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Carrie Borzillo with her then-husband Chris Vrenna in 2002. |
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| Born | Carrie Borzillo June 20, 1970 Milford, Connecticut , U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1988–Current |
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www.carrieborzillo.com |
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Carrie Borzillo (formerly Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna) (b. June 20, 1970 in Milford, Connecticut) is an American music and entertainment journalist and author of three books on aspects of the entertainment industry and of one advice book.
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Borzillo has been an entertainment journalist since age 17 when she wrote about unknown rock bands for free music magazines in her home state of Connecticut. She gained greater prominence at age 19 when she was asked to profile the Black Crowes for Hit Parader. At age 21, after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University, she was hired by Billboard. She initially worked as a radio columnist and then was promoted to Heatseekers Features Editor, in which post she covered "up-and-coming" acts. During the first "dotcom craze" of the mid 1990s, Borzillo served as Managing Editor/News for the daily music news website, allstarnews.com, which was part of CDNOW.com. There she also wrote the music news gossip column "Miss Truth," which The New York Times described as “Liz Smith for Generation Y.”
Borzillo has worked for a variety of other music and entertainment magazines, including US Weekly, Teen People, Spin, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and, most recently, People and E!. She has appeared as a music expert on Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, E!, VH1 and other television outlets. She also was one of the subjects of the 2009 E! True Hollywood Story on "Rock Wives."
Borzillo has dispensed love and sex advice as "Dr. Love" throughout the run of rock musician Gene Simmons’ short-lived glossy monthly, Tongue, and has written the sex/love advice column "Miss Truth Hurts" for SuicideGirls.com.[1] As a sex and relationship expert, she has appeared on KROQ's "Love Line" with Dr. Drew, Playboy Radio, XM Radio's "SexDotCom," MSNBC's "The Frisky," and in other media.
Borzillo is author of four books: Eyewitness Nirvana: The Day-by-Day Chronicle (Carlton Books, 2000), Cherry Bomb: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, and Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Life Like a Rock Star (Simon & Schuster's Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2009), Kurt Cobain: The Nirvana Years (Carlton, 2003), and Tera Patrick: Sinner Takes All: A Memoir of Love and Porn (Gotham/Penguin 2010).
Borzillo writes about television and celebrities for Fancast.com and the beauty/spa industry for Day Spa magazine, and contributes a love advice column to the marijuana-themed magazine, THC Expo. Borzillo was divorced on March 17, 2010 from Chris Vrenna, a Grammy Award-winning music industry figure (Nine Inch Nails, Gnarls Barkley, and Marilyn Manson). She lives in Los Angeles.