Writing
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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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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ASJA American Society of Journalists and Authors June 2012 newsletter is out! Read the article about the annual conference Writing Boot Camp Recap.
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May 2012 ASJA Monthly cover article Writer’s Voice with quotes from writers Gina Wendkos, Sally Wendkos Olds, Steve Geng, Bruce Frankel, Dani Shapiro, Susan Shapiro, Janine Latus, Harvey Shapiro, Howard Fast, Robert Gottlieb, Blaise Pascal and agent Ryan Fischer-Harbage
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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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Actor James Franco talks with Dorri Olds for The Jewish Daily Forward about acting, Bob Dylan and his movie The Broken Tower.
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