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Cory Kennedy
Cory Kennedy
	Kennedy in Paris, March 2008
Born	Cory Kennedy Levin; February 21, 1990 (age 34); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
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Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Website	Official website

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Cory Kennedy-Levin (born February 21, 1990) is an American model and Internet celebrity.

Biography

Kennedy met photographer Mark Hunter (who goes by the alias "The Cobrasnake") at a Blood Brothers concert at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles in the summer of 2005. He took some photographs of her for his website and they exchanged phone numbers. In January 2006, Kennedy began an internship at his office, to fulfill a requirement from her high school for graduation.^[1] Hunter's website featured photos of celebrities at various parties, to which he began bringing Kennedy. Consequently, Hunter and Kennedy began dating with the approval of her parents.

In December 2005, Hunter had posted photos of Kennedy with the title "JFK CORY KENNEDY", which began speculation that she was somehow related to the Kennedy family, which she is not.^[1] By April, Hunter claims that he had noticed that every time he posted photos of Kennedy on his site, the web traffic from fashion community sites would spike. Hunter quickly realized that Kennedy had the potential to be a star.^[1] That month, as the Kennedy-Levin family visited New York City on vacation, Kennedy and Hunter visited the offices of Nylon magazine, the editor-in-chief of which was a friend of Hunter's. The very next day she was in a photo shoot for an issue focused on music and MySpace, which hit news stands in June.

She was mentioned in an article about interns in The New York Times,^[2] and the LA Weekly's Caroline Ryder wrote a short article about her.^[3] In October, she appeared in a mock music video for Good Charlotte's "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl", directed by Nylon's editor-in-chief Marvin Scott Jarrett. The entire clip is shot from a single camera at a fixed angle, and consists of Kennedy shaking salt and pepper to the beat while eating Indian food and listening to the song on a portable music player.

Her parents had known about her exposure online but had not realized the extent to which it had grown until the June issue of Nylon appeared. Because Kennedy had been previously treated for clinical depression, their primary concern had been her health and well-being. By September 2006, her celebrity life began to conflict with her home and school life. Worrying for her education, her parents had her placed in a boarding school, a "nonpublic therapeutic placement for kids with various types of learning, behavioral and emotional problems" with limited phone and computer use, although she was free to return home on weekends.^[1]

Career highlights

In the fall of 2007, Kennedy was named the face of Urban Decay.^[4]
September 2007, appeared on the cover of Jalouse Magazine, shot by French photographer, and video director Jean-Baptiste Mondino.
In May 2008, she starred in an ad campaign for Procter & Gamble's "Sebastian" line of hair products.^[5] She was later replaced by Charlotte Ronson.
From May 3-August 31, 2008, photographs of Kennedy were on display in The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA). Deemed an 'Uberstar'--along with designer Rami Kashou, photographer Dirk Mai, journalist Rose Apodaca, model/designer Audrey Kitching, and writer/actor Clint Catalyst—Mai was hand-picked by sculptor/visual artist Glenn Kaino to represent his 21st Century take on Andy Warhol's Superstars.^[6]^[7] For the exhibit, Kaino took portraits of his "Uberstars" using a Polaroid Big Shot camera, the type of instant camera Warhol used for his infamous series. Kaino's Polaroids and Warhol's portraits were then juxtaposed, aligning each of Kaino's cyber-celebrities to their Warhol superstar-era counterpart. Kennedy's picture was paired with socialite Brigid Berlin.^[8]
Kennedy and Hunter both appeared in the first episode of 90210.^[9]

