- Jason Kennedy (TV personality)
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name = Jason Kennedy
caption = Jason Kennedy
birth_date = birth date and age|1981|12|11
birth_place =Ft. Lauderdale, FL ,Florida
occupation =Television Personality Jason Kennedy (born
December 11 ,1981 inFt. Lauderdale, Florida ) is a correspondent atE! Networks, where he covers national celebrity news.Kennedy grew up near
Fort Lauderdale, Florida , where his love for TV news became apparent, even in his pre-teen years, when he spent countless hours chasing local news trucks and taking taxis to breaking news scenes for a mock-news show he produced and reported, from a studio he created in his own home. The studio was outfitted with 20 televisions, four cameras, a news desk and an editing station.Kennedy went on to attend theUniversity of Miami , where he received several awards, including the covetedAssociated Press Award for Best News Feature in the state ofFlorida .Following his graduation from the University of Miami, he moved to
Los Angeles in 2004 and landed a job anchoring segments for "Open Call" on theTV Guide Channel . Since joining the E! Networks team, Kennedy has been a weekend anchor forE! News , hosted the Daily 10 show, and has hosted the "Last Bride Standing" special for E! and covered the death ofAnna Nicole Smith in early 2007, near his South Florida hometown. Beginning in May of 2008, Kennedy will host his first Primetime show called "Dance Machine" on ABC. Kennedy was named one of "People Magazine's Hottest Bachelors of 2008" in June 2008.Trivia
*Kennedy's first job as a national television host was "Too Hot For Ice" on the
America One Television Network, when he was just 17 years old.
*Kennedy's sister, Kelli Kennedy, is a reporter for theAssociated Press inMiami .*Kennedy hosted a campus-based television show "Storm Front" while attending the University of Miami.
*Kennedy was recently named one of ten young stars who will become a leader of the Broadcast industry, in the Los Angeles Times article "Clark Trek: Who Will Become The Next Dick Clark?" (See the story in "external links" below.)
*Hosted E! Entertainment Special: Last Model Standing:Miami ModelsExternal links
* [http://okmagazine.com/pixandvids/gallery/6073/1/Man-Candy:-Jason-Kennedy Jason selected as "Man Candy" in OK! Magazine April 2008] .
* [http://www.eonline.com/on/personalities/bio/jason.jsp Jason Kennedy biography at E! Online] .
* [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-newdickclarkaug22-pg,1,5016760.photogallery?coll=la-utilities-entnews&index=10/ Jason mentioned in LA Times article. He is number 10 on the list] .
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm1783380/ Jason Kennedy's profile at IMDB] .
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