Garry Marshall, the Actor’s Ally: How the Legendary Director Launched A-List Careers

E! News/July 20, 2016 Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Anne Hathaway. All Oscar winners. All once strangers to the silver screen. Still, the most prominent common thread in their prolific careers was Garry Marshall. With a career spanning nearly five decades, the late director, writer, producer and actor had seemingly endless films and television episodes to his name by […]

How to Get Runway-Worthy Curls…With This Hardware Store Item

E! News/September 9, 2016 When opting for a look with fun downtown flair, a bit of wire may come in handy. Behind the scenes at Adam Selman‘s spring 2017 fashion show at NYC’s Milk Studios, the models were busy getting primped with the help of the usual hair tools, including brushes, hairspray and straighteners. However, when a few […]

Different Religions, Money Problems and Parental Strife: On-Screen Couples That Represent a Slice of Real Life

E! News/ February 14, 2017 When it comes to the complicated world of love, even the movies can sometimes get it right. In the sea of googly eyed couples born and bred on Hollywood sound stages, it can get frustrating trying to separate romantic fact from movie studio fiction. From Lloyd Dobler’s iconic boombox serenade in Say […]

How Dakota Fanning and Abigail Breslin Navigated Fame Scandal-Free

E! News/October 20, 2016 In 2002, an 8-year-old girl made history when she became the youngest actress to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. That girl was Dakota Fanning. The accolade was in honor of her performance in I Am Sam, the first major film role in Fanning’s early career. As the only daughter of […]

From American Idol to American Powerhouse: How Kelly Clarkson Soared While Other Past Winners Failed to Launch

E! News/October 27, 2017 “Catch my breath, no one can hold me back,” Kelly Clarkson once belted. “I ain’t got time for that.” It was 2012 when the songstress delivered the lyrical thesis. Already a decade after her pioneering American Idol win in 2002, Clarkson had managed to propel her initial success in the Wild Wild West of reality […]

How Kelly Clarkson’s New Album Helped Her Soar to Stylish Heights

E! News/ January 28, 2018 “I’m a strong, badass chick with classic confidence.” Kelly Clarkson delivered one of her newest anthems with “Whole Lotta Woman,” an unforgettable tune off of her eighth studio album, Meaning of Life. As the first album to be released outside of her American Idol recording contract with RCA Records, which she once described as […]

Lady Gaga Explains the Connection Between Taylor Kinney and “Perfect Illusion”

E! News/ October 3, 2016 Was Lady Gaga‘s relationship with Taylor Kinney a perfect illusion? Not exactly. When the songstress’ first single off her upcoming fifth album, Joanne, hit the airwaves, fans immediately began speculating that the song had been crafted as an ode to Gaga’s paused engagement to the Chicago Fire star. Two months after addressing their unexpected break on social media, Gaga released the […]

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 […]