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Mary Murphy

Expert on Hollywood, celebrities and the Oscars
  • Senior Lecturer, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Office: (213) 740-3914
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Expertise

  • entertainment industry
  • entertainment reporting
  • red carpet/award shows
  • Academy Awards coverage

Additional Information

  • Was a news producer for Entertainment Tonight and a contributing editor for Los Angeles Times
  • Frequent contributor to USA Today, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, TV Guide Network and It’s So Hollywood
  • Co-author of Blood Cold, about Robert Blake murder scandal
  • Was on staff at Reader’s Digest, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Esquire, New York and TV Guide