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Writer of film and pop culture features for Screen Rant and Pajiba. Also seen at SyFy Fangrrls and Bright Wall Dark Room.

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Scots Like Us: Let's Talk About Gerard Butler and James McAvoy

Scots Like Us: Let's Talk About Gerard Butler and James McAvoy

Story time: When I was When I was 15, I took my younger sister to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the…

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This Week in 'Twin Peaks', The Characters Arm Wrestle With Loneliness

This Week in 'Twin Peaks', The Characters Arm Wrestle With Loneliness

I must admit, a lot of my extrapolating on Twin Peaks comes from an impossible position - part hunger, part g…

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Who Keeps Hiring Akiva Goldsman To Ruin Movies?

Who Keeps Hiring Akiva Goldsman To Ruin Movies?

When you watch as many films as I do, you get used to badness. A truly bad film can be a fascinating viewing …

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A True Hollywood Story: Let's Talk About Jessica Biel

A True Hollywood Story: Let's Talk About Jessica Biel

There are certain narratives in Hollywood that are as old as the industry itself: The child star all grown up…

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The Curious Case of 'Tulip Fever'

The Curious Case of 'Tulip Fever'

In July 2013, it was reported that director Justin Chadwick, the man behind The Other Boleyn Girl and Mandela…

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Wonder Woman's Oscar Campaign Is Not Unusual

Wonder Woman's Oscar Campaign Is Not Unusual

While it may seem too early for some to begin the ever-present debate of Oscar season in Hollywood, in realit…

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The Changing Business of Celebrity Weddings

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By Kayleigh Donaldson Verified
| Pajiba Verified
The lavish nuptials of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were obsessed over in the way that we typically reserve for talking about moon landing conspiracies. The BBC did a live blog of the event, which mostly involved updates on what was happening outside of Madison Square Garden. The guest list reportedly included a thousand of the happy couple's closest friends. There were claims that the pair had a replica castle built within the mighty windowless box that is New York City's most famous arena.
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John Oliver Asked to be Slapped on General Hospital, and The Show Delivered

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By Kayleigh Donaldson Verified
| Pajiba Verified
John Oliver is fulfilling a long-time dream right now by appearing on the soap opera General Hospital. He made a public plea to the surviving giants of the genre to cast him on a role, and they delivered. He had a few stipulations, however. He wanted to play a character, not himself, and he wanted to have a silly name. He wanted a dramatic close-up. And crucially, he wanted to have a big, showy, and preferrably ridiculous storyline, like being someone’s long lost something.
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Why Do We Keep Infantilizing Literal Billionaire Taylor Swift?

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By Kayleigh Donaldson Verified
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vanityfair @taylorswift is officially in her wife era: After nearly three years of dating, a proposal last summer, and months of pre-wedding fan theories surrounding the planning and details of the celebrity wedding of the decade, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married, a rep for the singer confirmed Friday.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Features writing for Screen Rant and blogging for myself for several years.

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I wish!

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