Ben Patrick Johnson
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| − | Ben Patrick Johnson was born 30 Jun 1969 in Tucson, Arizona. "Johnson's first national exposure came in 1994 when he was chosen as co-host for ''Extra'', an entertainment-magazine show. Extra demoted Johnson to on-air correspondent shortly after he came out as homosexual in the gay press..." (''Ben Patrick Johnson'', Wikipedia). He wrote a book ''In and Out in Hollywood'' about this experience, which you can see [http://bpjclients.com/inandoutinhollywood/index.html here]. His book published by Palari Books, appears on their website [http://www.palaribooks.com/details.asp?id=1 here]. The book has been lightly fictionalized but appears to be fairly-well based on his own personal experience with Extra. | + | Ben Patrick Johnson was born 30 Jun 1969 in Tucson, Arizona. At some point he moved to St Paul, Minnesota, possibly to go to college. "Johnson's first national exposure came in 1994 when he was chosen as co-host for ''Extra'', an entertainment-magazine show. Extra demoted Johnson to on-air correspondent shortly after he came out as homosexual in the gay press..." (''Ben Patrick Johnson'', Wikipedia). He wrote a book ''In and Out in Hollywood'' about this experience, which you can see [http://bpjclients.com/inandoutinhollywood/index.html here]. His book published by Palari Books, appears on their website [http://www.palaribooks.com/details.asp?id=1 here]. The book has been lightly fictionalized but appears to be fairly-well based on his own personal experience with Extra. |
It is at least possible that Ben decided to use his full name to avoid confusion with a previous "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnson Ben Johnson]" who had been a Hollywood actor and who died in 1996. | It is at least possible that Ben decided to use his full name to avoid confusion with a previous "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnson Ben Johnson]" who had been a Hollywood actor and who died in 1996. | ||
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*[http://bpjclients.com/writing/index.html "Ben Patrick Johnson writing"] from his website bpjclients | *[http://bpjclients.com/writing/index.html "Ben Patrick Johnson writing"] from his website bpjclients | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWhsUhIa0s "Left Coast 9/1 - Paul Lekakis"], Ben's interview with Paul Lekakis on his video show "Life from the Left Coast" hosted at YouTube.com (Ben has 104 videos all together) | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWhsUhIa0s "Left Coast 9/1 - Paul Lekakis"], Ben's interview with Paul Lekakis on his video show "Life from the Left Coast" hosted at YouTube.com (Ben has 104 videos all together) | ||
| + | *[http://wcco.com/topstories/voice.overs.movies.2.367061.html] | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
