Jeremy Smith
Location
Salt Lake City, UT
Expertise
New Hollywood Cinema, Westerns, Soundtracks
- In 2005, Jeremy created the website Collider with Steve Weintraub and "American Pie" producer Warren Zide.
- His first book, "George Clooney: Anatomy of an Actor", was published by Phaidon Press and is available wherever fine books are sold. His second book, "When It Was Cool", a memoir about his experiences as a pioneering online journalist, is due later this year.
- He was the co-host of the popular "Twin Peaks" podcast "Fire Talk with Me" with Allie Goertz.
Experience
Jeremy Smith is an entertainment writer with over two decades of experience that stretches back to the infancy of online journalism. He found his love for film criticism on Usenet forums in the mid-1990s, and quarreled his way into a staff position at Ain't It Cool News under the nom de plume "Mr. Beaks." Jeremy has previously written for film and pop culture websites like Collider, Yardbarker and Ain't It Cool News, and legacy media publications like Variety, New York and Cahiers du Cinéma. Additional credits include Vice, Fangoria, Thrillist, Polygon, Backstory Magazine, Birth.Movies.Death, CHUD, Creative Screenwriting, Endcrawl and DVD Journal.
Education
Jeremy earned a BFA in Theatre Arts & Drama from Ohio University. His scholastic achievements earned him an internship at the legendary Circle Repertory Theatre, where he continued his theatrical education under the supervision of Austin Pendleton and Milan Stitt.
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Stories By Jeremy Smith
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Series creator Tony Gilroy is in a tricky situation.
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You can't fight the sweet sounds of Yub Nub.
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'Like most things on Mission: Impossible, if we had known what the challenges were when we started, we would never have done it.'
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We love a story with a planned ending, don't we, folks?
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Jamie Foxx got his Any Given Sunday role as much for his previous football experience as his previous acting experience.
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Whew. Fingers crossed for a speedy full recovery!
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Don't be the jerk that harasses a celebrity in public.
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Ryan Murphy's Monster anthology series is getting a second season.
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The most important member of Deadpool's X-Force is returning for more.
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Regardless of the genre, Wesley Snipes was a stick of dynamite that could go off at any moment.
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J.K. Rowling originally wanted Terry Gilliam to direct the first Harry Potter movie, but it never would have worked out.
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When Russell Crowe asks to do an Italian accent, you let him do an Italian accent.