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.

Hollywood’s Endless Amore for Italy: A Celebrity Guide to Europe’s Boot

E! News/August 10, 2017 “There’s a freedom and a joy. It’s about food, clothing, style. It’s about life. That’s why I love Italy.” Rob Marshall spoke those words during a New York Times interview in 2009. At the time, the Oscar-nominated director was awaiting the debut of his latest silver screen work, Nine, one of the many American films […]

Determination, $8,000 and an Idea: The Story of How Hugh Hefner Started Playboy

E! News/September 28, 2017 Hugh Hefner was a man on a mission to make a change. As people all over the world mourn the loss of the late visionary, who died of natural causesWednesday at the iconic Playboy Mansion, some may be wondering how his iconic contribution to pop culture—Playboy—began. In short, the then-25-year-old Esquire copywriter saw a need […]

How to Take Care of Curls Like a Celebrity Hairstylist

E! News/June 27, 2017 In this no-nonsense guide, Hollywood’s biggest makeup artists and hairstylists break down the basics to recreating their signature looks. This week, Vernon Francois shares his advice for caring for your curls. The days of fighting your curls are behind you. Whether you’re rocking defined spirals, tight coils, loose waves or something in between, […]

Christian Siriano Spring 2018 Proves Fashion Is for Everyone

E! News/September 10, 2017 “I usually don’t pay attention anymore.” When it comes to any outside flack, that’s Christian Siriano‘s response. The 31-year-old designer, who opened the doors to his sartorial “psychedelic garden” on the runway at New York Fashion Week Saturday afternoon, is approaching a decade of doing what works for him—and that means what works for […]

Michael Bublé Shares How Fatherhood Has Redefined His Life

E! News/August 25, 2016 Michael Bublé once sang the “best is yet to come,” but it seems some of life’s best moments are happening right now. To start, he debuted his first women’s fragrance, By Invitation, this week. Described as “love in a bottle,” the perfume might initially seem like an out-of-place project for the big […]

Kardashian Hairstylist Jen Atkin Wants Everyone to Ditch the Wavy Lob and Try This Instead

E! News/September 15, 2016 Celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin is over Hollywood’s favorite hair trend—the wavy lob, or wob. “I’ve been telling everybody to get out of your lob,” Atkin told E! News at the NYC debut of Dyson’s newly launched Supersonic hair dryer. As the trusted hair guru for the likes of Khloe Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen and Jessica Alba, the OUAI mogul’s word is […]

Common Wants You to Apply to College: What His New Project With First Lady Michelle Obama Is Doing for Teens

E! News/July 19, 2016 Common wants to see this country’s youth with a college degree. The Oscar winner has teamed up with First Lady Michelle Obama and a handful of celebrity faces, including Ghostbusters‘ Melissa McCarthy and Hollywood legend Robert DeNiro, to raise awareness about the Reach Higher campaign with a brand new public service announcement […]

Lady Gaga on Summer Music, Her “Healing” New Role and a Future in the Movies

E! News/June 29, 2017 Lady Gaga is just getting started. The 31-year-old may have charged into 2017 with her fifth studio album on the charts and her first Super Bowl halftime show in the record books, but if you’ve payed any attention to her decade-long career, the star always has a new goal up her […]

Taylor Kinney Reveals How Lady Gaga Made Him a Better Actor

E! News/October 13, 2015 With the fourth season of Chicago Fire premiering tonight, Taylor Kinney is officially back to making weekly appearances in our lives and we couldn’t feel more #blessed. Now that Lady Gaga had made her debut as American Horror Story: Hotel‘s newest staple, America’s fiercest fiancés are officially dominating our television sets. For the […]

Everything It Really Takes to Get Ready for the Met Gala

E! News/April 28, 2017 As the old mantra goes, beauty is pain. When it comes to the Met Gala, we’d argue it’s also money, time, patience and inspiration. Every year, stars arrive to the iconic red-carpeted stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art aiming to shake up the style scene and make a statement on […]