Keith Stern

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name = Keith Stern

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birthname = Keith Alan Stern
birthdate = 1952-09-01
birthplace = New London, CT, USA
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occupation = Writer
nationality = US
ethnicity = Jewish
citizenship = US
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genre = Biography
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notableworks = Queers In History, Freezing Time
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website = http://www.compu-webs.com/keith_stern
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Keith Alan Stern (Born in New London, Connecticut, U.S. on September 1, 1952) has produced some of the most popular biographical websites on the Internet. Since 1997 he has been collaborating with Ian McKellen on that actor's autobiographical website, McKellen.com. He also has also produced websites for Lynn Redgrave (Redgrave.com), Sean Astin (SeanAstin.com), Andy Serkis (Serkis.com), Spinal Tap (SpinalTap.com), Gods and Monsters (GodsAndMonsters.net) and others for movie stars and movies.

Stern started in the music business as a musician followed by several years with Warner Bros Records in field promotion, public relations, A&R, and IT. In 1979 in Charlotte, North Carolina, he transformed "The Milestone" into a showcase punk rock/new wave music venue and in 1981 with Ben Clark, he opened a larger venue "Viceroy Park." As an independent promoter, he produced many early concerts for punk/new wave acts including R.E.M., The Ramones, The Go-Go's, Iggy Pop, Bow Wow Wow, and Joan Jett.

In 1993 Stern published "Queers in History" on CD-ROM, one of the first "new media" titles to be sold through bookstores. The contents included 850 biographies of historical personages who were gay, lesbian, or bisexual. It also included a trivia game, "Queeries." A new trade paperback edition of "Queers in History" will be published by BenBella Books in 2009.

Stern has written a feature-length screenplay, "Freezing Time," based on the life of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge which will be produced in 2011.

Stern lives in West Hollywood, California.

References

cite web
url = http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209902618&pgno=1&queryText=&isPrev=
title = Hollywood Webmasters Dish On Celebrity Web Sites
accessdate = 2008-09-28
author = Alice LaPlante
last = LaPlante
first = Alice
date = 2008-08-09
year = 2008
month = 08
publisher = Information Week

cite book
last = Thompson
first = Kristin
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year = 2007
title = The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood
publisher = University of California Press
location = Berkeley and Los Angeles
pages = 129,144-48,159,168-69,347n36
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cite book
last = Gross
first = Michael Joseph
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year = 2005
title = Starstruck: When a Fan Gets Close to Fame
publisher = Bloombsbury
location = New York and London
pages = 53-54
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cite book
last = Serkis
first = Andy
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year = 2003
title = The Lord of the Rings; Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic
publisher = Collins
location = London
pages = 39
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