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E!'s So Cosmo TV show has been cancelled after just one season, which premiered in February of this year. Women's Wear Daily has confirmed the cancellation and indeed, the show has been removed from NBC-Universal's press site. "Over the course of its brief life, the show averaged a so-so 190,000 viewers, according to Nielsen data," Wwd reports. An E! reality TV series, So Cosmo followed the tastemakers who helm Cosmopolitan magazine. The cast included former Editor-in-Chief and current Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, Joanna Coles, Diandra Barnwell (Brand Coordinator), Tiffany Reid (Senior Fashion Editor), Steven Brown (Bookings Director), Evan Betts (Fitness Contributor), Adam Mansuroglu (Fashion Editor), James Worthington Demolet (Senior Fashion Editor) and Leah Wyar (Executive Beauty Director). Read More…...

Will there be changes made to the Cosmo staff? Cosmo's Chief Content Officer Joanna Coles is sitting down with the magaizne's new Editor-in-Chief Michele Promaulayko on the So Cosmo season finale this Wednesday. And in the clip above, the women discuss the future of the magazine and whether or not there will be staff shakeups. "It's been a tumultuous time in the industry, but I feel very good about where Cosmo is," Joanna says. She then says that she thinks there are "stars" at the magazine who she wants to shine at a larger scale, and now is the time to "add a bit more pressure." So will Michele be making adjustments the staff?  See what she has to...

Cosmopolitan magazine’s ripped fitness contributor Evan Betts is one of the stars of new behind-the-scenes reality show So Cosmo. But just who is this muscle-bound gent, and what’s his story? As well as being crazily good looking he has brains to match his handsome looks — he holds a degree in Art and Design from Grand Valley State University. A natural athlete, Evan excelled at sport when he was at school. It must be in his genes, as his dad played football at the University of Michigan for three years. Having mastered football, baseball and diving in high school, Evan went...read more...

"What is going on? This is insane!" Olympic diver Chris Mears gives the Cosmopolitan staff a surprise of a lifetime on this Wednesday's So Cosmo! The athlete shows up to the office for a visit…wearing only his speedo and his gold medal! Mears and Jack Laugher just won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics in the synchronized 3m springboard competition, so he decides to stop by and show everyone his medal. "Cosmo magazine is known for being provocative and in your face, so that definitely affects the tone of the working environment," Diandra says in the clip above. So how does the office react to the Olympic diver's barely-there wardrobe? Take a look at the So...

New reality show So Cosmo on E! gives us a glimpse into what goes on in the offices of Cosmopolitan magazine — with Diandra Barnwell one of the central characters. But who is she? Diandra is the brand coordinator for the magazine, and originates from a small town near Albuquerque, New Mexico. After graduating in 2012 from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, she went to work as a sample coordinator at Nordstomrack. In an interview by Allison Berry on Ed 2010, Diandra talked about her time as a student saying: “During that time I interned at various fashion, production, and startup companies...read more...