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More super talents .
Sure, sure . you knew MAURY POVICH was Jewish. (I didn t). I knew he was married to CONNIE CHUNG, and she converted to Judaism. What I didn t know, is they are both super kosher and attend synagogue regularly and Connie also speaks Yiddish fluently!
Now, BERNIE SCHWARTZ I knew! (I even had a crush on him!) What? You didn t know I was talking about Tony Curtis? Well, Bernie was his real name. (We met, we smiled and laughed, but nothing more! (Oh well!).
I was friends with Joan Rivers when she lived in Brooklyn and I knew BARBRA STREISAND, although we attended differe.
Andra Day –
United States vs Billie Holiday (Warner Bros): “Cassandra Monique Batie (born December 30, 1984), known professionally as Andra Day, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2015, she released her debut album, Cheers to the Fall. At the 2016 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best R&B Album and the single, “Rise Up”, was nominated for Best R&B Performance. To promote “Rise Up”, she performed the song on The View, the performance earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Day also appeared alongside Stevie Wonder, who is partially credited for her discovery, in an ad for Apple TV in late 2015. In 2021, she portrayed Billie Holiday in the biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Her stage name was inspired by Holiday, whose nickname was “Lady Day”. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andra Day) Her
Jakob Menendez Globe Correspondent April 20, 2021 4:20 pm
A little more than six months ago, Bobbi Jones, 26, was sitting at a desk working as a security guard and grappling with her future.
“Is this something you really want to do for the rest of your life?’’ she asked herself.
Around the same time, 19-year-old high school student Yeren Rivera Cruz, who moved to the area from Puerto Rico at 10, also found himself struggling to find his passion.
Fortunately for them, there was a strong support system there to lend a guiding hand. For Jones, it was a cousin in the carpentry union. For Cruz, a teacher with a heart and desire to help.
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