Breeanna Hare - Senior Producer, Projects and New Initiatives
Breeanna Hare
Senior Producer, Projects and New Initiatives
Breeanna Hare, known to nearly everyone as Bree, leads CNN Digital's editorial strategy for Original Films and Series. She also develops content for other priorities within the Projects and New Initiatives team.
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We found your next spring baking project: Stanley Tucci’s Easter bread
May 2, 2022
If you’ve mastered banana bread and the sourdough starter, we have a fresh-baked idea for your next kitchen project: Stanley Tucci’s Easter bread.
How to make Stanley Tucci’s classic Milanese risotto
Apr 26, 2022
Of all the classic Italian dishes to try, risotto alla Milanese is a stunner – and the good news is that it isn’t hard to create outside of its namesake Milan.
How Diana became known as ‘the people’s princess’
Oct 4, 2021
In 1995, two years before Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash in Paris, she said in a TV interview that she’d like to be a queen. But she wasn’t talking about the British monarchy.
‘Lessons from the water’ on healing, history and finding freedom from fear
Aug 7, 2021
With the documentary short, “Lessons from the Water: Diving with a Purpose,” filmmaker Charles Todd follows the work of the non-profit Diving with a Purpose, exploring how their mission intersects with a larger story about Black identity and its relationship with water.
Where ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ at first wasn’t welcome
Aug 1, 2021
When “Welcome Back, Kotter” premiered on September 9, 1975, American audiences were introduced to a new, diverse sitcom – unless they lived in Boston.
Not all (internet) heroes wear capes. Meet the ‘Super Reviewers’
Jul 31, 2021
Many of us read online reviews, but research shows very few people write one review – let alone hundreds. Who are these “Super Reviewers”? Documentary filmmakers Yu Gu and Arianna LaPenne profiled three prolific reviewers to find out.
Timeline: Six key moments that shaped Jerusalem
Jul 18, 2021
When there’s news out of Jerusalem, reports often point to recent history to explain how such a complex web of communities came to reside in the Holy City. But as historians describe in the CNN Original Series “Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury,” the capital’s history of religious and political tension reaches far beyond the 20th century. It goes back millennia.
Sitcom wives wore dresses. Then came Mary Tyler Moore in a pair of capri pants
Jul 10, 2021
When Mary Tyler Moore was introduced to TV audiences as Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” her insistence that her character wear pants made a bold statement in front of and behind the camera.
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In pictures: The making of Jackie Collins, bestselling novelist
Jun 26, 2021
Before Jackie Collins became a blockbuster novelist, she soaked up inspiration everywhere she could find it – including in Hollywood.
Amber Ruffin: I didn’t think there was a space for me in late-night
May 23, 2021
The host of “The Amber Ruffin Show” talks to Bill Carter about why she never seriously considered landing this kind of role. For more, listen to Carter’s podcast, “Behind the Desk: The Story of Late Night.”
This California city has a history of police using deadly force. Its first Black police chief looks toward reform
May 3, 2021
When Shawny Williams joined the Vallejo, California, police department in the fall of 2019, he was taking the reins of a police force known for its use of deadly force.
8 of the most notorious Ponzi schemes in US history
Apr 24, 2021
Whether on a smaller scale, or superlatively large like financier Bernie Madoff’s, Ponzi schemes are unnervingly and increasingly common. Here’s a look at eight of the most notorious Ponzi schemes in US history.
Inside the case that bankrupted the Klan
Apr 11, 2021
Beulah Mae Donald fought for years to see justice served after her son was lynched in Mobile, Alabama in 1981. Her efforts, alongside those within her community, resulted in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the United Klans of America. Here’s a guide to the key events that led to that case.
