Johnny Dodd

PEOPLE Magazine staff writer. Sporadic penner of nonfiction books. Currently serving the Fourth Estate, deployed in the trenches of pop culture.

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Found myself at the #SAGAwards last night and was almost / nearly prevented from accessing the bar by these two joyous gents brandishing their trophies…..

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Truly horrible story and also one of the strangest headlines I’ve ever written….. https://t.co/7yY1nsU7H1

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I’ve interviewed survivors of grizzly bear and shark attacks, avalanches, tornados, mudslides and even serial killers—but Eric Merda wins the prize!!!….. https://t.co/QVkh4NGq5x

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Sisters Josie Hull and Teresa Cajas were born joined at the head with little hope of survival. But they just celebrated their 21st birthday and are now leading lives that few imagined possible. Grab a Kleenex and check out their story in PEOPLE https://t.co/wRYPVurugV

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Please take a moment to read this article on 1LT Richard Collins, III. This story is not to be forgotten. His parents are still fighting the good fight and searching for peace amongst tragedy. Thank you @dianeherbst @Johnny_Dodd @FredTJoseph

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When their son was murdered by a white supremacist, Dawn and Richard Collins grieved. Then they went work with lawmakers, transforming Maryland’s legal definition of a hate crime. . . Ck out their story in PEOPLE.

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Analyn Megison chose to keep the child she carried after being raped. But when her attacker demanded parental rights, she fought him in court — and soon found a way to help other women across the nation just like her. . . Check out her story in this week’s PEOPLE!

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The last time I wrote about Doug Thron, he’d been hopping from one natural disaster to another, using a camera-equipped drone to find injured animals. Read @ his latest crusade in Ukraine, combing bombed-out buildings for four-legged victims of the war. https://t.co/una3VI8Jxq

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The plane was plummeting straight into the ocean. The pilot had gone unconscious. And passenger Darren Harrison knew he’d be dead in seconds if he didn’t do something. Check out Darren’s inside-the-cockpit account of how he managed to pull off his mid-air “miracle”….. in PEOPLE!

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Radiation from the Chernobyl power plant disaster left @OksanaMasters with multiple birth defects, but that didn’t stop her from just setting the U.S. record for the most medals ever won (7) at the Winter Paralympics. . . Check out her amazing story in PEOPLE!

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I’m still all in on downhill superstar Mikaela Shiffrin—who so far hasn’t had the kind of gold-medal winning Olympics she envisioned. “Sometimes [the Olympics] can feel like ‘The Hunger Games,’” she told me from her hotel room in Val d'Isère before heading to Beijing.

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Thinking about that wonderful L.A. afternoon I once spent on Meatloaf’s patio smoking Cuban cigars while we both gawked at this crazy golden pagoda in his neighbor Steven Seagal’s backyard. . . #RIPMeatLoaf! Hope they’ve got Cohibas up there in heaven!

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Can’t remember exactly why I interviewed Betty White on that afternoon on a soundstage in L.A. where she was surrounded by a bunch of muscled-up, baby oil-drenched lads in metallic Speedos. But I do remember her taking in the scenery and announcing: “My life….is GOOD!”

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Having a baby through IVF can be a difficult journey—but it shouldn’t be the kind of gut-wrenching nightmare that Daphna and Alexander Cardinale experienced. Check out their story in this week’s mag……

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I definitely write my share of stories about folks using assisted reproductive technology to have children, but can’t say I’ve ever encountered a tale quite like this before . . . https://t.co/O2pYcA9s62

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The human spirit is a pretty downright awesome thing - and Zach Sutterfield has got it in spades! Ck out his story in PEOPLE….

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Spent last week writing this cautionary tale about what happens when you build a reality TV empire off of your 19 kids and then one of them gets indicted on federal child pornography charges.......

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Richard Hutchinson is literally the Keith Richards of premature babies! Weighing in at 11.9 ounces when he was born (at 21 weeks, 2 days old) he defied all the odds to become the youngest preemie to have ever survived….Ck out his heartwarming tale in PEOPLE

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Be sure to pick up @people magazine and read this wonderful story about @NayaRivera from her Dad, George Rivera. On stands tomorrow. Many thanks to the uber talented @Johnny_Dodd for his beautiful words.

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A humble thanks to George Rivera for sharing the story of his “heartbreaking” final FaceTime conversation with his daughter Naya. . in this week’s PEOPLE.