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MICHAEL AARON GALLAGHER
Entertainment Correspondent | Celebrity Photographer | Movie Actor
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Biography of Michael Aaron Gallagher
Michael Aaron Gallagher is best known for his work as an entertainment journalist, celebrity photographer, independent movie actor and producer.
As the founder and editor-in-chief of the global entertainment business news magazine StayFamous.Net, he has interviewed and photographed some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
In 2011, he took on a new role as a film producer. He was named as an executive producer of two New York city-based independent short films, "Terminus" by award-winning director Barnett Brettler and "Other Days" by director Adam Gundersheimer. He was an associate producer of "First Kiss" by director Yulin Kuang and "Step One" written by Hollywood screenwriter Allison Burnett and directed by Max Gold. He was also a financial backer of the films "Kids on the Run" by director Nolan Goff and "No Hay Nada Mas" by director Giovanni Solis.
As an award-winning writer, his work has appeared in print for an audience of more than 75 Million readers in the United States. He has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The Post-Standard (an S.I. Newhouse publication), where he was a television critic, and the Scotsman Media Group newspapers. His opinions have been quoted in USA Today, twice in People magazine (including the "Sexiest Man Alive" issue), TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Elle, Allure (20th Anniversary issue), Marie Claire, Self, Country Weekly, Business Week, Smart Money magazine from The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Success, Prevention, Good Housekeeping, Men's Journal, Details, Maxim, Popular Science, Architectural Digest and American Journalism Review. In February 2009, his TV review was featured in the television section of MSNBC.com. In the September 2011 issue, actress Rachel Bilson ("Hart of Dixie") answered his fashion question in her column for InStyle magazine.
Some of his most prominent celebrity interviews include actor Danny DeVito ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"), Elijah Wood ("The Lord of the RIngs"), legendary news anchor Ted Koppel ("Nightline"), television host Jerry Springer ("The Jerry Springer Show"), billionaire Mark Cuban (owner of the Dallas Mavericks), actress AnnaSophia Robb ("Soul Surfer"), Disney Channel star Debby Ryan ("Jessie"), ABC Family star Nicole Anderson ("Mean Girls 2), actress Elisha Cuthbert ("The Girl Next Door"), actor Jason Biggs ("American Pie"), actress Sarah Chalke ("Scrubs"), actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler ("The Sopranos"), actor Maurice Benard (who plays Sonny on "General Hospital"), actress Judy Greer ("The Wedding Planner"), actor Kevin Sorbo ("Hercules"), actor Vincent Pastore ("The Sopranos"), actress Ally Walker ("Profiler"), actor Mike Farrell ("M*A*S*H"), actor Timothy Olyphant ("Justified"), actor Walton Goggins ("The Shield"), actress Aisha Tyler ("Ghost Whisperer"), actor Holt McCallany ("Lights Out"), actress Callie Thorne ("Rescue Me"), actress Mekenna Melvin ("Chuck"), Charlene Amoia ("American Reunion"), actress Natalie Zea ("Justified"), actor Austin Butler ("Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure"), actor H. Jon Benjamin ("Archer"), comedian Louis C.K. ("Louie"), comedienne Margaret Cho ("Drop Dead Diva"), Kristen Renton ("Sons of Anarchy"), Winter Ave Zoli ("Sons of Anarchy"), Christopher Douglas Reed ("Sons of Anarchy"), actress Ariana Richards ("Jurassic Park"), actor Keegan Allen ("Pretty Little Liars"), Disney Channel's Mitchel Musso ("Hannah Montana"), Disney XD's Kelli Berglund ("Lab Rats"), Disney Channel's Adam Irigoyen ("Shake It Up"), Nickelodeon's James Maslow ("Big Time Rush"), actor Barry Floyd ("The Game"), actor Mehcad Brooks ("Necessary Roughness"), German actress Lotte Flack ("Pope Joan"), actor Shaun O'Rourke ("Port City"),actress Pleasant Wayne, Grammy award-winning saxophone player Kenny G, Grammy award-winning singer Jennifer Nettles of the country music duo Sugarland, Grammy award-winning band Train (Pat Monahan), Grammy award-winning band Blues Traveler (Tad Kinchla), singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, classic rock band STYX (Chuck Panozzo, James “JY” Young and Ricky Phillips), classic rock band Kansas (Rich Williams), Grammy award-winning singer and actress Brandy ("Drop Dead Diva"), Grammy award-winning Native American singer Joanne Shenandoah, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, Grammy award-winning lead singer Harry Wayne "KC" Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band, Grammy nominated country music singer Trace Adkins, Grammy nominated R&B legend Charlie Wilson, multi-platinum recording artist Clay Aiken, modern rock band There for Tomorrow (Maike Maile), entertainer Lance Bass (*NSYNC), country music singer Kellie Pickler ("American Idol"), country music vocal group Little Big Town (Phillip Sweet), country music duo Steel Magnolia (Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones), country music singer Sunny Sweeney, country music singer Justin Moore, country music singer Chris Young, country music singer David Nail, country music singer Jake Owen, musician Landon Austin, Academy Award-nominated composer Patrick Doyle ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"), acclaimed children's author Bruce Coville, NY Times Best-Selling author Elmore Leonard, NY Times Best-Selling author Laurie Halse Anderson, screenwriter Christine Conradt ("Summer's Moon"), novelist/screenwriter Allison Burnett ("Resurrecting the Champ"), director Dallas Jenkins ("What If..."), director Geo Santini ("Hotel California"), executive producer Peter Tolan ("Analyze This"), executive producer/showrunner Warren Leight ("Lights Out"), show creator David Caspe ("Happy Endings"), actor/co-creator Jason Gann ("Wilfred"), executive producer/creator/writer Josh Berman ("Drop Dead Diva"), executive producer/writer/director Craig Zadan ("Drop Dead Diva"), executive producer Dominic Ianno ("Soul Surfer"), Broadway star Carrie Manolakos (“Mamma Mia"), fashion icons Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen ("Full House"), fashion publicist and MTV star Kelly Cutrone, fashion stylist Louise Roe ("Plain Jane"), model Mercedes Yvette ("America's Next Top Model"), MTV host Lenay Dunn ("10 on Top"), television host Samantha Harris ("Entertainment Tonight"), late night talk show host Jake Sasseville ("Late Night Republic"), celebrity chef Curtis Stone ("Top Chef Masters"), and the "Bailey sisters," actresses Karolyn Grimes (who played Zuzu) and Carol Coombs Mueller (who played Janie) in the classic holiday film, "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed).
Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family"), Ali Larter ("Heroes"), Miranda Cosgrove ("iCarly"), Julianne Hough ("Dancing with the Stars") and Kat Graham ("The Vampire Diaries") have also answered his questions during celebrity Q&A's.
As a press photographer, he has photographed numerous movie stars, recording artists and celebrities, including Kevin Costner, Alec Baldwin, Dennis Quaid, Tiger Woods, Justin Bieber, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antbellum, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Bob Newhart, Kenny G, Boyz II Men, MC Hammer, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Damian Marley, Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Pherrell Williams (N.E.R.D.), Akon, Kid Cudi, K-Os, Iyaz, Charice, Shontelle, Tinie Tempah, Drake, Taio Cruz, Kardinal Offishall, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Sara Evans, Justin Moore, Kellie Pickler, Katharine McPhee, Chris Young, Lights (Valerie Poxleitner), Kevin Rudolf, 3 Oh! 3, We The Kings, Spose, Blues Traveler, STYX, Kansas, The White Tie Affair, Simple Plan, Plain White T's, Ed Kowalczyk (formerly of Live), Safety Suit, Terrible Things, Cartel, The Maine, Stereo Skyline, Artist vs. Poet, Jessie James, Elliot Yamin, Avenged Sevenfold, Flyleaf, All That Remains, Hollywood Undead, The New Cities, The Latency, Walk Off The Earth, Motion Picture Ending, Francis and the Lights, Spyro Gyra, Boz Scaggs, Richie Havens, Gil Scott Heron (1949-2011), John Hammond, Savoy Brown, Aaron Fresh, Mayday Parade, Drew Seeley, Drake Bell, Mitchel Musso, Jordan Pruitt, Keely Marshall, Aviella Winder, Ashlee Keating, Savannah Outen, Brock Storm, Adam West, Frank Langella, Ed Harris, Edward James Olmos, Vincent Pastore, Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro, Jenni "J-Woww" Farley, Stephen Baldwin, Omar Benson Miller, Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010), Dan Aykroyd, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Lesley Stahl, Tim Green, Jim Brown, Donny Deutsch, Ted Koppel, Samantha Harris, Jerry Springer and Bob Costas.
In 2009, he was quoted on the front of the DVD cover for “Sky Kids,” starring Stephen Baldwin and Tom Sizemore (which was released in the United Kingdom) and on the official movie poster for "20 Mississippi." In February 2010, he was quoted on the front DVD cover of "The Two Plates" (Maverick Entertainment). His movie reviews have also been featured on the official websites of "Soul Surfer" (TriStar Pictures/Film District), "Port City" (Willow Shade Productions), "The Flyboys," (Dark Coast Pictures), "20 Mississippi," "The Two Plates" (Maverick Entertainment), and the Academy Award winning American Documentary Inc. series POV (on PBS).
In 2004, his idea for a fashion photo shoot was chosen by Tyra Banks as a semi-finalist for America’s Next Top Model’s Viewer Choice Challenge, something he credits for giving him the courage to pursue his passion for the entertainment industry.
In 2009, he made his feature film debut as a character in the independent horror film “Ms. Cannibal Holocaust” (SRS Cinema) by award-winning Director Ron Bonk ("Clay") and award-winning Executive Producer Jonathan Straiton ("The Two Plates").
He has attended numerous movie premieres and industry events including the world premiere of the Universal Pictures film “The Express: The Ernie Davis Story,” the Syracuse International Film Festival, the Rochester High Falls International Film Festival and the B-Movie Film Festival.
He is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he attained a B.S. in Marketing Management from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. At the age of 17, he graduated from Columbia University's Earth Systems Field School at the Biosphere 2 Center in Oracle, Arizona, where he studied biodiversity within the marsh ecosystem. He was also a soccer player at both the 1997 World Scholar-Athlete Games and the 1999 Inaugural U.S. Scholar-Athlete Games, hosted by the Institute for International Sport in Kingston, Rhode Island.
He holds an MBA from Columbia College, where his 150-page master's thesis was a strategic audit of DreamWorks Animation SKG, with management recommendations for the Hollywood movie studio.
His poetry was selected for the 2011 Syracuse Poster Project series, on display in art galleries around the city of Syracuse. He was asked to be a special speaker at the 4th Annual Native Circle Festival, where he read his poetry celebrating Native American culture.
He is currently an assistant editor at the Scotsman Media Group newspapers (the largest home-delivered publication in Central New York with a readership of more than 367,000) and Today's CNY Woman magazine, the #1 women's magazine in Central New York.
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