Personal

Kennedy has a fraternal twin sister named Chris.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hubler, Shawn (February 25, 2007). "West magazine: The secret life of Cory Kennedy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
^ Tkacik, Maureen (July 30, 2006). "Interns, the Founts of Youth". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
^ Ryder, Caroline (August 2, 2006). "Cory's World". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
^ Sharaby, Orli (January 29, 2008). "Cory Kennedy Becomes the New Face of Urban Decay". PSFK. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
^ Gilewicz, Samantha (May 27, 2008). "WIN CORY'S HAIR STUFF". Nylon. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2008.
^ "Court tells Sotheby's to reveal its auction clients in 'Nazi-Loot' case". Artdaily. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ "Art News | the Andy Warhol Museum Presents ~ the Art of Glenn Kaino | Art Knowledge News". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
^ "The Stylephile". www.thestylephile.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ Krentcil, Faran (August 14, 2008). "AND STARRING MARK AND CORY, AS THEMSELVES". Nylon. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
^ Kelley, Shanon (October 27, 2006). "Cory Kennedy - A Short And Sweet Lil' Interview". Paper Magazine.

External links

[latimes-1] Hubler, Shawn (February 25, 2007). "West magazine: The secret life of Cory Kennedy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 25, 2007.

[2] Tkacik, Maureen (July 30, 2006). "Interns, the Founts of Youth". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2007.

[laweekly-3] Ryder, Caroline (August 2, 2006). "Cory's World". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2007.

[4] Sharaby, Orli (January 29, 2008). "Cory Kennedy Becomes the New Face of Urban Decay". PSFK. Retrieved April 28, 2008.

[5] Gilewicz, Samantha (May 27, 2008). "WIN CORY'S HAIR STUFF". Nylon. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2008.

[6] "Court tells Sotheby's to reveal its auction clients in 'Nazi-Loot' case". Artdaily. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

[7] "Art News | the Andy Warhol Museum Presents ~ the Art of Glenn Kaino | Art Knowledge News". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2009.

[8] "The Stylephile". www.thestylephile.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

[9] Krentcil, Faran (August 14, 2008). "AND STARRING MARK AND CORY, AS THEMSELVES". Nylon. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2008.

[10] Kelley, Shanon (October 27, 2006). "Cory Kennedy - A Short And Sweet Lil' Interview". Paper Magazine.

