Nardine Saad covers breaking entertainment news, trending culture topics, celebrities and their kin for the Fast Break Desk at the Los Angeles Times.
Born and raised in Southern California, she graduated from UC Irvine with degrees in literary journalism and psychology. She later earned a master’s degree in online journalism from the University of Southern California.
She joined the Los Angeles Times in 2010 as a MetPro trainee and has reported from homicide scenes, flooded canyons, red carpet premieres and award shows for the Metro and Entertainment & Arts sections.
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Luke Bryan clarified that a cellphone wasn’t to blame for him falling at a weekend show, explaining that he in fact slid on a slick spot on the stage.
April 23, 2024
Beyoncé shared a rare behind-the-scenes look at her wash-day routine, firing back at critics of her Cécred haircare line who don’t believe that she shows her natural hair.
April 23, 2024
Anne Hathaway explains that chemistry tests from the early 2000s required her to kiss 10 guys. Now, as a producer, she runs her auditions differently.
April 23, 2024
Country star Morgan Wallen says he accepts responsibility after a chair-throwing incident at a bar in Nashville resulted in his arrest earlier this month.
April 22, 2024
Delta Burke explains why she moved back to Florida decades after being fired from ‘Designing Women’: The business was killing her and she ‘didn’t want to die in L.A.’
April 22, 2024
Sydney Sweeney’s rep called out Carol Baum for ‘unjustly’ disparaging a fellow female producer after Baum said that Sweeney’s film ‘Anyone But You’ was ‘unwatchable.’
April 18, 2024
Ashanti and Nelly confirmed months of pregnancy rumors in an ad for their diagnostics company. The R&B star also separately confirmed that they’re engaged.
April 18, 2024
‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ scribe Sophie Kinsella reveals she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. Since then she’s had surgery, radiation and chemo.
April 17, 2024
Kate Beckinsale wore a T-shirt emblazoned with ‘Tummy Troubles Survivor,’ an apparent reference to the mystery medical issue that hospitalized her in March.
April 17, 2024