James Dean
Summary
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. He is a cultural icon best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were as loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955), and as the surly farmer Jett Rink in Giant (1956). Dean's enduring fame and popularity rests on only these three films, his entire output in a starring role. His death in a car crash at an early age cemented his legendary status.He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the only person to have two posthumous acting nominations.
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#Podcast – Tumblr lessons from NME and The Times
News outlets have been experimenting with Tumblr blogs for the past two or three years.
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Times ventures outside the paywall to launch Tumblr blog
The Times yesterday launched a Tumblr blog for its opinion section that will remain outside of the paywall. The Tumblr page, curated by online opinion editor James Dean, provides additional commentary and multimedia content from Times regular columnists, including Hugo Rifkind, Daniel Finkelstein and Oliver Kamm. No paid-for content will appear on the page, instead it will [.
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First Mover: Simon Fleming-Wood
Specs Who Simon Fleming-Wood Age 43 New gigCMO, Pandora Old gig Founding vp of marketing,Pure Digital Technologies Pandora is 10 years old, but you’re its first chief marketing officer. Why was the position created now? I think Pandora hired me partly because they’ve grown so significantly that it makes sense for someone to come in and be the shepherd of the brand and build in even more disciplined approaches.
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James Dean appointed as The Times' online opinion editor
The Times has appointed James Dean as online opinion editor. Among other things, he will oversee. . .
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Shawn Lawrence Otto: Blowback: The Failure of Cain Cool
It's a good ad in a way -- the smoking is effective as emotional code for regulation running amok, limiting personal freedom.
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Fast Chat: Gavin McInnes
You’re in charge of [advertising agency] Rooster’s branded entertainment, among other creative duties. It sounds like you’ve retained the voice you had at Vice. Rooster hasn’t restricted you?.
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Alex Geana: Shooting Joe Zee's Julia
I met Julia Alarcon a few months ago. In an SUV carrying Richie Rich, myself and Keri Ingvarsson to a Gen Art function. On the way, we got pulled over by a cop for having tinted driver's windows. He insisted it was due to being in a VIP car -- a ticket was issued anyway.
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Steven Weber: The Sheen Screen
The Sheen Saga will inevitably run its course, on that Aristotelian dramatic trajectory with which we've become all too familiar: hero-villain-redemption-death. And when the "news" is over, there's always "entertainment": Cops, Hoarders, Real Housewives, Biggest Losers, Lock-Up, Glenn Beck.
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