Mentions From Celebrities
Aside from interviewing politicians, CEOs, lawyers and others, I’ve interviewed such celebs as Shaquille O’Neal, Ian Somerhalder, Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Carson Daly, Alicia Keys, Flo Rida, Adam Carolla, Ellie Goulding, Bobby Flay, Nick Cannon, Gary Oldman, Joe Jonas, Jazon Mraz, Randy Jackson, Gotye, Nia Vardalos, Hamish Hamilton, Alex Winter, A Fine Frenzy, Hunter Hayes and Ricky Gervais.
Me with @JoeJonas in his hotel room discussing Pepsi’s #LiveForNow campaign, apps and social media instagr.am/p/KabylNMFcj
— Brian A. Hernandez (@BAHjournalist) May 9, 2012
Several celebrities have also mentioned my work or interacted with me across social networks.
Here is a sampling of those mentions:
- Destiny’s Child shared my exclusive story in which I world premiered the group’s new song:
WORLD PREMIERE of “Nuclear”, the brand new song from Destiny’s Child featured on “Love Songs”! Listen at @mashable mashable.com/2013/01/11/des…
— Destiny’s Child (@destinyschild) January 11, 2013
- Television journalist Katie Couric shared my Osama bin Laden story to help her followers understand what transpired regarding his death announcement on Twitter:
Here is @mashable‘s timeline of how the #obl story unfolded on @twitter.http://say.ly/OkAiqz
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) May 2, 2011
- Celebutante Kim Kardashian wrote a blog post about my Instagram story in which I mention her and her family. She also shared the story on Facebook and Twitter:
- American Idol judge Randy Jackson responded to a tweet I sent while watching the singing competition:
@BAHjournalist Glad you guys like my Betty Boop pin! #idol
— Randy Jackson (@YO_RANDYJACKSON) March 8, 2012
- Director Judd Apatow shared my story about the exclusive This Is 40 deleted scene he gave me:
Here is JasonSegel & @bigboyler (Chris O’Dowd) talk sextrology with @meganfox in an extended scene from #ThisIs40 tinyurl.com/buw78tu
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) January 11, 2013
- Singer and actress Katharine McPhee also reacted to a tweet I sent while watching her TV show Smash:
Duh… TEAM KAREN! RT @BAHjournalist: Are you Team Karen or Team Ivy? #SMASH
— Katharine McPhee(@katharinemcphee) February 28, 2012
- Musicians Jared Leto (30 Seconds to Mars) and James Valentine (Maroon 5) shared my story about Facebook’s Subscribe feature to their Timelines:
- Actress Nia Vardalos responded to my revelation about our private Twitter conversation:
DM’ing is the new spooning. RT @bahjournalist You know, just DMing with @niavardalos at midnight.
— Nia Vardalos (@NiaVardalos) March 21, 2013
- Famed makeup artist June Ambrose retweeted a fact I sent while watching The X Factor:
RT @BAHjournalist: Fun fact #XFactor stylist @juneAmbrose styled R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” video in the 90s. #styledbyjune
— juneambrose (@juneAmbrose) December 22, 2011
- Entertainer Nick Cannon and Internet entrepreneur Randi Zuckerberg both tweeted about my stories, too:
–> “@mashable: Social Network Badoo Officially Launches in U.S. With @NickCannon [PICS] – on.mash.to/GJ1Tty”
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) March 23, 2012
Nike’s launching the NikeFuel API (BETA) at #managersHACK. Now, developers can combine music with the FuelBand on.mash.to/xcLbe2
— Randi Zuckerberg (@randizuckerberg) March 11, 2012
