Charles Dimino
Charles Dimino | |
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| Born | September 9, 1980 West Point, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, Online personality |
| Education | University of Southern Mississippi (BA in Film) |
| Website | |
| starkvillecharlie | |
Charles Sheldon Dimino, commonly known as Charlie from Starkville or Starkville Charlie, is an American author, podcaster, and online personality. He has been a regular contributor to Jim Cornette's Drive-Thru podcast.[1]
His debut novel Into the Pines[2], was released in 2022. His second book, What Happened to Our Wrestling?: ...Charlie From Starkville Asks the Fans! [3] was released in 2024.
Biography
[edit]Dimino was born on September 9, 1980 in West Point, Mississippi. He grew up a fan of wrestling, watching Memphis territory descriping the experience of watching Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler as "the greatest thing I'd ever seen in my life as a kid."[4]
Dimino went to the University of Southern Mississippi after graduating high school, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film. Dimino then moved to Los Angeles, California, working in the film industry as an art assistant, production assistant, and writer. Additionally, he covering baseball, basketball, and football as a writer. He moved to Starkville, Mississippi, in 2015, taking over his family's storage unit business.[5]
In 2018 Dimino gained notoriety as "Charlie from Starkville" when he began writing in questions to Jim Cornette's podcast, Drive-Thru with Jim Cornette. Dimino maintained anonymity initially when engaging with Cornette's show, leading to speculation, including from Cornette, that Charlie from Starkville was a fictional character created by Cornette's co-host, Brian Last.[6][7]
Building on this notoriety, Dimino created a Facebook group in September of 2022, initially to promote his first book, which has now developed an active following of over 3,200.[8] In advance of the release of his second book, in February 2024 Dimino began producing and posting digital content on a separate Facebook group[9], and in March 2024 began cross posting it on YouTube[10] as well.
Dimino is currently working on his third book, which will be a follow up from his second book.[11]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Into the Pines (2022)
Anthologies
[edit]- What Happened to Our Wrestling?: ...Charlie From Starkville Asks the Fans! (2024)
Films
[edit]Short films
[edit]- Bad Mofos (2011)[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Charles Dimino Biography". Amazon. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Dimino, Charles. Into the Pines. Independent. ISBN 979-8817926583.
- ^ Dimino, Charles. What Happened to Our Wrestling?: ...Charlie From Starkville Asks the Fans!. Independent. ISBN 979-8321610886.
- ^ "Squared Circle News Episode 9: Interview with Charlie From Starkville". spotify (Podcast). July 23, 2024. Event occurs at 05:05. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Squared Circle News Episode 9: Interview with Charlie From Starkville". spotify (Podcast). July 23, 2024. Event occurs at 32:15. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Is "Charlie from Starkville" a meme?". reddit. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Squared Circle News Episode 9: Interview with Charlie From Starkville". spotify (Podcast). July 23, 2024. Event occurs at 32:57. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Charlie from Starkville friends". Facebook. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
created on September 18, 2022
- ^ "The Official Charlie From Starkville Video Page". Facebook. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
created on February 27, 2024
- ^ "The Official Charlie From Starkville YouTube Page". YouTube. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
Joined March 12, 2024
- ^ "Squared Circle News Episode 9: Interview with Charlie From Starkville". spotify (Podcast). July 23, 2024. Event occurs at 45:30. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Charles Dimino". IMDb. Retrieved December 9, 2024.