
Sarah El-Mahmoud
The Background: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts & entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.
What She's Into: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre.
What She's Excited About Right Now: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film.
Latest articles by Sarah El-Mahmoud

Drop Director Christopher Landon Has Thoughts On Making Original Movies With Blumhouse Amidst A Crowd Of Remakes: ‘It Is Very Hard’
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives Support original movies!

The Boys' Antony Starr Talks His G20 Villain, And Why He Loved Taking On Another Messed Up Character
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives The Homelander actor has another villain on his hands for Amazon Prime.

Simon Pegg Reacted To The Mission: Impossible Trailer Reaction Trend And LOL
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Trailer reaction Inception!

After Viola Davis Did Nearly ‘Everything’ For The Woman King, She Used Two Stunt Doubles For G20 (And Good For Her)
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives The first EGOT winner/action star!

The Hunger Games Director Explains Why Young Haymitch Hasn’t Been Cast Yet
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Who's going to volunteer?

I Just Learned That The Talk To Me Scene That Was Already Too Much For Me Was Almost A Lot Worse
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
I legitimately almost turned the movie off right here.

The White Lotus Season 3 Cast Told Me Who They Want To See In Season 4, And There’s So Many Great Picks
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives Who's checking in next?

‘Why Am I Here?’ Friends EPs Finally Answer Paul Rudd’s Questions About Why Mike Was Included In The Series Finale
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Sometimes, seventh-wheeling pays!

While Sunrise On The Reaping Moves Forward On The Big Screen, Suzanne Collins Admits The Haymitch Story Was Almost Entirely Different
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
This could have been interesting for the upcoming movie.

Jack Black Surprised A Love On The Spectrum Star, And Both Of Their Reactions Made My Day
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
"This is the best day of my life!"

Insider Drops Alleged Details On How Machine Gun Kelly Has ‘Completely Changed’ After Welcoming First Child With Megan Fox
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Here's the latest on the new parents!

I'm Still Thinking About Severance’s Finale, And One Helly Theory I Have Could Break Me
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
A hug is available upon request.

Vincent D'Onofrio Was Asked If He Could Play Kingpin In A Spider-Man Movie, And He Got Real About Why ‘It’s A Very Hard Thing To Do’
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
This is my villain origin story.

It Blows My Mind That A Pair Of Fans Paid $16K To Watch Idina Menzel And Kristin Chenoweth Sing A Wicked Song, But After Watching The Sweet Moment I Totally Get Why
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
They have been changed for the good!

The Life List's Kyle Allen Is A Rising Star, And I Need To See Him In More Things
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
It's time to give this man his flowers!

Florence Pugh's 'Zen' Reaction To Doing An Insane Base Jump For Thunderbolts* Made My Jaw Drop
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Holy, 118 stories!

Tom Cruise Showed Up At CinemaCon and Paid Tribute To Val Kilmer And 'How Much He Loved Movies'
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Maverick and Iceman forever!

Jack Black Was Not Expecting The First Minecraft Trailer To Get So Much Fan Hate, And I Love What His First Impulse Was
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Good on him.

Glen Powell Has A Very Tom Cruise Approach To Movies (And He Learned From The Best)
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
He's playing with the boys!

Adam Scott Was Asked About Ben Wyatt's Severance-Like Pitch On Parks And Rec, And His ‘Extra Weird’ Reaction Has Big Severed Energy
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Please enjoy Ben Wyatt and Mark Scout equally.

How To Train Your Dragon 2 Has Already Been Announced Ahead Of The First Movie, And I Need Cate Blanchett To Return Stat
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
There's more live-action Toothless on the way after the summer release.

Sydney Sweeney Wore A Gorgeous Corseted Dress When The Housemaid Debuted Its First Footage, But I'm Loving Amanda Seyfried's Mean Girls Throwback Look
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Duh!

Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping Just Dropped New Movie Details, And I'm So Excited About The Franchise's 'Return To Form'
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Get ready for Haymitch's games!
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