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Jerry Seinfeld Goes to Town on Anti-Israel Heckler Who Interrupted His Set

Jerry Seinfeld’s performance in Australia on Sunday was briefly derailed by an anti-Israel heckler who was mercilessly mocked by the comedian. “We have a genius ladies and gentlemen, he solved the Middle East,” Seinfeld joked as the crowd in Sydney jeered the heckler. As security moved to eject the person, he continued, “They’re going to […]

Jerry West hailed as ‘basketball genius’ following death aged 86

Jerry West has been described as a “basketball genius” and a “defining figure” in the NBA following his death at the age of 86. West, whose silhouette is considered the basis of the NBA logo and was nicknamed “Mr Clutch” for his late-game exploits on the court, spent over six decades in the game as […]

Students Walk Out on Jerry Seinfeld’s Duke Commencement Speech

A slew of students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday to protest Israel’s war in Gaza just as the university’s commencement speaker, Jerry Seinfeld, was set to speak. Videos posted on social media—but omitted from the university’s livestream—showed students walking out as Duke President Vincent Price introduced the comedian, who received an […]

Jerry Seinfeld Can No Longer Be About Nothing

Jerry Seinfeld became a mic-cradling, cereal-eating, “did-you-ever-notice”-ing avatar of American Jewish life with a brazenly shrugging persona: a merry indifference to weighty material as a comedian and in his megahit TV show about nothing, as petty and apolitical as he seemed to be. Now — off-camera, at least — Seinfeld appears to have reached his […]

Jerry Levin, known as the CEO who pushed for the ‘worst merger in corporate history,’ is less known for falling on his sword for the $350 billion deal later in life

Gerald M. “Jerry” Levin wasn’t just a self-styled intellectual, well-liked by colleagues as he quoted Camus around the Time Warner offices in Manhattan. He was also the “resident genius” who transformed the fusty media company into a broadcasting pioneer. When Levin died on March 13, though, obituaries primarily remembered him for his central role in […]

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones ordered to take DNA test in paternity case

A judge ordered that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones must take a paternity test to determine whether he is the biological father of a woman who sued him last year. The decision was made after a hearing earlier this month, according to documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News. The woman, 27-year-old Alexandra Davis, has […]