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Tandy Culpepper is a veteran broadcast television, radio, and online journalist. He has reported extensively for multiple outlets including CNN Radio, CNN.com, People.com, He was senior correspondent for CNN's internationally-syndicated television news service, Turner Entertainment Report.
<b>Pamela Skjolsvik & Tandy Culpepper Talk To Investigative Journo Rena Pederson About Her Nonfiction Dallas Jewel Thief Book<i>The King of Diamonds</i></b>

Pamela Skjolsvik & Tandy Culpepper Talk To Investigative Journo Rena Pederson About Her Nonfiction Dallas Jewel Thief BookThe King of Diamonds

BooksJuly 2, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

The King of Diamonds, a true-life tale, hronicles the audacious jewel-theft spree that shocked Dallas’s elite and stymied law enforcement from the late 1950s into…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Author Laurence Leamer about His Book <i>Capote’s Women</i> as well as the TV Adaptation <i>Capote vs. the Swans</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Author Laurence Leamer about His Book Capote’s Women as well as the TV Adaptation Capote vs. the Swans

Books, TVJuly 2, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Before Laurence Leamer became a best-selling author of nonfiction books, he wore many hats in widely divergent locales. Journalist in Iowa and at Newsweek. A…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Discuss<i>The Accountant 2</i> & <i>The Ballad Of Wallis Island</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper DiscussThe Accountant 2 & The Ballad Of Wallis Island

FilmJune 22, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Movie Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island By Tandy Culpepper and Reba Merrill Written by and starring Tim Key and Tom Basden, The Ballad of…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Films <i>Smile 2</i> & <i>Summer Of 69</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review The Films Smile 2 & Summer Of 69

FilmJune 21, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Movie Review: Smile 2 Written and Directed by Parker Finn Reviewed by Reba Merrill and Tandy Culpepper Following the runaway success of 2022’s Smile, which…

<b><i>F1</i> Delivers a High-Octane Return to the Track with Brad Pitt at the Wheel     </b>

F1 Delivers a High-Octane Return to the Track with Brad Pitt at the Wheel

FilmJune 18, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

F1 accelerates into theaters as a full-throttle spectacle that combines real-world racing thrills with emotional undercurrents—anchored firmly by Brad Pitt’s committed performance as Sonny Hayes,…

<b>Tandy Culpepper & Lisa Johnson Mandell Review Two Divergent TV Shows In <i>Severance</i> & <i>The White Lotus</i>

Tandy Culpepper & Lisa Johnson Mandell Review Two Divergent TV Shows In Severance & The White Lotus

TVJune 10, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

TV Review: The White Lotus, Season 3 serves up intrigue in Thailand, With More Blood Than Ever Mike White’s biting satirical dramedy The White Lotus…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review 2 TV Comedies: <i>The Bear</i> and <i>The Studio</i>

Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper Review 2 TV Comedies: The Bear and The Studio

TVJune 8, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

The Studio is Hollywood’s funhouse mirror — and it’s hilarious Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg—alongside a creative team clearly steeped in the absurdities of showbiz—aim…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper’s Take On 2 TV Political Thrillers: <i>Zero Day</i> & <i>Paradise</i></b>

Lisa Johnson Mandell & Tandy Culpepper’s Take On 2 TV Political Thrillers: Zero Day & Paradise

TVJune 7, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

ZERO DAY Review, PARADISE Review — Tandy vs Lisa on The Hollywood Beat Lisa Johnson Mandell In their Paradise review and Zero Day review, Tandy…

<b>Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Wildly Different Films About Female Friendships: The Madcap Comedy<i> One of Them Days</i> And The Elegiac Drama <i>The Room Next Door</i></b>

Reba Merrill & Tandy Culpepper Review Two Wildly Different Films About Female Friendships: The Madcap Comedy One of Them Days And The Elegiac Drama The Room Next Door

FilmJune 7, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Friendships between women have been said to be qualitatively different from friendships between men. This episode of The Hollywood Beat looks at female friendships in…

<B>Tandy Culpepper Interviews Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book “Masters of the Air” And The Limited Series from Which That Best Seller Was Adapted

Tandy Culpepper Interviews Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book “Masters of the Air” And The Limited Series from Which That Best Seller Was Adapted

Books, TVMay 31, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

To say that Donald L. Miller is a brilliant academic is the understatement of all understatements. The John Henry McCracken Professor emeritus at Pennsylvania’s Lafayette…

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