Meg Hemphill

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Location
California
School
University Of Washington, University Of Oregon
Expertise
Pop Culture, Hollywood Beauty, Politics
  • As a red carpet reporter, Meg has interviewed dozens of celebrities for outlets including InStyle, HuffPost and Entertainment Weekly. Her first movie premiere was in 2004 for "Vanity Fair," starring Reese Witherspoon. Other notable red carpets have included "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Sex and the City: The Movie," all of the "Twilight" films, and "The Hobbit" (in New Zealand).
  • Since 2011, she has written the beauty pages for The Hollywood Reporter, including its annual beauty issue that has featured the likes of Zendaya, Margot Robbie, Anne Hathaway and Drew Barrymore on the cover.
  • Meg's mother exposed her to classic films from a young age and no one captured her heart like Audrey Hepburn (along with her leading men Cary Grant and Gregory Peck). While other teen girls may have had boy-band posters in their rooms, her walls were covered in Audrey.

Experience

After completing an internship at W magazine and earning her master's in journalism, Meg moved to N.Y.C., where she worked as an editor at InStyle magazine and later InStyle.com, covering fashion and beauty. Since 2010, she has been a freelance writer and editor, covering Hollywood, health, wellness, beauty, travel, fashion, automotive, and food. Her work has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, HuffPost, The Zoe Report, iVillage (now Today.com), Billboard, Sunday Edit, and AutoTrader, as well as publications in Australia and New Zealand. She's a passionate observer of life, healthy-food cook, world traveler, and bookworm. (Favorite authors? Beverly Cleary, Liane Moriarty, Jane Austen and J.K. Rowling.)

Education

Meg holds a bachelor's degree in communication (with an emphasis on newspaper writing and public relations) from the University of Washington, and a master's degree in journalism (with an emphasis in magazine editorial) from the University of Oregon.

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