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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (novel)
''The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' is a novel-like book of ten related short stories written by Laura Albert under the name JT LeRoy, a persona that she has described as an "avatar," asserting that it enabled her to write things that she was incapable of expressing as Laura Albert. These stories predate the 2000 JT LeRoy novel ''Sarah (LeRoy novel), Sarah'' but were published in 2001, after ''Sarah'' was released. The title is taken from Book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah (King James Version, King James Bible version). Plot summary The stories are narrated by the boy Jeremiah, who at the age of four is taken away from his foster parents, the only family he's known. He is reclaimed by his mother Sarah, who had given birth to him as an adolescent but was compelled to turn him over to foster care. Profoundly disturbed from her own life of abuse and poverty, Sarah takes him on the road with her, moving through aimless and dangerous encounters with a series of men, some of whom beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JT LeRoy
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, or simply JT LeRoy is a literary persona created in the 1990s by American writer Laura Albert. LeRoy was presented as the author of three books of fiction, which were purportedly semi-autobiographical accounts by a teenage boy of his experiences of poverty, drug use, and emotional and sexual abuse in his childhood and adolescence from rural West Virginia to California. Albert wrote these works, and communicated with people in the persona of LeRoy via phone and e-mail. Following the release of the first novel ''Sarah'', Albert's sibling-in-law Savannah Knoop began to make public appearances as the supposed writer. The works attracted considerable literary and celebrity attention, and the authenticity of LeRoy has been a subject of debate, even as details of the creation came to light in the 2000s. Published works Albert originally published as Terminator and later JT LeRoy. *''Sarah'' (1999)LeRoy, JT. ''Sarah.'' Bloomsbury USA (June 9, 2000) . :By turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Feuerzeig
Jeff Feuerzeig (born 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for ''The Devil and Daniel Johnston'', his profile of cult musician and outsider artist Daniel Johnston, for which he was awarded the Directing prize for Documentary at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and which was released theatrically in March 2006 by Sony Pictures Classics. History Feuerzeig grew up in Hazlet, New Jersey and the Morganville section of Marlboro Township. He came of age just in time to receive the full impact of the punk rock wave and its attendant do-it-yourself aesthetic, an influence that dominates his approach and subject matter to the present. He graduated with honors from Trenton State College in 1986 and immediately enrolled in New York University's six-month Intensive Filmmaking Program, where he studied under Thierry Pathé. He has spent 25 years directing commercials for a wide assortment of corporate clients, including IBM, Delta Air Lines and Budweiser. In 1990, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Newman (American Actor)
Daniel Christopher Newman (born June 14, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician, with work appearing on the ''Twilight'' film soundtrack, and several television series' soundtracks, and with acting roles on '' The Walking Dead'', ''The Vampire Diaries'', and ''Homeland''. Early life and career Daniel Newman was born in Atlanta, and then when his parents divorced moved with his mother to a small farm town in Georgia. He was an extra on a few TV shows filmed in Georgia, as well as working in theatre productions in Atlanta. When he was older he then moved to Brooklyn to pursue music. He studied at Yale University for a short period, before moving to New York City to continue a music career. He struggled as a musician for a short time, before meeting photographer Bruce Weber. He began modelling, appearing on magazine covers and various other advertising. He modelled for Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Tommy Hilfiger. He also appeared on the cover of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soko (singer)
Stéphanie Alexandra Mina Sokolinski (born 26 October 1985), and known professionally as Soko (stylized as SoKo), is a French singer, songwriter, actress and dancer. She has been active since 2002. Soko released her debut single "I'll Kill Her" in 2007. It achieved airplay success in several European countries as well as Australia, being the No. 1 song on the Danish version of iTunes and peaking at No. 3 on the Denmark music charts. It was included on her first EP ''Not Sokute'' (2007). Her debut studio album '' I Thought I Was an Alien'' was released in 2012 and contains the single " We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow", which peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Ensuing years saw the releases of her second and third studio albums ''My Dreams Dictate My Reality'' (2015) and '' Feel Feelings'' (2020). As an actress, Soko began appearing in a number of French productions in the early 2000s and earned a César Award for Most Promising Actress nomination for her role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Manson
Shirley Ann Manson (born 26 August 1966) is a Scottish musician and actress. She is best known as the lead singer of the American alternative rock band Garbage. Manson gained media attention for her forthright style, rebellious attitude, and distinctive voice. For the majority of her career, Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh and the U.S. to record with Garbage, which originally formed in Madison, Wisconsin; she now lives and works primarily in Los Angeles, while maintaining a second home in Edinburgh. Manson's musical career began in her teens when she was approached to perform backing vocals and keyboards for the band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. She developed a formidable stage presence, and was later approached by the band's record label with the idea of launching her as a solo artist. She recorded an album with her band under the name Angelfish. After seeing Manson in an Angelfish music video broadcast only once on MTV's '' 120 Minutes'', Garbage invited her to au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Sneed
