Ted Casablanca (born Bruce Wallace Bibby; November 20, 1960) is an American entertainment
journalist
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and gossip columnist. He had an
E! Online
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column called ''The Awful Truth'', which ran for sixteen years, ending in July 2012.
Biography
Career
Casablanca is the gallery owner of Ted Casablanca Gallery in Palm Springs, CA. Casablanca began writing for ''
Premiere magazine
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'' in 1987, where he originally conceived his gossip column "The Awful Truth" before transferring it to E! in 1996 as a weekly (later daily) column. He regularly presented it on E! Television and sometimes appeared as a correspondent and commentator for various E! Television events. As Bruce Bibby, he has written for a number of entertainment magazines and has been a contributor to the television magazine ''
Hard Copy
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The original hosts of ''Hard Copy'' ...
''.
Television and Film Appearances
Casablanca has appeared on several television series, usually as a commentator, but he has also appeared as himself on ''
Grosse Pointe
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'' and, more recently, in an episode of ''
General Hospital
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'' in February 2007.
In
2006
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, he provided commentary alongside cast member
Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins (born May 22, 1942) is a Canadian-American former actress, singer, dancer and photographer.
Early life
Parkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.Valley of the Dolls''. He also appeared in the featurette on the bonus DVD entitled, ''The Divine Ms. Susann''. Casablanca has been a long-time fan of the film. The name "Ted Casablanca" was borrowed from a minor character from ''Valley of the Dolls''.
Personal
Casablanca's birth date was found to have been November 20, 1960. According to Ancestry.com’s Texas Birth Index 1903-1997 Bruce Wallace Bibby was born November 20, 1960 in Dallas county Texas to Robert and Alice Wallace Bibby.
Casablanca's alter ego also earned a degree in sculpture from the
California Institute of the Arts
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before turning to journalism.
According to his own column, Casablanca married Jon Powell in Hawaii in May 2008. But on September 16, 2009, Casablanca announced that he and Powell had, after a separation, decided to end their union. Casablanca was also notably paired with actor
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( ; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for his theater work in ''Torch Song Trilogy'' and ''Hairspray'' and movie roles in ''Mrs. Doubtfire'', '' Independence Day'', and ...