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Laura Dorwart

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.

Laura was a 2020 Sundance Institute Press Inclusion Inititiative scholarship recipient. In her spare time, she is an avid reader and keeps up with the works of Roxane Gay and Carmen Maria Machado in particular. See more of Laura’s bylines from The New York Times, VICE, Forbes, McSweeney’s, Muck Rack, and her online portfolio.

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Celebrity / TV

When Did Elisabeth Moss Become a Scientologist?

One of the most well-known adherents to the Church of Scientology today is Elisabeth Moss of 'The Handmaid's Tale' and 'Mad Men.' But when did Moss join the religion, and what does she think of it now?
TV

‘90 Day Fiancé’: Why Did Jasmin Walk Out On Blake?

Jasmin Lahtinen and Blake Abelard of TLC's '90 Day Fiance' Season 7 couldn't be more different. The couple's many differences caused major tension on the Jan. 19 episode, 'Blindsided,' as Blake's drinking turned Jasmin off before his friend's birthday party.