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Juliana Rancic

Bunnies — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:04:14 GMT

Does anyone remember Juliana Rancic? I'm wondering just how she became a TV personality. Personally, I couldn't stand her. But she keeps appearing on the Red Carpet! Just what does she do?

Re: Juliana Rancic

MathisFan — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:13:06 GMT

I'm not exactly sure where or how she got her start. I just know she does red carpet interviews for E, does the Fashion Police TV show and has a clothing line on HSN.

btw...her name is spelled Giuliana.

Re: Juliana Rancic

QVCkitty1 — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:20:21 GMT

I'm not a fan of hers, however she must be popular with many since she has been on the " E " channel for many years. For my money they could do away with the " Fashion Police " altogether.

Re: Juliana Rancic

Bunnies — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:20:25 GMT

I apologize for the misspelling of her name.

Re: Juliana Rancic

ECBG — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 04:19:06 GMT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliana_Rancic

Apparently, she started on E News with Ryan Secrest. I don't know why Joan choose her to be on Fashion Police. Maybe she covered galas for E News and they connected there.

Re: Juliana Rancic

AKgirl2 — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 04:45:26 GMT

GR and her husband also own a restaurant in Chicago.

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libbyannE — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 04:50:45 GMT

Never heard of her.

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gabstoomuch — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 05:14:57 GMT

I knew her husband Bill from Celebrity Apprentice. He won the first season (I think it was the first?). The show originally started as a competition to get a job within the Trump Company. He won and got the job, but he was not married at that point. Now the show is not for a job, they play for charity money.

I watch E!, and knew Guliana as a E! news person, but not much else.

They both sort of got famous when they became a couple. Not sure what happened with Bill's job. I think the prize was a job for a year, but he obviously left that job. And not even sure how they became celebrities?

I know Bill wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and open a restaurant. G was an LA girl, so Bill stayed in LA but spent the week in Chicago building his dream. Now I believe he has 2 restaurants, in Chicago.

Another couple that are famous "just because"???

I like both of them, I just think they are a normal everday couple who are not really celebrities. Of course, being a celebrity is a loosely tossed around term nowadays. There are more non-celebs than there are "earned it" celebs in Hollywood now.

Re: Juliana Rancic

Desertdi — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 06:30:20 GMT

Giuliana DePandi is the daughter of an "upscale" D.C. custom tailor........she definitely knows style..................

Re: Juliana Rancic

K9buddy — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:35:55 GMT

My mother is a great cook, but I can barely boil an egg.

Re: Juliana Rancic

Nuttmeg — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 12:30:31 GMT

They say, You can not be too rich or too thin. Is this healthy?

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sparklestar — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 12:34:35 GMT

@Nuttmeg wrote:
They say, You can not be too rich or too thin. Is this healthy?

Oh boy, here we go with that topic.

Re: Juliana Rancic

sidsmom — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:44:54 GMT

@Bunnies wrote:
I'm wondering just how she became a TV personality.

I was curious, as well.

She has an amazing background.

Sounds like she's an intelligent, hard-working woman...and success is unlimited w/ credentials like that!

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Giuliana DePandi was born in Naples, Italy in 1975. Her family moved to the United States, namely Washington D.C., during her childhood. Fluent only in Italian, Giuliana prides herself on the fact that she taught herself English by watching day-time soaps and other television shows.

After graduating from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland in 1992, Giuliana enrolled into the University of Maryland and received a B.A. in journalism from the Philip Merrill School of Journalism in 1996 and, later, a Masters degree in the same subject from the American University in D.C.

During her career, she has managed to write for numerous Entertainment fields, including "Detour" magazine and, most notably, as co-host/anchor for E! News Live (1996). Not forgetting stints reporting about The Pentagon and White House prior to E!.

It is with E! that she has managed to achieve a name for herself. In June 2006, she also released a book entitled "Think Like a Guy: How to Get a Guy by Thinking Like One", a dating advice book for women in the first stages of a relationship.

With this venture, she has been in every aspect of the Entertainment field:
Print (magazines, books);
Small Screen (E! News Live (1996);
Guest spots on episodic TV);
Big Screen (scenes in Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) and Paparazzi(2004)

Trivia:

Moved to Los Angeles one week after getting her master's degree in Journalism. With two degrees under her belt, her first Hollywood job was working in the mail room for power agent Michael Ovitz, where she was paid minimum wage and delivered packages to stars like Leonardo DiCaprio.

Featured in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful of 2006 issue. Voted one of Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 of 2003.

Re: Juliana Rancic

hovis — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:41:31 GMT

She has her line of clothing on HSN. And their restaurant in Chicago is very good. I know they have one child a boy. Did they ever adopt another one ? I know at one point they were talking about it. Thanks.

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Vickiv — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:47:53 GMT

She looks like she needs to go visit her resturant and eat a big dinner . So thin.

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Lipstickdiva — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:08:58 GMT

Those who think G is famous just because haven't really looked into her background. She is very accomplished and educated. She didn't just happen to be in the right place at the right time.

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Lipstickdiva — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:11:41 GMT

@hovis wrote:
She has her line of clothing on HSN. And their restaurant in Chicago is very good. I know they have one child a boy. Did they ever adopt another one ? I know at one point they were talking about it. Thanks.

No. I used to watch their reality show and saw her trials with IVF and I believe they were trying again with the same gestational carrier but it didn't work out.

I thought they had a restaurant in both Chicago and Washington D.C.

Re: Juliana Rancic

Bunnies — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:21:38 GMT

To SIDSMOM,

Thank you so much for the background information on Giuliana Rancic.

I never did bother to look her up on Google because there was something about her I just didn't care for. But she is an intelligent, accomplished woman, and I have to respect that.

Re: Juliana Rancic

Puzzle Piece — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:25:29 GMT

She's not a celebrity (like so many that think they are), she's just a personality. She speaks correct grammar and folks thinks she's something special for that. Goes to show you that knowing how to speak correctly goes a very long way.

Re: Juliana Rancic

sparklestar — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:44:16 GMT

@Vickiv wrote:
She looks like she needs to go visit her resturant and eat a big dinner . So thin.

That's just as rude as saying a person needs to diet.