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Seeing Stars: Ep. 170

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Society & Culture

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we'd like to thank the Academy... and our three Jewish guests! First we get glammed up with shoe designer Stuart Weitzman, who tells us about getting his big break when Aretha Franklin wore his shoes to the 1983 American Music Awards, and how he made red carpet history when he designed $1 million shoes for Mulholland Drive actress Laura Harring to wear to the 2002 Oscars. Since then, the 'shoe cam' has become a standard feature of award shoe red carpets. Then film critic Jordan Hoffman returns to the show to tell us what to expect at Sunday's Academy Awards, at which only a few Jews are nominated and some non-Jews are up for Jewish roles. Finally, a special Oscars treat: Liel calls up actor Kurt Fuller, who talks about being 'that guy' in hundreds of films, including Ghostbusters II, Wayne's World, Anger Management, and just about every movie you've ever seen. We love to hear from you: Send comments and questions for Unorthodox to [email protected] or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. This episode is sponsored by Hebrew College. The Jewish community needs rabbis who are creatively engaging with Jewish tradition, and Hebrew College’s rabbinical school is currently accepting applications. Visit Hebrewcollege.edu/unorthodox to find out more. This episode is also sponsored by Harry's, offering a great shave at a great price. Get a free trial shave set at Harrys.com/UNORTHODOX. Unorthodox is hiring! We're looking for a part-time associate producer to handle guest booking, episode scheduling, live show planning, and more. Click here for more information. To apply for the position, email [email protected] with the subject line ‘associate producer.’

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Conversely, if I make Aliya with Sid, am I gonna. caps. to an Israeli man is like, excuse me, how many times to make love is like, 17 the past hour? I make love 14,000 times a day.

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A love reporting by bias here. Happy Oscar Week.

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This is unorthodox, the Universe's leading Jewish podcast.

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I am Mark Oppenheimer.

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Joined as ever by my co-hosts,

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tablet deputy editor Stephanie Butnick.

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It's an honor just to be nominated.

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And tablet senior writer Lyle Leibovitz.

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You like me, you really, really like me.

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Really like you. You were long listed for Best Cinematography this year, weren't you, Leo?

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Sound editing and custom design.

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Three Jews this week. I mean, the three of us, three more Jews Jews three Jews of the week shoe designer Stuart

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