Mark Steines

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Mark Anthony Steines (born June 7, 1964) is an American broadcast journalist and a co-anchor of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight since 2004. He joined the show on August 24, 1995.

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[edit] Personal life

Steines was born in Dubuque, Iowa. He went to University of Northern Iowa on a football scholarship. He graduated with a B.A. in radio and television.

He married former Entertainment Tonight correspondent and Miss America 1993 Leanza Cornett on the island of Kauai on July 22, 1995. They have two sons, Kai Harper and Avery James ("AJ").

[edit] Career

After graduation Steines worked in the newsroom at KWWL-TV in Waterloo, Iowa rising up the ranks to reporter and photographer. He then moved on to KSPR-TV in Springfield, Missouri, where he was the sports anchor until 1991. His career lead him to KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, California and ESPN assignments. Steines was awarded two Emmys and a Golden Mic Award for work he did on KCAL specials.

In 1995 he started as a correspondent and substitute anchor at Entertainment Tonight. Prior to being selected as co-host, Steines was also anchor of Entertainment Tonight: Weekend and primary substitute anchor.

In addition to his work as a broadcast journalist, Steines has done some acting. One of his roles was as a security guard in the movie Nixon (1995).

Steines was the host of AOL's online reality television show "Gold Rush" in Fall 2006.

Preceded by
Mary Hart with Bob Goen		 Hosts of Entertainment Tonight with Mary Hart
2004–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Mario Lopez		 Host of Miss America
2008		 Succeeded by
incumbent

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