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	Pete Weiss When not at Starpulse HQ bugging his writers to get their articles into him or at home telling youngsters to “get off his lawn”, you can find Pete out on his boat soaking in the sun with fishing pole in hand. He also enjoys making spectacular falls down the ski slopes of Vermont all winter long and enjoying a well deserved Guinness afterwards with friends in the lodge.
	Noelle Talmon Noelle Talmon is the managing editor at Starpulse, keeping the "pulse" on the hottest news and gossip coming out of Hollywood. In addition to editing, proofing, and writing articles about Tinseltown, Noelle writes for an independent traffic safety newsletter and a Connecticut website. Starpulse Articles
	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
	Kevin Blair Contributing editor Kevin Blair pens the occasional article for Starpulse News, but more importantly, "Agent Smith" spends the majority of his time here acquiring CDs, DVDs and other stuff to give away through one of our fantastic contests. He is a self-proclaimed "Rock Band" addict and has been known to throw impromptu family cookouts as an excuse to get together with his fellow addicted friends and jam out for hours on end. He's a huge "Star Wars" fan; loves DMB, "Lost" & "Fringe", and is the lone Yankees fan at Starpulse HQ. He also enjoys gardening, fishing and cooking. Starpulse Articles
	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 video games. She is a female geek and gamer girl, and very proud of these facts. Currently residing in New York City, Dee freelances for various websites, and she 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
	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. You can read more at her blog. Starpulse Articles
	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
	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
	Doshka Harvey Doshka is a writer who can pen a good article about anything be it entertainment, celebrity, fashion, travel, poetry or critical essays. Though she thoroughly enjoys writing, her ultimate dream job would be as a travel or food show presenter or maybe a combination of both. So keep a look out Travel Channel and Food Network. Besides her love for writing, travel and food she thoroughly enjoys watching certain reality TV shows, “Seinfeld” and a fair bit of karaoke for some great fun. Starpulse Articles
	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
	Jose Flores Jose Flores is a lifelong Chicagoan and connoisseur of all things entertainment. When he's not watching movies, watching television, playing video games, listening to music, or critiquing the things which he spends his time watching/playing/listening to, he can be found working out, surfing the web, or hoping the Chicago Cubs don't lose (again). Jose graduated from the University of Illinois-Chicago with a B.A. in Creative Writing, and has since been frantically looking for something useful to do with it. Currently, it is holding up a shelf. Starpulse Articles
	Donna Terrell Donna Terrell is a freelance writer in the Chicago area. She writes everything from ad copy to scripts for stage and television. Chilling in front of the television is her favorite form of relaxation. Watching television and writing are two of her passions, so to be a Starpulse.com writer is the perfect marriage of sorts. Donna also works out, likes to cook, loves cats and all things NFL, and is commercial voiceover talent. Starpulse Articles
	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
	Simbarashe Simbarashe is a music historian who currently resides in New York City. He is known for his knowledge of popular music of the past 25 years and hopes to one day publish an anthology of thesises pertaining to this period. When not writing about music, he is either producing music or working towards finishing a degree in film. He keeps an archive of his contributing works to other presses at simbarashe.com Starpulse Articles
	Danielle Turchiano Danielle Turchiano is a Los Angeles-based freelance Writer/Producer. She has worked on over a dozen independent film and television projects and self-published her first novel, “Stars in their Eyes,” in November 2007. She is a self-proclaimed pop culture addict who contributes to various sites in additional to keeping her own blog (danielletbd.blogspot.com). She spends as much of her free time as she can at the beach with her dog, Madison. Starpulse Articles
	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
	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
