height of Oscar-hype season. The timing doesn't help the film: With Academy Award campaigns and media coverage nearing saturation point, it's even more obvious just how...Tags: Satire (genre), Entertainment, DVDs, Academy Awards, Movies
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Movie review: 'For Your Consideration'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) Having demolished, sweetly, everything from heavy metal ("This Is Spinal Tap," directed by Rob Reiner) to small-town theatrics ("Waiting for Guffman"), dog shows ("Best in Show") and folkies ("A Mighty Wind"), Christopher Guest...Tags: Hot Dogs, Don Lake, Entertainment, Michael McKean, William H. Macy
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News and Notes from Press Tour
Zap2It.comEvery July, the producers and stars of all the new fall TV series, and the network executives who greenlit them, descend on a hotel in Southern California to tell a roomful of ornery critics that this is gonna be their year. Sometimes, they're even right....Tags: Samuel L. Jackson, Harry Potter (fictional character), Bob Newhart, Career and Workplace, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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See ya, summer movies!
Could the summer movie season have been any more disappointing? Aside from one stellar popcorn flick ("Mission: Impossible III") and occasional signs of life ("Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man," "Strangers with Candy"), nearly everything from "The Da Vinci...Tags: Film Festivals, Michael McKean, John Lennon, Sarah Silverman, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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'One Night With the King'
Special to The TimesThe Jewish holiday of Purim, whose traditions include drinking, noise-making and the consumption of three-cornered cookies called hamentaschen, is among the most joyous of feast days. But there's not much joy in "One Night With the King," a lavish but...Tags: James Callis, Holidays, Joan Collins, Entertainment, Sam Adams
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Guests gang mocks Oscar mania
Actors typically brush aside questions about Academy Award-worthy performances, insisting the work itself is reward enough. Christopher Guest's comedy "For Your Consideration" shows the consequences for performers who let themselves be consumed by Oscar...Tags: Film Festivals, Annette O'Toole, Entertainment, Michael McKean, Academy Awards
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'For Your Consideration'
Times Staff WriterFred Willard's faux-hawk is possibly the best thing about Christopher Guest's "For Your Consideration," a spoof of Oscar season hype co-written with Eugene Levy. It's funny in parts but not half as inspired as past efforts. Still, Willard is a genius at...Tags: Ricky Gervais, Hot Dogs, Harry Shearer, Foods and Beverages, Michael McKean
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Fast-Paised review: 'For Your Consideration'
While filming the drama "Home for Purim," three actors (Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey) hear rumors that their performances are generating Oscar buzz. "For Your Consideration" is directed by Christopher Guest, who wrote the script with cast...Tags: Harry Shearer, Entertainment, Music Industry, Parker Posey, Movies
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