Heather E. Schwartz
Expertise
Movies, TV, Comedy, Music
- Heather is the author of more than 30 celebrity biographies, including Lupita Nyong'o: Actor, Filmmaker, Activist; Emma Stone: Star of the Stage, TV, and Film; and Beyonce: The Queen of Pop.
- She has interviewed various celebrities as a writer for the Specialty Publications Department of the Albany Times Union, including Jack LaLanne, and Kate Pierson of The B-52's.
- She's also the author of humor title How to Be Ridiculous: 28 Tips for a Brand New You.
Experience
Heather has been a professional writer for nearly three decades. She has written for publishers and brands such as Scholastic, Grand Central Publishing, Disney, Sesame Street, Time for Kids, the Smithsonian, and NASA. Her books have won many awards, including the Eureka! Gold Award, the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, and the NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. She studies and performs comedy with The Mopco Improv Theatre in Upstate New York, and her comedy writing has been included in The Takeout Cookbook: How to Order, Eat, and Care for Food You Didn't Cook, on the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop blog, and on the Little Old Lady Comedy website. She runs the website QuietGirlComedy.com, and her latest humor title is How to Be Ridiculous: 28 Tips for a Brand New You (2022).
Education
Heather earned a B.A. in English at SUNY Potsdam, where she studied journalism.
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Stories By Heather E. Schwartz
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Vanna White's glamorous gowns on "Wheel of Fortune" add to the game show's appeal, but here are some things about her dresses you may not have noticed.
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Sometimes, props can play an iconic role in sitcoms that often go unappreciated. However, one "Seinfeld" prop will quite literally go down in history.
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As it turns out, there is no place on earth where the stars of "Seinfeld" can go without being recognized. One former cast member found that out in Bali.
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This "Saturday Night Live" sketch proved to be the one that helped the sparks fly between Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson.
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Aidy Bryant decided to leave "Saturday Night Live," a gig she succeeded in for a decade. Here is why Aidy Bryant was so worried about her final "SNL" sketch.
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"The Price Is Right" was commonly mentioned on an afternoon in "That '70s Show." So which member of the gang stepped out of the basement and onto the gameshow?
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Did you know that the CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls featured a large number of Saturday Night Live actors during its six-season run? Here's who showed up.
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Here's a closer look at the grueling process of becoming a contestant on the long-running game show "The Price is Right."
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Does anyone really think hosting "Saturday Night Live" is an easy breezy walk in the park? It's hard to imagine anything more high pressure.
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At least one of the show's permanent models has built an acting career alongside her modeling career. She even had a role on a police procedural, "CSI: Miami."
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Tina Fey's leap to writing for "Saturday Night Live" reads like a fairy tale with a happy ending. Here is how Tina Fey made "SNL" history in 1999.
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One particular three-way tie on the Big Wheel was so rare it made "Price is Right" history.
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How many fans know the late Jerry Orbach's journey to becoming an actor began in childhood?
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'Saturday Night Live' has been delighting audiences since the mid-1970s. Sure, sometimes it's hit or miss. But sometimes, sketches became true classics.
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At its very center, show business is impossible to predict -- success or failure. How do you know when to fold your tents and find another job?
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Even huge fans of "The Big Bang Theory" missed this continuity error involving Raj in Season 1, Episode 4, "The Luminous Fish Effect."
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Jaleel White has commented frequently about his "Family Matters" character Steve Urkel's suave alter-ego, Stefan Urquelle.
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"SNL" hosts get paid to do a job that tons of wannabes would happily take on for free? Indeed, they do. And that begs the question: Well, how much?
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One Reddit user made an interesting note while watching "The Big Bang Theory." Throughout the series, Sheldon only wears this piece of clothing a few times.
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Mayim Bialik took pains to change Amy on "The Big Bang Theory" to make her much more interesting, including making some sly changes to this hilarious scene.
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Melissa Rauch had a long run on The Big Bang Theory, starring in over 200 episodes. But she also had a memorable one-off role in another smash sitcom.
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"Saturday Night Live" has been airing on NBC for nearly five decades, but some of the stars that have populated the series have been around much, much longer.
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Any comedy star worth their salt realizes that a solid main character is important, but equally crucial -- maybe more so -- is top-notch supporting players.
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Mark Wahlberg calls one of his most famous movies his worst. He said in an interview that he regrets the film that turned him into a movie star.
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Here's how much a seller got for a supposed pirate treasure chest on an episode of Pawn Stars.
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The Pawn Stars were on TV before they ever got their own show, appearing in a documentary amongst other TV spots. Rick actually sought out chances to be on TV.
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There's something about the song in the "The Matrix: Resurrections" trailer that's eerily familiar.