	Stephanie Nolasco Stephanie Nolasco is a graduate from Eugene Lang College in New York City. During her student years, she concentrated in creative non-fiction writing and journalism. She's written for publications, such as New York Press, Brooklyn Radio, and reviews/rants about metal bands in Crave Magazine. She currently resides in New York City. To learn more about Stephanie, visit her webpage at http://www.stephanienolasco.com Starpulse Articles
	Kate Kostal Kate is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in Advertising and an obsession with French and Italian. After spending some time out west she is back in the Chicagoland area, and loves the weather. She has been writing since first grade, recently adding commercial and print ad experience in the past few years to her portfolio. An avid runner and triathlete, she is crossing off the marathon major races one by one (currently working on New York). After years of commenting on entertainment, music and popular culture, she's back to writing about those topics with some bite. Starpulse Articles
	Erin MacMillan-Ramirez Erin is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a major in Communications and a double minor in English and Photography, which up until this past year earned her exactly $2.00 and little respect. Now working as a freelance writer she has moved beyond writing for her own website NOCFilms.com and into the big bad world known as sites people actually read. Her hobbies include trying to make money as a filmmaker while attempting to keep her dignity and feed her family. She has been known to burst into spontaneous song and dance and secretly desires to be a star on The Food Network so she can get paid to eat. Starpulse Articles
	Beth Wickman Beth Wickman originally hails from Houston, Texas but spent the last four years in Norman, Oklahoma earning two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Oklahoma – one in film studies and one in advertising. She loves watching, talking and writing about television and someday wishes to create and write for her own fabulous dramedy series. When not caught up in the land of fictional characters, Beth can either be found spoiling her beagle puppy, Piper, or rooting on the Oklahoma Sooners to another football national championship. Starpulse Articles
	Lauren Attaway Lauren Attaway is a recent Columbia College Chicago graduate. She realized she wanted to be a writer early on because she enjoyed making things up. Still living in Chicago, she splits her time between the things she’s passionate about-writing, television, movies, books and the nightlife. Starpulse Articles
	Johanna Schoenfeld Johanna Schoenfeld, 22, lives in Vienna, Austria. But since there is just nothing on TV in Europe, she has settled for writing about the cultural imports from the Great US of A. No, really, they are great. Starpulse Articles
	Megan Christopher Megan graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside and has been trying to make it in the real world ever since. When she's not blogging about her trials and errors, working on her YA novel/screenplay/television pilot/memoir, or acting as fiction editor for the soon-to-be launched Circumlocution Literary journal, she can be found talking back to the TV and correcting its grammar. Born and raised in West Hollywood, she always suspected she'd end up in the 'biz' one way or another - it's only a matter of time. Starpulse Articles
	Phil McRae Phil was sick of people looking at his humble MySpace blog and never commenting, so he nagged the editors at Starpulse.com until they finally agreed to bring him aboard. When he isn't watching sports or attending Dodger games, Phil is dissecting why certain television shows and movies are so far beneath him. That said, this former sports reporter and current magazine editor definitely knows what he likes. Phil doesn't like to brag, so he'll let his journalism degree and English minor from Cal State Fullerton do all the talking. Starpulse Articles
	Jihan Forbes Jihan Forbes is currently a junior at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH. She is working to get her Bachelor’s degree in English (with a focus in creative writing,) and hopes to one day, if she ever gets it together, complete a bestselling novel. When she’s not wasting away in the dry, manure-smelling Ohio air, she stays at her home in New York City, reveling in all the fabulosity the city has to offer. Though writing is her first passion, she loves fashion, shopping, and wining up in the club. Starpulse Articles
	Maccorley Mathieu Maccorley Mathieu currently resides in Brooklyn and is a comedy writer/stand-up comedian. As a graduate of Brooklyn College, with a BFA degree in Creative Writing, he displayed his sense of humor on college radio (WBCR). Shortly after graduating, he attended the American Comedy institute to perfect his comedy writing style. Maccorley loves to write and share his ideas and opinions on his blog. When not reading or writing you can find him surfing the internet, playing video games, or watching reality TV. Starpulse Articles
