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Amanda Castro

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New York, Puerto Rico, United States
As seen in: Collider, Newsweek, Aol, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo, Charger Bulletin, hotlifestylenews.com
Covers:  Politics, Entertainment, Crime, Law, News
Professional word-wrangler with a chai addiction. Live Blog Editor @ Newsweek, Writer @ Collider All thoughts are my own.

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Amanda M. Castro is a journalist based in New York. Her focus is on reporting on U.S. politics, breaking news, consumer topics, and entertainment. She specializes in delivering in-depth news and live blog reporting, with experience covering U.S. presidential debates, awards shows, and other significant events. Amanda has been working with Collider and Newsweek, with previous experience at The U.S. Sun, and is a graduate of the University of New Haven.

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Apple TV’s 10-Part Sci-Fi Series Had a Great Premise With One Big Problem

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Amanda M. Castro is a Network TV writer at Collider and a New York–based journalist whose work has appeared in Newsweek, where she is an Associate Editor, and The U.S. Sun, where she previously served as a Senior Consumer Reporter. She specializes in network television coverage, delivering sharp, thoughtful analysis of long-running procedural hits and ambitious new dramas across broadcast TV.
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Charlie Brown’s Greatest Failure Is Exactly Why ‘Peanuts’ Still Matters

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For over 75 years, Charlie Brown has been playing the game of losing. He has played baseball and lost, had his heart broken by the girl with the red hair, watched helplessly as his kites got caught in trees, and, above all, relied on Lucy to hold a football, knowing full well she would never let him kick it. Indeed, he has managed to make a good living despite being the loser, whose persona is defined by his losses and failures.
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Paramount Officially Confirms That There's More 'Avatar: Aang' To Go Around

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Though Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is merely a film, Paramount doesn’t appear to treat it as a simple return to the Avatar universe. The new animated feature film features Aang (Eric Nam), Katara (Jessica Matten), Sokka (Román Zaragoza), Toph (Dionne Quan), and Zuko (Steven Yeun) reuniting years after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender, with Team Avatar facing new challenges to the peace they achieved with their efforts. The movie is only the beginning of the return trip.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first professional job as a journalist was as a freelance SEO reporter with the U.S. Sun.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No, but I really want to.

Why did you become a journalist?

I want to tell stories and pick apart media; I have also always wanted to give a voice to the voiceless while also informing people.