Bonnie Stiernberg

Bonnie Stiernberg is InsideHook's Managing Editor. Originally hailing from Chicago, she graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 2009 with a BA in News-Editorial Journalism and wrote about music for The Deli Chicago and Chicago INNERVIEW Magazine before accepting an internship at Paste Magazine and moving to Atlanta in 2010. Eventually, she worked her way up at the publication, serving as Music Editor for nearly seven years and TV Editor for five. She has penned cover stories on Father John Misty, Wilco, Carrie Brownstein, The Flaming Lips and "Mad Men"'s John Slattery and Vincent Kartheiser, compiled an oral history of "The Wonder Years," written "Best of What's Next" profiles on The Civil Wars and Alabama Shakes long before they broke out and interviewed legends like Mavis Staples, Elvis Costello, The Band's Robbie Robertson and the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten. After leaving Paste and relocating to Brooklyn in 2016, she wrote for publications like Billboard, Rolling Stone, Glamour, GRAMMY.com, Vice, No Depression, The Bluegrass Situation and more. Since first joining InsideHook in 2019, she has covered all things pop culture-related for the site, whether it's interviewing Alice Cooper or reviewing the latest buzzy HBO series. She also is a craft beer enthusiast who has spent countless hours chatting with brewers, attending beer festivals and tossing back a few cold ones in the name of journalism. (It's a tough gig, but someone's gotta do it.) When she's not working, she enjoys being tortured by her beloved Chicago Cubs.

All Articles From Bonnie Stiernberg
Britney Spears, Janet Jackson and Paris Hilton

Is the Media Finally Ready to Treat Female Celebrities With Dignity?

After a year of reckoning, once-vilified celebrities like Britney Spears and Janet Jackson are getting the reconsideration they deserve

Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Don't Look Up." The film's creators are reacting against negative reviews, although they're equating hating the film with ignoring climate change.

It's Possible to Be Concerned About Climate Change and Also Hate "Don't Look Up"

Finding fault with Adam McKay's latest satire doesn't mean you're necessarily part of the problem

Jerry Garcia with the Grateful Dead perform at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, California on July 15, 1984. One fan recently spent many years trying to figure out Jerry Garcia's back-up singers from the early 80s.

Inside One Deadhead's Quest to Identify Jerry Garcia's Backup Singers

For two decades, Joe Jupille sought to identify the backup singers from the Jerry Garcia Band's 1982 gigs

Larry David attends HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 11 Premiere at Paramount Theatre on October 19, 2021 in Los Angeles.

Larry David Explains Why He Hates Christmas

Should we be at all surprised that TV's best curmudgeon identifies strongly with Scrooge?

James Franco attends the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

The Main Takeaways from James Franco’s First Interview About His History of Sexual Misconduct

Franco admitted to sleeping with students at his acting school and revealed he entered rehab for sex addiction

Krampus

How Krampus, the German Christmas Demon, Took Over America

He whips naughty children with branches and eats them, and he's winning our hearts

Armie Hammer in "Death on the Nile" — but you wouldn't know the disgraced actor was in the film if you saw the trailer

Disney Is Really Hoping You Don't Notice Armie Hammer Is Still in "Death on the Nile"

The actor, who was accused of rape and physical abuse earlier this year, is barely noticeable in the movie's trailer

You'd be lucky to find any one of these beers underneath your tree.

The 20 Best Christmas Beers, And the Perfect Occasion for Each

From fortified ales to porters and sours, every brewery in America seems to have its own take on a festive winter beer

This Christmas is likely going to be rough. Lean into it with these sad Christmas tracks.

The 35 Saddest Christmas Songs

The holidays are going to be rough this year. Lean into it with these devastatingly great odes to being blue on Christmas.

Harvey Weinstein listens in court during a pre-trial hearing for Weinstein, who was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face sex-related charges at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on July 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

Could Harvey Weinstein Possibly Go Free?

An appeals court began hearing arguments regarding Weinstein's New York sex crimes conviction on Wednesday

best music 2021

The 21 Best Albums and 100 Best Songs of 2021

From Olivia Rodrigo and The War on Drugs to Yola and Tony Bennett, InsideHook staffers pick their favorite music of the year

Chris Noth seen on the set of "Equalizer" on February 5, 2021 in Patterson, New Jersey. The "Sex and the City" actor has been accused of sexual assault by two women.

Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women

The women told The Hollywood Reporter they were inspired to speak out after Noth's high-profile appearance in the "Sex and the City" reboot

The Beatles perform on BBC TV show "Top Of The Pops" in London in 1966. It was recently revealed the group wanted to make their own movie version of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings."

The Beatles Wanted to Make a “Lord of the Rings” Movie With Stanley Kubrick

We could have had John Lennon as Gollum

The stage is set for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Award nominations at The Beverly Hilton on December 13, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California. Despite no longer having a broadcast partner for the event, they announced their nominations on Monday. And as a new Variety report points out, those nominations were met with little fanfare, and actors, producers and other nominees barely acknowledged the nods.

Hollywood Officially Doesn't Care About the Golden Globes Anymore

Monday's nominations were met with a pretty lukewarm response

A view of the crowd during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California.

Coachella Promoter Sues Live Nation Over Copycat "Coachella Day One 22" Festival

The lawsuit alleges that the new festival creates "a likelihood of consumer confusion and false association"

Rapper Logic performs live during BottleRock at the Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2019 in Napa, California. One of his singles is credited with the lowering the suicide rate.

A New Study Shows This Song Actually Prevented Hundreds of Suicides

Logic's "1-800-273-8255" reportedly resulted in a significant reduction in suicides