The greatest asset of the movie “One Life,” starring Anthony Hopkins, is the harrowing true story it’s based on. You might not immediately recognize the name Sir Nicholas Winton, but you have probably seen the viral YouTube video of an old man learning on live TV that the studio audience around him is made up … Read more
Morgan Freeman emphatically makes his point in the new History documentary, “761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers,” which opens with a D-Day battle clip from the 1998 movie “Saving Private Ryan.” “I grew up going to the movies and if it was a Western or a battle story I ate that stuff up,” Freeman, … Read more
A New York history educator restored a lost piece of history after unearthing harrowing footage that depicts US soldiers freeing Jewish people from a train bound for a Nazi death camp. After the colorized clip was posted to YouTube, several Holocaust survivors came forward, claiming to recognize themselves and their family members in the video. … Read more
It was in very poor taste. A fast food restaurant in Argentina has been called “offensive” and “disgusting” by Jewish groups after serving items named after Holocaust victim Anne Frank and former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. The tone-deaf stunt was unveiled by the owners of Honky Donky, a burger merchant located in Rafaela City in … Read more
He sparked serious Rage with this tweet. Rage Against The Machine rocker Tom Morello, 59, is getting blasted on Twitter for sharing an anti-Nazi quote, with fans accusing him of fascism and intolerance. Morello, who has played guitar with the rock band for more than three decades, posted the quote to his Twitter page on … Read more
Pink Floyd’s troubled Waters strikes again. Controversial rock frontman Roger Waters is back in hot water after seemingly cosplaying as a Nazi SS officer — and comparing deceased Al Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh to Anne Frank at a recent concert in Germany. The inflammatory performance, which went down last week at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in … Read more
Ralph Amoussou used the works of his namesake to help build his role as Paul Kadjo in “Transatlantic,” a seven-part Netflix series premiering April 7. “I had the chance to have such an amazing mother, who named me after Ralph Ellison,” said Amousso, 33, born in Paris and raised in West Africa. “I read ‘The … Read more
Gina Carano’s character in “The Mandalorian,” Cara Dune, will still be part of the Disney+ series. The 40-year-old actress and former MMA fighter was fired from the show in 2021 after several problematic posts, including one that compared the Nazi murders of the Jewish population to “hating someone for their political views.” Rick Famuyiwa, the series … Read more
Heavy metal band Pantera has had three shows canceled from their forthcoming reunion tour following controversy over a 2016 incident involving singer Phil Anselmo. The shows were dropped from the line-ups of Germany’s Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals earlier this week, as well as a show in Vienna, due to public backlash … Read more
A brass menorah memorialized in a historic photo from Nazi-era Germany has returned to the country for the first time since the Jewish family it belonged to escaped with their lives nearly 90 years ago. And, on Monday night at sundown, the second night of Hanukkah, the candles of the cherished menorah were lit in … Read more
French actor and Holocaust survivor Robert Clary has died at age 96. The “Hogan’s Heroes” star, who played Corporal LeBeau on the World War II-era sitcom, passed away on Tuesday, his granddaughter Kim Wright told the Hollywood Reporter. His cause of death was not given. Clary was the last surviving member of the show’s original principal cast. Born … Read more