Diablo Cody is the tattooed screenwriter who won the Oscar for best screenplay two years ago, for Juno. She also wrote that Megan Fox clunker of a horror movie, Jennifer’s Body, and is responsible for the critically acclaimed Showtime series, The United States of Tara. She’s been alternately feted and ridiculed, and while some people admire her plucky style others point out that she’s a hipster who’s trying too hard to be clever. I know I found some of the dialogue in Juno ridiculous and over-the-top, but people loved that movie and Cody is laughing all the way to the bank. More power to her I guess.

Anyway Cody, 31, is pregnant and married, which both come as a surprise to me. I never heard that she got married but she swears she didn’t try to keep it a secret.

Long-time married! Pregnant! In two Tweets over five hours celebrated screenwriter Diablo Cody has rocked the Twitter-sphere with two major announcements Tuesday.

Sort of makes Ellen Page’s big announcement day in ‘Juno’ — which Cody penned — seem pretty tame.

So from the top. On Tuesday afternoon Cody announced: “Thanks for the congrats on my fetus! No secrets here; just thought it would be fun to see how big I could get before someone noticed.”

Pregnancy announcement out of the way, Cody continued five hours later. “I’m not ‘secretly married,’ ” Cody wrote. “I married Dan last summer. Took wedding photos in Times Square, which is pretty much the opposite of secretive.”

E! Online reports that the lucky guy is ‘Chelsea Lately’ staffer Dan Maurio, who told the website: “She’s a great lady to make a fetus with.”

[From Popeater]

Cody seems to be trying to keep her private life a little closer to her chest than in the past. While doing promotion for Jennifer’s Body last year she said that she was happy Megan Fox was around to take the pressure off her. She also said that she was uncomfortable with the way the media focused on her personal life when Juno was earning accolades in 2007. “I would never put myself out there again like I did with Juno and if I could do it over again, I wouldn’t. It’s not worth it.” She did write a memoir that chronicled her career as a stripper in Minnesota. She gave the press a lot to work with, and they ran with it. Congratulations to Cody and Maurio on their upcoming arrival – and on their marriage that no one heard about!

Oscar winning Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody sat down for an exclusive interview with our friends at The Frisky. Cody wrote and produced the new horror film Jennifer’s Body, about a serial killing demon-possessed cheerleader. It stars Megan Fox, who was most likely typecast. As we know, Fox says some outrageous and obnoxious things. Cody told The Frisky that she finds that refreshing because it makes everyone focus on Fox, not her. To Cody, having to put herself out there as a public figure is incredibly scary and can give her panic attacks. In swoops Megan Fox’s PR tour with theHilter references and claims of bouts with mental illness and no one really pays attention to the self conscious ex-stripper who wrote the film:

The Frisky: With “Juno,” you as a person were almost as much of the story as the movie was.

DC: Yeah, which sucks.

The Frisky: Do you think the same thing will happen with “Jennifer’s Body”?

DC: I’m hoping to avoid that situation and I’m not sure how to do it, but I’m just going to try to maneuver myself differently. We’re lucky that we have Megan promoting this film because she is so outspoken (laughs) and I’m hoping we can direct all the attention to our attractive young cast (laughs) and maybe to our director and I can just, hopefully, sit back in my producer chair and take care of the practical stuff. But I would never put myself out there again like I did with “Juno” and if I could do it over again, I wouldn’t. It’s not worth it.

The Frisky: Megan gives good interviews—she always manages to say something that gets picked up by the blogs.

DC: She really makes people angry! Girls hate her, don’t they?

The Frisky: I don’t know, I just think Megan Fox has a funny sense of humor.

DC: I appreciate it as well. I do not know her very well. Even having worked with her to this extent, I don’t know her very well because she’s very private and mysterious. But I’ve [heard] these things come out of her mouth. I’ve been present for some of these interviews and she is totally fearless. What she is saying is completely genuine. It is not a front. I think people think she’s trying to create some kind of image for herself that she’s not, but she’s a really, truly eccentric person.

