Jason Kennedy (born December 11, 1981) is an

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. He is the

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of '' E! News'' and ''

Live from E! ''Live From E!'' is an American pop culture-based talk show hosted by Jason Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Ross Matthews and a fourth rotating co-host, which premiered online on 9 September 2013. The program discusses pop culture news with their panel ...

'' and a contributor to the NBC '' Today Show''.

Biography

Kennedy was born in

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...

. As a child, he produced a mock

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program from a home studio. Following his graduation from Westminster Academy, he attended the

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, where he received several awards, including the

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Award for Best News Feature in the state of

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. He moved to

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in 2004 and began anchoring segments for ''Open Call'' on the TV Guide Channel. He subsequently joined

E! Network E! (an initialism for Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable channel which primarily focuses on pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, and movies, owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversa ...

. Beginning in May 2008, Kennedy hosted '' Dance Machine'' on

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Personal life

Kennedy began dating

Lauren Scruggs Lauren Scruggs Kennedy is an American fashion blogger and author who received international media attention after a December 3, 2011 incident in which she walked into a spinning propeller, losing her left eye and severing her left hand. On August 9 ...

in 2013. They were married on December 12, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Jason and Lauren welcomed their son, Ryver Rhodes Kennedy, on April 3, 2022.

References

External links

Jason Kennedy biography at E! Online
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