{"id":13223,"date":"2018-02-20T21:50:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T21:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=13223&post_type=story"},"modified":"2020-06-10T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:42:18","slug":"buzz-worthy","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/buzz-worthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzz Worthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring 2018 | By Jenna Marina Lee<\/em><\/p>\n

Kristin Harris \u201911 <\/strong>was sitting in her New York office at BuzzFeed when the phone rang. \u201cI don\u2019t know where Bill Murray is right now, but I think he\u2019s on the way to your office,\u201d said a publicist.<\/p>\n

For weeks, Harris \u2014 BuzzFeed\u2019s celebrity editor and head of talent relations \u2014 had been trying to meet with Murray to discuss his new movie, Rock the Kasbah<\/em>. Frantically, she huddled her team together to brainstorm ideas, and sure enough,\u2028 25 minutes later Bill Murray walked alone into the office, ready for whatever Harris\u2019 team threw at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn typical Bill Murray fashion, he was joking about our work environment \u2014 how it\u2019s crazy and young and what you\u2019d imagine BuzzFeed would be like. And he asked, \u2018Do you guys seriously get paid to do this?\u2019 \u201d Harris says, \u201cI ask myself that question most days.\u201d<\/p>\n

On any given day, you can find Harris, a Lake Mary, Florida, native, interviewing A-listers like Ryan Gosling, Blake Lively, Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman.<\/p>\n

When she was 10 years old, she pictured her career as it is today, and though it\u2019s taken a lot of hustle, persistence and hard work, the advertising and public relations<\/a> alumna has made it her reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this world, your imagination is your opportunity,\u201d Harris says. \u201cWhatever you dream up, you can make happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

[blockquote source=”” cite=”” color=”” css_class=””]\u201cIn this world, your imagination is your opportunity.\u201d[\/blockquote]<\/p>\n

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Favorite interview moment?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I had the opportunity to host Ed Sheeran\u2019s Divide<\/em> album launch. I\u2019m a massive Ed Sheeran fan \u2014 if I could ever create a dream work scenario, this was quite literally it. I honestly couldn\u2019t believe it was happening and had rarely been more nervous in my entire life. It was such a fun interview, the fans were incredible, and I got to stand a few feet away as he performed \u201cShape of You\u201d and \u201cCastle on the Hill\u201d acoustically on his guitar. It was one of those moments that I look back on and still can\u2019t wrap my head around.<\/p>\n

Wildest interview?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I flew to Hawaii to interview Zac Efron and the cast on the film set of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates<\/em>. The whole trip lasted about 72 hours. I went paddleboarding during the day, visited the set at night, interviewed the cast at 2 a.m., went to bed at 5 a.m., woke up and got on a\u00a0 flight back to New York. Those kinds of experiences make this job unreal.<\/p>\n

Best way to catch readers\u2019 attention online?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For the pop culture team, we really write for the fans and as fans. I look and see the Taylor Swift album is coming out. Everyone is going to cover it from a news aspect, but I\u2019m a fan, so what would I want to read about the album? That\u2019s my goal every time I write something: I want the audience to look at this and think they wrote it or that I said what they\u2019re thinking. That\u2019s really when you\u2019re connecting with someone.<\/p>\n

Favorite pizza place in New York City?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rubirosa<\/p>\n

How did 麻豆原创 help shape you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I was really shy growing up. It was really through my experience at 麻豆原创 \u2014 the friendships I made, the professors I met and the opportunities I had \u2014 that I grew into the kind of person who could go after her dreams and make them happen.<\/p>\n

Craziest red carpet experience?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The craziest part is how unglamorous [red carpets] are in real life. Usually they are pretty straightforward \u2014 it goes by in about two hours, and you\u2019re waiting for an interview to happen. One time, we were partnering with Blake Lively\u2019s\u00a0 film The Shallows<\/em>, and she was going to take over our social media. I was following her around and was standing to the left of the paparazzi. I was being screamed at and almost trampled by the photographers who were trying to get their shot while I was trying to do my job. It was one of those crazy moments where you think, \u201cWhat is my life? And what is happening?\u201d<\/p>\n

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