Starpulse Contributing Writers
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Ben
Kharakh Ben Kharakh is on his way to becoming the nation's leading comedian interviewer. His writing has been featured online and in print in venues like Time Out New York, NY Press, Gothamist.com, Philly City Paper, Pittsburgh City Paper, and Austin's That Other Paper. His aspirations lie not just in covering comedy but in creating it as well and he's had his humor showcased in The Best of McSweeney's Humor, Yankee Pot Roast, and Opium Magazine. Starpulse Articles |
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Sheila
Franklin Sheila Franklin is a videographer/editor whose credits include documentaries about human rights. She also writes freelance for various sites and publications. When she isn’t working or playing on the net, Franklin reads, greedily absorbs as many TCM B-movies as she can, immerses herself in reality TV, and spends time teaching her cat, Amazing Grace, new stupid pet tricks. Having spent the last two years in suburban Detroit, she has finally mastered the phrase, "Go Lions." Starpulse Articles |
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Angie
Rentmeester Angie Rentmeester is entering her senior year at Columbia College where she is majoring in Magazine Journalism. Besides writing, her other passions include movies, music, photography, spending time with friends and, of course, shopping. Starpulse Articles |
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Gelman Vlada resides in Los Angeles, where there are stars in the sky and on the ground. Her love for television is not matched by many things, aside from her love for close friends and family. Luckily, she doesn't have to choose between the two thanks to a brilliant invention called DVR. She's also a sucker for brilliant, but canceled television and is used to getting her heart broken by television executives. Starpulse Articles |
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James
Fagan: James is a recent graduate of Boston College, where he was a Theater and Film major and a Film critic for the Boston College Heights. This is his first writing gig since leaving his alma matter, and he's salivating at the opportunity. He vows to bring a fair and balanced view of the entertainment world in a manner that makes the reading experience as fun as the viewing experience, and hopes he can be trusted to attack film from the vantage point of a student and an enthusiast. His favorite movie is a close tie between Citizen Kane and Snakes on a Plane, and his movie snack of choice is a hot pretzel. He also does weddings and bar mitzvahs. Starpulse Articles |
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Casey
Johnson Casey Johnson was born and bred mere minutes away from Starpulse.com headquarters in Connecticut. He has freelanced for various online video game sites, most of which have since gone out of business (he swears it's not his fault.) Casey has worked for Starpulse.com since 2004, and has been the go-to video games writer since 2005. He enjoys internet anonymity thanks to a certain Johnson & Johnson heiress. Starpulse Articles |
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Kevin Blair |
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Noelle
Talmon When she’s not enjoying the freedom of the open road, Noelle tunes in to her favorite TV shows, hoping Joss Whedon has another small-screen gem tucked under his sleeve. A writer/editor at Starpulse.com, Noelle revels in her post as the sole female staff member at the East coast office. But sometimes she wishes there was someone to go shopping with during lunch hour. Starpulse Articles |
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Harvey Doshka has dreams of having a novel published one day or becoming a travel show presenter. If both occurred, even better. Besides writing, travel is a major love along with watching reality TV shows, “Seinfeld” and a fair bit of karaoke for some great fun. She spends most of her time working for a modeling website where she has the pleasure of viewing photos of beautiful models daily and writing about them on occasion. Starpulse Articles |
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Sarah
Lavery Sarah is a senior at Middle Tennessee State University where she studies journalism, women's studies and English. She is the features and entertainment editor for her university's newspaper, The Sidelines, and spends most of her time battling between her aspirations within academia and her visceral love for all things entertainment. She has an inkling, though, that the latter will end up the victor. Starpulse Articles |
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Catherine
Meyer Catherine is a Journalism and Visual Arts Student at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO. She acquired the love and passion for writing at a very young age and has never stopped writing. When not covering entertainment, she likes to write about issues that push people's perceptions of life that gets them thinking about topics that do not personally affect them. Someday she would love to write for Newsweek, it's a big dream but this small town girl has never dreamed tiny. Starpulse Articles |
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Rachel Burke |