	Brian Campbell Brian may be new to Starpulse, but he has been writing and reporting about all things music for the better part of a decade (wow, has it really been that long?). He is absolutely obsessed with music. All genres, no matter what. Having been in and out of bands all his life as a drummer, he knows good music when he hears it. He swears music is his life and has saved his more than once. With countless industry contacts and friends, as well as promotional company friends, his unique and creative writing sense will be a nice addition to the page at large. When he's not plopped in front of his laptop, Brian is normally playing Madden or RockBand (drumming) if not at the bar, enjoying a few Captain and Cokes with friends. Starpulse Articles
	Michaela Zanello Michaela is a recent transplant to the west coast who formerly hailed from the mean streets of Walpole, Massachusetts. She is currently residing in sunny San Diego and is freakin' loving it. Michaela is a slothful, beach bumming gal who managed to tinker her way to a B.A. in Human Development from Boston College and is hoping to one day return to school to get her masters degree in Creative Writing. Some of Michaela's favorite things in life include ogling/cat calling towheaded surfers, vegging out to the point where she can't remember what day it is, James McAvoy's bedroom eyes, and writing…lots o' writing. Starpulse Articles
	Eric Stromsvold Eric Stromsvold is originally from Brooklyn and has been capturing daily minutia at its finest on BeehiveHairdresser.com for the past three years. A veteran of the Downtown performance scene, Eric enjoys keeping busy by taking photographs of art of urban nature. He also enjoys residing as Emperor et al over his Brooklyn garden. Starpulse Articles
	Ashley Demma Ashley is a journalism student at the University of Chicago (aka Hogwarts), with a love of all things pop culture. An undefeated champion of “Scene-It?”, Ashley is a vast compendium of trivial knowledge. Her interviews and reviews have been featured on www.filmschoolrejects.com and www.booshmagazine.com where she was a film journalist. She loves Chinese food and horror movies, especially anything with vampires. Favorite directors include: Baz Lurhmann, Sofia Coppola, Tim Burton, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino to name a few. Ashley hopes to one day make it big in the entertainment world. Until then, she’s content to quote her favorite films to high heaven and keep up on all the good celebrity gossip. Starpulse Articles
	Evan Crean A part time archaeologist and obtainer of rare antiquities, Evan is a fan of all things Indiana Jones. He graduated in 2008 from Emerson College with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. While at Emerson, he played with computers working at the college helpdesk and played lacrosse at a school where students don’t really care about sports. Never one to turn down an adventure, Evan operated rides at an amusement park for two summers and survived boarding school. Over the years, he has developed an obsession with movie trivia and pop culture of the 70s and 80s. He hopes one day this knowledge will earn him money on Jeopardy, or that he can write as a movie critic. Starpulse Articles
	Kristen Schoels Kristen Schoels graduated from Virginia Tech in 2005 with a degree in Fashion Marketing (Go Hokies!). She currently resides in New York City with her husband and two dogs. She has an embarrassing addiction to celebrity gossip and her television show taste is pretty comparable to that of a 13 year old girl. Her favorite writing topics are celebrities, fashion, and reality television. Starpulse Articles
	Eric Jones Eric Jones is a screenwriter and playwright living and working in Madison, WI. His movie reviews for the GCSU newspaper, "The Colonnade", have won him numerous awards and the experience to deliver the goods at StarPulse.com. His mission is to bring back popular phrases of the nineties like "sticking it to the man" by doing it everyday writing while wearing his denim overalls and a sideways ball cap. Join him, won't you? Starpulse Articles
	Ariel Vered Ariel Vered has been obsessed with entertainment since she was little and her dad would take her to movies and fall asleep before the opening credits. She has a Masters in Journalism from NYU, but still likes journalism anyway. Her twin passions of film and television thankfully do not preclude her from having a social life. Starpulse Articles
