{"id":51,"date":"2020-07-18T11:08:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T11:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksmartwrites.com\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T20:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:31:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jacksmartwrites.com\/index.php\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51\" class=\"elementor elementor-51\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a4d888 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5a4d888\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>Jack currently works as the Movies Staff Writer at&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/author\/jack-smart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;magazine in Los Angeles. Selected as a National Critic Fellow at the Eugene O\u2019Neill Theater Center in 2014, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he then created a lucrative content vertical as Awards Editor at the actor&#8217;s trade publication<\/span>&nbsp;<a style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/magazine\/author\/jack-smart\/\">Backstage<\/a>.&nbsp;As founder and host of premier podcast \u201c<a style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6;\" href=\"https:\/\/backstage.com\/podcasts\">In The Envelope<\/a>,\u201d he booked, interviewed, and produced episodes featuring over 200 A-list actors and other artists. Jack&#8217;s writing has appeared at <a style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/author\/jacksmart\">The A.V. Club<\/a>, Queerty, Variety, and more. Explore a sampling of portfolio links below or over at <a style=\"background-color: #f6f6f6;\" href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/jacksmartwrites\">Muckrack<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa210c5\" data-id=\"aa210c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d201c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d201c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/jacksmartwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Alfre-Woodard-Jack-Smart-SAG-AFTRA-moderating-panel-play-drunk-question-clip-video.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eee5d7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eee5d7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"port\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83fc75a\" data-id=\"83fc75a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-146f900 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"146f900\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7a0b35\" data-id=\"e7a0b35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9345707 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9345707\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-19495ec\" data-id=\"19495ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACK SMART Writer-Editor | Moderator | Professional Enthusiast Jack Smart is a Los Angeles-based culture writer, editor, critic, and activist. 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