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Grae Drake is an American entertainment journalist, host, and film critic best known for her celebrity interviews and her role as a film critic. She is a recognized “geek culture” personality in fandom circles. She often serves as a moderator, panelist, and panel host at major pop culture conventions as well as events nationwide such as Comic-Con International, SXSW, WonderCon, New York Comic-Con, just to mention but a few.
The journalist is uniquely recognizable for her approach to celebrity interviews. Her use of props, costumes, and comedy serves to disarm and also engage her celebrity guests in unexpected ways. She is a participant in the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and is also a member of Broadcast Film Critics. Before she launched her journalism career, Grae worked in many facets of the entertainment industry. Previously, she worked behind the camera for Prometheus Productions, Motion Theory, Oceangate Productions, and ABC.
In addition, she has produced, appeared in, and been credited for video editing work on different projects for film and television such as How to Look Good Naked with Carson Kressley, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and Ancient Aliens. She gained fame in the “geek community” coupled with her work in the entertainment industry. This led to a successful self-start in podcasting.
Grae founded and hosted a weekly movie podcast called The Popcorn Mafia in 2004. The podcast ran for more than 8 years with notable guests such as James Marsden, Max Landis, Ahmed Best (aka. Jar-Jar Binks), Andy Dick, and Diablo Cody. At least two shows of the weekly podcast were recorded in front of a live audience. The Diablo Cody episode was recorded at the New Beverly Cinema based in Los Angeles, CA, while The Andy Dick episode was recorded at the Silent Movie Theater based in West Hollywood CA.
Grae Drake Age
She was born on January 29, 1980, in Colorado, United States of America. Grae is 41 years old.
Grae Drake Height
She is a woman of average stature. Grae stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx 1.65m).
Grae Drake Family
She was born to her parents on January 29, 1980, in Colorado, United States of America. The journalist is a recognized “geek culture” personality in fandom circles. However, information regarding her parents and siblings is ket below the radar.
Grae Drake Husband
She married Steve Gelder, a professional actor on October 19, 2016. The American journalist and news anchor ara Hitchcock excitedly shared the news of the couple’s wedding through her Twitter. The wedding took place in the Denver courthouse.
Grae Drake Education
She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin
Grae Drake Rotten Tomatoes
Grae is a former Senior Movie Editor for Rotten Tomatoes. Currently, she co-hosts their Sirius Radio program. The journalist continues to serve as a film critic for Fandango, Movies.com. She provides movie review segments as well as reports on entertainment industry events on CNN. Her approach to celebrity interviews is notorious in fandom circles for being entertaining, irreverent, and comedic in their own right in contrast to her role as a serious film critic and journalist.
Most of those interviews are re-broadcast in part or whole as segments on entertainment websites, talk shows, as well as mainstream television news programs. The journalist served as one of the first legitimate film critics who started using the internet as a medium for entertainment journalism and still continues to do so. As a panelist for Comic-Con International’s “Masters of the Web,” Grae has spoken to this new paradigm and the changes in the media landscape in 2012, 2013, and 2015, with peers including Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Lawrence Raffel, Heather Wixson, James Oster, Evan Dickson, Ryan Turek, and John Campea.
Frequently, Grae serves as a guest on assorted television programs and web streams such as Fox News, Good Day L.A., and CNN. The journalist provides current news topical to the entertainment industry and also popular culture in general in those programs. Grae was selected in March 2019 to become the leading brand personality for Moviefone. She will be responsible for interviews with celebrities as well as film industry professionals under the moniker “Ms. Moviefone.” Her major role is to oversee existing video content and also host new video content for the Moviefone brand.
Grae Drake Salary
She earns her income from her current roles as a co-host of Rotten Tomatoes’ Sirius Radio program. Grae earns an average salary of $67,339 per year.
Grae Drake Net Worth
From her journalism career, Grae has accumulated an estimated net worth of $1,285,019.
Who Is Grae Drake
Grae Drake is an American entertainment journalist, host, and film critic. She currently serves as a co-host of Rotten Tomatoes’ Sirius Radio program.
Is Grae Drake Married
Grae married Steve Gelder, a professional actor on October 19, 2016. The American journalist and news anchor ara Hitchcock excitedly shared the news of the couple’s wedding through her Twitter. The wedding took place in the Denver courthouse.
How Old Is Grae Drake
Grae is a 41-year-old American journalist who was born on January 29, 1980, in Colorado, United States of America.