	Sarah Lafferty Sarah recently graduated from Bowling Green State University with a M.A. in Popular Culture. That’s right, she is a legitimate popular culture expert. She just finished her thesis, “Holding Out For a Female Hero: The Visual and Narrative Representation of the Female FBI Agent in Hollywood Psychological Thrillers From 1991-2008” in which she locates the illusive female hero figure. She also holds B.A.’s in both Criminal Justice and Film Studies from Rhode Island College. Her carefully crafted educational selections have gained her the titles of cultural criminologist and genre/narrative specialist. She is currently looking for a job in a media related field and would love to be a media doctor, spending her days fixing/saving television plots, network lineups, film franchises, etc. Due to her background and expertise she follows many, many television shows and films. Starpulse Articles
	Amanda Hamilton Amanda Hamilton is a television freelance writer from New Hampshire. She specializes in reality TV and loves writing recaps about her favorite shows. She is a true reality TV junkie! Amanda has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla. and has been working as a professional freelance writer since early 2008. She is currently the Manchester (NH) TV Examiner for Examiner.com but also freelances for Suite101.com and Seacoast Online. In her spare time you can find her spending time with family, enjoying fantastic food, working out to take off that fantastic food, attending concerts and Red Sox games and, of course, watching TV. Starpulse Articles
	Matt Anaya Matt was born in central Illinois, grew up in suburban Chicago, played baseball at a couple junior colleges, and graduated from Southern Illinois University majoring in TV production. Now at StaticMultimedia.com, TheBleacherReport.com, Filmcatcher.com, TheHoopDoctors.com, NationalSportsNation.com, SportsMixed.com, FanFever.com, and Starpulse.com, Matt will provide you with insightful wit and a eager eye for sports and entertainment. When Matt is not watching sports or listening to rap music he enjoys reality TV, watching movies, girls, texting and being controversial, LOL. Follow me at Twitter.com/Shmattshmanaya and at 2muchswag.blogspot.com. Starpulse Articles
	Vanessa Mujica Vanessa Mujica is a twenty-two year old Broadcast Journalism student currently working hard towards her Bachelors Degree. She has a passion for both entertainment news and action sports. She started out her career by writing celebrity articles for the chic Los Angeles website, Younghollywood.com, and interning at Extra and Fuel TV's The Daily Habit. Growing up in the small beach town of Carlsbad, CA, this so-cal native produced, wrote and hosted her own local action sports show called Triple Threat: Surf.Skate.Snow. Not only does she have the need to write, Vanessa will continue her career after college in journalism, focusing on entertainment news as an on-air personality, dishing out all the latest Hollywood gossip. Starpulse Articles
	Samantha Greaves Samantha Greaves is a freelance writer from Brooklyn, NY and a graduate of Long Island University. Things associated with her are vanilla chai's, MetroCards, and Doublemint gum. When she's not blogging on her music blog MusicallyYummy.com, channel surfing her way through reality TV heaven, or perusing the net and open mic circuits searching for the next music icon of the 21st century; she can be found in the magazine section at Barnes & Noble with her iPod headphones plugged in her ears and her head buried in the latest issue of Billboard. Starpulse Articles
	Rebecca Kristen A Fashion Marketing graduate of AIU in Los Angeles, Rebecca Kristen has made a name for herself as the voice behind many beloved intimates and accessory brands. Since moving to New York she has worked with major magazines from Seventeen to Women's Wear Daily and Us Weekly. In addition to servicing a shopping addiction she dedicates her down time as a contributing fashion writer for several online publications. However, stretching her subject matter beyond the fashion belt to incorporate her TV obsession at Starpulse, she is able to live up to her nickname of "imdb." Rebecca's favorite topics are pop culture, fashion, and all things celebrity.
	Nicole lives in Los Angeles and spends her time embarrassing herself. Yeah that’s right, embarrassing herself. You know that girl you see at bars pretending to do the breast stroke on the dance floor, or that girl that starts a kicking contest with her equally “unique” friend, Stacy? Or perhaps you have seen her ducking behind air to hide from a celebrity after she’s been caught staring. That’s Nicole and she can run as fast as Flash Gordon, fly as high as Superman and is as smart as Peter Parker. Where ever there’s celebrity gossip, she’ll be there; where ever there’s absurd celebrity antics, she’ll be there; where ever there’s free food, she’ll be there! ....Hi!

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