Ain't It Cool?

Harry Knowles, a college drop-out who grew up on films, started the Ain't It Cool Web site from his bedroom in Austin, TX, and in four short years has become one of the most powerful and feared men in show business. With his legion of "spies," Harry has crashed the insider world of Hollywood, uncovering guarded secrets about scripts, casting, production, test screenings, and the release of films, before anyone else. In AIN'T IT COOL, Harry uses his own story as a launching pad for his life-long obsession with films and how they're made-the good, the bad, and the ugly. AIN'T IT COOL is the story of the ultimate movie geek getting a place at Hollywood's most exclusive table. It's for anyone who loves movies and the entertainment industry.

Named one of the 50 most influential people in media today by Brill's Content, Harry Knowles founded the website Ain't It Cool News in his bedroom in 1996. Since then, he has been named one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood by both Entertainment Weekly and Premiere magazines, and has been included in Wired's "Hollywood 2.0" list of 25 people transforming moviemaking, as well as Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list. He has been a guest on CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn," ABC's "Good Morning America" and "Politically Incorrect," and co-hosted "Roger Ebert & The Movies" five times. In addition, he has been featured on NBC Nightly News, CNN, the BBC, etc., and has been profiled in the New York Times and L.A. Times magazines, The Hollywood Reporter, and Entertainment Weekly, among others. In Spring 2002, Harry will host the new "Ain't It Cool News" series for Comedy Central.