The Frisky: I think people get uncomfortable with her because she looks like Angelina Jolie but she says things that make you think.

DC: I don’t think people know how to process her at all. I think it’s one of those things where she does not fit the mold in any way and it freaks people out!

[From The Frisky via I'm Not Obsessed]

I think that the operative word for Fox is “stupid,” not fearless. There’s a big difference between making a controversial statement because you feel strongly about something and saying all the crazy things that pop into your head. Cody explains it very diplomatically by calling Fox “eccentric” as if it was a charming character trait for a famous actress to talk random outrageous smack about the people and industry that made her a millionaire.

There some comparisons to be made between Diablo Cody and Megan Fox. They both cultivate an edgy “devil may care” image, but have professed to be painfully self conscious despite choosing careers in Hollywood. In Megan’s case she copes with that by flying from the seat of her pants and giving interviews that seem like attempts at career sabotage. Diablo just kind of lays low and tries to keep making shows and movies without sticking her neck out. There’s got to be a happy medium there somewhere. Maybe Fox could bring along a “friend” with her to future interviews – someone who will squeeze her hand or kick her under the table when she starts to go off on a tangent. She could alternately wear a secret earphone with someone feeding her answers from another location. That could get too confusing for her, but she’s supposed to be an actress so she might be able to handle it.

Megan Fox is shown on 8/9/09. Diablo Cody is shown on 8/24/09. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

I rented Juno and couldn’t watch the whole thing. The dialogue sounded so fake and contrived and the characters weren’t that endearing or real. In fact I wanted to smack Juno she was so snotty and full of throwaway witticisms. She talked like a disaffected 30-something, not like a 16 year old girl. And almost everyone talked like that, not just the one character. A lot of people loved the film and found it endearing, though – the little pregnant teen with a salty tongue that could. Maybe if I went to the movies to see it I would have sat through it and liked it despite my skepticism. It even won the Oscar for best screenplay and many thought it was one of the most original and funny movies last year.

We haven’t heard much from Juno screenwriter and former stripper Diablo Cody, and after the glow of winning her Oscar has worn off she has decided to set the people who don’t like her little gem of a film straight. She blogged that no matter what you say about her, her life’s pretty good. It’s pretty obvious that it profoundly bothers her that she’s not universally loved.

A while back, there was a thoughtful article in the above-mentioned publication [Variety] about Ellen Page and myself. The article was mostly about how passionately some people hate me. As I explained to my therapist the following day (ha) it’s kind of weird to read something like that about yourself. On one hand, you feel defensive. On the other hand, you feel puzzled. You feel compelled to identify what it is about you that might inspire such vitriol. (I personally suspect the hate isn’t that widespread; it’s just loud.)

I thought about it. For months. I even wrote a screenplay on the theme. And then, finally, I figured it out.

I have a response to those who are still boring enough to lob insults in my direction. (Those of you who are friends, fans, enablers, or dislike my writing for legitimate, rational, nonpersonal reasons can tune out now if you like. This isn’t for you.)

Anyone else? Bend thine ear:

I am not Charlie Kaufman or Sofia Coppola (much as I supplicate at their Cannes-weary feet.) I’m not Paul Thomas Anderson. I’m not even Paul W.S. Anderson. I am middle-class trash from the Midwest. I’m a competent nonfiction writer, an admittedly green screenwriter, and a product of Hollywood, USA. I am “Diablo Cody” and if you’re not a fan, go rent Prospero’s Books again and leave me the f*%$ alone.

I may have won 19 awards that you don’t feel I earned, but it’s neither original nor relevant to slag on Juno. Really. And you’re not some bold, singular voice of dissent, You are exactly like everyone else in your zeitgeisty-demo-lifestyle pod. You are even like me. (I, too, loved Arrested Development! Aren’t we a pretty pair of cultural mavericks? Hey, let’s go bitch about how Black Kids are overrated!)

