Celebrity
RIP Robin Williams. This is the last film from the beloved Williams, who tragically hanged himself in August 2014, two weeks shy of 63. Williams struggled for years with depression and substance abuse, but what led to his suicide was the neurodegenerative disease Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) combined with Parkinson’s disease.
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Enclave Reading series on Saturday night was standing room only. Held at Cumming Club in Manhattan’s East Village, the joint was chockablock with hot bodies and talent. The four authors: Jeremiah Moss, Vanishing New York, Lara B. Sharp, Barb Morrison and Christopher Stoddard. Host and co curator Jason Napoli Brooks.
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A-list celebrities I’ve interviewed include Steven Spielberg, Susan Sarandon, Woody Allen, Ryan Gosling, James Franco, Helen Mirren, and many more. I’ve been a guest on Dr. Drew, Seven On Your Side, NY1 and radio shows. My New York Times essay is required reading at CUNY and my stories have been published in several book anthologies.
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“A huge part of my alcoholism was anxiety,” 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas told me. “I had panic attacks since kindergarten.” During our interview and in her new book, Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction, the veteran newscaster was candid about almost losing everything.
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Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul. Photo ©Dorri Olds On Wed., March 9, at the Waldorf Astoria, Dorri Olds sat down with Academy Award-winner Dame Helen Mirren. She stars in “Eye in the Sky,” a suspenseful thriller about techno warfare waged through computer screens, and drones disguised as beetles and birds. Helen Mirren plays Colonel Catherine … Read more
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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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In this documentary by filmmaker Anthony Baxter, a small Scottish village, steeped in history, is dissed and trampled by Donald Trump who charges in to build a golf course and destroys the natural environment including breathtaking sand dunes. Trump sneers, shrugs his shoulders, name calls, then levels the dunes with bulldozers into a flat, muddy, ugly mess. He stomps on dignified and proud simple folks in the local fishing village like cockroaches.
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In the drama Zipper, Sam Ellis (Patrick Wilson) is a successful federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. He has a happy home and a hot sex life with his smart and beautiful wife Jeannie (Lena Headey). Directed by Mora Stephens.
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ASJA PANEL • Saturday, May 2, 2015 • 2:00–3:30PM Editors love to get exclusive interviews with top people in the field their publication covers. Writers who can deliver interesting Q&As or profiles continue to get assignments. The challenge is that the bigger the name, the harder it is to get to the celebrity/leader. The panel … Read more
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Guest post by sportswriter Richard Kagan With Ray Rice’s appeal hearing now underway on his indefinite suspension by the NFL for domestic violence, I remembered how sports commentators stumbled and fumbled a few weeks ago when a video surfaced of the Baltimore Ravens running back punching out his then-fiancée in an Atlantic City casino elevator. … Read more
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