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29 30 31 32 33 34</head> 35 36<body class="mt-archive-listing mt-page-archive layout-wtt"> 37 38<div class="bigcontainer"> 39 40 <div class="logo"> 41 42 <div class="nav"> 43 44 <div class="yellowbox"><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/"><b>HOME + BLOG</b></a> <span style="color: #fff">|</span> <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/"><b>SELECTED ARTICLES</b></a> <span style="color: #fff">|</span> <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/about/"><b>ABOUT + CONTACT</b></a></div> 45 46 <div class="yellowbox">Iâm a contributing editor at <i>Vanity Fair</i>. Learn more about me <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/about/"><b>here</b></a>.</div> 47 48 </div> 49 50<a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/"><img src="/graphics/frankdigiacomo.gif" class="logoname" alt="Frank DiGiacomo" /></a> 51 52</div> 53 54 <div class="clear"> </div> 55<div class="container"> 56 57 <div class="span-4"> 58 59 <div class="rightmargin"> 60 61 62 <div id="page-80" class="page-asset asset"> 63 64 <h2>About Me</h2> 65 66 </div> 67 68 <img src="/graphics/doubleunderline.gif" width="480" height="2" style="margin-bottom: 12px" alt="" /> 69 70 </div> 71 72 <div class="span-1"> 73 74 <img src="/graphics/frankdigiacomo.jpg" width="110" height="157" alt="Frank DiGiacomo" /> 75 76 </div> 77 78 <div class="span-3 last"> 79 80 <div class="rightmargin"> 81 82 83 <p>Welcome to my website. I’m Frank DiGiacomo, and since 2004, I have been a contributing editor at<i>Vanity Fair</i> magazine, where I write profiles and features—some of which are archived here—and post on the magazine’s blog <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/blogs/daily/">VF Daily</a>. You can reach me at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p> 84 85<p>If you’re an avid consumer of media, you might recognize my byline from my newspaper work as well. Before <i>Vanity Fair</i>, I worked on staff for almost 11 years at <i>The New York Observer</i>, a weekly Manhattan-based newspaper. Initially hired to write the paper’s literary gossip column The Transom, I eventually made the transition to feature writing and, later, editing.</p> 86 87<p>Over the last 15 years, I’ve had the pleasure of profiling artists such as Leonard Cohen, Martin Scorsese, Sheryl Crow and Chris Elliott; covering the <i>Vanity Fair</i> and Miramax Oscar parties and for 10 consecutive years, writing about those breathtakingly profane spectacles of comic savagery, The Friars Club roasts. And in late 2001, my story on comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s unhinged performance at the Friars roast of <i>Playboy</i> founder Hugh Hefner brought a phone call from comic Paul Provenza, who invited me to appear in a documentary he was making with Penn Jillette called <i>The Aristocrats</i>. If you’ve seen the movie, I’m the bald guy sitting in the <i>Masterpiece Theater</i>-style leather chair. Please don’t tell my parents.</p> 88 89<p>Appearing in <i>The Aristocrats</i> was a pretty wild experience, but the wildest would have to be the job I held as a reporter and, later, editor of Page Six, the infamous gossip column that’s been published since 1976 in <i>The New York Post</i>. Working at “The Page” was like having my head, which kind of looks like a light bulb, shoved into a gigantic light socket that was connected to the power grid that makes things happen in this country. There are benefits and liabilities to a job like this, and I wrote about some of them for my first <i>Vanity Fair</i> piece, <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/fame/features/2004/12/pagesix200412">an oral history of Page Six that appeared in the December 2004 issue</a>. I plan to delve into the subject more in my personal blog, but I think it’s important to point out that though I made very little money during the four or so years that I worked at Page Six and though I often was frustrated by the politics that came with the job, I look back on it as an incredibly formative experience in my life—the moment where my fuzzy, small-town naivete about how things work was replaced by a grittier understanding of how power, fame and wealth are won and lost.