Celebrity Jews

Nate Bloom

Special to the Jewish News

DRAMA AND COMEDY

Opening Nov. 13: By the Sea is a modest-
budget, very personal film, directed and
written by Angelina Jolie Pitt and somewhat
inspired by her own mother's difficult life and
early death. Sea follows Roland, an American
writer (Brad Pitt), and his wife, Vanessa (Jolie
Pitt), as they vacation at a beautiful French
seaside resort in the 1970s. They try to come
to terms with the crisis in their marriage as
they spend time with other travelers, includ-
ing young newlyweds Francois and Lea
(played by Melanie Laurent, 33, a talented
French actress who co-starred in Inglorious
Basterds and Beginners).
Jolie Pitt, by the way, spends a lot of time
in the South of France, including several
months before the birth of her twins in 2008.
She wanted to be near Dr. Michel Sussman,
now 63, a top Nice-based Jewish OB/GYN
who brought her through the twins' difficult
pregnancy and birth. Michel's son, Arnaud
Sussman, 31, is a concert violinist who will
perform with the Grand Rapids Symphony
this coming April.
Most readers will wait for the DVD/cable
release of this season's biggest comedic

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Christmas movie, Love the Coopers. But note
that this is the first time that two octogenarian
Jewish Oscar nominees are co-starring in the
same movie. Four generations of the Coopers
get together for the holiday, with the old-
est generation represented by June Squibb
(Oscar nominee for Nebraska), 85, and Alan
Arkin (the four-time Oscar nominee won for
Little Miss Sunshine), 81. Co-stars include Diane
Keaton, John Goodman and Olivia Wilde.

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series, Breakthrough, began on Nov. 1, but it's
easy to catch up via encore showings and On
Demand. (New shows in the six-episode series
air Sundays at 9 p.m.) Ron Howard recruited
six Hollywood biggies to direct the stories
behind the world's cutting-edge scientific
innovations. Peter Berg, 51, directed the
premiere episode (Fighting Pandemics). Brett
Ratner, 46, directed Decoding the Brain, which
first airs on Nov. 15, and Akiva Goldsman, 53,
directed Energy from the Edge, which airs Dec.
6; James Franco's bar mitzvah got mucho
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Lapine, 66, who
was given the
ultra-prestigious
Mr. Abbott Award
for his contribu-
tions to the theater,
celebrated with a
themed Broadway
bar mitzvah — pits
of the ceremony
include a small
Torah-like scroll
whose wrapping
had Lapine's name
in Hebrew-style
letters.
The Forbes list of the 70"Most Powerful
People in the World" came out Nov. 4, and
13 are Jewish. The number preceding each
name is the list ranking: 7. Janet Yellen,
Federal Reserve head; 10. Larry Page, Google
co-founder; 19. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
founder; 20. Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan
Chase; 21. Benjamin Netanyahu; 26. Lloyd
Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs; 30. Sergey
Brin, Google co-founder; Laurence Fink,
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Bloomberg, former NYC mayor; 59. Michael
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