Steven Cojocaru (; ; born July 4, 1970), is a

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television

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critic. He was born in

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to Romanian parents. Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist and eventually began working on

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shows as a correspondent and interviewer on ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''The Today Show'', ''The Insider'' and ''Access Hollywood''. Steven earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from

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. Cojocaru began working in 1995 for the Canadian fashion magazine ''

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''. After moving to

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, he began writing a column. He was ''

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s West Coast fashion editor, and has written two autobiographies, ''Red Carpet Diaries: Confessions of a Glamour Boy'' (2003) and ''Glamour, Interrupted'' (2008). In 2003 and 2004, Cojocaru worked on ''

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'', helping the contestants select new wardrobe pieces from show sponsor

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. On May 6, 2008, he appeared with

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in a segment for ''

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'', "Ticket to the Pollies". Cojocaru has had two

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due to being afflicted by the genetic Polycystic Kidney Disease. The first (donated by his best friend) was removed when it became infected with

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. The second transplant in 2005, where his mother Amelia gave her kidney, has to date been successful.

Personal life

He is openly gay.

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