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Chelsea 'Dee' Doyle Chelsea 'Dee' Doyle has a BA in Literature and Creative Writing from Bard College, and an MA in Creative Writing from Roehampton University in London. Her vast love for classical literature is matched only by her affinity for television and comic books. Currently residing in Cambridge, MA, Dee freelances for various websites, and can happily write on anything if given the incentive to do so. She dreams of some day becoming a college professor and a fantasy novelist. Starpulse Articles |
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Matthew Swanson In the Spring, Matt will be starting a Masters in Writing program at DePaul university in Chicago. He hopes to become a screenwriter, columnist, writer of the backs of cereal boxes, or whatever interests him at a given time. His interest in television dates back to the day he was so moved by the NBC series Cheers that he told his first grade teacher he wanted to be a bartender. True story. Starpulse Articles |
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Derek Krebs |
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Amber DiNenna |
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Kathryn Sparks Kathryn is a recent graduate from Illinois State University with a degree in Journalism. She currently works as a Creative Content Writer for a secondary ticket market but has dreams of breaking into the New York magazine industry. In college, she wrote for her school newspaper for nearly four years. Her most notable interviews include Dave Coulier and Blessid Union of Souls. Besides her passion for writing, she is a die-hard Chicago Bears fan. Da Bears! Starpulse Articles |
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Dan Chruscinski |
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Anthony Liccardello |
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Tiffany Bagster Tiffany is a Boston resident who currently works as a market researcher for movie trailers, and is frequently subjected to the most god awful 30 second increments of her life (yes, that means you “Alvin and The Chipmunks”, and that also means you “Alien vs. Predator II”). However, it does fulfill her lifelong dream of saying she works ‘in the ‘biz.” She’s an NYU graduate who majored in Creative Writing, and is happiest reading the newest issue of Vanity Fair, or reveling in her late 90’s encounter with Gillian Anderson at the peak of an X-files obsession. Starpulse Articles |
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Kevin Triebsch |
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Patrick Gaughan Patrick Gaughan is a music critic, fiction writer, and essayist. He assisted Jordan Wright in writing his new book, Campaigning for President, and his fiction has been published in various quarterly journals. He is an original staff writer of the Youth Development Exchange. He resides in Brooklyn, NY. Starpulse Articles |
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Donna Terrell |
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Kaia Karamoko Kaia Karamoko is freelance writer temporarily based out of Detroit, Michigan; fresh from the gates of Howard University's John H. Johnson School of Communications. She is hot in the sense that she is overly-opinionated a trait that most writers have. Once inspired she can write about anything from Lupe Fiasco being the human form of blue magic to presidential elections in Zimbabwe. She aspires to be sought after by the likes of Rolling Stones, Vanity Fair. And hopes that her work will be and is timeless. Starpulse Articles |
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Claudine Paul Claudine Paul works in the music industry, and currently resides in NYC. A music lover at best, she lives, loves, and breathes music. Former musician, turned freelance music writer, she also has contributed to Shoutmouth.com. She is an avid music collector, and loves all genres of music. Aside from music, she loves watching reality television, and reading great literature. Starpulse Articles |
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Iyana Gregory Iyana Gregory grew up an east coast girl, studying in the heart of Manhattan for many years at the Fashion Institute of Technology as a Marketing Communications major. In a bold move she up and left New York to live in sunny Los Angeles. She began work at major music group and life as one of those sunny, happy, golden tan LA ppl however it was much harder than she thought! Thankfully, she has found a great music scene to keep her cool NY state of mind at peace and write about here on Starpulse.com! Starpulse Articles |
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Kristin Koltz Kristin Koltz is a graduate of Illinois State University with a degree in Journalism. She enjoys thinking about food, talking about food, learning about food and most importantly eating food! Her career aspirations include becoming a food critic for a major food magazine, but at this point she would just be happy to get her feet wet with anything that will help her write about it. Her favorite Food Network shows include Good Eats, Everyday Italian, and Barefoot Contessa. When she isn't enjoying her time watching cooking shows she is nose-deep into a book. Starpulse Articles |
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Erin Demchak Erin Demchak has a BA in Media Studies from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. She recently moved to Boston from Los Angeles where she was a contributing club reporter for US Weekly magazine. Erin’s favorite topics to write about are celebrity gossip, nightlife, fashion and food. Starpulse Articles |
