Anyone who knows Mandy Moore will tell you she’s the nicest person they’ve ever met. Interviews refer to the 34-year-old as “America’s sweetheart” and “ the friend you’ve always wanted.” And while she appreciates the platitudes, they also make her a little uneasy. “I think those particular descriptors prevented me from finding momentum, workwise, because…
Read moreMandy Moore is having one hell of a good year. She’s on a beloved TV show (This Is Us, of course). She’s got a fabulous new kitchen remodel. Oh, and she’s also been busy scaling the 19,341-foot tall behemoth known as Mount Kilimanjaro. In early April, the singer and actress made her way to Tanzania,…
Read moreI am well known in certain circles as the person who watches basically everything that’s on TV. While everyone else is cord-cutting, I’m the one with every cable channel and Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon. The television is quite literally always on in my apartment—even when I’m working from home. (Right now, for example, my WFH…
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The second season of This Is Us could easily be renamed This Is Us: Kevin or This Is Us: Kate, and so on. Each episode, one character gets their moment to shine—and on Tuesday’s, it was Rebecca’s turn. For Mandy Moore, it was a turning point in Rebecca’s journey: “I feel like she’s able to…
Read moreMandy Moore is currently on a whirlwind press tour for NBC’s This Is Us, America’s favorite form of catharsis, in which she plays the show’s matriarch, Rebecca Pearson. It’s a role that’s made Moore the most visible she’s been in years, and with that, unfortunately, comes online trolls. Moore brushed with a few of them…
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