“Cha Cha Slide” is a staple of awkward middle school dances, and has been on the playlist for every bar and bat mitzvah I’ve ever attended (and as a Jew from New York, I’ve attended many). The DJ ...

Este Haim is most famously known as a sister. In addition to shredding bass and serving face at Haim shows around the world, she played a version of herself opposite sisters Danielle and Alana (and ...

Cooper Raiff and Dakota Johnson in Cha Cha Real Smooth. Credit: Courtesy Apple TV+ Like recent Oscar Best Picture winner CODA, also produced by Apple TV+, Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth bodes to ...

Este Haim, arguably the most demonstrative member of the sister-trio Haim on stage, has really been demonstrating behind the scenes what she’s musically capable of, with her move into TV and film ...

Titled after the hit party song no child of the early 2000s could escape, Cooper Raiff’s second feature, Cha Cha Real Smooth, originated as a love letter to parents of disabled children. Inspired by ...

The romantic dramedy, about a floundering college grad-turned-bar mitzvah party starter (Cooper Raiff), is named for a lyric in DJ Casper's dancefloor staple "Cha Cha Slide." Raiff, who also wrote and ...

Raiff is a relative newcomer in Hollywood, but he’s already made a name for himself as a talented writer and director. He participated in school plays and studied acting while in high school. Raiff ...

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