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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/57476/full/57476/celebrities5/ <br /><br /> <b>Heartless Repo Men</b> <br /> Thursday, March 18, 2010 | by nate bloom <br /><br /><h2>Heartless Repo Men</h2> <p>“Repo Men,” which opens on Friday, March 19, is a futuristic action thriller. A company called “The Union” invents and sells expensive artificial organs that can extend human life. However, if a customer doesn’t make his payments, nasty repo men grab back the organ.</p> <p>Jude Law stars as Remy, a Union repo man who gets one of his company’s hearts and cannot make his payments. Forest Whitaker plays Remy’s former partner, who is sent to repossess Remy’s artificial heart. <strong>Liev Schreiber</strong>, 42, has a supporting role as Remy’s boss. The first-time director is Miguel Rosenberg-Sapochnik. My guess is that he is a Jew from Latin America; but there’s little bio available on him.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Sadly noted</h2> <p>The last few weeks have seen the tragic deaths of two Jewish actors best known for their adolescent roles: <strong>Andrew Koenig</strong>, 42, who was found dead on Feb. 25, an apparent suicide, and <strong>Corey Haim</strong>, 38, who died on March 10.</p> <p>Koenig, who starred as Richard “Boner” Stabone on the ’80s sitcom “Growing Pains,” was the son of actor <strong>Walter Koenig</strong>, 73, (Chekov on “Star Trek”) and Walter’s wife of 44 years, actress <strong>Judy Levitt Koenig</strong>. Andrew had a substantial post-adolescent career as a writer and film editor. It appears that he was suffering from long-term clinical depression.</p> <p>Haim was born and raised in Toronto, the son of a Canadian Jewish father and an Israel-raised Jewish mother. He was a talented young actor with hits such as “Lucas” and “Lost Boys.” But he got into drugs at a young age and never was able to stay clean for a sustained period.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Changing hosts</h2> <p>Model <strong>Brooke Burke</strong>, 38, has been named as co-host (with Tom Bergeron) of the hit ABC series “Dancing with the Stars.” She replaces <strong>Samantha Harris</strong>, 36, who has co-hosted since 2006. Harris says she is leaving to concentrate on her work as a correspondent for “The Insider” and “Entertainment Tonight.”</p> <p>Burke, whose mother is Jewish, was the winner of the seventh season (fall 2008) of “Dancing.” The 10th season starts on Monday, March 22, at 8 p.m.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Fisher is the man</h2> <p>Congrats to <strong>Fisher Stevens</strong>, 46, co-winner of the Oscar for best documentary feature. Fisher was the producer of “The Cove,” a film about a semi-secret dolphin killing ground in Japan. He shared the award with the film’s director, Louie Psihoyos.</p> <p>Stevens was brought in to produce “The Cove” and help shape the raw footage into a film. He also promoted the documentary at many film festivals. Born Steve Fisher in Chicago, Stevens’ father is Jewish and he describes himself as a “thin, white Jewish guy.” He’s had a multifaceted career as an actor and TV/stage director.</p> <p> </p> <h2>Briefly noted</h2> <p>Rumors are that comic actor <strong>Jonah Hill</strong>, 26, is in talks to play a statistician in “Moneyball,” an upcoming film that chronicles how Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane put together a club on a shoestring budget by using computer-based statistical analyses to draft players. The flick stars Brad Pitt and is directed by <strong>Bennett Miller</strong>, 43, who got a best director Oscar nomination for “Capote” (2005).</p> <p><strong>Lainie Kazan</strong>, 67, and <strong>Richard Lewis</strong>, 62, guest star on the Fox series “ ’Til Death,” (Sunday, March 21, at 7 p.m.). Kazan plays the overbearing mother of starring character Joy Stark (Joely Fisher), while Lewis plays a publisher who is interested in a book written by Joy’s husband, Eddie (<strong>Brad Garrett</strong>, 49.)</p>

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