Playwright Kimberly Belflower Broadway debut is about taking teenage girls — and the power of their playlists — seriously ...

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Stephen Silver, the Jewish cartoon designer behind Disney's Kim Possible, revealed the character's inspiration came from female IDF soldiers, Aish revealed in a recent Instagram post. Silver ...

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