Author: Samantha Schnurr

Samantha Schnurr is a Gracie Award-winning multimedia journalist with a fervent passion for entertainment, fashion, beauty, pop culture and human interest stories. Currently, Samantha works as a digital editor for E! News’ East Coast Bureau, where she pitches and produces stories on a variety of entertainment news shaping each day. Whether she’s reporting from behind the scenes of New York Fashion Week or asking Lady Gaga about the inspiration behind her new album, Samantha always has her fingertips on the pulse of pop culture.

Mandy Moore’s Stylist on the 2018 SAG Award Nominee’s Full-Circle Fashion Moment

E! News/ January 21, 2018 “It looks like the ocean on her.” When asked to describe Mandy Moore ‘s 2018 SAG Awards ensemble, stylist to the stars Erica Cloud offered that vibrant depiction. Her client, a first-time SAG Award nominee this year for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble, stepped out on the red carpet on Sunday quite literally shimmering in a sequin […]

How Gwyneth Paltrow Changed Her Approach to Love After Her “Conscious Uncoupling”

E! News/ November 21, 2017 In 2014, Gwyneth Paltrow catapulted a peculiar phrase to national stardom: “conscious uncoupling.” It was late March when the Oscar winner and her husband of more than 10 years, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, penned a joint statement shockingly announcing their separation. “We have been working hard for well over a year, some of it together, some of […]

Mary J. Blige’s Stylist on Fighting Blizzards, Finding Black Dresses and Defying Fashion Boundaries for a Golden Globes Look

E! News/ January 7, 2018 “It’s a lot, a lot of work.” Law Roach put it simply. With three days until the 2018 Golden Globes, a “bomb cyclone” looming over New York City and an industry jolted by widespread sexual misconduct allegations, the Hollywood stylist had a full plate when it came to his main task: finding […]

Once Upon a November: Behind the Scenes of Anastasia 20 Years Later

E! News/November 20, 2017 “There was a time not very long ago…” With those eight words, Anastasia opened to audiences around the country. It was November 21, 1997 and Fox Animation Studios had just nationally debuted its first film, headed by director/producer duo Don Bluth and Gary Goldman and featuring a star-studded cast of voices, including Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria and Angela Lansbury with […]

Camille Grammer Is Engaged: How the Reality Star Endured a High-Profile Divorce and Found Love Nearly a Decade Later

E! News/October 30, 2017 Camille Grammer once called 2010 the worst year of her life. The mother of two had been shooting the first season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills while simultaneously facing the end of her 13-year marriage to star Kelsey Grammer. “My whole life was falling apart,” she told Katie Couric of that time in her life two years […]

A Career High Note: How Singing Led These Stars to Golden Globes Glory

E! News/January 4, 2017 When a star successfully belts it out on the silver screen, they might as well prepare their Golden Globes speech. After 73 years, the annual awards ceremony continues to honor Hollywood’s risk takers who test their professional fate with a movie musical. While projects in the genre are not frequent nor […]

The Catch-22 of Losing Weight in Hollywood, as Told by Lena Dunham, Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Simpson and More

E! News/March 22, 2017 Magazine covers are often dedicated to it. Products are promoted around it. Britney Spears even sang a lyric about it. We’re talking about celebrity weight loss. In Hollywood, what begins as a highly personal process can snowball into a month-long tabloid beat, a red carpet obsession and, for many female stars, a winding […]

Lucy Hale Shares Her Secret to Mastering a Modern Bob

E! News/November 14, 2017 Looking for the final push to get that major chop? Look no further than Lucy Hale. The Truth of Dare star grew up on the small screen as Pretty Little Liars‘ Aria Montgomery, easily recognized by her long, flowing brunette locks. However, in 2015, the actress paid a visit to her hairstylist and, on an […]

Behind the Scenes of TRL With the Man Who Helped Create It

E! News/October 2, 2017 The show of a generation is ushering in a new era. TRL, MTV’s flagship live show and the program that played a part in the careers of the millennium’s biggest stars, is on its way back into the pop culture zeitgeist. During the show’s decade on television, it gave up-and-coming stars […]

Revisiting Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison’s Complicated Relationship

E! News/September 28, 2017 Of the many women to come in and out of Hugh Hefner‘s life, Holly Madisonis one of the most famous. The late magazine mogul’s girlfriend for seven years—a majority of them as the “#1 girlfriend”—Madison was a prominent fixture in Hefner’s life for nearly a decade. Having frequently visited the mansion while a 20-year-old college student […]