52 | SEPTEMBER 19 • 2019 THEJEWISHNEWS.COM Arts&Life celebrity jews AT THE MOVIES The action flick Rambo: Last Blood opens on Sept. 20. Sylvester Stallone returns as John Rambo, a Vietnam War vet who is a killing machine when angered. Last Blood opens with Rambo working at an American ranch on the Mexican border. The daughter of a close friend of his is kidnapped and taken to Mexico. Rambo takes on a Mexican drug cartel in his hunt for her. The director is Adrian Grunberg, 45ish. His Jewish parents left Argentina for Spain when Grunberg was young. He grew up in Spain. He moved to Mexico about 20 years ago and long worked in the Mexican film industry. In 2004, Mel Gibson hired him to be an assistant direc- tor on Gibson’ s film Apocalypto, which was set in Mexico. In 2012, he worked with Gibson again in Get the Gringo, a well-received action film set in Mexico. It was the first head directing job for Grunberg and he co-wrote the film. By the way, Grunberg says he likes Gibson, and he learned a lot from him. I’ ll just say that a lot of other Jewish colleagues of Gibson have said the same things. But, Mel has been known to have another side, and it isn’ t pretty. NEW SHOWS: STREAMING AND BROADCAST Unbelievable, an eight-episode mini-series, was released in its entirety on Netflix on Sept. 13. It follows Marie, a teen who was charged with lying about being raped, and the two female detec- tives who follow a long path before they arrive at the truth. The always- good Toni Collette plays one of the detectives. The series was co-cre- ated by and co-written by Susannah Grant, Pulitzer Prizewinner Michael Chabon, 56, and Ayelet Waldman, 54 (Chabon’ s wife). The first three episodes were directed by Lisa Cholodenko, 55 (The Kids are Alright). If you get the AXS cable/satel- lite station, you can watch Paul Shaffer Plus One. It began on Sept. 15 (new episodes on Sundays at 9 p.m.). It’ s also aired on Shaffer’ s SiriusXM radio show. Ontario native Paul Shaffer, 69, was the original (1974) leader of the SNL house band before leaving in 1982 to lead the house bands on David Letterman’ s TV talk shows. In Plus One, Shaffer talks to a lot of famous folks (mostly musicians). Season One guests include Detroit native and Motown legend Smokey Robinson, Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen, 71, and Harry Shearer, 75 (in his fictional per- sona as Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls). Prodigal Son is a crime thriller (with some dark humor) that pre- mieres on Fox on Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. It centers on Malcolm Bright, a law enforcement profiler who is incredibly good at his job. He knows how killers think. His gift seems to be based on the fact that his father, Martin Whitly, who is still alive, was a notorious serial killer. Halston Sage, 26, has a big sup- porting role as Ainsley, Malcolm’ s sister. She’ s a successful TV jour- nalist with a good sense of humor and that humor helps her maintain a good relationship with her very weird brother. Stumptown starts on ABC on Sept. 25 at 10:30 p.m. Cobie Smulders stars as a tough pri- vate investigator with a military intelligence background. Camryn Manheim (The Practice), 58, has a biggish supporting role as police lieutenant Cosgrove. NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST Manheim VIA FACEBOOK Sage VIA FACEBOOK Shaffer PANACEA ENTERTAINMENT Chabon BY GAGE SKIDMORE, WIKIMEDIA Grunberg THEMOVIDEDB.ORG Zingerman’ s Roadhouse in Ann Arbor is hosting a pre-Rosh Hashanah dinner with Joan Nathan, the James Beard Award-winning cook- book author (and a University of Michigan grad), at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at the restaurant. Nathan, who has written 11 books and has been called “the queen of Jewish cooking,” will share Rosh Hashanah traditions and stories from her lifetime of traveling the globe. The special dinner features some of Nathan’ s recipes recreated by the Roadhouse staff — hummus with pre- served lemon and cumin; gefilte fish mold, carrot Mahammar with dried clem- entines, ricotta and fennel; Moroccan lamb shanks with carmelized onions and a dried fruit sauce; Bene Israel fish curry with fresh ginger, tama- rind and cilantro; and dates in brown butter with vanilla ice cream, date syrup and halvah crumble — all from Nathan’ s King Solomon’ s Table. “Rosh Hashanah is a new beginning, a wonderful har- vest festival,” she told the JN. “I feel every holiday is good because of the foods — old and new. And, at the holidays, there are foods you only have one time a year. It’ s so import- ant; it’ s a way Jews have held on to tradition for so many years.” Nathan shared that she’ s working on a new book, “a memoir in food.” Dinner courses will be paired with wine selections from Michigan’ s Laurentide Winery. Tickets are $100 per person. Call (734) 663-3663 or visit bit.ly/2khR6SM. Zingerman’ s To Host Joan Nathan For A Rosh Hashanah Meal