Lori Acken

Lori Acken spent her childhood attempting to recreate Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood of Make-Believe (minus Lady Elaine) in her basement, and her adolescence plotting to be a Sweathog (without making her mother mad). This career is destiny. Her first celebrity interview — Kenny Loggins — lasted two hours, long after the microcassette and any common sense ran out, and encompassed the benefits of wheat grass, meditation and Christmas tunes. Though she’s since enjoyed sit-downs with Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Jessica Parker and dozens of others, her favorite career-related memory is having sushi with Leif Garrett in Hollywood —because you just do not outgrow a crush like that.

Articles byLori Acken

July 10, 3:13 pm

Lori Acken

Articles byLori Acken

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6 Things You Never Knew About ‘Footloose’ Star Kevin Bacon

Do You Remember When Kate Jackson Played a Ghost on ‘Dark Shadows’?

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Lindsay Wagner, TV’s ‘Bionic Woman’

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5 Things You Never Knew About ‘The Jeffersons’ Star Sherman Hemsley

5 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Sanford and Son’ Star Redd Foxx

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5 Things You Never Knew About Johnny Carson’s Last Episode of ‘The Tonight Show’

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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Groundbreaking Cop Drama ‘Cagney & Lacey’

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8 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Star Karen Grassle

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‘Starsky & Hutch’: The Cars! The Clothes! The Bear! The Bromance!

‘The Brady Bunch’: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About the Show

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A First-Timer’s Guide to San Diego Comic-Con

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‘Nashville’ Star Chip Esten Previews the ‘Pure Magic’ of the Show’s Final Episodes

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‘Fear the Walking Dead’: Did [SPOILER] Die a Hero or a Chump? (RECAP)

Opinion

Is Charlie Naomi’s Daughter on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’?

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‘Sweetbitter’ Star Caitlin FitzGerald: ‘I Was Tess’ at 22 (VIDEO)

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Did ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Really Just Do That to [SPOILER]? 8 Takeaways From ‘Just in Case’ (RECAP)

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‘Fear the Walking Dead’: 8 Takeaways From the Lovely ‘Laura’ (RECAP)

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‘Fear The Walking Dead’: 5 Takeaways From ‘Buried’ (RECAP)

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‘Fear the Walking Dead’: 5 Takeaways From ‘Good Out Here’ — Including That Major Shocker! (RECAP)

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‘Fear The Walking Dead’: 7 Takeaways From ‘Another Day in the Diamond’ (RECAP)

Q&A

5 Questions With Anthony Carrigan of HBO’s ‘Barry’ and Fox’s ‘Gotham’

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Did Rick Kill Negan in ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8 Finale? (RECAP)

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‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 15: Negan’s Latest Victim Is? (RECAP)

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‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 14: ‘Still Gotta Mean Something’ (RECAP)

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‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 13: The Enemy Is Within (RECAP)

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‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 12: Hey There, Georgie Girl! (RECAP)

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‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 11: Who Makes It Safely to the Hilltop? (RECAP)

Opinion

Can Carl’s Death Breathe New Life Into ‘The Walking Dead’ (and Who Will They Kill Off Next)?

Q&A

‘Striking Out’: Amy Huberman on Tara & Eric and Ray’s Reckoning in Series 2

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‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 10: Did Carl’s Last Wishes Fall on Deaf Ears? (RECAP)

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‘The Walking Dead’ Midseason Premiere: ‘There Has to Be Something After’ (RECAP)

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