SOME OF THE MOST RENOWNED PERSONALITIES IN THE INDUSTRY

Leeza Gibbons
Barbara WaltersEvery time Hollywood thinks they've figured her out, she cleverly moves another step up the ladder and successfully places another title among her many achievements. It's LEEZA GIBBONS' passion and drive combined with her wit and wisdom that has enabled her to become one of the most respected and recognized professionals in the entertainment industry. 

From television news journalist and host, to radio personality, producer, businesswoman, mother and wife, Gibbons has been entering America's living rooms for over 20 years. As the Executive Consulting Managing Editor and host of the successful daily newsmagazine, "Extra," Gibbons continues to be committed to informing viewers on everything from entertainment news and real-life stories to hard-core politics moving and shaping American culture today. 
While she would nationally burst on the scene as an anchor/reporter on Paramount's "Entertainment Tonight," it wouldn't be until hosting her own daytime talker, "Leeza," that audiences would see Gibbons' determination to get outside of the box and become a household name while highlighting her intelligence, sensitivity and compassion. Gibbons put her business savvy into play and served as Executive Producer of "Leeza," which debuted on NBC in 1994 and continued in national syndication through 2000. Receiving nominations for both Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host every year it was eligible, "Leeza" would garner 27 Daytime Emmy Nominations, winning three. It was during the series run that Gibbons' impact on television would be awarded with one of Hollywood's highest honors: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

With her never-ending entrepreneurial creativity and a mind for business-building, Gibbons formed Leeza Gibbons Enterprises (LGE) in 1994, to develop and produce the kind of projects that reflect her interests and concerns. This endeavor would have LGE form groundbreaking relationships co-producing and developing TV programs with MTV, Lifetime, TNN and E! Entertainment Television. The company is developing television and feature films, as well as reality shows and news programs focusing on everything from health and fitness to fashion, music and entertainment. 

Taking her show-biz insight to the radio airwaves, Gibbons hosts the nationally syndicated radio program, "Hollywood Confidential," which is featured on over 125 radio stations across the country. The three-hour show (distributed by Premiere Radio Networks) not only features today's chart-topping hits, but takes an inside look at TV, film, fashion and trends. The show has been nominated for the Billboard/Airplay Monitor for Network/Syndicated Program of the Year. In order to record her radio program and meet the demands of motherhood, Gibbons had her own home-studio built and quickly found that she could easily fulfill the more rewarding role in her life as wife and mother without interference. 
Gibbons has always been dedicated to lending her emotional and financial resources to various charities which focus on her commitment to youth through strengthening the family bond, as well as health issues facing America today. She is proud to be a celebrity ambassador for ChildHelp USA and board member of Marc Klass' Beyond Missing. 

Gibbons graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina's School of Journalism and won the school's "Outstanding Alumnus Award" in 1992. She has been inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame and received the Order of the Palmetto; the highest civilian honor given by the state. 

In addition to being a member of the prestigious Women in Film, Gibbons is also a member of Sigma Delta Chi and American Woman in Radio and Television. 

Gibbons leads a life of gratitude and while thrilled with all of her many professional accomplishments, she is most proud of her own family life. Married to architect/actor Stephen Meadows, they have three children: daughters.

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