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My Dad, David Mark Olds (1920-2009), was a US Army Captain during WWII. He was at Dachau Concentration Camp the day they freed the prisoners. Dad said that the smell of burned human flesh is something that you cannot forget. He also said that the freed prisoners, half out of their minds from starvation, wandered the camp, some were naked. Some found the strength to beat up German guards.
On this #WriterWednesday I am cheering myself up because 2016 was so bizarre. The weirdness weirded everybody I know out. Since my natural born tendency is to veer toward dark thoughts, I am making a conscious effort to exercise any positives I can think of. So, that said, I have made a list of publications … Read more
Dorri Olds attended Tribeca Film Festival’s red carpet for “Kicks” on April 14, 2016. In attendance were cast members Jahking Guillory, Mahershala Ali, Kofi Siriboe, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Christopher Meyer and Michael Smith. Director and co-writer Justin Tipping was brave enough to be vulnerable.
a lean 6’1” with a full head of almost-black hair. And has the chiseled face of a GQ cover. He walked in smiling and sure got a kick out of sharing behind-the-scenes pranks. On the off hours during the making of “Elvis & Nixon,” Alex Pettyfer—cast as fellow Memphis Mafia member, Jerry Schilling—apparently played along with Knoxville’s tomfoolery. But, Michael Shannon? Not so much.
Dorri Olds met with Elvis Presley close friend Jerry Schilling. An exclusive interview. Topics include Tribeca Film Festival 5-star film Elvis and Nixon. Hilarious send-up re: peculiar piece of 1970 Americana. Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon)
Presley showed up unannounced at White House to ask Nixon to Elvis a federal agent.
Tribeca Film Festival’s 40th anniversary celebration of movie Taxi Driver at the Beacon Theatre included Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, writer Paul Schrader, producer Michael Phillips and TFF co-founder Jane Rosenthal.
One of Tribeca Film Festival’s highlights this year was Detour, a suspenseful neo-noir thriller deliciously saturated in drugs and alcohol. The central character, Harper (heartthrob Tye Sheridan), is stepson to alcoholic no-goodnik Vincent, played by Stephen Moyer of True Blood. Also stars Bel Powley and Emory Cohen. Written and directed by Christopher Smith.
In “One More Time,” a comedy drama that won Official Selection at Tribeca Film Festival 2015, beautiful, burned-out wannabe rock star Jude (Amber Heard) lives a pitiable life of one-night stands. Although loaded with inherited musical talent, she’s only good at drinking. Self-loathing and systematic self-destruction make Jude incapable of making it on time to even sing commercial jingles.
I chatted with Tom Hiddleston on the red carpet for his at Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) premiere of “The Night Manager.” The much anticipated six-part TV miniseries aired on AMC on April 19. It is based on the book by John le Carré (“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”).
In a recent study by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, the data compiled from the last five years under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was released. During this time, 939,000 New Yorkers have gained coverage. The rate of the uninsured has fallen by 40%, and there were many other benefits that started affecting New Yorkers the minute the new legislation was adopted.