Gendy Alimurung

Don Ferrarone; Credit: Nanette Gonzales

Don Ferrarone: The Ex-D.E.A. Badass Who Finds Stories for Hollywood

Gendy Alimurung
In the credits he's usually listed as associate producer. What it really means is that he's the guy who finds stories. Don Ferrarone, ex-Drug Enforcement Administration agent, finds the real-life people -- the bodyguards, serial killers, narcs, dealers, soldiers, assassins, snipers, henchmen, spies and spooks -- on whom movie characters......
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Bodhi Tree Bookstore's Final Hours

Gendy Alimurung
After four decades as Los Angeles' unofficial spiritual/metaphysical hub, the Bodhi Tree Bookstore closed its doors at 5:30 p.m. this past New Years' Eve. Co-owner and co-founder Stan Madson, in a red beret, shook hands and accepted thanks from customers old and new, celebrities and non-celebs, authors and readers, believers......
Justin Schenck; Credit: Simone Paz

Justin Schenck, CSI Corpse, on What It's Like to Play Dead

Gendy Alimurung
The corpse was a video gamer tasered to death by rogue cops. It lay on the autopsy table, trying very hard not to breathe. "There wasn't much time to rehearse," says Justin Schenck, the actor cast in the role of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation cadaver.The casting company had sent Schenck......