Shawn Anthony Levy is an American

United States

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 film critic, author

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 and blog

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ger.

Born in New York City

New York City

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, and educated at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 and the University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

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, Levy has been the film critic of The Oregonian

The Oregonian

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newspaper in Portland

Portland, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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 since 1997. He is a former Senior Editor of American Film and a former Associate Editor of Box Office. His work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines in the United States and England

England

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 including The New York Times

The New York Times

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, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian

The Guardian

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, The Independent

The Independent

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, Film Comment, Movieline, Premiere, and Sight and Sound. He maintains a blog about films and another about global soccer, as well as his own website, which has links to many of his writings. His fifth book, "Paul Newman: A Life," was published by Harmony Books in May, 2009, and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.

He signs his work Shawn Levy and is not to be confused with the filmmaker also named Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy

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, whose full name is Shawn Adam Levy.

External links

• "Interview: Paul Newman biographer Shawn Levy" (Belief.net, May 27, 2009)
• "Newman Owns: Shawn Levy on the sturdy “Paul Newman: A Life” (interview, NewCity Film, May 12, 2009)
• "The Hustler in the Penthouse" (review/interview, Willamette Week, October 5, 2005)
• "A Jet-Set Don Juan, Right Up to the Final Exit" (review of "The Last Playboy", The New York Times, September 16, 2005)
• "Not in My Name" (Shawn Anthony Levy writes about being mistaken for Shawn Adam Levy, The Guardian, March 14, 2003)
• "Author Gets Into the Swing of England" (review/interview, The Portland Tribune, October 1, 2002)
• "Hipoisie and Chic-oisie and London Had the Mojo" (review of "Ready, Steady Go!", The New York Times, July 23, 2002)
• "Funny Bones" (review of "King of Comedy," The New York Times, June 9, 1996)
• "'King of Comedy' Isn't All Laughs for Lewis" (review/interview, USA Today, April 11, 1996)
• Levy's film blog: Mad About Movies
• Levy's soccer blog: The World Is Round
• Levy's official web site