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=Mark Richard Groubert=

Mark Richard Groubert (born Mark Richard Dunne, May 16, 1955, Brooklyn, NY) is an American journalist, screenwriter, actor, producer, author, spoken word performer and sports columnist based in Los Angeles, California.

Early Life
Groubert grew up in Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay, both working-class sections of south Brooklyn, New York. He attended P.S. 99 and later P.S. 194 which was considered an "experimental" public school at the time. He was a member of the Sea Scouts of America. His family later moved to Massapequa, Long Island where he attended Amityville Memorial High School and played varsity football and baseball. Groubert attended Bard College and later the New School for Social Research as well as NYU Film School. Groubert is of the Jewish faith.

Career
From 1985-1989 Groubert was an editor of National Lampoon magazine where he created such visual art pieces as Mass Murderer Trading Cards, Capitalist Hall of Fame Plaques, The Klaus Barbie Doll and Sexual Jeopardy: The Home Game. Groubert, along with comedian Gilbert Gottfried, co-authored the National Lampoon Dirty Joke Book.

In 1989, Groubert created, published and edited MTV To Go magazine for the MTV network and the BMG record company. It is considered the first nationally distributed magazine designed completely by digital means using Macintosh computers.

In 1991 Groubert produced the Obie Award-Winning show Mambo Mouth starring John Leguizamo at the Orpheum Theater in New York City. He later executive produced the filmed version of the show for Island Video and HBO. In 1992 he was the Talent Producer for HBO's Mo' Funny: Black Comedy In America, the award-winning feature documentary on the history of African-American comedy.

In 1992 Groubert co-produced On The Ledge also for HBO. The avant-garde variety show featured among others, Lypsinka (John Epperson), the world renown drag performer.

A year later, in 1993, Groubert partnered with veteran Borscht Belt comedian Alan King to produce the first annual Toyota Comedy Festival in New York City.

As a freelance journalist Groubert has written for the LA Weekly (Village Voice Media) since 1994 covering local politics and other Los Angeles oddities.

In 2001 Groubert guest edited The Weekly World News. He has written for various publications including Penthouse magazine, LA City Beat, High Times magazine and The Los Feliz Ledger.

In July 2008, the LA Weekly edition, Rehab City hosted three feature articles written by Groubert including the cover story totaling over twenty thousand words.

His January 2009 cover feature for the LA Weekly, Box of Broken Dreams was cited by The Atlantic magazine columnist Conor Friedersdorf in his annual roundup of that year's best journalism for his "Exceptional Storytelling" award.

From 2004 - 2010 Groubert served as the Senior Film and Book Reviewer for ''CrooksandLiars.com the progressive political website. (8)

As a film actor Groubert was featured in a number of indie feature films including, Manhattan Merengue written and directed by Sundance Award Winner Joseph B. Vazquez, The Cottonwood and It Had To Be You starring Michael Vartan and Natasha Henstridge.

As a screenwriter Groubert collaborated with Sundance Award Winner Joseph B. Vazquez on various film projects (9). He has written numerous screenplays. One of them, The Farm was retitled The Recruit and released in 2003 by Buena Vista Pictures. The Recruit starred Al Pacino and Colin Farrell and grossed over one hundred million dollars worldwide. (10)

Groubert is also the author of Rehab Nation: Inside The Secret World of Celebrity Drug Rehabs. Regarding the book, author Jerry Stahl wrote that "Rehab Nation takes you inside the tabloid world of luxury drug rehabs to see what all the TMZs are desperately trying to achieve: The true inside story."

Groubert has been a frequent guest of the Dr. Drew podcast and has been featured on Dr. Drew's ABC radio show as well as his CNN Headline News show, Dr. Drew.

In 2013 Groubert partnered with Oscar-Winner Oliver Stone to write the ten hour miniseries Oswald, exploring the life story of the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

In 2018 Groubert became the weekly sports columnist for the Los Feliz Ledger, a local newspaper covering east Los Angeles. His column, Dodger Confidential (11) features Gonzo-style coverage of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club. Groubert plans a podcast for the 2019 baseball season.