Kim Willis has 35 years of experience as an entertainment journalist, directing USA TODAY's coverage of movies and awards season and working as a breaking and trending news editor. She has in-depth knowledge of the movie, music and television industries.
She began her journalism career as a teenage contributor to Seventeen magazine and was named one of Glamour magazine's top 10 college women. She is a two-time Pulitzer Prize juror.
In her time at USA TODAY, she has led coverage of major entertainment news stories such as the deaths of Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, and the downfall of Harvey Weinstein. She has interviewed celebrities including Paul McCartney, Valerie Bertinelli and Brooke Shields, and is an expert on The Beatles, Elvis and pop-culture nostalgia.
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