Read an Interview with Me about James Dean in "Closer" Magazine

2/22/2024

The cover story in the upcoming March 4 issue of Closer magazine is about James Dean's relationship with his agent, Jane Deacy, and how she helped turn an untested young actor into a star. The article features an extensive interview with me and a plug for my new book about Dean, which will be published this fall. You can read the piece for free on Yahoo! News.

After a bit of a delay, my editor is sending me the edits the manuscript this weekend, so I will be spending much of the next few weeks revising and working on corrections. As a result, you may see less of me on the blog and on social media as I work through the revision process.

4 Comments

Kim

2/25/2024 12:23:42 pm

Congratulations, Jason!

That's Not K-pax

2/27/2024 10:03:36 pm

I normally don't scroll to the bottom of your blog anymore due to the Twitter change. I really don't care what you said over a year ago on Twitter. When I scrolled down to the bottom today, I thought you had posted a picture of actor Kevin Spacey. Mainly due to the effects added to the photo. The other photo where you resembled actor Paul Dano was much more flattering. Many of the public photos I've seen of you look like police mugshots. You've got to smile at that camera lens like you're looking at your best friend in the whole world. You might change eyeglass frames too. They look like ones I've seen the actor pictured in numerous times. I'm not trying to disrespect you at all and please don't take any of this the wrong way. Nothing like that was my intent. You've already got a leg up on me. In all of my current photos, I either look high or have my eyes closed like Forrest Gump. Taking a good picture you're happy with isn't an easy task at all. Especially when you know the flash is coming and close your eyes looking like a doofus in the end.

Good luck with your book. Not exactly my area of interest. I can appreciate the detective aspect of it as you've described. I still think it's cool that you own the blackmail letters. That deserves a book all by itself in my opinion.

More Unsolicited Opinion

3/21/2024 12:38:23 am

Better. Still not sure what you have against smiling though. I have never seen a picture of you smiling. Several years back your picture would come up in Google searches next to a photo of Alan Butler who looks like the teacher who had kidnapped his student. I believe that convict's name was "Cummings". Alan Butler was a dead ringer for this dude. On the other side of you was a part-time Coast to Coast AM personality. It looked like a predator list. This was mainly due to Alan Butler's resemblance to the kidnapper and the creepy looking radio host. Your unsmiling photo looking like a mugshot didn't help either. It really wouldn't kill you to smile. You may not be able to help who Google lumps with you in their search results, however, you can choose to stand out by showing a little smile.

Respectfully,

A straight eye for the unsmiling guy

Martin Emma link

3/3/2024 11:30:31 pm

It is interesting interview! and thanks for sharing your experience and life journey

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Read an Interview with Me about James Dean in "Closer" Magazine

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