34 January 31 • 2019 jn OSCARS PREVIEW The Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 22. The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC. My full coverage of the Jewish nominees will appear in the JN Feb. 21. Here are some of the Jewish nominees and a few related points of interest. Rachel Weisz, 48, is the only Jewish actor nominated for an acting award. She played Sarah Churchill in The Favourite, a British fi lm that explored Churchill’ s re- lationship with Queen Anne, who co-ruled Great Britain in the early 18th century. Two non-Jewish actors, Adam Driver and Melissa McCarthy, are nominated for playing Jewish char- acters. Driver played a Jewish police offi cer in Black KkKlansman and McCarthy played the late Lee Israel, a real-life Jewish journalist-turned-forger in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Another “real” Jewish person — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, is the subject of the documentary RBG, which is nominated for best feature (full-length) documentary. Four of the fi ves movies nominated for best adapted screenplay were co-written by Jewish nominees I will profi le Feb. 21. Nicholas Britell, 38, (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Marc Shaiman, 59, (The Return of Mary Poppins) are nominat- ed for best original score. Shaiman scored another nomination (best song) for a tune he wrote for Poppins and vies in this category with Mark Ronson, 43, who co-wrote a nominated song from A Star is Born. There are Jewish nominees, who I will cover in my Feb. 21 article, in the animat- ed fi lm category and the best documen- tary categories (full-length and short). I do want to highlight here the nominations of Jamie Ray Newman, 40, and her Israeli husband, Guy Nattiv, 45. Skin, a fi lm they co-produced, is nominated for best short subject fi lm. Newman grew up in Farmington Hills, attended Hillel Day School and graduated from Cranbrook. She’ s had a very good, if not spectacular, acting career (mostly in TV) for the last 15 years. She married her husband in Tel Aviv in 2012. A full feature version of Skin, also called Skin, got good reviews at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival and was picked up for national distribution sometime this year. The full-length version, like the short version, was co-pro- duced by Newman and was directed and written by Nattiv. It stars Jamie Bell as a neo-Nazi skinhead who risked his life to leave a white supremacist group. It’ s based on a true story. Look for an interview with Newman and Nattiv in the Feb. 7 JN. BRIEFLY NOTED The original Netfl ix black comedy series Russian Doll premieres on Feb. 1. It has kind of a Groundhog Day premise. Natasha Lyonne, 39, who co-created the series, stars as Nadia, who is the guest of honor at a party. Nadia’ s problem is that time and time again she fi nds herself going to this same party, dying, being mysteriously revived and doing it all again the next day. Cold War, a Polish fi lm about a romantic couple that takes place in the 1940s through the 1960s, will open at the Maple Theater in Bloomfi eld Hills on Feb. 1. It’ s a best foreign language fi lm Oscar nomi- nee. Appearing in a support- ing role (“Michel”) is Cedric Kahn, 52, a French director and actor well-known in France. ■ NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST Rachel Weisz Marc Shaiman Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cedric Kahn celebrity jews arts&life NEIL GRABOWSKY / MONTCLAIR FILM SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GEORGES BIARD THE DRAMA LEAGUE PHOTO BY © ROB RICH uptownshangri-la.com UPTOWN 6407 Orchard Lake Road (15 Mile & Orchard Lake) 248.626.8585 DAILY DIM SUM MIDTOWN 4710 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201 313.974.7669 DAILY DIM SUM & SUSHI CHINESE PEOPLE EAT HERE On Star’ s beautiful already low-priced trays $5 OFF Expires 3/1/19. One Per Order. Not Good Holidays. 10 Person Minimum. With this coupon. DELIVERY AVAILABLE “…one of America’ s finest carryout-only delicatessens! Star’ s reputation has never wavered!” — Danny Raskin STAR DELI Prices subject to change COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES WITH ANY DELICATESSEN IN TOWN! SALAD TRAY $12.99 per person per person DAIRY TRAY $22.99 SALAD TRAY W/ LOX & CREAM CHEESE $16.99 per person MEAT TRAY $11.99 per person Best Deli Trays In Town! 24555 W. 12 MILE ROAD 248-352-7377 www.stardeli.net Get Ready for the Big Game! Order Your Tray Today!