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NATE BLOOM
COLUMNIST

AT THE MOVIES: CATCH UP
AND LOOK AHEAD

Opening on Friday, Oct. 13, was Happy
Death Day, a horror film with a lot of com-
edy. I just confirmed that the film’s star,
Jessica Rothe, 30, has a Jewish father.
This movie got pretty good reviews.
Thank You for Your Service follows a
group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq
who struggle to integrate back into fam-
ily and civilian life, while living with the
memory of a war that threatens to destroy
them long after they’ve left the battlefield.
Amy Schumer, 36, co-stars as the wife of
one of the veterans. Schumer had a small
role in one dramatic film, but this is really
her debut as a dramatic actress. I expect
she’ll be good — most comedians make
good dramatic actors.

Photo: Douglas Foulke

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BASEBALL’S BIG MOMENT

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Another World Series is looming and there
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championship: the Houston Astros and the
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Astros’ third baseman. In a word, he’s “per-
formed” since being called up in 2016. In
2017, he hit .287, with 19 home runs, 71
RBIs and 17 stolen bases. On Oct. 5, in his
first post-season at bat, he hit a first-inning
home run against Red Sox ace Chris Sale
in Game 1 of an American League Division
Series. In Game 4, Bregman sparked a
series-clinching rally with another homer
off Sale. Bregman’s parents are both law-
yers and members of New Mexico’s oldest
synagogue. His father was a good baseball
player in his youth.
Joc Pederson, 25, a Los Angeles
Dodgers outfielder, had a horrible 2017 sea-
son and was sent to the minors in August.
He was recalled on Oct. 1 and made a
brief appearance in one playoff game (to
date). He made the All-Star team in 2015,
so there’s a chance he can regain his form.
Pederson, whose mother is Jewish, is secu-
lar. He played for Team Israel in 2013.

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Comedian Natasha Leggero, 43, who
converted to Judaism around the time
she wed (2015) comedian Moshe
Kasher, 38, appeared with Stephen
Colbert on Oct. 2. She talked about co-
starring on Dice, a Showtime series star-
ring comedian Andrew Dice Clay, 60.
But mostly she talked about her pretty
obvious pregnancy. “This is my first and
my last,” she told Colbert when he asked
about it. She added: “I’ve had really bad
cravings … for drugs. This is not a good
time to be sober. What if I had a little
toke?” [she joked]. “Maybe the kid will
have a few glitches, but the bar’s been
set so low it could still grow up to be the
president of the United States.”

SHE’S STILL SINGING

Lesley Ann Warren, now 71, demon-
strated her fine singing voice when she
played Cinderella in the TV version of
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
that first aired in 1965 and was repeated
for many years after. Since then, her
career has been spotty, with some high-
lights: an Oscar nomination for Victor,
Victoria (1982) and recurring roles on Will
& Grace as Will’s father’s mistress.
Warren had a starring role in the 1967
film musical The Happiest Millionaire.
It was the last film supervised by Walt
Disney and the songs were by Richard
and Robert Sherman, the brothers who
wrote the Mary Poppins songs. The film
failed because it was too saccharine
even by Disney standards. But the music
was pretty good (available on DVD). On
Dec. 5, Warren will celebrate the film’s
50th anniversary performing its songs at
a New York club. By the way, Millionaire
has a song called “Detroit: FOB.” Walt
heard the Sherman brothers compos-
ing it through a studio hallway door and
thought they were singing “Detroit: SOB.”
He walked in and complained that “SOB”
was not in keeping with Disney’s family
image. They explained that he’d misheard
and all three laughed. •