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Valerie Milano

Valerie Milano
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2025 Palm Springs Pride Stonewall Art & Culture Award recipient, Valerie Milano is a Senior Editor and entertainment critic at The Hollywood Times, where she covers film, television, music, and the artists behind the stories. Her work has also appeared in Communications Daily, Discover Hollywood, Hollywood Today, Television International, and Video Age International. A passionate advocate for community and equality, Valerie is actively involved with the Human Rights Campaign, DAP Health, The LGBTQ Center of the Desert, LAMBDA Legal, and The L Fund. She is a proud member of the Los Angeles Press Club and a longtime supporter of Palm Springs cultural institutions inc the Art Museum. She previously served as a board member and key organizer of the Television Critics Association Press Tours, helping bridge the entertainment industry and press for many years.

Opening Doors to Hope: A Conversation That Could Change a Life

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Foreword by Valerie Milano  Below interview by Cynthia Hudson (Aspiring Magazine & The Hollywood Times) 8/1/25 - In a world that often overlooks the invisible crisis...

The New Blues Festival Returns To Shoreline Aquatic Park in Long...

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The New Blues Festival Returns To Shoreline Aquatic Park in    Long Beach, Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 Blues-funk guitar powerhouse ANA POPOVIC (pictured...

Still Fighting for Free Speech: 59 Years After the Death of...

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By Valerie Milano Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/31/25 - On August 3, 1966, Lenny Bruce died of a heroin overdose at the age...

The World Film Institute Ushers in a New Era: E! Founder...

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By Valerie Milano, Senior Editor, The Hollywood Times Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/30/25 - A new chapter has begun at the World Film...

2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest Announces Festival Winners

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By Valerie Milano Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/30/25 -  The highly anticipated 2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest wrapped up in grand style with...

Outside Lands Announces 2025 Set Times & The Mission Nonprofit Organizations

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Comedy, Catharsis, and Humility: Lauren Michaels Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Ego...

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By Valerie Milano Hollywood, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/29/25 - In a time when laughter is needed more than ever, Ego Death, the hit comedy...

Event Review: Jessie Reyez at the GRAMMY Museum – An Intimate,...

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By Valerie Milano Photos By THT Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/28/25 - On a memorable evening at the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater, Jessie Reyez...

Women in Media Reel/Forward Conference On Profitable Sustainable Production

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LOS ANGELES, CA – – Women in Media presents the Reel/Forward in-person conference. The two-day event features panels and workshops on funding, finding...

TRY TO REMEMBER

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Review: The Fantasticks at Ruskin Group Theatre By: Sarah A. Spitz PHOTOS: ANDY DEPUNG  Santa Monica, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/27/2025 - Sometime in the early 1960s, I...