Melinda Sheckells is a contributor at The Hollywood Reporter. She covers Las Vegas, travel, entertainment, lifestyle, hotels, dining, art and events. Her work appears in Billboard, Variety, Business Traveler, Forbes Travel Guide, Hospitality Design, Los Angeles Times, Grazia USA and Apple Music, among other publications. As a television correspondent, she hosts a weekly dining segment called Tasty Tuesday and frequently pops on the KTLA morning show. Born in Downtown L.A. and raised in Hollywood, Sheckells studied theater at L.A. County High School for the Arts and creative writing at the University of California, Irvine. She currently lives and plays in Las Vegas but frequently traverses the world for stories.