</p> 90 91<p>That small town is a place called Youngstown, the Ohio city that Bruce Springsteen sings about on his 1995 album, <i>The Ghost of Tom Joad</i>. I grew up in a suburb called Boardman that was a lot like the town depicted in Sofia Coppola’s evocative adaptation of <i>The Virgin Suicides</i>, but after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 1984, I moved to the New York City area. I currently reside on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.</p> 92 93 94 </div> 95 96 </div> 97 98 <div class="clear"> </div> 99 100 </div> 101 102 <div class="span-2 last"> 103 104 <div class="span-1"> 105 106 <h3>SITEMAP</h3> 107 108 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/">Home + Blog</a><br /> 109 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/">Selected Articles</a><br /> 110 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/about/">About + Contact</a><br /> 111 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/atom.xml">RSS: Blog</a><br /> 112 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/atom.xml">RSS: Articles</a></p> 113 114 </div> 115 116 <div class="span-1 last"> 117 118 <h3 class="mt0">BLOG CATEGORIES</h3> 119 120 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/comedy/">Comedy</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/culture/">Culture</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/film/">Film</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/music/">Music</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/new_york/">New York</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/writing/">Writing</a></p> 121 122 </div> 123 124 <div class="clear"></div> 125 126 127 128 <h3 class="marginbottom">SELECTED ARTICLES BY<br />FRANK DiGIACOMO</h3> 129
130 <img src="/graphics/vanityfair.gif" class="marginbottom" width="240" height="24" alt="articles from Vanity Fair by Frank DiGiacomo" /> 131 132 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2008/03/star_wars_the_force_unleashed.php" title="The Game Has Changed"><b>The Game Has Changed</b></a><br />March 2008</p><p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2007/02/john_mellencamp.php" title="John Mellencamp: One from the Heartland"><b>John Mellencamp: One from the Heartland</b></a><br />February 2007</p><p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2007/01/the_esquire_decade.php" title="The <i>Esquire</i> Decade"><b>The <i>Esquire</i> Decade</b></a><br />January 2007</p><p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2004/12/page_six_oral_history.php" title="The Gossip Behind the Gossip"><b>The Gossip Behind the Gossip</b></a><br />December 2004</p><br /> 133 134 <img src="/graphics/thenewyorkobserver.gif" class="marginbottom" width="240" height="24" alt="articles from The New York Observer by Frank DiGiacomo" /> 135 136 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2006/12/puff_daddy.php" title="Puff Daddy's Black and White Ball ’98"><b>Puff Daddy’s Black and White Ball ’98</b></a><br />December 3, 2006</p><p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2004/02/chris_rock.php" title="The Bling of Comedy"><b>The Bling of Comedy</b></a><br />February 8, 2004</p><p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2003/11/alec_baldwin.php" title="Baldwin Aroused"><b>Baldwin Aroused</b></a><br />November 30, 2003</p><p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2003/10/triumph_the_insult_comic_dog.php" title="Triumph Sniffs a Hit"><b>Triumph Sniffs a Hit</b></a><br />October 19, 2003</p><p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/2003/10/friars_club_roast_smothers_brothers.php" title="Jack Carter Smothers Brothers at Rip-Roaring Friars Roast"><b>Jack Carter Smothers Brothers at Rip-Roaring Friars Roast</b></a><br />October 12, 2003</p> 137 138 <p class="right">» <a href="/articles"><i>See all posted articles</i></a></p> 139 140<div class="clear"></div> 141 <h3 class="marginbottom">RECENT BLOG POSTS</h3> 142 143 144 <div class="entry_date_smaller">October 07, 2008</div> 145 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/10/me_and_mr_johnson.php">Me and Mr. Johnson</a><br /> 146 <span class="black"> Here’s a link to my latest feature in Vanity…</span></p> 147 148 <div class="entry_date_smaller">October 05, 2008</div> 149 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/10/and_featuring_scarlett_johanss.php">And Featuring Scarlett Johansson in the Role of…Angelina Jolie</a><br /> 150 <span class="black"> Following