Jules Asner
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Jules Asner | |
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 Asner at Venice Film Festival 2012 | |
| Born | Julie Ann White February 14, 1968 Tempe, Arizona,U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Entertainment journalist, former fashion model |
| Television | Revealed with Jules Asner |
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Jules Asner(bornJulie Ann White;February 14, 1968) is an American screenwriter, author, formerentertainment journalist,television personality, and model.
Early life
[edit]Asner was born Julie Ann White inTempe, Arizona.[1]At age 16, she was discovered at a modeling convention inScottsdale,Arizona. She began her career as anElite model.She shared a bunk-room withCindy Crawfordduring the early years of her career. In 1986, she graduated fromMcClintock High Schoolin Tempe.
She attendedUCLA.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Asner was a longtimeE!personality. During her peak with the network, she hosted six hours of programming daily. Among the series she hosted wereRevealed with Jules Asner,E! News LiveandWild On!.She also hosted many live specials. Asner received a Prism Award[2]and a Gracie Award for her interview showRevealed with Jules Asner.[citation needed]
Before joining E! Asner was an entertainment reporter for Reuters TelevisionGood Morning England,The Entertainment Showon Sky Television, andExtra.She hostedLive by Requeston A&E and was a segment director and producer onHard Copy.
Miramax Books purchased the publishing rights to her first novel,Whacked.The novel recounts the story of a woman who plots revenge on a former lover. Asner said that the plot was based on a breakup she'd been through.[3]Released on June 3, 2008,[4]Whackedwas a top-ten fiction bestseller on Amazon and was in its third printing within its first month of release.[citation needed]
Asner wrote the screenplay for husband Steven Soderbergh's filmLogan Lucky.She chose to use the pseudonym Rebecca Blunt because she did not want the "story" surrounding the film to be that "Soderbergh was directing his wife's script." In 2018, a Twitter account belonging to TheRebeccaBlunt posted photos of Asner and Soderbergh behind the scenes working onLogan Lucky.Asner previously did uncredited rewrite work onMagic Mikeand several of Soderbergh's other films.[5]
Personal life
[edit]From 1992 to 1996, she was married to Matthew Asner and took his surname, making her the daughter-in-law of actorEd Asner.
She married film directorSteven Soderberghin their New York apartment on May 10, 2003. Soderbergh often credits his wife with influencing his female characters.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Jules Asner profile at Film Reference
- ^"NIDA Announces 8th Annual" PRISM "Award Winners".National Institute on Drug Abuse. April 29, 2004.RetrievedJanuary 18,2021.
- ^Sicha, Choire (June 8, 2008). "THE SUNDAY CONVERSATION; No gossip here". Los Angeles Times. pp. E3.
it was based on a real-life breakup I had. And it made me crazy!
- ^Asner, Jules. (2009).Whacked.Weinstein Books.ISBN978-1-60286-076-6.OCLC290478749.
- ^Perez, Rodrigo (July 27, 2017)."Logan Lucky Screenwriter Revealed".The Playlist.RetrievedJuly 27,2017.
- ^Gary Susman (May 13, 2003)."Out of Sight".Entertainment Weekly.Archived fromthe originalon January 27, 2009.
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- Entertainment journalists
- American women screenwriters
- American television personalities
- Novelists from Arizona
- Female models from Arizona
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- People from Tempe, Arizona
- 1968 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American novelists
- 20th-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American women journalists
- American women television journalists
- Journalists from Arizona
- Screenwriters from Arizona
- 20th-century American women journalists