About the Author

Shirley Halperin is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. Formerly the entertainment editor at Us Weekly, she has also written for High Times and Rolling Stone. Halperin has appeared on MTV, VH1, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, E!, and Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies of All Time. She is based in Los Angeles. New York-based writer Steve Bloom is a former editor at High Times and the publisher of CelebStoner.com.