About Greg In Hollywood editor Greg Hernandez

Greg In Hollywood was launched in February 2009 by longtime journalist Greg Hernandez.

He knows what it’s like sitting next to Jennifer Hudson at the Oscar nominees luncheon one year and next to George Clooney the very next and how to keep cool when driving on the freeway and Elton John calls and needs to chat NOW.  Then there was the time a hotel operator in London failed to put Greg’s call through to Lauren Bacall on time and her first words to him, in the unmistakable voice were: “You’re late!”

Greg has attended many Academy Award ceremonies over the years doing red carpet duties then moving into the press room backstage where the winners face the media.

He’s also a veteran of covering many Golden Globes, Emmys, Grammys, and People’s Choice Awards as well as film festivals, movie premieres, and television press tours.

Among the Oscar winners Greg has interviewed over the years: Diane Keaton, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Anthony Hopkins, Marion Cotillard, George Clooney , Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borginine, Nicole Kidman, Helen Hunt, Susan Sarandon, Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster, Geena Davis, Marlee Matlin, Martin Landau, Shirley Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Melissa Leo, Mo’Nique, Mira Sorvino, George Chakiris, Cloris Leachman, Marcia Gay Harden, Rita Moreno, and Eva Marie Saint.

Other star interviews include: Patrick Swayze, Candice Bergen, John Travolta, Bryan Cranston, Matt Bomer, Mary-Louise Parker, Neil Patrick Harris, Diana Ross (and Supremes Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong), all four original Designing Women (Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Annie Potts and Delta Burke); Arnold Schwarzeneggar, tennis legends Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Jimmy Connors; televisions icons Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Doris Roberts, Florence Henderson, Meredith Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Susan Lucci and Deidre Hall; funny ladies Kathy Griffin, Rosie O’Donnell, and Rose Marie; classic movie stars Tippi Hedren, Esther Williams, Debbie Reynolds, and many, many more.

Greg in Hollywood is all about what is happening now and brings you  fly-on-the-wall accounts of Hollywood events to coverage of the independent film and local theater scene, brings you interviews with celebrities, newsmakers and creative types, and keeps you up to date on entertainment, LGBT, and political news.

Greg In Hollywood stories have been picked up by such mainstream news organizations as Los Angeles Times, ABC News, People.com, USA Today, Huffington Post, US Weekly, Gawker, New York Post, New York Daily News, E!Online, Chicago Sun-Times, Parade.com, Yahoo.com, RadarOnline, UPI, Newsday, TV Guide, UK’s Daily Mail, Broadway.com, HollywoodLife, Zap2It.com as well as LGBT sites including The Advocate, Out.com, Towleroad, AfterElton, Queerty, Boy Culture, Kenneth In the 212, Washington Blade, DListed, and Homorazzi.

Prior to Greg In Hollywood, Hernandez founded the popular  Out In Hollywood blog while a writer and columnist and entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News. He was a longtime staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and also on staff at The Hollywood Reporter and has been a contributing writer to The Advocate, Variety, Orange Coast, XFinity.com and Frontiers. He is currently Los Angeles correspondent for the worldwide LGBT website Gay Star News, is president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and a member of The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association.