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Famous as :
Actor, comedianBirth Name :
Jonathan Stewart LeibowitzBirth Date :
November 28, 1962Birth Place :
New York, USASpouse :
Tracey McShane (veterinary tech, since Nov 2000)Claim to fame :
Host of "The Daily Show" (1996)
The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards' Early Winners
September 22, 2008 09:09:44The wait is over as winners of the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been unveiled Sunday, September 21, some of whom are Dianne Wiest, Zeljko Ivanek, Jeremy Piven, and Jean Smart. The foursome are all bestowed the supporting-actor Emmys.
Piven of "Entourage" who received the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series honor at Sunday's Emmy Awards said during his award acceptance, "These are strange times for all of us. To be a working actor is an unbelievable gift. None of this is lost on me." He jokingly added, "What if I just kept talking for 12 minutes - what would happen? That was the opening."
Final Set of 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Presenters
September 18, 2008 04:09:33The concluding band of celebrities to handout kudos at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards has been announced. Among the A-listers agreeing to join the festivities are "Grey's Anatomy" stars Patrick Dempsey and Sandra Oh, "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon, "30 Rock" lead man Alec Baldwin, and one of "Lipstick Jungle" principal cast Brooke Shields.
Other television thesps confirmed to present the winged-lady statuettes include Glenn Close, Craig Ferguson, Sally Field, Ricky Gervais, Martin Sheen, Kathryn Joosten and Glynn Turman. In addition, audience will be seeing the pairing-up appearances by comedians, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, and TV stars, Mary Tyler Moore and Betty White.
Jon Stewart Tapped to Host the 80th Oscars
September 12, 2007 02:09:22
Jon Stewart, a comedian, satirist, actor, writer, author, and producer, is the next after Ellen DeGeneres to host the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony.
The man, best known as the host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and for his political satire, has been booked to serve as host to the 80th annual Oscars, to be held in Hollywood on February 24th next year.
Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey Among Celebrity Presenters for This Year Emmy
August 31, 2007 11:08:19
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards keeps adding more and more star-studded presenters into its list. Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, and Stephen Colbert are among the additional presenters announced by Fox Thursday August 30th.
The threesome will join previously announced presenters, including Jon Stewart, Jeremy Piven, Kelsey Grammer, Kiefer Sutherland and Katherine Heigl. Other newly announced presenters include Marcia Cross, Ellen DeGeneres, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Kyra Sedgwick.
Angelina Jolie Tells Jon Stewart Her Family's Future Plan, Comes Clean with Press Ban
June 16, 2007 11:06:57
They won't stop at just the number 4. The pair wants a much bigger family with up to 14 kids. Angelina Jolie has in an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Thursday June 14th, revealed that she and partner Brad Pitt might want to have 13 or 14 kids.
Besides discussing her new movie "A Mighty Heart" and her being in Pakistan during the filming, the sexy actress revealed her future plan with Pitt. When being asked "How high are we going? Where are you going to go [in terms of kids]?", Jolie replied, "It fluctuates between seven and 13 or 14."
The 2007 Television Critics Association (TCA) Award Nominees
June 07, 2007 12:06:37
The Television Critics Association (TCA) has on Tuesday June 5th announced numbers of nominees for this year annual award event. Among the programs vie for Program of the Year prize are "American Idol" (Fox), "Friday Night Lights" (NBC), "Heroes" (NBC), "Planet Earth" (Discovery), "The Wire" (HBO), and "When the Levees Broke" (HBO).
For Outstanding Achievement in Comedy category, NBC leads with two, mainly for its "30 Rock" and "The Office" to compete with HBO's "Entourage", Comedy Central's "The Daily Show", and ABC's "Ugly Betty". For the Outstanding Achievement in Drama, NBC earns two for "Friday Night Lights" and "Heroes", while HBO also gets two for "The Sopranos" and "The Wire", in race with ABC's "Lost".
Jon Stewart Is Fathering Again
February 11, 2006 10:02:36"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart and wife Tracy happily welcomed their second child Saturday Feb 4th, 2006. The baby girl named Maggie Rose Stewart was born in a New York hospital.
The couple, married since 2000, already has a 19-month-old son, Nathan Thomas. Stewart's spokesman Matt Labov tells People magazine, "Maggie Rose Stewart was born on Saturday afternoon in Manhattan and she was six pounds, nine ounces."
Jon Stewart Tapped to Host the 78th Academy Awards
January 05, 2006 02:01:45The 78th Academy Awards is coming. Concerning the fest, which is going to be held on March 5, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finally found a host in Jon Stewart.
As of the nominations, it will be announced Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 5:30 a.m. PST, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
