Michael Ausiello
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Michael Ausiello is an American television industry journalist and sometimes actor. He is currently Senior Writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com, where he has developed a reputation for breaking television industry news stories.[1] Ausiello recently (on May 28 2008)announced that he will be leaving TV Guide for Entertainment Weekly [2].
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| Born | February 23, 1972 [3] New Jersey, United States of America |
Ausiello grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey.[4] He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, and spent three years as the senior news editor of Soaps In Depth magazine and served as media relations coordinator at Entertainment Tonight prior to joining TV Guide.
Ausiello currently pens two columns at TV Guide: The Ausiello Report, a weekly print column that expands into a regularly-updated blog online, and Ask Ausiello, an exclusively online weekly Q&A. Ausiello contributes to the website's weekly podcast, TV Guide Talk and the weekly TV Guide Channel program The 411 with a five-minute segment entitled "The Big Five", where he comments on the top five entertainment industry stories of the week. TVGuide.com recently debuted a vodcast version of The Ausiello Report.
Ausiello has also contributed commentary to media outlets outside of TV Guide, such as Today, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, American Morning, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, and Entertainment Tonight. He is a regular guest every Friday morning on Sirius Satellite Radio's popular morning show, "OutQ in the Morning" (Channel 106) with host Larry Flick, where they converse with callers about all things television -- shows, stars, and plot lines, including scoops and spoilers.
Having garnered a number of connections with actors and producers such as Amy Sherman-Palladino, Ausiello has appeared in a few cameo roles on episodes of such television series as Gilmore Girls,Veronica Mars, and Scrubs.
Ausiello purportedly is "frenemies"[5] with E!Online columnist Kristin Dos Santos.
Ausiello is a vegetarian[6] and is openly gay.On May 2008 it was announced that Ausiello would be leaving TV Guide to start working for Entertainment Weekly[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Michael Ausiello | TVGuide.com
- ^ Michael Ausiello Exits TV Guide http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Michael-Ausiello-Exits/800040484
- ^ Michael Ausiello - Photos, Bio and News for Michael Ausiello | TVGuide.com
- ^ a b Gillette, Felix. "The Doctor Is In: TV addicts cut off by the W.G.A. turn to 'TV Guide' guy", The New York Observer, November 15, 2007. Accessed November 28, 2007.
- '^ Watch with Kristin - CSIs Jorja Fox Is Leaving the Show
- ^ Michael Ausiello
