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John Hood
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Writer, Freelance
Los Angeles
Beats
Biography
John Hood began his writing career in the Downtown New York Scene at 'zines such as AVANT and Red Tape, then with a column (Book 'em) at Paper. During that time he also served as Senior Editor at Reflex and McDermott & McGough's The Cottage, as well as contributor to Details, High Times and Crime Beat. Back in hometown Miami, Hood covered music at Miami New Times and served as Senior editor at South Beach fashion and nightlife magazine Season and Ultra co-founder Alex Omes' EDM pioneering D'Vox. A brief blip back in NYC found him correspondent at what was then MTV Online. In Miami again, he columned and contributed at Miami New Times, 944, Map Magazine, Closer and Sun Post Weekly, where he also contributed the weekly cover story. Hood also corresponded for The Miami Herald, The Guardian and The Herald (Glasgow), as well as Huffington Post, Paste, Polo, Yerevan, Culture Designers, Too Much Love, Beached Miami and others. Hood currently lives in L.A., and corresponds for BlackBook, Flaunt and Swagger.
Primarily Culture (Music, entrepreneurs); though there is the occasional Social/Human Interest story. Art, DJs Film, TV) and Nightlife (clubs
Content
By John Hood| BlackBook@ By now you know Reacher zoomed to the top of Amazon’s charts the minute it hit the ether. You also probably know that there was favorable consensus among all streams of the streaming community – a rare thing for a show with such a high body count. Even rarer in a day and age when people can’t seem to agree on much of anything.
By John Hood| BlackBook@ Most actors try to use the cred they’ve earned starring in eight seasons of a successful network television drama either by landing another similarly-situated series or seguing on to a big screen studio offering. Molly Quinn did neither. Oh, she did follow ABC’s longrunning Castle with a couple episodes of another network midseason replacement, The Fix. She also appeared in a pair of rather bleak movies – one funny (Newly Single); the other decidedly not (The Last Rampage).
By John Hood| BlackBook@ Image by Conor Horgan / Focus FeaturesDo not – we repeat – do not approach Wolf (in theaters today, December 3, via Focus Features) with any preconceived notions whatsoever. Seriously. Zero. Zilch. Nil. Sure it’s a film “about” a man who believes he’s a wolf. And, yes, you could say that’s the narrative through-line. But there’s little use trying to get a bigger bead on things by tapping into the traditional depictions of the intersection of man and beast. Why?
Company Info
Freelance
Freelancer.com is the largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace in the world, connecting over 81 million employers and freelancers across more than 247 countries. Founded in 2009 and based in Sydney, Australia, the platform allows employers to post jobs while freelancers can bid on these projects. It is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ASX:FLN. The platform supports a variety of work categories, including software development, writing, design, and marketing. Freelancer.com also offers contests for creative work, where employers can award prize money to winning entries. Users can choose from different membership plans, including free and paid subscriptions, which provide various benefits. The mobile app enhances project management and communication for users on the go. With a diverse customer base that includes individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises, Freelancer.com plays a significant role in the global online economy.
De Pere, Wisconsin, United States