36 March 7 • 2019 jn AT THE MOVIES The first Captain Marvel comic book appeared in 1977. It was written and drawn by the team of Roy Thomas and Gene Tolan (1926-2011). The comic was unusual because the title character was a then-rare female superhero. Set in 1995, the first live-action Captain Marvel film, opening March 8, follows Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, as she turns into one of the galaxy’ s mightiest heroes and joins an elite military team called Starforce. The film’ s climax comes when Earth is caught in the middle of a conflict between two alien worlds. Co-stars include Samuel L. Jackson and Jude Law. The story the movie was based on was co-written by Nicole Perlman, 37 (Guard- ians of the Galaxy). The film was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, both 42. Boden and Fleck also wrote the screenplay, along with two other writers. This is the first big-budget film for the pair, who have long been professional and romantic partners. Marvel was reportedly impressed with their ability to tell char- acter-driven stories, whether in their own indie films or in their TV series work, which was more commercial. THE SMALL SCREEN Whiskey Cavalier pre- miered on ABC on Feb. 28 (10 p.m.). To quote the Hollywood Reporter: “[It’ s] a romantic action-dramedy in which a pair of pretty people bicker and flirt and fight international crime.” Scott Foley plays FBI agent Will Chase (code name: Whiskey Cavalier) who is assigned to work with CIA agent Francesca Trowbridge (Lauren Cohan, 37). Together, they lead a team of spies who do heroic things while also dealing with romance and office politics. Cohan is best known as Maggie Green on The Walking Dead. Her par- ents weren’ t Jewish when she was born. Her Scottish mother returned to the U.K. after she split up with Lauren’ s American dad. Lauren was then a toddler. In England, her mother remarried a Jewish man converted to Judaism, and Lauren was converted to Judaism at age 5. She became a bat mitzvah. Hamilton star Lin- Manuel Miranda will guest- star on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the police sitcom starring Andy Samberg, 40. His episode will air on NBC March 7 at 9 p.m. Show creator Dan Goor, 43, is rewarding Mir-anda for joining other celebs in protesting the series’ can- cellation last year by Fox (picked up by NBC). Dame Joan Collins, 85, will guest star on an epi- sode of Hawaii 5-0 to air on CBS on Friday, March 8, at 9 p.m. She plays Amanda, a wildly success- ful romance novelist who is the mother of the ex-wife of star character Danny (Scott Caan, 42). I guess Collins, the secular daugh- ter of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, will be channeling her late sister, Jackie Collins, a wildy successful romance novelist. Both sisters, by the way, had three kids. All were fathered by Jewish hus- bands. Jackie found happi- ness with her second (and last) husband, who was Jewish. Joan has been to the altar five times. Her current husband is now only 54, but it appears to be working — they have been married since 2002, and it’ s her longest marriage. ■ NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST Nicole Perlman Andy Samberg Joan Collins Scott Caan celebrity jews arts&life FACEBOOK FACEBOOK FACEBOOK FACEBOOK TICKETS: MichiganOpera.org or 313.237.7464 201 8 – 201 9 Dance Season Sponsor Robert Battle, Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya, Associate Artistic Director March 15– 17 At the Detroit Opera House Alv in Aile y Ame rican Danc e T he ate r 60TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR! The Cultural Ambassador to the World now embodies six decades of achievement, celebrating the human spirit with performances that unite and inspire all. PHOTO: ANDREW ECCLES