Amy Mackelden
Amy Mackelden is a contributing editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, xoJane, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley. In 2015, she delivered an academic paper at Kimposium, the world's first Kardashian conference, and had an essay published in Routledge's HBO's Original Voices: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Power.
As a woman living with multiple sclerosis, ADHD, anxiety, and PCOS, Amy has written extensively about health and wellness. Her health bylines include Forbes, SingleCare, Healthline, MS Society, MS Trust, ZocDoc, Pillpack, HelloFlo, Greatist, Bezzy, and Byrdie, and she co-edited poetry collection The Emma Press Anthology of Illness. She holds an MA in Creative Writing and a BA in English Literature from Cardiff University. She also has a teaching qualification from Sunderland University and undertook Columbia University's short course in narrative medicine in 2019. Her prose poetry won a Northern Promise Award from New Writing North in 2011, and she co-founded international poetry journal Butcher's Dog. She has received multiple grants from Arts Council England to develop her creative work. She loves horror movies, trashy reality TV, true crime documentaries, shouting about disability rights, and an unhealthy amount of pop music.
Latest articles by Amy Mackelden
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The Dawson's Creek Reunion Reminds Us They Had the Best Love Triangle of All Time
Pacey, Joey, and Dawson forever.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Cynthia Nixon's 'Unqualified Lesbian' Campaign Merch Is Iconic
It's the new 'Nasty Woman.'
By Amy Mackelden Published
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The Queen Will Probably Skip One Important Part of the Royal Wedding
Truly devastating.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Pregnant Chrissy Teigen Was Almost Run Over in New York, But Got Saved By a Stranger
Yes, this is real life.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Tyga Responds to Rumors That He's Kylie Jenner's Baby Daddy
"I’ve never said anything about someone else’s child."
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber Might Be Over for Good
I'm not crying; you're crying.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Angelina Jolie Is Dating a Real Estate Agent After Brad Pitt Split
And Pitt is casually dating too, jsyk.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Meghan Markle Will Receive a Special Gift Ahead of Her Wedding to Prince Harry
Kate Middleton got one before she married into the family, too.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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You Can Now Buy (and Eat) Cookies Shaped Like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
A London-based company has designed an edible royal wedding collection.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Kendall Jenner Wore an Anti-Trump Jacket to the March for Our Lives
Business in the front, protest in the back.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Kylie Jenner Shows Off Platinum Blonde Hair In Revealing Snap
So that's why she removed all of her extensions...
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Louis Vuitton Hires Kanye Collaborator Virgil Abloh as Artistic Director of Menswear
Abloh is Kanye West's Creative Director, and previously interned at Fendi.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Emily Ratajkowski Poses In an Intimate, Naked Snap with Her Husband
NBD. Just oiling my wife up.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Tiffany Haddish Says an Actress on Drugs Bit Beyoncé in the Face
"Can you believe this b*tch just bit Beyoncé?"
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Rick Santorum Says Students Should Take CPR Classes Instead of Marching for Gun Control
His offensive comments come just one day after March For Our Lives.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Emily Blunt Is Ready for a 'Devil Wears Prada' Sequel
And so are we!
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Meghan Markle's Nephew Brutally Shut Down on Live TV Over Wedding Invites
"When did you last see her?"
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Beyoncé Went Shopping at Target with Blue Ivy This Weekend—What Did You Do?
Just picking up the essentials for Rumi and Sir.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Why You'll See Evil Eye Gloves at the March for Our Lives
And here's how you can make your own.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Ryan Reynolds Trolls Blake Lively So Hard in 'Deadpool 2' Trailer
He is brutal!
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Meghan Markle Doesn't Want to Upstage Kate Middleton With Her Wedding Gown Choice
Meghan will probably have to "budget."
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Kourtney Kardashian Hosts Little Dinner Party, Kendall and Kylie Channel the '90s Hard
All of these looks are fierce AF.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle Emojis Are Coming
And some of them are a bit risqué!
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Jennifer Garner's Hilarious Birthday Message to Reese Witherspoon Involves a Saxophone
And a full-on band costume.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Zayn Malik's Post-Gigi Hadid Makeover Just Got Even More Dramatic
First, a giant neck tattoo. Now, a bleach blond beard.
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Harry Styles Mentions His Ex Taylor Swift, and Fans Are Ready for a Reunion
"I don't know about you..."
By Amy Mackelden Published
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Chad Michael Murray Returns to the 'One Tree Hill' Bridge, Gets Super Nostalgic
"I spent many days on this porch pondering life’s great enigmas..."
By Amy Mackelden Published