Valerie Ettenhofer
School
Saint Mary's College Of California
Expertise
"The Last Of Us", "Stranger Things", Streaming TV Shows
- A major "Avatar: The Last Airbender" fan since 2005, Valerie has previously ranked every episode of the series and even has a tattoo of the four element symbols.
- Valerie wrote an essay about the Nicolas Cage drama "Pig" – her favorite movie of 2021 – that appears in the 2023 Simon & Schuster anthology "Sad Happens."
- Valerie has previously served on the Critics Choice Awards TV comedy nominating committee, where she was thrilled to help highlight breakout performances from great shows like "Reservation Dogs" and "Abbott Elementary."
Experience
Valerie has been working professionally as an entertainment journalist since 2012, when she began freelance writing for her local college newspaper and quickly rose through the ranks to become editor-in-chief. After college, Valerie interned at the historic Roxie Theater in San Francisco, writing copy for their website and falling even more in love with film in the process. Since then, her work has appeared in print in the East Bay Express, as well as on websites like The Playlist, IGN, Dread Central, IndieReader, Movie Mezzanine, and more. Valerie is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association's TV and Documentary branches and the LGBTQ+ critics' circle, GALECA. For several years, she served as the head TV critic at Film School Rejects. She also publishes a weekly pop culture newsletter titled "Hey, What Are You Watching?"
Education
Valerie graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's degree from Saint Mary's College of California, where she studied English. Her film-heavy education allowed her to study special topics in pop culture, including independent film and the works of Alfred Hitchcock.
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Stories By Valerie Ettenhofer
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An episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show resulted in Mary Tyler Moore pulling off a tricky shot while playing pool.
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The onscreen romance (and chemistry) between Meghan Markle and Patrick J. Adams' characters was a big part of what made Suits a hit.
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Killers of the Flower Moon director Martin Scorsese wasn't impressed by Leonardo DiCaprio's improvisation efforts.
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Rod Serling played a J.D. Salinger-like author on a forgotten sitcom. Learn all about it right here.
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Better Call Saul earned no less than 53 Emmys nominations during its series run, but it didn't win a single one. That sucks, but trophies aren't everything.
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Sir Elton John's Emmy win has made him the most recent recipient of the prestigious EGOT distinction.
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Abbott Elementary star Quinta Brunson has just made Emmys history - again.
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The True Detective season 4 opening theme song is going to be very familiar to most viewers.
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Mike Farrell played surgeon B.J. Hunnicutt for eight seasons on M*A*S*H, but in 1985, the actor's role on TV suddenly got a little bit more real.
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The Sound of Music has been a generational favorite for over half of a century. Here's what the still alive cast has been up to since.
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Larry David is finally saying farewell to his fictional counterpart in the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Check out the trailer here!
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After being found guilty of assault and harassment, actor Jonathan Majors will reportedly no longer play Dennis Rodman in an upcoming movie.
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Eduardo Franco has confirmed he won't be back as Argyle in Stranger Things season 5, the final season of the Netflix hit series.
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Eli Roth's slasher film Thanksgiving is currently available on premium video on demand, but it will soon be heading to digital, Blu-ray, and DVD.
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Let's get kaiju crazy and talk about the Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 1 ending! Spoilers follow, obviously.
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Disney Animation's Wish is headed to digital, while its home media release will include ample bonus features about the making of the film.
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If you're a fan of 12 Monkeys and Star Trek, you'll probably want to know which actress almost played the Borg Queen on Picard.
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Nurse Kellye got a big make-out parodying From Here to Eternity in a deleted scene from the M*A*S*H series finale.
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Join us as we take a look at the surviving members of the Bonnie and Clyde cast.
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The M*A*S*H episode 'The Interview' broke the TV mold, pushing the medium beyond its established boundaries and yanking on viewers' heartstrings.
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Actress Cindy Morgan, best known for playing Lora and Zori in the groundbreaking 1982 sci-fi film Tron, has died at the age of 69.
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Kelsey Grammer wasn't the only Cheers legend present during Jack Cutmore-Scott's live audition for the Frasier revival.
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Yellowstone has a habit of paying its respects to artists who influenced the show (like Wilford Brimley), even when they never worked on it.
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Here are the surviving main cast members of the hit TV show Starsky and Hutch.
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The wonderfully weird trailer for Lisa Frankenstein makes the film look like one part Warm Bodies, one part Heathers, and one part Jennifer's Body.
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Looking to watch all of The Mummy movies in order? With almost 100 years worth of Mummy movies to choose from, we've done the heavy lifting.
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The Twilight Zone Episode titled Nothing in the Dark boasts a very young Robert Redford in what many consider to be his worst performance.