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May 10 • 2018

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The season finale of The Big Bang Theory
airs on CBS on Thursday, May 10, at 8
p.m. It features the highly anticipated
wedding of Sheldon (Jim Parsons) to
Amy (played by everybody’s favorite
Jewish celeb, Mayim Bialik). Of course,
the whole regular cast will be in the
episode (the Jewish members — Simon
Helberg, 37, as Howard; Melissa Rauch,
37, as Bernadette; Kevin Sussman, 47,
as Stuart). It’s unclear as of press time
whether June Squibb, 88, who has
guest starred as Sheldon’s grandma or
“Meemaw,” will be in the finale.
Mark Hamill, 66, the Star Wars star,
has an “undefined” role in the episode.
Bialik, 42, went bananas a couple of
weeks ago when she met Hamill for the
first time. She shared her reaction with
her 2.6 million Instagram followers: “He
shook my hand. I can’t handle it … It
was amazing.”
The last (ever) episode of New Girl,
the hit Fox series, will air on Tuesday,
May 15, at 8 p.m. This special one-hour
episode will be set three years ahead
from the previous episode and catch
us up with changes in the lives of the
main characters. Suffice it to say that all
the main characters are happy, includ-
ing Jess (played by series’ title star
Zooey Deschanel) and Schmidt (Max
Greenfield, 37). Guest stars include Rob
Reiner, 71, and Jamie Lee Curtis, 59,
as Jess’ parents and Zoe Lister-Jones,
35, as Schmidt’s former paramour, Fawn
Moscato.
In 2015, Deschanel wed a Jewish guy
in what the press described as a “secret
ceremony” and they now have two
kids. US Weekly said she converted to
Judaism before the wedding, but didn’t
provide any details. This 2015 story has
been repeated all over the internet, but
there’s been no confirmation since 2015.
Hal Linden, 87, will guest-star in an
episode of Law & Order: SVU that will
air on Wednesday, May 16, at 9 p.m. A
rape claim is made by a woman living
in an assisted living facility. She has
Alzheimer’s and her mental state brings
her allegation into question. Linden plays
a mysterious man from her past.
Linden, who was the star of the hit
series Barney Miller, was recently hon-
ored by the Los Angeles Jewish Film
Festival with a major award. Shown at
the festival was his new indie film, The
Samuel Project. Linden plays a German
Jewish refugee who tells his grandson
about the Holocaust. Linden has been a
spokesman for the Jewish National Fund
for 20 years.

Mayim Bialik

Zooey Deschanel

Hal Linden

Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her daughter Jane
in the 1960s

AT THE MOVIES

Opening May 11 at the Maple Theater
in Bloomfield Township is the docu-
mentary RBG, about the life and career
of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, 85. While Ginsburg has
become a pop culture icon in some
quarters, relatively few know about the
tremendous legal legacy she created
even before she joined the court or the
details of her personal life. RBG explores
how through “pure grit” and the support
of a great husband, she was able to bal-
ance being a wife, mother, law profes-
sor, groundbreaking litigator and judge.
(Playing one week only.) •

