{"id":96681,"date":"2012-06-11T16:16:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T23:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=96681"},"modified":"2012-06-11T17:44:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:44:45","slug":"read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s The Host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read the all-new introduction to the novel &#8216;The Host&#8217; by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the same name. &#8216;The Host,&#8217; which was written and directed by Andrew Niccol, hits theaters on March 29, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Host,&#8217; which stars Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, William Hurt and Diane Kruger, follows the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Earth has been invaded by an unseen enemy, and humans have become the hosts for the alien invaders. While most of humanity has succumbed, Melanie, played by Ronan, is one of the few remaining &#8220;wild&#8221; humans.<\/p>\n<p>After Melanie&#8217;s captured, she&#8217;s certain she&#8217;ll be invaded as well. But Wanderer, the invading soul who has been given Melanie&#8217;s body, has been warned about the challenges of loving inside a human. Wanderer didn&#8217;t expect the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. When outside forces make Wanderer and Malanie unwilling allies, they go off on a dangerous search for the man they both love.<\/p>\n<p>Read the introduction below.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View THE HOST by Stephenie Meyer, the author of THE TWILIGHT SAGA. Read the excerpt. In theaters 3\/29! on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/96350171\/THE-HOST-by-Stephenie-Meyer-the-author-of-THE-TWILIGHT-SAGA-Read-the-excerpt-In-theaters-3-29\" style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;\">THE HOST by Stephenie Meyer, the author of THE TWILIGHT SAGA. Read the excerpt. In theaters 3\/29!<\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/96350171\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=list&#038;access_key=key-1yn9zlo7n4ih07xwhdui\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.6375\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_37535\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Written by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/movie-reviews-in-new-york\/karen-benardello\">Karen Benardello<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-host-stephenie-meyer1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-host-stephenie-meyer1.jpg\" alt=\"Stephenie Meyer&#039;s The Host\" title=\"Stephenie Meyer&#039;s The Host\" width=\"600\" height=\"925\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-96702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-host-stephenie-meyer1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-host-stephenie-meyer1-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the all-new introduction to the novel &#8216;The Host&#8217; by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the same name. &#8216;The Host,&#8217; which was written and directed by Andrew Niccol, hits theaters on March 29, 2013. &#8216;The Host,&#8217; which stars Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, William Hurt and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":96684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,1,7],"tags":[11944,3140,6755,10081],"class_list":["post-96681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","category-news-release","category-video","tag-andrew-niccol","tag-saoirse-ronan","tag-stephenie-meyer","tag-the-host"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer&#039;s The Host<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read the all-new introduction to the novel &#039;The Host&#039; by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer&#039;s The Host\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read the all-new introduction to the novel &#039;The Host&#039; by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shockyafans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-11T23:16:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-06-12T00:44:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"323\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karen Benardello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@karen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@shockya\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karen Benardello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karen Benardello\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3cc52c178691bdee61acdf81304196fa\"},\"headline\":\"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s The Host\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-11T23:16:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-06-12T00:44:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ANDREW NICCOL\",\"SAOIRSE RONAN\",\"STEPHENIE MEYER\",\"THE HOST\"],\"articleSection\":[\"MOVIES\",\"NEWS\",\"VIDEO\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/\",\"name\":\"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer's The Host\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-11T23:16:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-06-12T00:44:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Read the all-new introduction to the novel 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg\",\"width\":\"323\",\"height\":\"500\",\"caption\":\"The Host introduction\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s The Host\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"REAL TALK\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Anakando Media Group\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/anakando.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/anakando.jpg\",\"width\":237,\"height\":213,\"caption\":\"Anakando Media Group\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shockyafans\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/shockya\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3cc52c178691bdee61acdf81304196fa\",\"name\":\"Karen Benardello\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663449968c16a40d2e51a38bdb0f5b66c6868f7390bea5dc8683e15c1cf6a4e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663449968c16a40d2e51a38bdb0f5b66c6868f7390bea5dc8683e15c1cf6a4e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Karen Benardello\"},\"description\":\"As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies &amp; Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/karen\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/author\/karen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer's The Host","description":"Read the all-new introduction to the novel 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer's The Host","og_description":"Read the all-new introduction to the novel 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shockyafans\/","article_published_time":"2012-06-11T23:16:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-06-12T00:44:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":323,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Karen Benardello","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@karen","twitter_site":"@shockya","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Karen Benardello","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/"},"author":{"name":"Karen Benardello","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3cc52c178691bdee61acdf81304196fa"},"headline":"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s The Host","datePublished":"2012-06-11T23:16:05+00:00","dateModified":"2012-06-12T00:44:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/"},"wordCount":214,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg","keywords":["ANDREW NICCOL","SAOIRSE RONAN","STEPHENIE MEYER","THE HOST"],"articleSection":["MOVIES","NEWS","VIDEO"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/","name":"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer's The Host","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg","datePublished":"2012-06-11T23:16:05+00:00","dateModified":"2012-06-12T00:44:45+00:00","description":"Read the all-new introduction to the novel 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer, which is the inspiration for the upcoming anticipated sci-fi thriller of the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg","width":"323","height":"500","caption":"The Host introduction"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/06\/11\/read-a-new-intro-for-stephenie-meyers-the-host\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Read a New Intro For Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s The Host"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/","name":"","description":"REAL TALK","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Anakando Media Group","url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/anakando.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/anakando.jpg","width":237,"height":213,"caption":"Anakando Media Group"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shockyafans\/","https:\/\/x.com\/shockya"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3cc52c178691bdee61acdf81304196fa","name":"Karen Benardello","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663449968c16a40d2e51a38bdb0f5b66c6868f7390bea5dc8683e15c1cf6a4e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663449968c16a40d2e51a38bdb0f5b66c6868f7390bea5dc8683e15c1cf6a4e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Karen Benardello"},"description":"As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies &amp; Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/karen"],"url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/author\/karen\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Host.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pnMiA-p9n","distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}