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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>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Aerial Cinematographer Dylan Goss About Capturing Stunning Bird’s Eye View Visuals That Make Movie Magic</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Aerial Cinematographer Dylan Goss About Capturing Stunning Bird’s Eye View Visuals That Make Movie Magic

FilmSeptember 5, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Dune. The Fall Guy. Matrix Resurrections. Those are just three of the many movies that benefited from the filmmaking skills of aerial cinematographer Dylan Goss….

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Environmental Activist Craig Rosebraugh about His Book <i>Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. The Earth Liberation Front</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Environmental Activist Craig Rosebraugh about His Book Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. The Earth Liberation Front

BooksAugust 29, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

There are climate and environmental activists. And then there are people like Craig Rosebraugh. At the turn of the century, the Portland, Oregon, native was…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Veteran Entertainment Journo Steve Kmetko About His New Podcast <i>StIll Here Hollywood</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Veteran Entertainment Journo Steve Kmetko About His New Podcast StIll Here Hollywood

NewsmakersAugust 5, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

In the nineties and early aughts, Steve Kmetko was arguably the preeminent entertainment reporter in Hollywood. Upon arriving in Los Angeles in the eighties, he…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP <i>Ride or Die</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP Ride or Die

UncategorizedJuly 24, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Country music singer-songwriter James Robert Webb is a man on the rise. In 2022 Nashville’s Music Row Magazine named him Country Breakout Awards’ Independent Artist…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter Susannah B About Music, Motherhood, Her New Album <i>POV</i> & More</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter Susannah B About Music, Motherhood, Her New Album POV & More

UncategorizedJuly 21, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

She’s the daughter of a renowned Broadway composer and lyricist and the mother of two grown children, but now, at long last, singer-songwriter Susannah B…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks With Journo William Keck About His Hollywood Memoir, <i>When You Step Upon A Star</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Journo William Keck About His Hollywood Memoir, When You Step Upon A Star

Books, TVJuly 17, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

William Keck is a veteran entertainment journalist who has seen it all – not necessarily by invitation – and who has interviewed many of the…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book <i>Masters of the Air</i> and the TV Miniseries Adaptation of It</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Historian Donald L. Miller About His Book Masters of the Air and the TV Miniseries Adaptation of It

NewsmakersJune 21, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

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

<b>Tandy CulpepperTalks With Country Music Singer-Songwriter Dionya Marie About Her Latest Single, <i>Miss You So Mad</i></b>

Tandy CulpepperTalks With Country Music Singer-Songwriter Dionya Marie About Her Latest Single, Miss You So Mad

UncategorizedMay 12, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

She’s as versatile a singer-songwriter as you are ever likely to meet. Dionya Marie has drawn comparisons both to Shania Twain and to Karen Carpenter….

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks to Louisa Hall & Annie Nardolilli of GRIEFCAT About Their New Album, <i>Late Stage Capitalism</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks to Louisa Hall & Annie Nardolilli of GRIEFCAT About Their New Album, Late Stage Capitalism

UncategorizedApril 21, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

In 2019, that halcyon year before we found ourselves seeking shelter from the storm known as covid, musicians of every stripe were putting the finishing…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks  With Singer-Songwriter Leo Sawikin About His Upcoming Album And Tour</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter Leo Sawikin About His Upcoming Album And Tour

UncategorizedApril 20, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Singer-songwriter Leo Sawikin, like many other emerging recording artists, is busy making up for lost time. He wrote the material for his first album, Row…

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