Ed Gross Senior Entertainment Editor
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Ed Gross serves as Senior Entertainment Editor at WomansWorld.com and FirstForWomen.com, where he focuses on Classic TV and Film. For the past 40+ years he has taken a lifelong passion for those mediums and turned it into a career as an entertainment journalist. He’s served as Executive Editor of Movie Magic, Life Story and Film Fantasy magazines, Senior Editor of Geek Monthly, CFQ, Cinescape and Femme Fatales magazines, and New York Correspondent for Starlog and Fangoria magazines. Online, he was Editor US, empireonline.com and Film/TV Editor for CloserWeekly.com, InTouchWeekly.com and LifeandStyleMag.com. Additionally, he has written numerous non-fiction books and one novel over the past 35 years, among them Voices from Krypton: The Unofficial Oral History of Superman (2023, Nacelle Books), They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Unofficial Oral History of John Wick (2022, St. Martin’s Press), Secrets of the Force: The Unofficial Oral History of Star Wars (2021, St. Martin’s Press), Nobody Does It Better: The Unofficial Oral History of James Bond (2020, Tor Books), the two volume The Fifty-Year Mission: The Unofficial Oral History of Star Trek (2016, St. Martin’s Press), and, with L. Frank Baum, Fleischer and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Published In

Woman's World, First For Women

Focus Areas

  • Entertainment
  • Classic TV and Film

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The Battlestar Galactica Cast Remembers What It Was Like On Set

From Edward James Olmos to Tricia Helfer, Mary McDonnell and more, they're here to share memories of the groundbreaki...

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TV show musical numbers allow your favorite characters to burst into song, including the casts of 'Buffy,' 'Scrubs,' ...

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'The Vampire Diaries' may be incredibly popular, but there were dozens of vampire TV shows before it, ranging from 'D...

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Jim Nabors, Gomer Pyle and The Andy Griffith Show | First For Women

16 facts revealed about actor Jim Nabors, his character Gomer Pyle and the series they appeared on, 'The Andy Griffit...

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Leave It to Beaver Star Jerry Mathers Grows Up Through These 15 Photos | First For Women

On the classic TV show Leave It to Beaver, actor Jerry Mathers went from a young child to a teenager, but now, with t...

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Jackie Coogan's Career: Childhood Success to The Addams Family

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Fictional presidents on film, brought to life by actors like Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, Henry Fonda, Morgan Free...

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The Beverly Hillbillies Cast Young: Before They Were Clampetts | First For Women

'The Beverly Hillbillies' cast young: see Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas and Max Baer, Jr. before they were C...

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Anissa Jones: What Happened to the 'Family Affair' Star | First For Women

Anissa Jones, the young star of 'Family Affair,' led what turned out to be a tragic life; here's what happened to her.

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Floyd the Barber is one of the memorable characters from 'The Andy Griffith Show,' and now's your chance to learn abo...

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Carolyn Jones: 17 Facts About the 'Addams Family' Star | First For Women

Learn all about Carolyn Jones, Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family,' in this look back at her life and career on ...

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Robbie Rist famously (or infamously) played Cousin Oliver on 'The Brady Bunch,' but you'll be surprised at what else ...

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