Chuck Palahniuk Rampage (a public Christmas party involving pranks and drunkenness) in Portland, Oregon. His participation in the Society inspired some of the events in his writings, both fictional and non-fictional. Most notably, he used the Cacophony Society as the basis for Project Mayhem in "Fight Club". In May 1999, Palahniuk's father and a woman the father was dating were murdered by the woman's ex-partner. Palahniuk was asked to help determine the sentence for the man who killed his father; he asked for the death penalty. Palahniuk came out as gay after an interview with Karen Valby, a reporter for "Entertainment Weekly".
Emma (1996 TV film) Emma (1996 TV film) Jane Austen's Emma is an adaptation of the 1815 novel of the same name. It was adapted for the British television network ITV in 1996, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and dramatised by Andrew Davies, the same year as Miramax's film adaptation of "Emma" starring Gwyneth Paltrow. This production of "Emma" stars Kate Beckinsale as the title character, and also features Samantha Morton as Harriet Smith and Mark Strong as Mr. Knightley. Davies had recently adapted another Austen novel as the successful 1995 television serial "Pride and Prejudice" for BBC when he proposed to adapt the novel