About Diablo
About Diablo:
Diablo Cody was born Brook Busey on June 14, 1978, in Chicago, IL. She went to a Roman Catholic high school and graduated with a degree in Media Studies from the University of Iowa. After graduating, Diablo relocated to Minneapolis. She then started her first blog, “Red Secretary.” Diablo married a musician she met on the Internet and became Brook Busey-Hunt. (She is no longer married to him today.) She then started writing a new blog, “Darling Girl.” Not too long after that, she quit her day job and dedicated herself to stripping. Diablo stripped under the names “Bonbon,” “Roxanne” and “Cherish.” She then blogged about her life as a stripper with her blog, “The Pussy Ranch.” A literary manager, Mason Novick found this blog and then e-mailed Diablo to convince her to write a memoir. She then wrote and published, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (2005). Not too long after that, Diablo Cody’s career took off with the success of her debut film, “Juno” (2007). She received numerous accolades for her first screenplay. And even though Diablo had never written for television, Steven Spielberg hired her to write a pilot for Showtime before “Juno” was even released. In addition, she landed a gig as a Backpage columnist for Entertainment Weekly magazine. But her biggest accomplishment to date came when she won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2008 for “Juno.” Today, Diablo lives in Los Angeles, CA, is working on multiple projects, and is raising her first child, Marcello Daniel Maurio with husband, Dan Maurio.
Trivia:
Diablo’s height is 5′ 5½”
“Diablo” is Spanish for “devil.”
Diablo married Dan Maurio in the summer of 2009 and gave birth to her first child, Marcello on July 27, 2010. Marcello was 7lbs 2 oz.
Diablo has a cat and a German Shepherd.
Diablo and her writing partners, Dana Fox, Liz Meriwether, and Lorene Scafaria are known as “The Fempire.”
Diablo made a cameo appearance on the hit show, 90210 on The CW in the episode, “Okaeri, Donna!”
When Ellen Page hosted Saturday Night Live, Diablo Cody was impersonated by Andy Samberg in Ellen’s opening monologue. The episode is available on iTunes.
Ranked #38 on Entertainment Weekly’s 2007 list of the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (issue #968, December 7, 2007).
Diablo is the only author to have been inducted into Dave’s Book Club on Late Show with David Letterman.
Diablo’s office for US of Tara is painted pink.
Diablo named US of Tara fans, “Tara-dactyls.”
Diablo got straight As once at the UI.
Diablo joined Twitter on April 26, 2008. Her first tweet was, “I hiked my fool ass off today.”
Diablo is a big fan of Beverly Hills 90210.
Diablo has been known to support PETA (via Twitter).
Diablo’s dream writing project is a biopic of Brian Wilson.
Diablo was brought on board to rewrite/revise the screenplay for Burlesque (In Theaters November 24, 2010).
Awards:
Won
Academy Award – Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2008
Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Screenplay for Juno – 2008
BAFTA Film Awards – Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2008
Writers Guild of America Award - Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2008
Broadcast Film Critic Association Awards for Juno – 2008
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award – Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2008
Christopher Award – Best Feature Film for Juno – 2008
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award – Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2008
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2008
Hollywood Film Festival – Breakthrough Screenwriter of the Year – 2007
Austin Film Critics Association – Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Award – Best Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Florida Film Critics Circle Award – Best Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Chicago Film Critics Association Award – Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Screenplay for Juno – 2007
National Board Review Awars - Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Juno – 2007
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Satellite Awards - Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Original Screenplay for Juno – 2007
Nominated
Golden Globe Award – Best Screenplay for Juno – 2008
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