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Angela Marie Hutchinson has two decades of experience in the entertainment industry. She is a television and film producer, screenwriter, author, TV commentator, and former social media professor. Angela has worked for MGM, Warner Bros. Television and the GRAMMY’s. As an on-air personality, she has appeared on BBC, CBS, FOX, NPR and Australia’s Channel 9. In 2005, Angela founded BReaKiNG iNTo HoLLyWooD, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps creative and business professionals pursue their careers. Based on Angela’s popular TEDx Talk, “Create Your Own Yes, When You Keep Hearing No,” she landed a mainstream book deal with Sourcebooks and Penguin Random House Audio. As a screenwriter, Angela wrote Oprah Winfrey Network’s original holiday movie, “A Christmas for Mary.” Originally from the Midwest, Angela earned her B.S.E. in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Cross-Media Journalism certificate from USC.
Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America (University of Chicago Press, 2025) examines the history of Branson, Missouri…