- Ben Mulroney
Benedict Martin Paul "Ben" Mulroney (born
March 9 ,1976 inMontreal ,Quebec ) is a Canadiantelevision host . He grew up in Ottawa, Ontario.He is the second of four children born to former Canadian Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney and Mila Pivnicki Mulroney. He has a law degree fromUniversité Laval and a history degree fromDuke University .Mulroney is best known as the host of "
Canadian Idol ", the Canadian counterpart of "Pop Idol " and "American Idol ", and host of the CTV entertainment magazine "eTalk Daily ". Recently, he was appointed as the new National Ambassador forUNICEF Canada. From 2001 to 2002, he was entertainment reporter on CTV's "Canada AM ". Mulroney also wrote a regular column for the "Toronto Sun ", owned byQuebecor Inc. , a company on whose board of directorsBrian Mulroney sits.Mulroney was one of several children of former Prime Ministers who became Canadian media personalities between 1998 and 2001. The others include
Catherine Clark ,Justin Trudeau andAlexandre Trudeau . While Brian Mulroney and Pierre Trudeau had a poor relationship, the younger Mulroney was invited to and attended Justin's wedding. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/05/28/trudeau-nuptials050528.html] ]Mulroney got engaged to his girlfriend of one year, fashion designer and stylist Jessica Brownstein, on December 28, 2007 in Montreal. [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071231/CI5_mulroney_engagement_07/20071231?s_name=idol2007] ]
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