Leigh Giangreco
School
American University
Expertise
Movies, TV, Screwball Comedies, Old Hollywood
- Leigh Giangreco has written lifestyle pieces for The Washington Post, Citylab and Block Club Chicago.
- Her work has been featured on "Good Morning America" and she has appeared as a guest on Sirius Satellite Radio.
- Her witty writing style has explained everything from panda diplomacy to why Joe Biden is all over Tinder.
Experience
Leigh Giangreco is a writer at SlashFilm. She has written lifestyle pieces for national and local publications including The Washington Post, Bloomberg Citylab and Block Club Chicago. She previously covered aviation technology and the military industrial base in Washington, D.C.
Education
Leigh Giangreco earned her Bachelor's degree at American University, where she minored in political science.
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Stories By Leigh Giangreco
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'Listen, the last man that said that to me was Archie Leach just a week before he cut his throat.'
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There was an unusual ingredient that went into crafting the memorable look of the decaying buccaneers.
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Have you ever wondered why Kevin McCallister had access to all those mannequins in Home Alone? We have.
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It's a huge part of the movie's enduring charm.
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'I drove myself into the ground trying to get over dyslexia and when I finished school I had the top grades.'
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'She had an inner life aching to be expressed.'
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Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a fundamental part of Finding Nemo, but originally, the Pixar team had a very different story in mind.
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Forrest Gump is perhaps the most American movie of the past half-century, but it had a long road to production, full of doubt over its commercial viability.
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There's no crying in baseball.
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'I thought was just absolutely wonderfully done.'
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At one time, Katharine Hepburn was considered 'box office poison' and had to muster all her self-reliance to mount a comeback.
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'I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio.'
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Humphrey Bogart was known for his hard and tough characters, but one classic Hollywood tragedy never failed to bring tears to his eyes.
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Baron Cohen came more than well-prepared.
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Bill Murray not only played the lead role in the '90s comedy Groundhog Day — he also infused the script with his signature wit and charm.
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It's not easy being green, but being purple ain't great, either!
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Their friendship would never die.
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Steven Spielberg broke the rules of Hollywood with Jaws, establishing not only the summer blockbuster but also the rules for filming on the ocean.
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Billy Wilder's The Apartment has become a Hollywood classic, and none of it would have worked without the singular charms of star Jack Lemmon.
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Jack Lemmon's classic comedy Some Like It Hot ends with an iconic line — one that still feels daring over 60 years later.
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When Rachel Brosnahan got the call to fly out to Los Angeles for a second audition, she fell seriously ill.
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John Hughes explains how Cameron's sequence in the museum is a metaphor for filmmaking.
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You may not have noticed this allusion in Hot Fuzz before, but once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it.
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Yep, you read that correctly – the idea was initially sparked by an incident from an entirely different conflict.
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Though one of his co-stars joked that Bloom doesn't sweat ("he merely glows"), this stunt from the first Pirates sequel put him through the wringer.
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The director of films like 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Sixteen Candles' didn't appreciate the tone with which some critics talked about his actors.