Dorri Olds
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Birthday
- December 19
- Title
- Writer & Web Designer NYC
- Company
- DorriOlds.com
- Bio
- I'm a freelance writer who focuses on Creative Nonfiction, Movie Reviews, Celebrity Q&As, Dogs, Book Reviews, Author Profiles, and Nonprofits. My essays have appeared in many publications including The New York Times. I am a contributor to NBC's Petside, The Jewish Daily Forward and the Examiner. To see samples please visit: DorriOlds.com/articles.html
I'm also the owner of a full-service website design company located in Chelsea, NYC that offers communication solutions including search engine optimization (SEO), branding, copywriting and editing, social media, internet marketing and video.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Lincoln, Obama, Sundance and
skewed media reports
January 26, 2013 08:39AM - The year in review, part I:
The best movies of 2012
December 28, 2012 09:59AM - The year in review, part II:
The best movies of 2012
December 28, 2012 09:54AM - The year in review, part III:
The best movies of 2012
December 28, 2012 09:53AM - The year in review, part III:
The best movies of 2012
December 28, 2012 09:51AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks Margaret!”
October 01, 2012 02:48PM - “Thanks, Ordinary Joe
:)”
October 01, 2012 10:03AM - “Sorry Jan, I disagree
with you completely.”
September 07, 2012 05:30AM - “That is fascinating. I
had no idea!”
August 17, 2012 06:09AM - “Hi Lisa. His is so
creepy, creepy, creepy and
evil.”
July 29, 2012 12:27PM
Dorri Olds's Links
Lincoln, Obama, Sundance and skewed media reports
The most insightful political film of 2012, “SPLIT: A Deeper Divide,” written and directed by Jared P. Scott and Kelly Nyks, is an educational documentary that delves into America’s broken political system and its 50–50 bipartisanship. Our politic/
The year in review, part I: The best movies of 2012
'Zero Dark Thirty' chronicles the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks. Credit: Columbia Pictures
The year in review, part II: The best movies of 2012
Still of Bob Marley in "Marley" credit: Magnolia Pictures
“Marley” Made with the support of the Marley family, the Magnolia Pictures film, “Marley,” from Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scotland”) features/… Read full post »
The year in review, part III: The best movies of 2012
Dev Patel, Dame Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith star in 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.' Credit: Participant Media
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (Fox Sea/… Read full post »
The year in review, part III: The best movies of 2012
Dev Patel, Dame Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith star in 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.' Credit: Participant Media
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (Fox Sea/… Read full post »
Q&A with Rodrigo Santoro who shines in must-see 'Heleno'
“Heleno” is the story of Brazilian soccer star,Heleno de Freitas (1920–1959), and his meteoric rise to fame, then his equally quick plummet. The stunning and mesmerizing lead in the movie, Rodrigo Santoro, won Best Actor in Lima Latin American Film Festival and Ha
November’s final 2012 movies: Thanksgiving Weekend & More
Scarlett Johannson plays a sexy Janet Leigh and Anthony Hopkins (wearing a prosthetic nose) stars as the great filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Credits: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Just in time for the Thanksgiving Weekend, “Life Of Pi” in 3D hits theaters. Ang Lee(“Brokeback
… Read full post »Power Play: Patrick Robinson’s latest international thriller
Patrick Robinson’s latest international thriller, “Power Play,” is a fun read, once it gets going. And there’s the rub. You need to hang in there through several hundred pages of set-up exposition—establishing the political climate of 2018, air strikes by the Isr/… Read full post »
Q&A with James D'Arcy who stars as a psychopath in thriller
Q&A with Ciaran Foy, writer & director of horror film
Nadia Ilse, 14, received free plastic surgery from LBFF
Article by Dorri Olds
Nadia Ilse before and after facial plastic surgery for
her ears, nose and chin.Nadia Ilse is the 14-year old recipient of free plastic and reconstructive surgery from the Little Baby Face Foundation (LBFF). Nadia was born with hemifacial microsomia,/… Read full post »
In ‘Festival of Lights’ an Indian family flees Guyana
“Festival of Lights” is the first feature film written and directed by documentary filmmaker Shundell Prasad. It is the story of a Guyanese
… Read full post »Award-winning steamy political drama 'A Royal Affair'
There’s no money for social programs; rich folks don’t want to pay taxes, foreigners are given the heave-ho, the military budget’s in jeopardy, the poor
Guest Post by Ellen Zelda Kessner, author of AFTER THE VIOLENCE, a memoir about her daughter’s murder
MY AFFAIR WITH GUNS
I never fired a gun in my life. Or even held one. Yet I’ve had a long affair with guns since they forced their attentions on me back in 1980. On April 22nd—celebrated everywhere then and now as Earth Day—a terrorist, armed with three guns and multiple… Read full post »
Uggie the Dog Tells His Story – Rescued Jack Russell Makes It Big in Hollywood as Star of “The Artist”
In the thriller ‘Pusher’ Zlatko Buric stars as Milo, a ruthless drug lord
My Favorite Non-Profit Organization is Little Baby Face Foundation
Here’s an article I wrote for their blog yesterday:
Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate & How the Conditions Differ
Most people are familiar with seeing before and after photos of children born with a cleft lip/cleft palate. Surgery fixed the lip. What people don’t know is that, in most of tho… Read full post »
Animal Actors in Movies and on TV
Cathy Pittman, founder of Performing Animal Troupe and owner of 200 animals, provides animal actors and trainers for movies and television shows.
Have you ever wondered where the animals in movies and on TV come from? One answer: Cathy Pittman, founder of Performing Ani
Volunteer Cathy Pittman is Working to Help Animals in Unique Ways
Unique ways that one life-long animal advocate is making a difference!
Volunteers work with therapy dogs for U.S. veterans with PTSD. Rescued dogs shown here: Breezy the Beagle, O’Neil the Black Lab, Dakota the Yellow Lab and George the Bassett Hound.
While many rescue&nbs
… Read full post »America is no longer the United States, it has become the ‘Divided States’
The new Indie film, “SPLIT: A Deeper Divide“, is a thorough investigation/
… Read full post »Q&A with Kelly Nyks, the writer, director & producer of ‘SPLIT: A Deeper Divide’
This week’s release of the documentary, “SPLIT: A Deeper Divide” couldn’t/
Adam Brody talks about ‘The Oranges’ and more!
‘Pusher’ is a stylish, explosive, thriller about a drug dealer in deep trouble
Adam Brody talks about 'The Oranges' and more!
Photo credit: Dorri Olds
Adam Brody has been called adorkable and a geek. He’s also been listed three times in People magazine as one of the “50 Hottest Bachelors.” He’s best known for his role as hyper, nerdy, talkative Seth Cohen on the teen TV series, “The O.C… Read full post »
Q&A: Alison Pace, Author & Dog Lover
on the day she became Alison's dog.
Petside writer Dorri Olds sat down this week with award-winning novelist Alison Pace, the author of several dog-oriented books, to discuss her first nonfiction title "You Tell Your Dog First". She a… Read full post »
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