Lounge Lizards

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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My Interview with Willem Dafoe, star of ‘The Hunter’

An Interview with Willem Dafoe, star of ‘The Hunter’ about a hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger. Film opens Friday, April 6. Directed by Daniel Nettheim and based on the book by Julia Leigh. It also stars Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor.

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Interview on CNN’s Dr. Drew Show — Full Video Now Posted

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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A Mother’s Reaction to her Daughter’s Long Ago Teenage Rape Story

My Mom wrote: Dorri’s powerful and heartbreaking essay “Defriending My Rapist” published in The New York Times Opinionator: Townies. She was 13 when junior high school classmates gang attacked her.”

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Jewish Thugs and Presidents: An Evening with Albert Brooks

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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La Ciudad de Mexico

Mexico City from New York City for multi-day Mexican celebration similar to Halloween in U.S. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Also Xochimilco, Zócalo, Diego Rivera and Frieda Kahlo art, Dolores Olmedo Museum, Museo de Arte Popular and more!

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Unhooked: How to Quit Anything

When chain-smoking Manhattanite Susan Shapiro went to Dr. Frederick Woolverton, a Greenwich Village addiction specialist in 2001, she had little hope she’d be able to quit her 27-year two-pack-a-day smoking habit. But Woolverton, a psychologist and founder of the Village Institute in New York and Arkansas, and a former smoker himself, immediately helped her nix her nicotine addiction. Within nine months, he helped her quit alcohol, pot, gum and bread.

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A Handsome Eligible Prince

An interview with Prince Lorenzo Borghese, 39, best known for starring in ABC’s The Bachelor and for his volunteer efforts for animals. He created a special organic dog shampoo line that contain the proper ph levels for dogs.

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Looking Up in Grand Canyon

My romantic daydreams of the Grand Canyon never included sleeping in a tent with my 72-year-old mother. I looked at Mom and the hard bodies of our fellow hikers and wondered if I’d call attention to myself when I collapsed on jagged rocks and moaned for a deli and a Diet Coke.

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A Royal Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel—a royal breed of dog. If you’re seeking a guard dog, forget the Cavalier. They’d enthusiastically lick the face of any intruder.

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