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Jeremy Helligar

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The prelude to my story was set in New York City. After graduating from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a degree in Journalism, I spent the first 15 years of my career at the top of the city (as high as 36 floors up), covering music, television, movies and celebrities, while interviewing many of the biggest pop stars and rock icons on the planet as a staff writer and editor for People, Teen People, Us Weekly and Entertainment Weekly. I even once inadvertently stood up a former Beatle - Ringo Starr, of course! - after getting stuck in Central Park traffic en route to our interview.

My 5 Most Memorable Moments on the Job:
1) Interviewing David Bowie (twice!).
2) Flying round-trip from New York to Pittsburgh with Bon Jovi on the ban ...more

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Defending Days of Our Lives’ Sami Brady

Let he or she without soap sin cast the first stone — or slap.

Sami Brady Reed Walker Roberts Hernandez Dimera is just that kind of woman.
She’s the Days of Our Lives anti-heroine that the show’s fans love to hate and the show’s other characters love to hate on even more. Never mind the rapists, serial killers, and psychopaths currently running amok in fictional Salem, U.S.A. I wouldn’t be surpr Read more of this blog post »

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	Is It True What They Say About Black Men?: Tales of Love, Lust and Language Barriers on the Other Side of the World 3.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storms in Africa: A Year in the Motherland it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People Weekly Magazine June 29, 1998 - 'Battle for the Onassis Millions' by People Weekly Magazine, Jeremy Helligar (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Opton (Artist) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People Weekly Magazine May 15, 1995 - 'Oklahoma: The Untold Stories of Courage and Caring" by People Weekly Magazine, Jeremy Helligar (Goodreads Author), Richard Jerome 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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