Rosemary Rossi

Title: Senior News Editor, Weekends

Education: California State University, Northridge,

Expertise: Celebrities, Breaking News, Entertainment Industry

Rosemary Rossi has over 35 years of experience as a reporter, writer and editor for national publications and outlets, with a primary focus on celebrities and the entertainment industry.
She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and currently serves as Senior News Editor, Weekends.
Before joining PEOPLE, Rosemary Rossi most recently served as Senior News Editor at TheWrap. Prior to that, she covered entertainment for American Media and Bauer Publishing as West Coast Editor and as the Hollywood Correspondent for Australia’s Horowitz Graham Publishing.

Rosemary Rossi has more than 35 years experience as a writer and editor in both the print and digital news publishing worlds, during which time her specialty has been the entertainment industry. Before joining PEOPLE in 2023 as Senior News Editor, Weekends, she most recently served for seven years as Senior News Editor, entertainment writer and celebrity interviewer at TheWrap.com.

For the 20-plus years prior to that, Rosemary Rossi covered the entertainment industry for American Media and Bauer Publishing as West Coast Editor and as the Hollywood Correspondent for Australia’s Horowitz Graham Publishing, specializing primarily in television and Hollywood history. She also wrote film reviews, analyzed TV trends and penned a weekly tongue-in-cheek column called "Hollywood's Worst Ideas This Week" for TWCC.com.

Among the celebrities Rosemary Rossi has interviewed through her extensive career are Jane Fonda, Paul Walker, Matthew Perry, Ricky Martin, Ray Romano, Kevin Bacon, Toni Collette, Carol Burnett, James Franco, Sarah Palin and Rachel Dolezal.

Rosemary Rossi studied Journalism, Theater Arts and Art at California State University, Northridge in Los Angeles.

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