A. J. Calloway is an American
entertainment reporter Entertainment journalism is any form of journalism that focuses on popular culture and the entertainment business and its products. Like fashion journalism, entertainment journalism covers industry-specific news while targeting general audiences bey ...
. He is known as the original host on ''
106 & Park
''106 & Park'' is an American hip hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that was broadcast on weekdays at 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT on BET; it aired on a one-day delay on BET International. It was the network's highest- rated ...
'', which originally aired on
BET
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. After co-hosting the show for five years with
Free
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Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
(Marie Wright), Calloway left the show on July 28, 2005.
Career
Calloway then moved to Co-Host on the
entertainment news program ''
Extra
Extra or Xtra may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Film
* ''The Extra'' (1962 film), a Mexican film
* ''The Extra'' (2005 film), an Australian film
Literature
* ''Extra'' (newspaper), a Brazilian newspaper
* ''Extra!'', an American me ...
'' from 2005 until February 2019. That February he was suspended while being investigated for sexual misconduct. In July he was terminated when the show's producer
Telepictures
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terminated him, due to the number of
sexual assault
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allegations.
Personal
He is an alumnus of
Saint Benedict's Prep in
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.[Howard University
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in
Washington, D.C.
)
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He was married to pediatrician Dr Lao Sealey from 23 April 2005 – 2007.
On 8 June 2013 he married Dionne Walker. Together they have three children: Amy Belle (12 August 2013), Ava Claire (January 2015), and Albert the third (March 2017).
References
External links
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Living people
American television personalities
African-American male actors
American entertainers
Male actors from Jersey City, New Jersey
Place of birth missing (living people)
African-American television personalities
21st-century American male actors
Howard University alumni
St. Benedict's Preparatory School alumni
Entertainment journalists
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people
1974 births
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