Tag: Hollywood

In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, marches with others at the #MeToo March in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.

#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein’s conviction is overturned

April 26 | Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s...

Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it’s pushing them to the brink

July 31 | Alexandra Olson, Associated Press

Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints...

They’re the names you don’t know. Hollywood’s ‘journeyman’ actors explain why they are striking

July 24 | Jocelyn Noveck and R.J. Rico, Associated Press

Jason Kravits gets a lot of this: People recognize him — they’re...

Sidney Franklin performs in a bullfight. All images courtesy of the Sidney Franklin Collection, held by the American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History.

Meet the gay Brooklyn bullfighter who befriended Hemingway

June 3 | Scott Enman

He was the world’s first Jewish matador, he was secretly gay...

Schlitzie's fame began at Coney Island’s Dreamland Circus Side Show in 1922. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Schlitzie: The story of a Coney Island performer

March 15 | John Manbeck | Special to the Brooklyn Eagle

The fool of the title is a circus sideshow performer named Simon...

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From the hood to Hollywood

September 11 | Denise Romano

Sunset Park native J.W. Cortes has come a long way...