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-'''Cory Kennedy-Levin''' (born February 21, 1990) is a former American [[Internet celebrity]].
+'''Cory Kennedy-Levin''' (born February 21, 1990) is an American model and [[Internet celebrity]].
 == Biography ==
-Kennedy met [[photographer]] Mark Hunter (who goes by the alias "The Cobrasnake") at a [[The Blood Brothers (band)|Blood Brothers]] concert at the [[El Rey Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] in the summer of 2005. He took some photographs of her for his web site and they exchanged phone numbers. In January 2006 Kennedy began an [[internship]] at his office, to fulfill a requirement from her high school for graduation.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news | title=The secret life of Cory Kennedy | first=Shawn | last=Hubler | date=2007-02-25 | work=West magazine | publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/25/magazine/tm-corykennedy08 | accessdate=2007-02-25}}</ref> Hunter's web site featured photos of celebrities at various parties, to which he began bringing Kennedy. Consequently, Hunter and Kennedy began dating with the approval of her parents.
+Kennedy met [[photographer]] [[Mark Hunter (photographer)|Mark Hunter]] (who goes by the alias "The Cobrasnake") at a [[The Blood Brothers (band)|Blood Brothers]] concert at the [[El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles)|El Rey Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]] in the summer of 2005. He took some photographs of her for his website and they exchanged phone numbers. In January 2006, Kennedy began an [[internship]] at his office, to fulfill a requirement from her high school for graduation.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news | title=West magazine: The secret life of Cory Kennedy | first=Shawn | last=Hubler | date=2007-02-25 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-25-tm-corykennedy08-story.html | access-date=2007-02-25}}</ref> Hunter's website featured photos of celebrities at various parties, to which he began bringing Kennedy. Consequently, Hunter and Kennedy began dating with the approval of her parents.
 In December 2005, Hunter had posted photos of Kennedy with the title "JFK CORY KENNEDY", which began speculation that she was somehow related to the [[Kennedy family]], which she is not.<ref name="latimes"/> By April, Hunter claims that he had noticed that every time he posted photos of Kennedy on his site, the web traffic from fashion community sites would spike. Hunter quickly realized that Kennedy had the potential to be a star.<ref name="latimes"/> That month, as the Kennedy-Levin family visited [[New York City]] on vacation, Kennedy and Hunter visited the offices of ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'' magazine, the editor-in-chief of which was a friend of Hunter's. The very next day she was in a photo shoot for an issue focused on music and [[MySpace]], which hit news stands in June.
-She was mentioned in a ''[[New York Times]]'' article about interns<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/fashion/sundaystyles/30CANDY.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=7d25c77ba950f182&ex=1311912000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | title=Interns, the Founts of Youth | publisher=[[The New York Times]] | first=Maureen | last=Tkacik | date=2006-07-30 | accessdate=2007-02-25}}</ref> and ''LA Weekly's'' Caroline Ryder did a short article about her.<ref name="laweekly">{{cite news | url=http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/corys-world/14136/ | title=Cory's World | first=Caroline | last=Ryder | publisher=[[LA Weekly]] | date=2006-08-02 | accessdate=2007-02-25 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124031538/http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/corys-world/14136/ | archivedate=2007-01-24 | df= }}</ref> Then in October, she appeared in a mock [[music video]] for [[Good Charlotte]]'s "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl", directed by ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'''s editor-in-chief Marvin Scott Jarrett. The entire clip is shot from a single camera at a fixed angle, and consists of Kennedy shaking salt and pepper to the beat while eating [[Indian cuisine|Indian food]] and listening to the song on a portable music player.
+She was mentioned in an article about interns in ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/fashion/sundaystyles/30CANDY.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=7d25c77ba950f182&ex=1311912000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | title=Interns, the Founts of Youth | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Maureen | last=Tkacik | date=2006-07-30 | accessdate=2007-02-25}}</ref> and the ''LA Weekly''{{'}}s Caroline Ryder wrote a short article about her.<ref name="laweekly">{{cite news | url=http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/corys-world/14136/ | title=Cory's World | first=Caroline | last=Ryder | publisher=[[LA Weekly]] | date=2006-08-02 | accessdate=2007-02-25 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124031538/http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/corys-world/14136/ | archivedate=2007-01-24 }}</ref> In October, she appeared in a mock [[music video]] for [[Good Charlotte]]'s "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl", directed by ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'''s editor-in-chief Marvin Scott Jarrett. The entire clip is shot from a single camera at a fixed angle, and consists of Kennedy shaking salt and pepper to the beat while eating [[Indian cuisine|Indian food]] and listening to the song on a portable music player.
 Her parents had known about her exposure online but had not realized the extent to which it had grown until the June issue of ''Nylon'' appeared. Because Kennedy had been previously treated for [[clinical depression]], their primary concern had been her health and well-being. By September 2006, her celebrity life began to conflict with her home and school life. Worrying for her education, her parents had her placed in a [[boarding school]], a "nonpublic therapeutic placement for kids with various types of learning, behavioral and emotional problems" with limited phone and computer use, although she was free to return home on weekends.<ref name="latimes"/>