I’m sorry that while you were shooting your failed opus at Tisch, I was jamming toxic silicon toys up my ass for money. I get why you’re bitter. I took exactly one film class in college and– with the curious exception of the Douglas Sirk unit—it bored the shit out of me. I also once got busted for loudly crinkling a bag of Jujubes during a classroom screening of Vivre Sa Vie. I don’t deserve to be here. We’ve established that. But I’m here. Five million 12-year-olds think I’m Buck Henry. Accept it.

(Incidentally, if you were me for one day you’d crumble like f’ing Stilton. I am better at this than you. You’re not strong enough, Film_Fan78. Trust me.)

I’m sorry to all those violent, semi-literate fanboys who hate me for befriending their heroes. I can’t help it if your favorite writer, actor, director, or talk show host likes me. Maybe you would too, if we actually met.

I know my name is fake and that it annoys you. What, do you hate Queen Latifah and Rip Torn, too? Writers and entertainers have been using pseudonyms for years. Chances are, you’re spewing bile under an assumed screen name yourself. I’m sorry if you think I’m like some inked-up quasi-Suicide Girl derby cunt from 2002, but I like my fake name. It’s engraved on an Oscar. Yours isn’t.

Listen: I’ve been telling stories my whole life. Even when I was a phone sex operator, I was the Mark Twain of extemporaneous jerk-off fiction. I took every perspiring creep on a f’ing journey. I don’t know how to do anything else.

I’m going to make more movies and shows. I doubt they’ll all be good, but that’s the nature of this life. Even though the public only knows me from one book, one movie, and several aborted blogs, I’ve spent the last few years hustling like Iceberg Slim out here to prove myself professionally. The people I currently work for, and with, are more than pleased with my post-Juno output. My pilot was so good (thanks, Toni Colette!) that it got picked up for series. That is rare, children. That is blue-rare.

In summation: you try it.

This is the last I have to say on the subject, unless I’m provoked by a journalist in which case I’ll gladly reload. With relish, as Betty Rizzo might say. That said, I’m a 30-year-old woman with a dwindling interest in blog culture, and I don’t have time to address this bullshit every time one of my projects comes out. I’m in love, I just bought a house, and my boss made E.T. I kind of have to focus on reality.

And drinking. I have to focus on drinking.

[From Diablo Cody's Blog]

So she’s saying she knows she’s not worthy, but she’s rich, bitch, she works hard and she’ll keep at it. I guess that’s all she can do. When someone or something bugs the shit out of you, the best thing to do is ignore them. By going off about it you’re just kind of showing that it gets to you. You’re also making it seem like the people who were criticizing you must have been right on some level. No one was listening to them at this point, but now they are.

You’ve probably seen these pictures by now since they came out last night and all, but here are the Diablo Cody “scandalous” photos that aren’t much more than topless pics. She comes across like she’s fun and doesn’t take herself too seriously, and considering what she must have been up to these photos aren’t that big of a deal.

Diablo blogged that she doesn’t really care that people are publishing these old photos again since she’s the one who put them online in the first place. She titled this entry VIVA TRASH!

Hey! Did you guys hear about the “nude” (except not really) pics I voluntarily posted on the Internet myself? What a tantalizing “scoop!” Seriously, I thought nudity was only a scandal if it the photos were leaked by some crumb-bum rat or vengeful ex. I personally put my vag out there with pride, ladies and gents. And you bet your ass I’d do it again if the Beef Council would cough up the proper endorsement money.

Bitches are lucky I don’t get naked now. I’m built for comfort these days. However, tempt me long enough and I just might drop ‘em…

As I’ve said in the past, they can dress me up, they can give me awards, they can coach me on the right responses, and they can sand the callouses off my giant f*#%ing feet, but I will always be me. And I will never be ashamed.

No secrets, ever. (Well, hardly any.) Just like I promised.

[From Cody Diablo's blog on MySpace]

I love how she says she’s “built for comfort!” Cody worked for a year as an exotic dancer in Minneapolis, an experience she used to write her memoir Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. I read the excerpt available on Amazon.com, and now I want to read the entire book. It was funny, quirky, and well written. She describes how she ditched Chicago at the age of 24 to move to Minneapolis for a guy she met online. She starts off with a boring office job and gets antsy, at which point I assume she starts working as a stripper but that’s where the excerpt cut off.

