Manson made his film debut in 1997 as an actor in David Lynch 's Lost Highway . Since then, he has appeared in a variety of minor roles and cameos. He was interviewed in Michael Moore 's political documentary Bowling for Columbine , discussing possible motivations for the 1999 Columbine massacre ; he denied allegations that his music was a contributory factor. From September 13 to 14, 2002, his first art show, The Golden Age of Grotesque , was held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions center. He revealed a series of 20 paintings in 2010 entitled Genealogies of Pain , an exhibition showcased at Kunsthalle gallery in Vienna, [7] on which he collaborated with Lynch.
After high school, Warner and his family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for his father's job. There, the young Manson enrolled at a local community college called Broward, where he studied journalism and theater. Warner's first foray into the music business came as an entertainment journalist for a local magazine in Fort Lauderdale. This gave him the opportunity to interview several famous musicians, including Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. During this time as a journalist, Warner formed his own band called Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids. Manson has stated that he got the name for his alter ego by combining Marilyn Monroe's first name with Charles Manson's last. Later, the band would change the name simply to Marilyn Manson.