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Mandi Kerr

Mandi Kerr is an experienced news writer. She specializes in British royal family content, covering Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, and more. Mandi’s coverage analyzes how the royals interact with each other and the media, giving readers valuable insight. She’s been interested in how many members of the family make their own interests part of their royal identities. (Mandi points to Middleton’s passion for parenting and the study she helped to conduct as one example.) Her personal interests in Gilmore Girls and baking, particularly with recipes from Ina Garten, led her to cover those extensively for our site.

Mandi Kerr earned her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Michigan State University. See more from Mandi on her Muck Rack profile.

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Kate Winslet Just Compared ‘Mare of Easttown’ to ‘Titanic’

It's been more 20 years since Kate Winslet starred in 'Titanic' but 'Mare of Easttown' is sending the actor straight back to 1997. "It’s like ‘Titanic’ again,” she told The New York Times in May 2021. “I’m on the side of buses again! It’s like going back in time 24 years where I’m walking down the street and people are nudging and pointing and whispering again.”
Royal family

How Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Marriage Is ‘Different’ From Other Royal Marriages, According to a Royal Historian and Author

Prince William and Kate Middleton's marriage is "different" from other royal marriages because “historically royal princes married to cement an alliance with a foreign power but William’s marriage to Kate Middleton was different,” Gristwood told Vanity Fair in May 2021. “Kate was a commoner and thus cemented an affiliation with the British people, which has done the monarchy a lot of good.”
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Ina Garten’s Best Recipes That Include Strawberries

Embrace strawberry season by making Ina Garten recipes that are all about strawberries. Make the Barefoot Contessa's Easy Strawberry Jam, get fancy with her Strawberry Tart recipe, or make a strawberry cake.
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Ina Garten’s Best Recipes That Include Watermelon

Go all in with watermelon and make Garten's Watermelon, Arugula, and Feta Salad plus her Watermelon Mojitos. Both recipes are from her 'How Easy Is That?' cookbook and take only minutes to prepare.
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3 Easy Ina Garten Food Processor Recipes

Ina Garten's food processor recipes are all about using the kitchen appliance to make food in a hurry. The 'Barefoot Contessa' host shreds Brussels sprouts for a simple side dish when she's short on time. She also uses it to make easy pie crust and a simple cheese dip. As Garten says, fabulous.
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3 of Ina Garten’s Best Zucchini Recipes

Make the most of zucchini season and prepare Ina Gartne's zucchini recipes. From quick zucchini pancakes and a creamy zucchini gratin to a dramatic zucchini and goat cheese tart the Barefoot Contessa has a zucchini recipe for every occasion.
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‘Gilmore Girls’ Star Kelly Bishop Says Emily ‘Actually Adores’ Lorelai

Kelly Bishop, aka Emily Gilmore 'on Gilmore Girls', says the matriarch of the Gilmore family "actually adores" her daughter, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham). "In fact, she actually adores her daughter, but she just can't let go of this very stiff cultural life that she had and she expects everyone else to have," Bishop said in a May 2021 interview.