Cody, 29, just took home the Oscar for best screenwriting for Juno, a coming of age story about a pregnant teenager.

She is currently in an undisclosed location trying to catch some sleep after the Oscars and has asked people to try and guess through her MySpace blog where she is.

Thanks to Egotastic and Drunken Stepfather for these pics. She seems like a lot of fun.

Former stripper and underground blogger Diablo Cody won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Juno. Cody seemed genuinely shocked and was quick to dedicate her award to her fellow script writers, as well as to the film’s director, Jason Reitman (whom she called a member of her family) and to Juno’s star, Ellen Page.

What is happening? This is for the writers, I especially want to thank all my fellow nominees. I worship you guys I am learning from you every day. I want to thank the academy… our… cast including the superhuman Ellen Page…. Most of all, I’d like to thank my family for loving me exactly the way I am.

Cody, who has been gaining a lot of attention over Juno’s witty dialog, became teary eyed as she left the stage. It’s been a wild ride for the young writer, who is rumored to be writing another script for none other than Steven Spielberg. She’s also currently a guest columnist for Entertainment Weekly.

Update by Celebitchy: Here’s the video of her acceptance speech. It made a lot of us tear up at the end.

Juno writer Diablo Cody has blogged about how surprised and mortified she was to learn that the elegant shoes she was lent by famed designer Stewart Weitzman to wear to the Oscars were worth a cool million. She said that no one from the company told her ahead of time and that she assumed they were adorned with rhinestones, not diamonds.

Yesterday, my stylist took me to go try on my Oscar shoes, which were made for me by Stuart Weitzman. They were sparkly. Kind of retro. With hefty brooches to be affixed atop each narrow toebox. I was pleased, but it wasn’t, like, an event.

Today, I read this. NEWS TO ME, kids. I must have somehow missed the part where my shoes cost a MILLION F*#$ING DOLLARS and my “choice” of footwear would be publicized nationwide. I honestly thought they were just sparkly shoes. Mr. Weitzman did mention that the diamonds were real when I tried them on, but I’m not Nancy Rockman, Expert Gemologist. I didn’t, you know, bust out my miniature spyglass and assess the potential worth of my kicks.

I swear to God, I have the most bizarre life. Truly.

This looks really attention-whorey, and for once, I didn’t do it on purpose.

I’m flattered that they picked me (surprise!) to wear the Pimp Shooz, but WTF, right?

ETA: I’m actually really pissed about this, now that I think about it. They’re using me to publicize their stupid shoes and NOBODY ASKED ME. I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide. I’m sorry if I sound like a party-pooper, but Jeebus.

[From Diablo Cody's MySpace blog via WENN]

I love that she called them the Pimp Shooz! I’m not too familiar with Diablo Cody, but she’s on my short like of people to write favorably about after reading her blog. MSat says she’s a fan of hers and that she’ll gladly cover it when she wins the Oscar as expected for best original screenplay.

I enjoyed reading Cody’s Wikipedia entry and learned that she worked as a stripper in Minneapolis for a year in her early 20s and wrote a book about her experiences, called Candy Girl: A Year in The Life of an Unlikely Stripper. It was published when she was 24 and she wrote the screenplay for Juno shortly afterwards.

JayBird, MSat and are all on live tonight to cover the Oscars. None of us will be wearing clothing worth more than $30, but I guess I should speak for myself.

Here is Diablo Cody at the National Board of Review Awards along with a pic of those million dollar shoes, thanks to PRPhotos and D-Listed.

Update! Here’s my quickie transcript of the red carpet interview with Diablo Cody and the interviewer Steven from ProSeiben, the German channel covering the Oscars.

Interviewer asks question I didn’t write down…
Diablo answers: “I didn’t anticipate the film being made, so to be at the Academy Awards is amazing.”

When they called you and told you were being nominated, how was it?
Shocked… This whole experience was surreal.

What are you doing next?
I’m just a writer and I’m going to go write more.

She’s wearing a leopard print dress and her hair is in a bob.