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June 18, 2003
Gourmet Magazine
Celebrity Jews
NATE BLOOM
Special to the Jewish News
The Poetry Corner
CALVIN TRILLIN, the entertain-
ing writer for the New Yorker and
other magazines, has been on the
talk-show circuit hawking his latest
book, Obliviously On He Sails, sub-
titled "The Bush Administration in
Rhyme." It's a collection of mostly
short, witty poems Trillin wrote for
the Nation.
The author broke up Daily Show
host JON STEWART when he read
a few lines from a poem about
Attorney General John Ashcroft,
telling an evangelical audience that
we are a "Christian nation."
Trillin imagined Ashcroft telling
the crowd, "The only king we have
is Jesus and I feel blessed to bring
the news /The only king we have is
Jesus/ and I cannot explain the
Jews."
Trillin's book is entertaining, but
a $12.95 price-tag seems a bit stiff
for a slim volume one could read in
the bookstore in about 20 minutes.
In any event, LOUISE GLUCK,
a Jewish poet who is now finishing
her one-year term as the 12th poet
laureate of the United. States, does-
n't have to worry about Trillin out-
shining her in the eyes of literary
critics.
Metro Times
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Daryl Hannah the grandfather's
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Music star and teen fave Justin
Timberlake has just concluded film-
ing Edison, a big-budget flick co-
starring Morgan Freeman and
Kevin Spacey. Timberlake plays
JOSHUA POLLACK, a rookie
journalist who covers the local
Jewish community for a small city
newspaper.
Timberlake told the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, "[Pollack's]
Jewish, but not religious."
The movie takes off when Pollack
goes off his assigned news beat and
uncovers official corruption.
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To get ready for his dramatic
screen debut, Timberlake tagged
around with a Pulitzer-winning AP
investigative reporter. No mention
of Timberlake learning how to be a
Jewish community reporter by fol-
lowing someone who writes for a
Jewish paper.
Meanwhile; BARRY LEVINSON
is about to start making My Italian
Story, about an Italian Jewish boy
during World War II who hunts for
a rabbi to bar mitzvah him.
And down in Miami, Dolphins
third-string quarterback SAGE
ROSENFELS got a lot of press
when he announced he is willing to
appear at b'nai mitzvah for a fee.
Rosenfels plays behind JAY
FIEDLER, the team's first-string
quarterback.
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