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Christina Sussman |
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Shannon Peace Shannon Peace's heretofore inauspicious career as a writer began when she crafted her first story, "The Ice Cream Whiz", at the age of five. After graduating from the University of Southern California's school of Cinema/Television with a degree in Screenwriting, Shannon was the first recipient of Disney/ABC's Daytime Fellowship. She enjoys reading, watching telly, making mix CDs and ranting about various topics to her increasingly disturbed friends. Primarily writing for a small but ardent fan base (shout-out to the 'rents!) Shannon prays her scribbles will someday pay her bills. Starpulse Articles |
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Chelsea Fogleman |
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Danielle Turchiano |
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Michael Langston Moore Michael Langston Moore graduated from Emerson College in 2005, and is an avid writer. A fan of all kinds of entertainment, he worked at Comedy Central in New York during the summer of 2005 in a writing program that allowed him to rotate through four different departments at the network. Since then, Michael has written television and film scripts, one which placed third in the 2007 PAGE International Screenwriting Contest. When not creating art, Michael enjoys analyzing it. Whether it’s television, film, or music, he has a strong opinion and unique perspective. Outside of entertainment and pop culture, Michael is a huge football fan (Cleveland Browns!). If you enjoy his writing style, check out his blog. Starpulse Articles |
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Mike Ryan |
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Taylor Tepper |
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Angelica Castillo |
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C. Warner Sills |
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Theresa Kurzeja A graduate of Saint Xavier University in Chicago with a major in English and Communications, Theresa is an assistant web editor and beauty columnist for PrettyCity.com and maintains a blog. Interested in everything from celebrity gossip to book reviews, Theresa is a true movie, music and entertainment news aficionado. Starpulse Articles |
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Andrew Payne Andrew is a writer of many things including plays, short stories, and, of course, television and film articles for Starpulse.com. A graduate of the Journalism program at Duquesne University and current Los Angeles resident, he is looking to make his impact either writing or writing about entertainment. Currently, he is working under the assumption that everything falls into the category of being overrated and underrated and seeks to appropriately categorize every bit of entertainment in virtual print on Starpulse. Starpulse Articles |
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Mikal McLendon Mikal is a senior at UIC majoring in English with an interest in mass media. A prolific creative writer, he’s had stories featured in literary magazines and plays produced at theaters in the Chicago area such as Steppenwolf and Pegasus. Mikal writes as a passion, hobby, and transcendental, therapeutic, getting his-Feng-Shui-Chi-energy-together experience. Some day he hopes to even make a little money from it. Why not? If there’s one thing growing up in the golden age of Disney movies has taught him it’s that dreams do come true, even if only with the occasional help of magic carpets and dancing teacups. Starpulse Articles |
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Becky Broderick Becky is an office manager and freelance writer whose childhood dream was to grow up to be Olivia Newton-John. Although that didn't work out, she is still an awesome roller skater who knows all the words to every song on the Xanadu soundtrack. Some of her other talents include: cracking herself up, recognizing celebrities by their voices, and managing to work John Travolta and/or Pearl Jam into every conversation. She started her own entertainment blog, The Pop Eye, in 2005 and, in the same year, moved to New York City from her native Pittsburgh. With those silly childhood fantasies behind her, her new dream is to one day marry a wealthy Steelers season ticket holder. Starpulse Articles |
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Kris King "Kris King has written four incarnations of this biography. In the first he said that he was born in a convent outside of French Indochina in the late 1880s, in the second he talked about his blog about watching Star Trek, in the third he talks about his intolerance to onions, and in the fourth he confesses that he has written four incarnations of this biography. He has now given up and doesn't want to do this anymore." Starpulse Articles |
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Tim Peterson Tim Peterson was born and raised in California. That’s it. You’ll figure out the rest by reading his articles. Sure, loves surfing, his family, and his animals, writes for other websites, and has a real job to pay rent, but none of that applies here. Read his writing, keep your priorities straight. Peace and love. Starpulse Articles |
