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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
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I clicked “Add Friend.” He accepted within minutes. Stunned, I wondered if he had forgotten raping me. Defriending my rapist on Facebook.
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2015 was another year of fun successes – articles published, red carpet photo ops, one on one celebrity interviews, and movie previews. It has been another stellar year and I am so grateful. Celebs include Robert de Niro, Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Lily Tomlin, Nat Wolff, Glenn Close and so many more.
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Wish I could blame nuclear weapons, a mutant virus or Hitler for the malformation in my Russian Jewish bloodline, but my theory is a suicide gene. My 9 lives. Suicidal tendencies and nine lives for a Weeble (“Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down.”)
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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).
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My mother’s oldest brother died of a self-inflicted gunshot to his heart. “He took off and carefully folded the new clothes he had put on just as carefully only a short time before, sat on the edge of his bed, and with his still strong left hand pulled the trigger that sent a single bullet cleanly through his heart. The coroner told us later that he had died even before he fell back upon the bed.” Published in The New York Times in 1977.
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Movie Critic Dorri Olds is a Manhattan-based award-winning freelance writer who was born obsessed with movies and celebrities. She’s written for a variety of publications including The New York Times and The Jewish Daily Forward and is a weekly contributor to Petside. Olds sees a dizzying number of movie screenings, interviews A-List actors and is a member of the exclusive organization American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA). You may contact Dorri with your comments and questions.
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If Woody hadn’t set the bar so high, critics of his new movie wouldn’t be as niggling. Alec Baldwin summed things up, “Woody Allen’s less successful efforts are far better than most other films you’ll see.” So, while it doesn’t have the magical intrigue of Midnight in Paris, Woody’s zany humor throughout To Rome With Love makes it well worth schlepping to the theater for.
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Dorri Olds is an award-winning freelance writer whose work has appeared in book anthologies, magazines and newspapers including The New York Times. She has interviewed celebrities Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen and many more and has appeared on TV and radio shows including CNN’s Dr. Drew. In addition, Olds is a web designer, social media consultant and graphic designer.
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New movie, The Lucky One, included many canine cast members and starred Rowdy, animal trainer Boone Narr’s six-year-old German Shepherd who plays Zac Efron’s loyal dog Zeus.
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