Entertainment
Photos by Dorri Olds “Grandma” is Lily Tomlin’s movie. She is in top form in a role created just for her. Writer director Paul Weitz (“American Pie,” “About a Boy”) confirmed that he had written the part for Tomlin after the two had worked together on 2013’s “Admission.” Yay for a female-driven, pro-LGBT, pro-choice comedy drama that delivers. “Grandma” … Read more
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Views from the Red Carpet and Beyond… Covering a red carpet takes a certain kind of journalist: a masochist. Why? Because they’re jam-packed with paparazzi — mostly from Getty and other agencies — and a few rogue freelancers like me. There’s a ton of pushing and shoving from the photographers. I’m still recuperating from last … Read more
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Former Baltimore Braves’ running back Ray Rice seemed to have it all until the summer of 2014 when a shocking video of Rice hitting Janay Palmer (then girlfriend, now wife) in the face in an Atlantic City hotel surfaced. To Rice fans, the incident was a conundrum — Rice clearly did was guilty of domestic abuse but Palmer … Read more
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Shia LaBeouf at a Tribeca Film Festival red carpet
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Photo by Dorri Olds Both are warm and friendly and eager to talk about their movie, “Ex Machina.” Enjoy excerpts from the interview: Watch the trailer: Watch Oscar Isaac’s amazing dance scene:
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I was first wowed when she played the troubled supermodel that died of AIDS in 1998’s “Gia.” The following year, watching “Girl Interrupted,” I felt like I was in love with Angelina — and I’m straight. The actress seemed half-crazy and angry, sad, wild. She reminded me of my own disturbed youth.
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ASJA PANEL • Saturday, May 2, 2015 • 2:00–3:30PM Editors love to get exclusive interviews with top people in the field their publication covers. Writers who can deliver interesting Q&As or profiles continue to get assignments. The challenge is that the bigger the name, the harder it is to get to the celebrity/leader. The panel … Read more
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Julianne Moore shines a powerful light on Alzheimer’s in ‘Still Alice.’ Dorri Olds spoke to Moore and her onscreen daughters Kristen Stewart and Kate Bosworth about the film.
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Best Actor Academy Award-nominee Edward James Olmos (“Stand and Deliver”) turns 68 next month. He is one cool cat living nine lives all at once. Born in East Los Angeles, the Mexican-American actor is also a writer, director, producer, activist, philanthropist, father, husband and grandfather. Does this man ever sleep? In 1980, he founded Olmos Productions and has produced … Read more
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I often wonder what it would’ve been like if I had told. Would that have kept me from turning into a drug addict? Would my self-esteem have been higher? Would my attempted suicides have happened? Maybe my relationships would’ve been healthier and longer-term instead of coming and going like riders in a subway car. I’ll never know.
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