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Zack O'Malley Greenburg

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Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment, Business & Investing

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Michael Lewis, George Plimpton, Tom Wolfe

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Zack is a staff writer at Forbes and author of the new Jay-Z biography, Empire State of Mind. He's been writing professionally since the age of 14, when he landed a gig reviewing video games for Boys’ Life magazine. A former child actor, Zack played the title role in Lorenzo's Oil alongside Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon. He retired early to pursue his dream of winning a middle school intramural basketball championship. Zack graduated from Yale College with a degree in American Studies and a concentration Urban Studies, and started writing for Forbes in 2005. He has written over 200 articles for Forbes, Forbes Asia and Forbes.com, interviewing luminaries from Dr. Ruth to 50 Cent along the way. His work has also appeared in Sports Illustr...more

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Michael Jackson Returns To The Stage In Vegas–As A Hologram

Michael Jackson: The hologram King of Pop.

It only seems fitting that Michael Jackson, the man who brought the world “Thriller,” was resurrected on a Las Vegas stage late Thursday night—in the form of a hologram.

The moment occurred toward the end of the first public performance of Michael Jackson ONE, a joint venture between Cirque du Soleil and Jackson’s estate. The singer’s apparition materia...

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Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office
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Zack O'Malley Greenburg wrote a new blog post Michael Jackson Returns To The Stage In Vegas–As A Hologram Michael Jackson: The hologram King of Pop. It only seems fitting that Michael Jackson, the man who brought the world “Thriller,” was resurrected on... Read more of this blog post »
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Zack Greenburg made a comment on his review of In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) "Oh man, I'll have to wait until Winter Break, in that case!"
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Zack Greenburg rated a book 5 of 5 stars Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office by Zack O'Malley Greenburg (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Kinda biased, as I wrote the darned thing! Please feel free to send me feedback if you've read it...
Jun 30, 2011 01:52pm · see review
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Zack Greenburg made a comment on his review of Decoded "Unfortunately, he declined. And I think why he declined is a pretty interesting story in and of itself -- I typed something up on that a few weeks ago...more "
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Zack Greenburg rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Big Payback by Dan Charnas	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
“The man who invented American money lived and died in Harlem.” Thus begins The Big Payback, a tour-de-force of a book that details the rise of rap music from the burned-out blocks of the South Bronx in the 1970s to the top of the international mainst...more
Dec 13, 2010 02:19pm · see review
Zack Greenburg rated a book 4 of 5 stars Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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