Mandi Kerr is an experienced entertainment 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.
Taylor Swift revealed to Paul McCartney her song, "Peace", is about her and boyfriend Joe Alwyn getting "the normalcy that we both crave" and maybe never being able to achieve it.
'Grey's Anatomy' begins with Dr. Meredith Grey waking up after a one-night stand with Dr. Derek Shepherd, the man she later learns is her boss. It lays the groundwork for the characters' romance but the people behind the show had to fight for the storyline.
'Grey's Anatomy' returns for season 17 but before it does go back to the first-ever episode of the series that became the longest-running medical drama on TV.
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst's kiss in 2002's 'Spider-Man' was unpleasant for everyone involved. Maguire had difficulty breathing while he and his co-star did multiple takes in the rain.
Charlize Theron didn't get along with her 'Mad Max: Fury Road' co-star, Tom Hardy, while filming the movie. Theron attributes it to the filming location and their shared desire to do a good job.
Griffin Dunne directed 1998's 'Practical Magic' years before playing Uncle Nicky on 'This Is Us'. The writer-director-actor admittedly spent years not being "terribly boastful" about the movie because it bombed at the box office in 1998.
Olivia Colman continues her reign as Queen Elizabeth II on 'The Crown' Season 4 when it debuts on Nov. 15, 2020. According to the program's creator, Peter Morgan, he wanted only Colman to play the queen after Claire Foy.
Anne Hathaway made her feature film debut in 2001's 'The Princess Diaries'. A massive success it led to a sequel but it also made it difficult for the actor to land other roles.
It's not all happy memories for Giada De Laurentiis when she thinks back to the start of her cooking show, 'Everyday Italian'. The celebrity chef "didn't want to embarrass" her family in front of the camera.
Cookbook author and Food Network star Ina Garten doesn't exclusively use her own recipes. She makes dishes from other cookbook authors and these are some of her favorites.
Diane Lane didn't get to experience Italy like her character did in 'Under the Tuscan Sun'. So she returned more than a year later to do wander the town of Cortona, Italy, just like Frances did.
'The Princess Diaries' is a beloved movie from the early 2000s. Turns out, it makes a lot of nods to another popular film, 'Pretty Woman'. One 'Princess Diaries' scene, in particular, has the exact same line as 'Pretty Woman'.
Giada De Laurentiis loves chocolate so much she keeps her freezer stocked with different kinds of chocolatey treats. One of them is a pint of chocolate ice cream she says is "almost" as good as the gelato in Italy.