last night’s screening of Gomorra, an invitation-only crowd…</span></p> 151 152 <div class="entry_date_smaller">October 04, 2008</div> 153 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/10/if_you_have_any_connection.php">See Naples and Die of Heartbreak</a><br /> 154 <span class="black"> If you have any connection to Italy, be it…</span></p> 155 156 <div class="entry_date_smaller">September 20, 2008</div> 157 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/09/ps_elliott.php">P.S. Elliott</a><br /> 158 <span class="black"> This past summer, I wrote a profile of comic…</span></p> 159 160 <div class="entry_date_smaller">September 11, 2008</div> 161 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/09/unattended_bags.php">If You See Something, Say Something (to the Girl in the Hot Chiffon Top)</a><br /> 162 <span class="black"> The police presence at my local subway stop was…</span></p> 163 164 165 166 <h3>SITES I LIKE</h3> 167 168 <p> 169 170 <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/blogs/daily/">VF Daily</a><br /> 171 <a href="http://www.panopticist.com">Panopticist</a><br /> 172 <a href="http://shipmentoffail.com">Shipment of Fail</a><br /> 173 <a href="http://gawker.com">Gawker</a><br /> 174 <a href="http://defamer.com">Defamer</a><br /> 175 <a href="http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/">TV Barn</a><br /> 176 <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish">Andrew Sullivan</a><br /> 177 <a href="http://huffingtonpost.com">The Huffington Post</a><br /> 178 <a href="http://www.geeksofdoom.com">Geeks of Doom</a><br /> 179 <a href="http://www.bigapplemusicscene.com">Big Apple Music Scene</a><br /> 180 <a href="http://stereogum.com">Stereogum</a><br /> 181 <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org">WFMU’s Beware of the Blog</a><br /> 182 <a href="http://blog.limewire.com">Limewire</a><br /> 183 <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com">Funny or Die</a><br /> 184 <a href="http://drewfriedmanart.com">Drew Friedman</a><br /> 185 <a href="http://comedysmack.com/archive/all">Comedy Smack</><br /> 186 <a href="http://www.observer.com">The New York Observer</a><br /> 187 <a href="http://www.dead-frog.com">Dead Frog</a><br /a> 188 189 </p> 190 </div> 191 192</div> 193 194 <div class="clear"></div> 195 196 <div class="footer"> 197 198 <div class="span-1"> 199 200 <h4>COPYRIGHT NOTICE</h4> 201 202 <p>All works copyright Frank DiGiacomo © 1993–2008. All rights reserved. No reproduction without the written permission of the author.</p> 203 204 </div> 205 206 <div class="span-1"> 207 208 <h4>SITEMAP</h4> 209 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/">Home + Blog</a><br /> 210 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/articles/">Selected Articles</a><br /> 211 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/about/">About + Contact</a></p> 212 213 </div> 214 215 <div class="span-1"> 216 217 <h4>BLOG CATEGORIES</h4> 218 <p><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/comedy/"> 219 Comedy</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/culture/"> 220 Culture</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/film/"> 221 Film</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/music/"> 222 Music</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/new_york/"> 223 New York</a><br /><a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/category/writing/"> 224 Writing</a></p> 225 226 </div> 227 228 <div class="span-1"> 229 230 <h4>BLOG ARCHIVES</h4> 231 <p> 232 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/10/">October 2008</a><br> 233 234 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/09/">September 2008</a><br> 235 236 <a href="http://www.frankdigiacomo.com/blog/2008/08/">August 2008</a><br> 237 </p> 238 239 </div> 240 241 <div class="span-1"> 242 243 <h4>RSS</h4> 244 <p><a href="/articles/atom.xml">Articles</a><br /> 245 <a href="/blog/atom.xml">Blog</a></p> 246 247 </div> 248 249 <div class="span-1 last"> 250 251 <h4>SITE DESIGN</h4> 252 <p><a href="http://www.panopticist.com">Andrew Hearst</a></p> 253 254 <h4>LOGO PHOTO</h4> 255 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/le_masc/372343421/">LE_M@SC</a></p> 256 257 </div> 258 259 <div class="clear"></div> 260 261</div> 262</div> 263</body> 264</html>
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