Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak, Dylan Keefe (bass), and Shlomi Lavie (drums). The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".
John Keith Wozniak is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground.
Jump Start is a daily comic strip drawn by cartoonist Robb Armstrong. It portrays the trials and tribulations of a young African American couple as they try to balance the demands of work and raising their young children.
12 and Holding is a 2005 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Michael Cuesta and starring Conor Donovan, Jesse Camacho, Zoe Weizenbaum, and Jeremy Renner. The film is distributed by IFC Films and was released on May 19, 2006 in limited theaters.
"Sex and Candy" is a song by American alternative rock group Marcy Playground, a single from their 1997 self-titled debut album. It is a post-grunge song with psychedelic elements. Lead singer John Wozniak was inspired to write the song after a woman told him that a room smelled like "sex and candy." The song's abstract lyrics refer to the disco era and include hippie lingo. In 1997, Wozniak said that "Sex and Candy" is an unorthodox love song; later, he said he does not know what the song means. It was released to radio on the week of September 15, 1997.
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974) is a young adult novel written by Paula Danziger.
There’s a Bat in Bunk Five (1982) is a young adult novel written by Paula Danziger. The book follows the character Marcy from her 1974 book, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit.
Marcy-Holmes is a neighborhood in the University community of Minneapolis. The majority of the area is residential and sits upon a bluff overlooking the river and the city skyline. A small section of the neighborhood along the river is an industrial zone.
Marcy Dermansky is an American author and editor. Her young adult debut novel Twins was published in 2005 by William Morrow. Bad Marie, her second novel, was published in 2010 by Harper Perennial. Her third novel The Red Car was published by Liveright in 2016. The book was named a Best Book of the Year by Buzzfeed, the San Francisco Chronicle, Flavorwire, and The Huffington Post. It was a New York Times Editors' Choice Pick. Her fourth novel, Very Nice, was published on July 2, 2019 by Knopf. Her fifth novel, the thriller Hurricane Girl, was published on June 14, 2022 by Penguin Random House.
Singularity, published in 1985 by E. P. Dutton, is a science fiction novel for young adults written by William Sleator. It was listed as a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and was a Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Nominee.
Colma: The Musical is a 2006 American musical independent film directed by Richard Wong and written by H.P. Mendoza. The film, which is Wong's feature directorial debut, is a coming of age story based on the lives and the relationships between three teenagers living in Colma. Colma: The Musical features 13 songs all written and produced by H.P. Mendoza.
Hayley Erin Feil is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Abby Newman (2008–2010) and Claire Grace (2023–present) on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, and as Kiki Jerome in the ABC soap opera General Hospital (2015–2019) for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award. She starred as Taylor Hotchkiss in the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019).
Twins are two offspring produced in the same pregnancy.
"Open House" is the seventh episode of the first season of the television series American Horror Story, which premiered on the network FX on November 16, 2011. The episode was written by co-creator and executive producer Brad Falchuk and was directed by Tim Hunter. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).
"Rubber Man" is the eighth episode of the first season of the television series American Horror Story, which premiered on the network FX on November 23, 2011. The episode was written by co-creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy and was directed by Miguel Arteta. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).
The 24th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011, were announced on December 19, 2011.
Valentina de Angelis is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Young Bo in the 2003 film Off the Map, her first major acting role. In 2009, she had a recurring role as Carmen Fortier in the series Gossip Girl. The following year, she appeared in the soap opera As the World Turns as Faith Snyder.
The Red Car is a 2016 novel written by Marcy Dermansky.
Rosamond du Jardin (1902–1963) was a writer, best known for 17 books for teen girls published in the 1950s and 1960s. Before then, she wrote short stories and serialized novels for numerous magazines. Her work is of enduring interest in gender studies because it provides a useful view of 1950s norms and rites of passage.
Very Nice is a 2016 song by South Korean boy group Seventeen.
