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It’s my blogiversary! Greg in Hollywood turns 11!
Greg In Hollywood turns 11 today!
This comes three months after being chosen as one of MetroSource Magazine’s People We Love which I thought was very cool.
It’s hard to believe 11 years have gone by since Greg in Hollywood was quickly launched in 2009 – less than a week after I was downsized from the shrinking Los Angeles Daily News. I had been doing the Out in Hollywood blog at the paper since 2006 and loved it so much. So after my layoff, my main feeling was that I had to keep going.
My smart and talented friends Danny Sullivan, Lorna Harris, Kate Cohen and Val Cohen dropped everything for several days 11 years ago to help me quickly get Greg In Hollywood up and running and allowed me to instantly turn lemons into lemonade.
I’ll always be so grateful to them!
This blog has been my baby – a constant not just in my professional life, but in my life. Greg in Hollywood is directly responsible for my being approached about becoming U.S. correspondent at Gay Star News when it launched back in 2011 – a job I stayed with for a very rewarding 5.5 years. Since 2017, I’ve been juggling the blog with my job at the Los Angeles LGBT Center where I am a writer for the marketing & communications department.
For all the love and energy I continue to put into Greg In Hollywood, I get it in return in the form of really thoughtful emails that come out of nowhere and meeting longtime readers when I’m out and about.
People are so kind and so thoughtful – and honest.
So let me just say thank you for your loyalty, for checking the site every day and weighing in on the comments or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Now we start year 12!
Previous posts: Here is MetroSource “People We Love” article on Greg in Hollywood and Greg In Hollywood’s 5th Anniversary Party and From layoff to kick-off in seven days
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Highlights from some celebrity encounters from year 10 of Greg in Hollywood: 1. Tennis icon Billie Jean King 2.Interviewing Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin at LA LGBT Center 50th anniversary concert 3. How to Get Away With Murder star Conrad Ricamora 4. Actors Juan Pablo Di Pace and Jack Plotnick 5. Knots Landing star Donna Mills 6. Seal at LA Women’s March 7. Grey’s Anatomy’s Jake Borelli 8. EastSiders stars Kit Williamson and John Halbach 9. The Pointer Sisters 10. Alyson Stoner 11. Singer Tom Goss 12. Kathy Griffin and Jenifer Lewis 13. Knots Landing star Michele Lee 14. EastSiders star Van Hansis 15. Singer Steve Grand 16. Actor Garrett Clayton 17. How to Get Away With Murder star Jack Fallahee 18. Gilmore Girls alum Lauren Graham 19. CBS News foreign correspondent Seth Doane and me in P-Town! 20. Rip Taylor memorial tribute 21. Interviewing The Other Two star Andy Ridings at GALECA Awards 22. Antonio Banderas at GALECA Awards 23. Olivia Wilde at GALECA Awards 24. With actor Daryl Stephens at Outfest 25. Broadway star Nick Adams 26. Adam Rippon at opening of Falsettos. 27. Sting at opening of The Last Ship 28. Jamie Foxx at screening of Just Mercy 29. Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, and Jon Hamm at screening of Richard Jewell 30. With Ricki Lake at screening of Hairspray at Hollywood Forever 31. Barbara Eden being honored at The Hollywood Museum 32. With Gus Kenworthy and Jim Key at AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser 33. Ann-Margret at Rip Taylor memorial 34. Queer Eye stars Karamo Brown and Bobby Berk at Center’s 50th anniversary 35. With Matt Wilkas at AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser
Comments
(All comments are reviewed before being published, and I review submissions several times per day.)
Brew69 says:
Greg, your blog is the only one that I follow because it covers all of the topics, events and people that I am interested in. Your blog is so informative and entertaining at the same time. Congratulations! Looking forward to another eleven years of excellent Hollywood coverage!
Jimmy Short says:
Congrats Greg! I’m so proud of you, personally & professionally. I am one of those people who logs in every AM to see the latest in Hollywood & in LGBTQ news. I find myself jealous of your meeting those whom I admire so much too. Best wishes & much continued success!
Cheers from Sacramento!
Jimmy Short
Eddie says:
Congratulations! Where does the time go? I don’t remember the Google search that lead me to you, but I know it was a few weeks before you were let go by the Daily News. I was worried that without the Out in Hollywood column, I would lose track of you. When you created Greg in Hollywood then I made it a bookmark on my desktop iMac You have been here ever since. May you have many more years doing what you love.
Greg Hernandez says:
Thank you Brew69, Jimmy Short, and Eddie for being such loyal and thoughtful readers. Means the world that you found me – and stuck with me! xoxo
Bruce Barton says:
Congratulations and here’s to many more anniversaries coming your way. Thank you for all you do!
Greg Hernandez says:
Thank you Bruce Barton!!!! Much appreciated 🙂
John Johnston says:
Before I knew you, I knew you as the guy with Florence Henderson from your blog photo. Happy 11th Greg !
Greg Hernandez says:
Thanks so much John! I cherish my photos with Florence 🙂
terry hogan says:
Congratulations from down under. I really enjoy your blog and check it out daily even though as an older gay man I have no idea who some of these people are!
I should add that I always appreciate the eye candy regardless.
Appreciate the time and work you put into it – keep it coming and thank you. Terry
Greg Hernandez says:
Thank you so much Terry from Down Under! hope to visit Australia someday soon to watch the Aussie Open!
Charles Chan Massey says:
Congratulations!
Greg Hernandez says:
Thank you Charles so much!!!!!!!! xoxoxo
Paul says:
Happy Anniversary, Greg! I love your column and visit it every day, several times a day. Wishing you many more years with GREG IN HOLLYWOOD.
Greg Hernandez says:
Thank you Paul – thank you for being such a loyal reader and for the kind words!
Victor says:
Simply THANK YOU !!! You are in my must-see everyday bookmark folder. Thanks for all your hard work to keep us informed. Continued success!!