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During her time at The Associated Press, Sandy covered some of the biggest celebrity news stories of the decade, from Lindsay Lohan’s drama to Brad and Angelina’s divorce to the deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. More recently, she has written about less scandalous folks for American Way magazine.
Success or mess, who is the real Lindsay Lohan?
As Brangelina, Pitt and Jolie elevated their public images
Did Debbie Reynolds die of broken-heart syndrome?
Sandy loved Joan Rivers and wrote about her legacy after her death in 2014: Can we talk about how Joan Rivers blazed a trail for female comics and taboo topics?
When Bob Barker retired from “The Price is Right,” he called Sandy to break the news! Bob Barker retires after 50 years on TV
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Select film reviews follow:
“Coco”
“Mudbound”
Sandy is a national board certified health and wellness coach and a senior writer at UCLA Health, where she writes about emerging research and doctor and patient stories. As a mental health columnist for Shondaland.com, Sandy visited the world’s largest ashram and interviewed psychologists and other experts from universities around the country.
Read some of her favorite stories here:
I went to the world’s largest meditation center
Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey want you to be happier
Is psychedelic-aided therapy a mental health game changer?
Interpreting the five stages of grief through fashion
Two first-generation Latino medical students go viral
Imposter syndrome — an inner sense of phoniness — common among high achievers
Sandy has interviewed almost every celebrity under the sun (except, sadly, Prince and Michael Jackson). Some of her favorite conversations have been with Hugh Hefner, Quincy Jones, Daniel Day-Lewis, Drew Barrymore, Barbra Streisand, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Lopez, Ava DuVernay and Jamie Foxx.
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Selected stories:
Casual day at the Academy Awards
