Laura Dorwart earned her MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Antioch University and her Ph.D. from UC San Diego. She’s been writing about the entertainment industry since 2013 and joined the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team in 2019. She focuses her coverage here on popular TV including Sister Wives and Married at First Sight, along with book coverage and the representation of mental health and disability in entertainment media.
Sonny West, Elvis Presley’s former friend and bodyguard, claimed in his 2007 book ‘Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business’ that Presley once hit a woman with a pool cue hard enough to knock her over.
Elvis’s bodyguard, Sonny West, claimed in his 2007 book ‘Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business’ that Priscilla Presley used Elvis’s last name after his death against the singer’s wishes.
Woody Randall and Amani Aliyya Randall seemed like soulmates, destined for love, on Lifetime’s ‘Married at First Sight’ season 11. The story of how they first met makes their fate seem even more obvious.
Natalie Mordovtseva and Mike Youngquist appeared to have as many problems in their relationship as ever in two previews for TLC’s ’90 Day Fiancé’ season 8 premiere.