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 ==Career highlights==
 *In the fall of 2007, Kennedy was named the face of [[Urban Decay (cosmetics)|Urban Decay]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/cory-kennedy-becomes-the-new-face-of-urban-decay.html | title=Cory Kennedy Becomes the New Face of Urban Decay | publisher=[[PSFK]] | first=Orli | last=Sharaby | date=January 29, 2008 | accessdate=2008-04-28}}</ref>
-*September 2007, appeared on the cover of Jalouse Magazine, shot by French photographer, and video director [[Jean-Baptiste Mondino]].
+*September 2007, appeared on the cover of ''Jalouse Magazine'', shot by French photographer, and video director [[Jean-Baptiste Mondino]].
-*In May 2008, she starred in an ad campaign for [[Procter & Gamble]]'s "Sebastian" line of hair products.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1486 | title=WIN CORY'S HAIR STUFF | publisher=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]] | first=Samantha | last=Gilewicz | date=May 27, 2008 | accessdate=2008-06-09}}</ref> She was later replaced by [[Charlotte Ronson]].
+*In May 2008, she starred in an ad campaign for [[Procter & Gamble]]'s "Sebastian" line of hair products.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1486 | title=WIN CORY'S HAIR STUFF | publisher=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]] | first=Samantha | last=Gilewicz | date=May 27, 2008 | accessdate=2008-06-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603214054/http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1486 | archive-date=2008-06-03 | url-status=dead }}</ref> She was later replaced by [[Charlotte Ronson]].
-*From May 3-August 31, 2008, photographs of Kennedy were on display in [[The Andy Warhol Museum]] (Pittsburgh, PA).  Deemed an 'Uberstar'--along with designer [[Rami Kashou]], photographer [[Dirk Mai]], journalist Rose Apodaca, model/designer [[Audrey Kitching]],  and writer/actor [[Clint Catalyst]]—Mai was hand-picked by sculptor/visual artist [[Glenn Kaino]] to represent his 21st Century take on [[Andy Warhol]]'s Superstars.<ref>http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=24010&int_modo=1</ref><ref>http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Glenn_Kaino.html?q=andy+warhol</ref> For the exhibit, Kaino took portraits of his "Uberstars" using a [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]] Big Shot camera, the type of [[instant camera]]  Warhol used for his infamous series.  Kaino's Polaroids and Warhol's portraits were then juxtaposed, aligning each of  Kaino's cyber-celebrities to their [[Warhol Superstar]]-era counterpart. Kennedy's picture was paired with socialite [[Brigid Berlin]].<ref>http://www.thestylephile.com/blog/330000033/post/130028013.html{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+*From May 3-August 31, 2008, photographs of Kennedy were on display in [[The Andy Warhol Museum]] (Pittsburgh, PA). Deemed an 'Uberstar'--along with designer [[Rami Kashou]], photographer Dirk Mai, journalist Rose Apodaca, model/designer [[Audrey Kitching]], and writer/actor [[Clint Catalyst]]—Mai was hand-picked by sculptor/visual artist [[Glenn Kaino]] to represent his 21st Century take on [[Andy Warhol]]'s Superstars.<ref>{{cite web | title=Court tells Sotheby's to reveal its auction clients in 'Nazi-Loot' case | website=Artdaily | url=http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=24010&int_modo=1| access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Glenn_Kaino.html?q=andy+warhol |title=Art News &#124; the Andy Warhol Museum Presents ~ the Art of Glenn Kaino &#124; Art Knowledge News |access-date=2009-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707171145/http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Glenn_Kaino.html?q=andy+warhol |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For the exhibit, Kaino took portraits of his "Uberstars" using a [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]] Big Shot camera, the type of [[instant camera]] Warhol used for his infamous series. Kaino's Polaroids and Warhol's portraits were then juxtaposed, aligning each of Kaino's cyber-celebrities to their [[Warhol superstars|Warhol superstar]]-era counterpart. Kennedy's picture was paired with socialite [[Brigid Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestylephile.com/blog/330000033/post/130028013.html |title=The Stylephile |website=www.thestylephile.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202134218/http://www.thestylephile.com/blog/330000033/post/130028013.html |archive-date=2 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
-*Kennedy and Hunter both appeared in the first episode of ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=AND STARRING MARK AND CORY, AS THEMSELVES | url=http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1845 | first=Faran | last=Krentcil | publisher=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]] | date=August 14, 2008}}</ref>
+*Kennedy and Hunter both appeared in the first episode of ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=AND STARRING MARK AND CORY, AS THEMSELVES | url=http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1845 | first=Faran | last=Krentcil | publisher=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]] | date=August 14, 2008 | access-date=2008-10-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714215959/http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1845 | archive-date=2011-07-14 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Personal==
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 ==External links==
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004042/http://itscorykennedy.com/ Cory Kennedy Blog]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004042/http://itscorykennedy.com/ Cory Kennedy blog]
 *{{YouTube|KDIE-OMysUU|Good Charlotte video}}