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A father and daughter are separated but are never truly apart in this touching story of a family tragically divided. Reshma is a troubled teenager in 1980s New York who struggles to discover a sense of self and strength amidst a daunting array of pressures and betrayals. While continually grappling with her tumultuous relationship with her mother, Reshma holds on to her dreams of reuniting with the father in Guyana she has not seen or heard from in thirteen years. Documentary filmmaker Shundell Prasad’s ambitious feature debut, which spans two continents and three decades, offers a nuanced and empathetic lens into the plight of displaced immigrant families struggling to create a brighter future for their children.
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Facebook suggested I friend him. I guess our social networks overlapped. I guided the mouse toward his photo, and the little pointed hand hovered over his face. Fear and anger swelled up but curiosity won out and I clicked “Add Friend.” He accepted within minutes. Stunned, I wondered if he had forgotten raping me, or if he thought I had.
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Bill Berloni rescues dogs and trains them for Broadway shows like Annie. Pedigree dog food is teaming up with Annie the Musical to raise money for shelter dogs – up to $1 million. William Berloni’s newly rereleased paperback book is ‘Broadway Tails: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars’
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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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Devan Sipher, wedding columnist for The New York Times, has written his first novel, ‘The Wedding Beat.’ It is a humorous romantic chicklit book about a guy who writes a wedding column for a big newspaper.
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Rarely will you see a film as bleak as this one. If you want to get depressed about alcoholics ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ with Nic Cage is a far better choice. The movie ‘Crazy Eyes’ is yet another tale of self destruction via alcohol—and not a particularly interesting one. The lead character Zach (Lukas Haas) is a divorced father of a 5-year-old who spends every minute of every day getting drunk and drunker. Also stars Madeline Zima and Jake Busey.
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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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From the two-time Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Mao’s Last Dancer) comes Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, a movie starring Oscar winner Jane Fonda, and Oscar nominee Catherine Keener (Capote, Being John Malkovich) as mother and daughter who are polar opposites.
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‘Fit to be tired’ No time for the gym? No problem! Dorri Olds and other busy New Yorkers find fun ways to keep in shape. New York Post article.
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