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Valerie Nome
For the past three decades, Valerie Nome has covered celebrities for outlets including First for Women, PEOPLE, Us Weekly, Life & Style, In Touch, Closer, OK! Magazine, MTV and USATODAY.com. The Ohio native got her start as a teen reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon Journal before graduating from Kent State University with a journalism degree. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and twin sons. She hits the amusement parks every weekend and dreams of an all-you-can-fly pass.