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Esme Mazzeo

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Covers:  music, disability, television, arts, social media, pop music, country music, food, long island, reality television, culture
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Esme Mazzeo’s Biography

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Journalist.
Intern at Long Island Pulse.
Assistant Managing Editor at Long Island Report.
Pop Culture and pop music enthusiast. Amateur foodie. Closet Nexflix binger. I love covering arts/culture, meeting interesting people, and telling their stories!

Esme Mazzeo’s Journalist Portfolio

The Disability Representation on 'The Bold Type' Needs to Be Bolder

The Disability Representation on 'The Bold Type' Needs to Be Bolder

Disability representation on "The Bold Type" can be bolder.

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Hayden Panettiere Played Two Different Characters On Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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By Esme Mazzeo Verified
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Lots of major movie stars have appeared in "Law & Order" over the years, with guest spots in the long-running NBC franchise's various shows becoming a right of passage for many actors. The late "Heroes" and "Nashville" star Hayden Panettiere is one of a select few actors to have played different characters in the same "Law & Order" show, appearing in two episodes of "Special Victims Unit" that aired years apart. Panettiere was still a child when she did her first "SVU" episode.
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'A Missing Piece Of My Life': Mariska Hargitay & Jamie Lee Curtis Are True Hollywood BFFs

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By Esme Mazzeo Verified
| The List Verified
Jamie Lee Curtis and Mariska Hargitay have a lot in common. They're two of the most accomplished women in Hollywood. Hargitay is an Emmy winner for her role as Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and was named the host of the 2026 Emmys in addition to being nominated for one for directing and producing a documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield.
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Brittany Mahomes' 'Adorable' Son Bronze Had The Sweetest Reaction To A Pic Of Taylor Swift

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By Esme Mazzeo Verified
| The List Verified
Taylor Swift has been close with Brittany Mahomes since the very beginning of her high-profile relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end, and now husband, Travis Kelce. Brittany's own hubby is the Chiefs' quarterback. Patrick Mahomes is also one of Travis Kelce's best friends on the team. The pop star is often pictured with Brittany and her kids, alongside other members of the Mahomes and Kelce families, typically while watching the team play at Arrowhead Stadium.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Arts & Entertainment Editor, Muhlenberg College. Paid? Assistant Managing Editor, Long Island Report.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I don't remember ever using one, but I must have...once...on a school field trip or something like that.

How is social media changing news?

Citizen journalists are real. The news cycle is 24-hrs these days.