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Ruta Kupfer

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Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, who star in 'House of Cards.'
'House of Cards' creator knows why TV viewers are attracted to villains

Beau Willimon talks to Haaretz about the timelessness of the show and his work for Hillary Clinton.

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'Mad Men' of northern Europe

The Danish TV series is one of television’s best political dramas, ever. Actor Pilou Asbaek, who plays a scheming spin doctor, says he was inspired by Don Draper from ‘Mad Men.’

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The Guess Who? game
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A kindergartner has written to toy giant Hasbro arguing that its Guess Who? game is sexist. And that's not the only claim of gender bias that kids are voicing.

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Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik's big bang

She's a PhD in neuroscience who homeschools her kids, an avid blogger and an Emmy-nominated actress. What makes recently-divorced Mayim Bialik run?

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From 'Kaboul Kitchen.'
Not exactly an American in Paris

Series to be screened at the French TV Festival in Tel Aviv reveal France's unwillingness to pander to international - and particularly U.S. - audiences.

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The cast of Homeland
Spoiler alert: Hollywood searching for next 'Homeland'

After the drama based on the Israeli series "Hatufim" swept the Emmy Awards and scored a ratings coup with the second season's premiere episode, interest in Israel's television exports appears to be on the rise.

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Tal Rabinowitz
The producer who is determined to bring NBC back to its glory days

Tal Rabinowitz, the network's executive vice president of comedy, talks to Haaretz about her plans to restore its status as the home of must-see TV.

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Orly Adelson
Hollywood's Israeli-born woman of impact

Orly Adelson, president of Dick Clark Productions, is queen of America's metastasizing awards shows.

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Actor Itay Turgeman. Courtesy.
Israeli sues star of Survivor for insulting people of Ethiopian origin

The NIS 135,000 suit was filed by Jeremy Artia, 29, a social activist who served in a Nahal commando unit, who says he was blocked from entering the Dizengoff Club in Tel Aviv.

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Episodes
Lost in Google Translate: U.S. show's attempt at Hebrew runs afoul

Matt LeBlanc show 'Episodes' features Jewish headstone, with the Hebrew inscription: He was pickled at great expense.

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0406_Love Diaries
Can you say 'second shot' in Chinese?

French movie producer Patrick Zuchowicki is mining the past for potential remakes, in search of a good story to (re)tell.

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Mandy Patinkin
'Homeland's' Mandy Patinkin finds his characters' inner Jew

WATCH: The American actor, shooting on location in Israel, talks to Haaretz about life, work, and the connection between prayers and poetry.

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Ruta Sherlock - May 18, 2012
When Dr. Watson lost his mojo: Haaretz talks to BBC’s ‘Sherlock’ co-creator

Mark Gatiss explains how the pipe-smoking 19th century sleuth was transformed into a high-tech, nicotine-patched, sexually ambiguous icon

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Director Roman Polanski reacts after winning the Best Director award  February 25, 2011.
Roman Polanski to direct movie about Dreyfus Affair

Movie will portray the life of the Jewish officer who was wrongfully convicted of treason in the end of the 19th Century.

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Claire Danes
Claire Danes arrives in Israel to film second season of Homeland

Danes and Mandy Patinkin arrive in Israel on Wednesday, ahead of scheduled filming; acclaimed Showtime series is based on Israel's 'Hatufim.'

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The cast of Young Doctors
On TV tonight / Laughter, police and a dose of medicine

Some of the television highlights to look out for tonight

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The cast of 'The Promise.'
Controversial film series on British-controlled Palestine comes to Tel Aviv

British director Peter Kosminsky's 'The Promise' comes to the Tel Aviv Cinemateque, where its inaccurate portrayal of Israel is sure to offend.

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Israel social protest.
Following massive protests, Israeli film festival to center on social justice

More than 90 Israeli and international films will be showcased in the festival, which will include an Israeli, an international and a student competition.

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A scene from Keshet’s award-winning drama 'Yellow Peppers.'
U.S. studio buys popular Israeli drama 'Yellow Peppers'

The drama series follows a family of farmers on a remote moshav in the Arava Desert as it copes with the diagnosis of its 5-year-old son with autism.

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  • U.S. studio picks up Israeli spy television drama
Mad Men - 28.3.12
'Mad Men' grows up

It's now the mid-'60s in the award-winning series, so changes abound both at the advertising agency and between the lines. In any case, the show is as strong as ever.

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Four Israeli TV shows up for awards at Rose d'Or global television festival

Prominent television festival releases list of 36 nominees.

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Stage lights / Larger than life

Behind the scenes of a Broadway musical is the setting for a new hit TV series.

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Food transportation -  BBC Worldwide - 15022012
Fast food nations

A new documentary shows that the meal on your plate has seen a lot of the world.

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DOGTV - February 2012
Israeli company launches TV channel for canines

Channel features images of happy dogs, people playing soccer and relaxing piano music 24 hours a day.

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America needs to be 'in treatment'

Acting is still her first love, but Noa Tishby is also branching out these days and trying to market Israeli-made TV series in the United States

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