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 the 2017 Golden Globes Is Celebrating Diversity Across the Board

E! News/December 12, 2016 “AAAAGGGGHHHH!” That was Meryl Streep‘s reaction after learning she had earned her 30th Golden Globe Award nomination. Behind closed doors, that’s how we assume most of this year’s nominees felt when they learned they had been granted a Golden Globe nod, many for the first time in their brief or lengthy […]

Ariel Winter and Sarah Hyland Prove Growing Up in Front of the Camera Is an Endless Obstacle

E! News/May 25, 2017 While Sarah Hyland and Ariel Winter were portraying the universal trials of growing up as characters on Modern Family, they were tackling their own once the cameras turned off. When the hit sitcom first debuted in September 2009, the on-screen sisters were 17 and 11 respectively. With Hyland right in the middle of her teenage […]

Diana, Hollywood’s Princess: How the Late Royal Fueled America’s Endless Obsession

E! News/ December 8, 2016 Princess Diana had all the makings of an American pop culture obsession. With movie star looks and style to match, it was no surprise that when it came time for her to say “I Do” to the United Kingdom’s heir apparent, 21.7 million people in England alone tuned in to watch her […]

Torrid to Top Model: How Ashley Graham Made Curves Mandatory

E! News/ January 3, 2017 In the words of Ashley Graham, “Dream big and get what you want.” In the final hours of 2016, the supermodel signed off with that very message to her nearly 3 million Instagram followers. There is no better proof of those seven words than Graham herself, particularly after a year […]

Movies in 2014 Don’t Look Promising for Women, Despite Their Box Office Draw

Bustle/January 7, 2014 The New Year rang in with a flurry of box-office smash hits, most garnering Golden Globe nominations and intense Oscar buzz. Hollywood witnessed impressive performances from actors and actresses alike, from Leonardo DiCaprio’s money-hungry role in the Wolf of Wall Street to Jennifer Lawrence’s return as the eccentric comic relief of American […]