lori wilson – telling people’s stories
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Host, “10 Show”
Lori Wilson glowed like a set of dinner candles during a celebrity panel at the Philadelphia International Arts Expo at Temple University. The pride was evident as actors such as BernNadette Stanis and Ralph Carter of the timeless “Good Times” opined about President-elect Barack Obama’s victory and discussed the role of African Americans in Hollywood.
“This was an incredible panel assembled here tonight. We had old school, new school and there was a good energy coming off the win of Barack Obama,” says Wilson, an Indiana University graduate and host for Philly’s weekday entertainment/lifestyle program, “10 Show.”
The former Atlanta morning show reporter enjoyed inventorying the differences between the two dynamic metropolises. “Atlanta is kind of the new school; Philly is definitely the old school. There is so much history here in Philly. People have been here forever. The buildings definitely have been here forever,” she laughs appreciatively. “And it’s one of those cities where you come in and people will come in and tell you whether they like you or not, right off the rip. So they have been really, really kind and receptive.”
Getting acclimated to the brutal Pennsylvania winters has been her biggest lifestyle challenge, but Wilson is still in love with the business she first became smitten with as a teenager back in her Indiana hometown. “I started as a kid doing commercials. And then when I was in high school. Getting into the business … I loved it as a child. My first celebrity interview was Jamie Foxx before he was Jamie Foxx. … I fell in love with the business and telling people’s stories whether they were famous or not,” she says.– terry shropshire
