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This Was Hollywood: An Exclusive with Author Carla Valderrama
As of 2019, there are 532 television shows on the air, and there are always thousands of new movies to binge on various streaming services. Sometimes, it seems as soon as you binge the latest season of a popular show on one service — there already are ten other shows or movies that you need to catch up on to be in the loop. What if you aren’t that interested in current pop culture?
On my blog, we’ve talked with Nicole Randone, the creator behind the popular 2000s media-centered Instagram account, @Misss2005. Y2K culture was only two decades ago, so many readers were likely alive during the aughts. What if your world was surrounded by media that is almost a century old? I talked with my new friend, Carla Valderrama, the popular Instagram creator behind @ThisWasHollywood with 949k followers. Her account, This Was Hollywood, highlights everything old Hollywood with behind-the-scenes looks at our favorite classic movies, photographs of our favorite stars, and more. Carla is the author of the new book, “This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars & Stories,” which can be found everywhere books are sold. Here are some of the questions and answers from our interview.
