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Young Jewish heartthrobs:
Left to right,
Adam Pascal,
Adam Brody and
Ricky Ullman.
Phil of the Future, a series that was
just renewed for a second season.
Ullman, 18, plays Phil, a kid from
the future, whose family takes a time
machine to today's world and gets
stranded here.
Ullman was born on an Israeli
kibbutz, where his parents had set-
tled. However, they returned to
America when Ricky was an infant
to be closer to family. Ullman told
the Connecticut Jewish Ledger that a
Disney role is "a great launch pad
for a career. There's a fan base that
follows Disney."
The grandson of a rabbi, Ullman
had a Jewish education and
describes himself as an observant
Jew. Like Shia LaBoeuf and Adam
Lamberg, he celebrated his bar mitz-
vah when he turned 13.
Something Old
Recently, JAN MURRAY, the
Jewish comedian, showed up to sup-
port his friend IRVING
BRECHER, 91, who was doing a
stand-up comedy routine for a
group of doctors. Brecher, the last
living writer of the Marx Brothers'
movies, wowed the crowd. Murray, a
mere 88, told a doctor who asked
about his health: "I'm all right; I
died three days ago."
The Los Angeles Jewish Journal
reports that Murray retired from
doing stand-up five years ago. The
funnyman told the Journal: "I devel-
oped asthma. You can't ask the pub-
lic to spend money to see an old Jew
gasping for breath on the stage. It's
not nice."
Something Profitable
DON HEWITT, the Jewish guy
who created 60 Minutes, is trying
out the concept of a 30 Minutes
show for CBS affiliates. It features
60 Minutes-type stories of local
interest.
The first 30 Minutes show just
aired on the San Francisco CBS
affiliate, and one of the stories cov-
ered the financial partnership of
three former San Francisco 49ers
football stars: Joe Montana; Ronnie
Lott; and HARRIS BARTON, the
Jewish all-pro linebacker.
Calling themselves HRJ Capital,
these former stars have raised $600
million dollars in venture capital
funds. The investors are former
sports stars looking for something
good. HRJ's success is partially built
on the lucrative deals that Barton
and his buddies find out about
because they are celebrities.
Montana, the former field leader,
says that Barton, who has a college
finance degree, is the leader in their
boardroom. Montana added that
sometimes he has to "beg" for
investment money, and that he "has
discovered another use for knee
pads."
Closer To Motown
Last month, the big-budget sci-fi
flick The Island finished up filming
in various Detroit locations.
In the film, Detroit is transformed
into a futuristic Los Angeles, where
actor Ewan McGregor and actress
SCARLETT JOHANSSON (who is
Jewish on her mother's side) first see
the real world after escaping a facili-
ty where they were human clones.
The Island is scheduled for a sum-
mer 2005 release.
Meanwhile, think again if you
thought you saw the last "Jewish
connection" to the famous Dr.
Kevorkian end when celeb lawyer
GEOFFREY FIEGER stopped rep-
resenting him. The imprisoned doc-
tor has penned a 300-page autobiog-
raphy tentatively titled The Life of
Dr. Death, and Oscar-winning
Jewish director BARBARA KOP-
PLE has signed on to bring it to the
screen. Filming begins next year.
NATE BLOOM, the California-based
editor ofwww.jewhoo.com can be
reached at middleoftheroad 1 @aol.com
Also available on www.detroitjewishnews.com
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