Tucker Max

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Tucker Max

Born November, 1975
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Occupation Writer, Blogger
Genres Fratire, Non-fiction
Notable work(s) I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Influences

Tucker Max is an American humorist, Internet personality and entrepreneur. He has achieved widespread fame on the Internet for his popular website, TuckerMax.com, where he chronicles his drunken, sexual adventures in the form of humorous short stories.

His first book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2006, 2007 and 2008.[1][2][3] He is also the founder of Rudius Media, an Internet-based media network specializing in the discovery and development of online talent.

Max is a graduate of the University of Chicago and of Duke University. His site receives nearly 1 million unique visitors a month.[4][5][6] Max is the son of Dennis Max, a well known restaurant owner in South Florida.[7]

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[edit] Tucker Max Projects

In 2006, Max began development of a television pilot for Comedy Central.[8][9] In the Fall of 2008, Max is set to release a new book titled Assholes Finish First.[10][11][12] He purportedly received a $300,000 advance from the publisher for his second book and has announced intentions to release a second edition of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.[13][14] Max is the founder of an online company named Rudius Media. The company website states that it is "dedicated to finding, publishing, managing and publicizing new and original content by unknown or under-promoted artists and writers."[15] His blogging network includes Mark Ebner, strategy writer Robert Greene and Jamie Kennedy.[16][17][18][19] In 2008, The Hollywood Reporter announced that he was producing a movie based on bestselling book, also entitled I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell[20][21] Max has detailed the process on a production blog hosted on the movies' website[1][22]

[edit] Legal troubles

In 2003, Max was court ordered to remove a story from his site which was a "tell all" account of his relationship with an ex-girlfriend and former Miss Vermont.[23] It was a less than flattering account and the alleged victim filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit.[24] The case was dismissed after the ACLU stepped in on Max's behalf claiming that the court had violated his First Amendment rights.[25] The story was later reposted on his website when all lawsuits were settled and was renamed "The (Almost Banned) Miss Vermont Story".

He was also sued by Anthony DiMeo III under the Violence Against Women Act in 2006 due to allegedly harassing posts on Max's internet messageboard.[26][27] The lawsuit was thrown out of court, dismissed as "frivolous", a decision many legal scholars agreed with.[28][29] The judge's brief concluded with the words: "Here we do so by protecting the coarse conversation that, it appears, never ends on tuckermax.com.[30]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] References

  1. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 2/5/06
  2. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 5/7/07
  3. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 4/13/08
  4. ^ Brett Love (12/11/2006). Comedy Central signs up Tucker Max. Tv Squad. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  5. ^ Blogads Accounting (01/15/2008). Keyword: Tucker Max; 1 month. Blogads.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  6. ^ Alexa (01/15/2008). TuckerMax.com on Alexa.com. Alexa. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  7. ^ Max's Grille. Dennis Max. Max's Grille. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  8. ^ Pair making tracks to Max
  9. ^ Brett Love (12/11/2006). Comedy Central signs up Tucker Max. TV Squad. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  10. ^ Matthew Thornton (9/25/2006). Deals. Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  11. ^ Tucker Max. Assholes Finish First. Amazon. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  12. ^ Assholes Finish First. Rudius Media. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  13. ^ Vance, Ashlee (11th March 2007). Tucker the f**ker claims blogger book deals are 'easy'. The Register. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  14. ^ Max, Tucker (1/02/08). Vote on the new cover for IHTSBIH. The Rudius Media Messageboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  15. ^ Rudius Media. Rudius Media. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  16. ^ About the Rudius Authors. Rudius Media. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  17. ^ "Hollywood, Interrupted"
  18. ^ "Power, Seduction and War"
  19. ^ "JamieKennedy.net"
  20. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (4/16/2008), “'Beer in Hell' gets big-screen treatment”, The Hollywood Reporter, <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icb0afd62b39381d1fd5a82c656c44fcc> 
  21. ^ IMDB: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
  22. ^ I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - The Movie blog.
  23. ^ "Someone Talked" Annoy.com account of Johnson's lawsuit vs. Max
  24. ^ New York Times - Internet Battle Raises Questions About Privacy and the First Amendment
  25. ^ TuckerMax.com: ACLU amicus curiae
  26. ^ It's March 15, and I am officially back to work, and I've been sued -. Max, Tucker (15, March, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  27. ^ The Dimeo Lawsuit Thread. Max, Tucker (13, March, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
  28. ^ New Law Prohibiting Annoying Anonymous Speech Online:. Volokh, Eugene (20, March, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  29. ^ The Greatest Threats To Free Speech On The Internet. Sean (20, March, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  30. ^ "Judge's Brief"

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