America's new entertainment guru.Ryan Seacrest Ryan Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American radio and television personality. Seacrest is also a former children's game show host, who gained prominence as the host of the reality television amateur-search series American Idol. , the 29-year-old host of American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol. , has come a long way since he led the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge of Allegiance, in full, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, oath that proclaims loyalty to the United States. and its national symbol. over the loudspeakers at Atlanta's Dunwoody High. He recently replaced Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (born on April 27 1932, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., of Palestinian, Lebanese, and Druze heritage) is an Arab-American radio personality and voice actor. as the radio voice of American Top 40 and he has a new TV show, On Air With Ryan Seacrest On Air with Ryan Seacrest is a short lived American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004, through September 17, 2004. The show was broadcast live from a studio in the Hollywood and Highland complex in Hollywood and featured a background view of . The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times asked him about his expanding media presence. Was, hosting American Top 40 a big goal of yours? I've always had this plan of doing what Dick Clark did--producing and hosting radio and television and building a business from it. After I guest-hosted the show a few months ago, we did the deal for me to take it over, and of course the success of American Idol helped with that. Is American Idol changing the pop-music scene? I think we're showing that there is more than one way to launch a star. It could have been a great TV show, but not have any validity in the record-buying world. But we've proven to be very successful that way. Do we need any more entertainment news programs? You're sick of it? Well, the public's appetite for it has only grown.... I'm in the business of connecting people with their fans, and I just don't overthink it. What were you like in high school? I wore braces and glasses and was fat and got teased about it, but I was always very ambitious. I always knew what I wanted to do, and I also knew I wanted to be in a place where there is no ceiling on success. |
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