Sharla McBride: The Anchor Who Lived the News Beat
There is a small, strange moment buried in the credits of HBO’s Succession that most…
Sharla McBride: The Anchor Who Lived the News Beat
There is a small, strange moment buried in the credits of HBO’s Succession that most viewers scroll right past: a cable news anchor named Delta Pike, delivering breaking updates inside a show that spent four seasons dissecting exactly what cable news does to the people who consume it and the families who own it. Delta…
Briley Hussey: The Singer, Businesswoman Behind Marcus King’s Wife
Briley King stood backstage at the Grand Ole Opry last September wearing what she herself called a “homemade Hermès lampshade,” a plaid dress rigged with a fringe skirt hanging from velvet suspenders. She was there to sing, not to accompany her husband. The song was Reba McEntire’s “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia,”…
Stormi Steele: From Canvas Beauty to Reality TV Powerhouse
There is a particular kind of business success that looks effortless only after the difficult part has been edited out. Stormi Steele’s public story can be reduced to spectacular numbers: a beauty company launched from a kitchen, millions in sales, viral TikTok Shop livestreams and a television career that has now expanded into her own…
Lauren Green: The Faith, Music and Journalism Behind Her Career
There are several ways to introduce Lauren Green, and none of them tells the whole story. She is a veteran television journalist who has spent three decades at Fox News. She is also a classically trained concert pianist, a former Miss Minnesota, an author and a religion correspondent who has reported from Rome during some…
Sarah Carter: From TV Roles to Independent Filmmaker
Sarah Carter spent years becoming recognizable without ever becoming easy to define. For television audiences, she is closely associated with characters such as Alicia Baker on Smallville and Maggie in TNT’s Falling Skies. Film audiences may remember her from Final Destination 2, The Vow or DOA: Dead or Alive. But those credits tell only part…
Kim DeGiulio: The Detroit Story Behind the WDIV Host
There is something fitting about Kim DeGiulio spending her professional life telling stories about Detroit. The city is not simply the backdrop to her television career. It is part of the reason she became a broadcaster in the first place. Raised in Dearborn and educated at Dearborn High School, DeGiulio grew up close enough to…
Andrea Mitchell: The Journalist Behind Decades of Washington Power
Andrea Mitchell has spent nearly five decades doing something that sounds simple until you consider where she has done it: asking powerful people questions they would often rather not answer. From Philadelphia radio to the White House, Capitol Hill, foreign capitals and the MSNBC anchor desk, Mitchell built a career around being present when history…
Mehek Cooke: The Lawyer Shaping Politics and Media
There is an unusual thread running through Mehek Cooke’s career: almost every chapter has placed her close to a consequential decision. She has worked as an attorney, government adviser, political strategist, campaign operative and media commentator. Her professional résumé stretches from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Ohio to the State Department, from the administration of…
Celia Hottenstein: From Touring Christine to Broadway’s Glinda
There is something unusually satisfying about a performer returning to a role they once watched from the audience. For Celia Hottenstein, that feeling is woven into a career that has moved through national tours, Off-Broadway, Broadway, understudy calls and, eventually, the center of one of musical theatre’s most recognizable productions. Hottenstein is not a celebrity…
Josh Meloy: The Oklahoma Voice Redefining Red Dirt Country
There is something unusually convincing about a musician who sounds as though he has lived every word before singing it. Josh Meloy has built his reputation on precisely that quality. The Oklahoma singer-songwriter does not arrive at country music with a carefully manufactured backstory. His route was slower and less conventional. He grew up in…