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Paul Mendez
Paul Mendez (born in 1982) is a British writer based in London. He wrote the 2020 semi-autobiographical novel, '' Rainbow Milk''. Biography Mendez was born in the West Midlands to a second generation Jamaican-British family. He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness. He left his parents' house when he was seventeen and eventually moved to Tonbridge to study engineering at the University of Greenwich. Mendez dropped out after nine months but remained in Kent before moving to Birmingham in 2003. He moved to London in 2004 to study acting, and became a sex worker A sex worker is a person who provides sex work, either on a regular or occasional basis. The term is used in reference to those who work in all areas of the sex industry.Oxford English Dictionary, "sex worker" According to one view, sex work is d .... In 2012, he met Sharmaine Lovegrove at a party and when she became a publisher at Dialogue Books, Mendez sent her the manuscript which would become his debut novel, '' Rain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Rothman
Lawrence Rothman (born June 19, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. Their debut album '' The Book of Law'' was released on October 13, 2017 via Downtown Records/Interscope. The album was produced by Rothman and Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira), and features contributions from Angel Olsen, Kim Gordon, Marissa Nadler, Charli XCX, Kristin Kontrol, Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, among others. Rothman has toured North America with Marissa Nadler, Cass Mccombs, Spoon, Rhye, Twin Shadow, Little Dragon and Tei Shi, and internationally with Iggy Pop, Active Child, Majical Cloudz, and Jennylee ( Warpaint). As a producer and songwriter, Rothman has worked with Angel Olsen, SASAMI, Girl in Red, Kali Uchis, Alison Mosshart, Marissa Nadler, Kim Gordon, Courtney Love, Lucinda Williams, Amanda Shires, and more. Biography Early life Rothman was born and raised in a middle class area of St. Louis, Missouri. They are Jewish. From a young age, Rothman identifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darnell Martin
Darnell Martin (born January 7, 1964) is an American television and film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early life and education Martin was born in Bronx, New York, the daughter of Marilyn, a dancer of Irish-American descent, and an African-American attorney. From the Bronx, she went on to Sarah Lawrence College and New York University Film School. Along the way, she worked in film labs and camera rental houses and as a bartender, made music videos and short films, and wrote the first draft of ''I Like It Like That''. Career In 1992, Martin's first short film, ''Suspect'', which examined the treatment of young black people as assumed criminals, won critical acclaim at the New York Public Theater's Young Black Cinema showcase. After directing ''Suspect'', Martin served as assistant camera operator for Jonathan Demme's documentary ''Cousin Bobby'', about his cousin Robert Castle, an Episcopal pastor who works in Harlem. The film was well-received from the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Caleb Johnson
Joshua Caleb Johnson is an American child actor. After appearing in several television shows and short films, he gained attention when he starred as Henry 'Onion' Shackleford in the 2020 television series ''The Good Lord Bird ''The Good Lord Bird'' is a 2013 novel by James McBride about Henry Shackleford, an enslaved person, who unites with John Brown in Brown's abolitionist mission. The novel won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2013 and received generally po ...''. Filmography Film Television Video game Accolades References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Joshua Caleb 21st-century American male actors American male television actors American male child actors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer, and musician. He is best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He gained recognition in the early part of his career for his role as Spider in Martin Scorsese's ''Goodfellas'' (1990). He has had supporting roles in films such as '' Jungle Fever'' (1991), '' Bad Boys'' (1995), '' The Basketball Diaries'' (1995), ''Shark Tale'' (2004) and ''The Lovely Bones'' (2009), as well as in the HBO drama series ''The White Lotus'' (2022-present). Imperioli is a successful screenwriter, co-writing the screenplay for ''Summer of Sam'' (1999) with Spike Lee, writing five episodes of ''The Sopranos'', and writing as well as directing the feature film ''The Hungry Ghosts'' (2008). Early life Imperioli was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the son of Dan Imperi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Mintz
Julie Mintz is an American alternative singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. The south Texas-bred, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter joined Moby's band as a backup singer and keyboardist in 2011.Rhivanz"Julie Mintz To Play The Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever Cemetery With Moby + New EP In 2015""Ellenwood." December 10, 2014. In 2015, Moby produced her debut EP "The Thin Veil" culled from a collection of over fifty songs Mintz had written before joining his band.Milliken, Joe"L.A. Singer/Songwriter Julie Mintz Releases The Thin Veil, Produced by Moby" "Standing Room Only." May 25, 2015. The sound has been described as Gothic Americana, while ''Entertainment Weekly'' calls Mintz's music "an elegant and bewitching blend of Americana and orchestral pop that sits somewhere between Gillian Welch and Lana Del Rey." Early life Julie Mintz was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas the daughter of Michael Mintz, an otolaryngologist NTand head and neck surgeon and Laurie Mintz (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
