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New movie Darling Companion stars Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Diane Wiest, Kasey the dog, Richard Jenkins. Written by Meg Kasdan, co-written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
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If you love seeing dogs in movies, rent “The Lucky One,” starring dogs, oh, and sexy Zac Efron. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ bestseller of the same name. It’s a sweet movie that prompts viewers to ponder whether things happen for a reason. Efron plays U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault serving his third tour of duty in Iraq.
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Henry Lizardlover and his live lounge lizards (yes, real lizards) are on display can be found every day at Urth Cafe in Hollywood, CA.
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‘Hit So Hard’ is a drugumentary, er… rockumentary about the life and near-death of drummer Patty Schemel, a member of Nineties rock band, Hole.
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Beware the Ides of March! The importance of the ides of March for Caesar is that it is the day he will be assassinated by a group of conspirators, including Brutus and Cassius. Despite numerous and improbable portents—the soothsayer’s warning, some fearsome thundering, his wife’s dreams of his murder, and so on—Caesar ventures forth on the ides to meet his doom.
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Dorri Olds will be a panelist at Wielding the Power of Wordpress at the annual conference of the American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA). This is 2012’s bootcamp for writers. Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project will be this year’s luncheon speaker.
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CNN/HLN’s Dr. Drew interviewed Dorri Olds about her New York Times essay about teen trauma and seeing the boys (now men) on Facebook. Facebook suggested she friend one of the boys who ganged up on her when she was 13. She didn’t report it for fear of school bullying.
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Albert Brooks talks about playing a thug in the movie, Drive; about his book “2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America” which features a half-Jewish president. Other career highlights too.
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Golden Globes 2012 List of Winners
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An excerpt from the personal essay “Defriending My Rapist” by Dorri Olds appears in today’s paper copy of The New York Times. The full essay can be viewed online at: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/defriending-my-rapist
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