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I am a veteran broadcast journalist. I was an Army brat before my father retired and moved us to the deep South. I'm talkin' Lower Alabama and Northwest Florida, I graduated from Tate High School and got botha Bachelor's degree and Master's in Teaching English from the University of West Florida, I taught English at Escambia County High School for two years before getting my m's in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Auburn University. Following graduation, I did a 180 degree turn and moved to Birmingham where I began ny broadcasting career at WBIQ, Channel 10. There I was host of a weekly primetime half-hour TV program called Alabama Lifestyles. A year later, I began a stint as a television weathercaster and public affairs host. A year later, I moved to West Palm Beach, Florida and became bureau chief at WPTV, the CBS affiliate. Two years later, I moved to Greensboro, North Carolina where I became co-host of a morng show called AM Carolina. The next year, I moved cross-country and became co-host and story producer at KTVN-TV in Reno, Nevada. I also became the medical reporter for the news department. Three years later, I moved to Louisville, Kentucky and became host and producer of a morning show called today in WAVE Country at WAVE-TV, Channel 3, the NBC affiliate. Following three years there, I moved to Los Angeles and became senior correspondent at the Turner Entertainment Reportn, an internationally-syndicated entertainment entertainment news service owned by CNN. I went back to school afterwards and got an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. Oh, yes. I won a hundred thousand dollars on the 100 Thousand Dollar Pyramid, then hosted by Dick Clark.
<b>Darius Rucker Cuts New Jersey Concert Short Due To Voice Problems</b>

Darius Rucker Cuts New Jersey Concert Short Due To Voice Problems

NewsmakersJuly 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

ATLANTIC CITY, July 15, 2025 — Darius Rucker’s show at Hard Rock Atlantic City was doing just fine until, only three songs in, the unmistakable…

<b> Speaker Johnson Breaks with Trump, Urges Release of Epstein Files</b>

Speaker Johnson Breaks with Trump, Urges Release of Epstein Files

NewsmakersJuly 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2025 — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for the full release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, breaking ranks…

<b><i>Severance</i> Leads Emmy Noms With Record 27</b>

Severance Leads Emmy Noms With Record 27

Newsmakers, TVJuly 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

LOS ANGELES – The Television Academy unveiled the nominees for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on the morning of July 15, 2025, in a live announcement from the…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Dramedys With Heart: <i>Shrinking</i> & <i>Nobody Wants This</i></b>

Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Dramedys With Heart: Shrinking & Nobody Wants This

TVJuly 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

TV Review: Shrinking Apple TV+ | Created by Jason Segel, Brett Goldstein, and Bill Lawrence Starring Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Lukita Maxwell, and…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review <i>Your Friends and Neighbors</i> As Well As <i>The Day of the Jackal</i></b>

Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review Your Friends and Neighbors As Well As The Day of the Jackal

TVJuly 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Your Friends and Neighbors By Tandy Culpepper and Lisa Johnson Mandell Apple TV+’s limited series Your Friends and Neighbors delivers a sleek, morally fractious descent…

<b>Federal Judge Bars LAPD From Using Rubber Bullets, Flash‑bangs & Chemical Irritants on Journalists</b>

Federal Judge Bars LAPD From Using Rubber Bullets, Flash‑bangs & Chemical Irritants on Journalists

NewsmakersJuly 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Los Angeles, July 11, 2025 – U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the Los Angeles Police Department from using rubber projectiles,…

<b>Progressive Pastor Celebrates IRS Ruling Allowing Pulpit Endorsement</b>

Progressive Pastor Celebrates IRS Ruling Allowing Pulpit Endorsement

NewsmakersJuly 13, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

MINNEAPOLIS / WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service’s new interpretation of the Johnson Amendment has stirred fresh debate on the role…

<b>Danielle Deadwyler Commands The Big Screen In <i>40 Acres</i></b>

Danielle Deadwyler Commands The Big Screen In 40 Acres

Film, NewsmakersJuly 13, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Danielle Deadwyler is the breakout star of the highly anticipated thriller 40 Acres (sometimes stylized as “Forty Acres”). Though relatively new to mainstream cinema, Deadwyler’s authentic,…

<b>Justin Bieber Reclaims Music Rights, Parts Ways with Scooter Braun</b>

Justin Bieber Reclaims Music Rights, Parts Ways with Scooter Braun

NewsmakersJuly 12, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Los Angeles, CA – July 12, 2025 — Pop superstar Justin Bieber has officially parted ways with longtime manager Scooter Braun and regained ownership of…

<b>Bad Bunny’s “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” Residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico</>

Bad Bunny’s “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” Residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico

NewsmakersJuly 12, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Beginning July 11, 2025, Bad Bunny kicks off a 30-show residency at the iconic José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (El Choli) in San Juan, running through September 14. The first…

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