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New York City Doggies and Tiaras Pageant for Fashion Week 2013

Award-winning pet fashion designer Roberto Negrin is the talented organizer behind this glamorous fundraising event held at The New Yorker Hotel. Roberto, the owner of Hec-lin Couture for Dogs, created this doggie pageant to raise funds for Inky Blue Sea Animal Rescue and to have a heck of a good time with old and new friends and pet loving partiers. Delightful dogs made of fresh flowers adorned the stage while sequined, jeweled doggie dresses dazzled everywhere! Click through to see cute photos from the event here! See Karen Biehl and Eli the Celebrity Chihuahua!

Q&A with Danielle Panabaker, star of the psycho thriller ‘Girls Against Boys’

In the psychological thriller, “Girls Against Boys,” written and directed by Austin Chick, Shae (Danielle Panabaker) is a naïve college student whose heart gets stomped on by a married jerk (Andrew Howard). After a few more horrid experiences Shae is one hot mess. She is fragile and mad; enter Lu (Nicole LaLiberte), her friendly-yet-psychotic coworker. Lu promises to help Shae regain control of her life.

Industry News for Writers in my ASJA Monthly Market Monitor Column

Attention Writers! Stay ahead of the game with a Wordpress website, a strong social media presence, branding your image, building your platform. So many options for writers to sell their work. It’s a writer’s world out there. American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA.org).

Lincoln, Obama, presidential inaugurations, Sundance and skewed media reports

The release of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” was ideal timing. It’s up for Best Picture at the Academy Awards and Daniel Day Lewis may win Best Actor. Tomorrow, President Barack Obama will be officially sworn in at the White House and begin his new term. He will swear with his hand not only on Lincoln’s Bible, but also Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Bible. The most insightful political film of 2012, “SPLIT: A Deeper Divide”

‘Gangster Squad’ stars hotties Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone & Josh Brolin

In “Gangster Squad” the wrathful hand of God, in the form of Police Chief Nick Nolte, descends upon Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) and his brutal mobsters. The problem is not guns and blood in movies. It is the lack of gun control combined with mentally ill individuals slipping through the cracks of society. If you are a fan of shoot ’em ups, run, don’t walk, to “Gangster Squad.” Feel free to drool over Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as they sizzle right off the screen. Cheer for Josh Brolin as he beats bad guys to a blood-soaked heap.

Q&A with Paul Giamatti about meat monsters and other weird horror stories

In an interview with Examiner Dorri Olds, Paul Giamatti said, “Madame Bovary,” I think will be made at some point this year. The HBO movie, “K Blows Top,” is about Khrushchev. Hopefully that’ll get made this year. “Turbo” is a cartoon. Nice. Fun. That probably comes out this year. It’s about snails. “Saving Mr. Banks” is something I just did. That was a movie about Walt Disney and the woman who wrote Mary Poppins. It’s about the making of Mary Poppins. It’s interesting. Very interesting. “Romeo and Juliet” should come out this year. “Twelve Years a Slave” is a wonderful movie. They’re all wonderful movies. I’m supposed to go do “Parkland” tomorrow in Texas. That’s about the Kennedy assassination. I’m glad to see I have lots of movies coming out. I didn’t realize that. That’s nice. I’ve been working and that’s good.