Ellissa Bain

Ellissa Bain
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Entertainment, Trends, Pop-Culture, Celebrities, TV, Music, Social Media, Lifestyle, MAFS, Love Island, Netflix, TikTok, Instagram, Influencers

  • Ellissa started her career as a junior writer and became an editor in just three years.
  • She was the fastest new writer to reach 1.5 million pageviews on The Tab in her first month.
  • Ellissa spots trending stories before anyone else and is a regular journalist on The Tab alongside managerial responsibilities.

Experience

She is an experienced entertainment editor with more than six years of passion and expertise in various areas including pop culture, trends, TV and celebrity journalism.

Education

Ellissa graduated from Goldsmiths University of London in 2020 with a degree in History and Journalism and began her career as a freelance pop culture writer.

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Posts

What a cruise ship helmsman is and why he was blamed for the Costa Concordia disaster

He had a vital role

Harrowing accounts from the Costa Concordia passengers who swam 100m back to shore

‘We were running out of options’

This is the total number of couples Aidan has been in on Love Island and it’s insane

He’s almost broken the record for most couples in one series

Sean reveals if he’s going back to his job as a primary school teacher after Love Island

I’m shocked

We finally know if Lorenzo still secretly likes Jasmine on Love Island and I’m not okay

Here’s the truth

The names, ages and nationalities of all 32 Costa Concordia victims, and how they died

The youngest was a five-year-old child

Exactly how much compensation the Costa Concordia passengers and their families got

The disaster cost the cruise company billions in total

The three items on new McDonald’s Caesar menu everyone’s totally freaking out about

It sounds so good

Jobs of Ohio parents and grandparents who kept 16 kids in vile conditions have been revealed

They were paying rent

Elicia’s dad lashes out at Love Island’s Finley and Ellie in ‘disgusting’ x-rated rant

He called them vile names in the ‘inappropriate’ video

Where Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino is now after skipping jail for years

He maintains his innocence

Why Costa Concordia’s Manrico Giampedroni was convicted and how long he spent in jail

Netflix’s Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea missed out the details

Gabby Petito’s stepmum shares three ‘warning signs’ she missed, five years after her death

She wishes she’d reached out

£225 to £2,285: The most expensive outfits the Love Island 2026 girlies have worn, ranked

One of Martha’s dresses was Saint Laurent

Zoe Sugg’s donkey sanctuary plans wrecked by possible ancient ruins in bizarre update

They can’t start work until archaeologists investigate

The age gaps of the Love Island 2026 couples prove who will actually last on the outside

Kavan and Jasmine’s is huge

James Watt rinses Georgia Toffolo for not contributing financially and it’s insufferable

Here we go again

Emilie Kiser battling ‘mixed emotions’ as she announces pregnancy a year after son’s death

She’s spoken out about navigating this ‘next chapter’

Big update on Ariana and Cynthia’s friendship after reports they ‘barely speak’ anymore

I’ve been waiting for this

How authorities accidentally discovered 16 Ohio kids living in ‘sickening’ conditions

Nobody knew they were there

A look at Jasmine from Love Island’s ‘isolated’ upbringing in Dubai with single mum

Her mother moved to Dubai to be cabin crew for Emirates

‘She looked distraught’: Lawyer reveals what mother of 16 Ohio kids was like after arrest

He said she ‘doesn’t have evil in her eyes’

Firefighter who drove 16 Ohio kids to hospital shares haunting memory that’s stayed with him

‘Our livestock around here live in better conditions’

‘Using her for clout’: Harsh truth about Love Island’s Simba and Angelista, from ex-Islanders

‘I don’t know what she sees in him’

Priya’s besties share brutal opinion of Mica and reveal who her real Love Island friends are

They think only four girls have her back

We know the exact moment Charleen got cast for Love Island, just two days before she went in

She wasn’t even in the original lineup

Influencer and boyfriend shot dead while asleep in ‘revenge plot’ after surviving two shootings

No arrests have been made

Jasmine from Love Island’s footballer ex has a tattoo of her face in a *very* obvious place

He hasn’t even covered it up

‘Normal Americans’: Family member shares details about grandparents of 16 kids found in Ohio

He blamed their health declining

‘We gave them a car’: Uncle of 16 kids found trapped in Ohio had no idea how bad things were

They often asked the family for money

Where Mark and Bob Leonard are now, and the other two men jailed in Indiana arson plot

Five people were sentenced in total

Monserrate ‘Moncy’ Shirley’s possible early jail release date, and full apology statement

She could serve 30 years less than her sentence

Awkward! This 2026 girl auditioned for Love Island seven years ago but got turned down

‘I just wasn’t chosen’

Jasmine’s family share brutal take on Kavan and Lorenzo as Love Island triangle continues

They’re firmly on one team

First thing mother said after 16 kids rescued in Ohio shows she’s ‘not evil’, says lawyer

‘I think that this is more so a case of isolation than a case of evil’

Everything we know Zoe Sugg has been up to in her six months away from the internet

We’ve had a few updates

People just realised Kavan and Jasmine’s huge age gap on Love Island and it explains a lot

They’re in completely different life stages

Zoo owners recall horror after boy was ‘thrown’ into crocodile closure in first statement

The couple said it was ‘one of the most distressing incidents in our history’

Florida woman shoots man dead outside Walmart in heated argument over parking space

She hasn’t been arrested and is claiming self-defence

Relative speaks out as 16 Ohio children found trapped in one room in ‘third world’ conditions

She had no idea they had that many kids

How Everest’s Green Boots will be recovered in gruelling mission as identity solved 30 years on

Teams are currently bidding to complete the operation

‘Pure evil’: 16 Ohio children rescued after being held in tiny 12-foot room for four years

Two parents and two grandparents have been arrested

The names and ages of Nara Smith’s four children, and inside their wholesome family life

Her second youngest has heartbreakingly been diagnosed with cancer

Caroline Flack’s close friends share emotional statement after her brother is found dead

They have urged anyone struggling to reach out for help

Crazy reason Empire State Building climbers risked death, and it wasn’t just to get engaged

It wasn’t to hold up that peace banner either

The four qualities Love Island’s Lorenzo wants in a partner, and Julia ticks all his boxes

One of them is so rogue

Dumped Islander reveals which Love Island girl has the deadest chat and I’m howling

The tables have turned

Mother sentenced after scamming friends out of $20k in sick influencer travel scheme

She even faked cancer as an excuse