Giuliana Rancic

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Giuliana Rancic
GiulianaRancicAAFeb09.jpg
Rancic at the 81st Academy Awards, 2009.
Born Giuliana DePandi
(1974-08-17) August 17, 1974 (age 38)
Naples, Italy
Alma mater University of Maryland, College Park
American University
Occupation Television personality, journalist
Years active 2001–present
Television E! News
Giuliana & Bill
Spouse(s) Bill Rancic
(m. 2007–present)
Children Edward Duke Rancic
(b. 2012)
Website
giulianarancic.com

Giuliana Rancic (née DePandi;[1][2] born August 17, 1974) is an Italian-American television personality and journalist. She is currently a co-anchor on E! News, the flagship entertainment news program of E!, and co-hosts "Fashion Police" on E!. Since she was made anchor in 2005, viewership for "E! News" has risen over 50% across the board. In addition to her news anchoring duties, Rancic often co-hosts red carpet events for award shows, such as the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. On March 13, 2006, she was joined as anchor of E! News by Ryan Seacrest. She is the creator and executive producer of MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar, which premiered in 2007. She appeared in the movie Bring It On: Fight to the Finish in a brief scene. She has also hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants on NBC. She is also a co-founder of FabFitFun, a woman's health, beauty, and fashion site.[3]

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Early life [edit]

Giuliana Rancic was born in Italy in 1974. As a young girl, she immigrated to Bethesda, Maryland. Her father, Eduardo DePandi, is a master tailor. The DePandi family owns Bruno Cipriani, a high-end men's clothing store in the White Flint Mall in North Bethesda, Maryland. She has two siblings: sister, Monica, and an opera singer brother, Pasquale DePandi. She learned English by watching hours of news channels. She also said, on The E! True Hollywood Story, that from elementary school she had wanted to become an anchorwoman. After attending Walt Whitman High School, she went on to receive a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master's degree in journalism from American University, at the American University School of Communication in Washington, D.C.. While there, she reported for a Capitol Hill news bureau, covering the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, the White House and the State Department.[4] Giuliana was on Miss Maryland twice and was the co-host on The Miss USA Pageant twice.

Personal life [edit]

On December 15, 2006, Bill Rancic and Giuliana announced their engagement. The two were married on September 1, 2007 in a ceremony on Capri at Santa Sophia Church in Anacapri.[5][6]

The two have publicly discussed their fertility issues on television talk shows, having tried to conceive since approximately the beginning of 2009.[7] The couple began in vitro fertilization (IVF) in March 2010,[7] and Rancic got pregnant in the spring of 2010; however, she suffered a miscarriage at nine weeks.[8][9] Rancic had an IVF transfer for a second time in November 2010, however the procedure did not result in a pregnancy. When the couple decided to try for a third round of IVF, her doctor recommended a mammogram, which is how she found out she had breast cancer. Despite her condition, the couple were still motivated to have a baby, so they continued with the egg retrieval and found a surrogate.[10]

On April 23, 2012, Giuliana and Bill announced on The Today Show that they were expecting their first child, via gestational carrier due in late summer.[11]

On August 29, 2012, the couple welcomed son Edward Duke Rancic in Denver, Colorado.[12]

Cancer [edit]

On October 17, 2011 during an interview on Today, Rancic announced she had been diagnosed with an early stage breast cancer, for which she would be treated with a lumpectomy, followed by radiation. She underwent surgery in mid-October 2011 and returned to work at E! News about a week later.[13] On December 5, 2011, Rancic disclosed she had decided to undergo a double mastectomy.[14]

Filmography [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Malibu's Most Wanted Massage girls Known as Giuliana DePandi
2005–present E! News Co-Host as Herself Co-host since March 13, 2006
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Herself Cameo spot in the film
2009 Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Herself Cameo spot in the film
2009 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Herself Played on game show for charity on October 13, 2009. Some footage was shown on her and her husband's reality show Giuliana and Bill on Style Network
2010–present Giuliana and Bill Herself Reality show with her husband, Bill Rancic, on Style Network
2010–present Fashion Police Co-Host as Herself Alongside Kelly Osbourne, Joan Rivers, and George Kotsiopoulos; Co-host since September 10, 2010
2011 After Lately Herself Guest Starred in the episode "Whose Vagina is it, Anyway?!"
2011 Miss USA 2011 Co-Host as Herself Alongside Kelly Osbourne, Andy Cohen, Susie Castillo
2011 Chelsea Lately Herself Guest Starred in the interview segment alongside her husband, Bill Rancic
2012 E! True Hollywood Story Herself Biography of her life
2012 Miss USA 2012 Co-Host as Herself Alongside Kelly Osbourne, Andy Cohen, Jeannie Mai
2012 Miss Universe 2012 Co-Host as Herself Alongside Andy Cohen
2013

Ready for Love

 Co-Host as Herself Alongside husband Bill Rancic

Awards [edit]

Rancic was ranked #94 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004.[15] She was also featured in People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful of 2006 issue.

Books [edit]

  • Think Like a Guy: How to Get a Guy by Thinking Like One by Giuliana DePandi-Rancic (2006) ISBN 0-312-35437-1
  • I Do, Now What? by Giuliana and Bill Rancic (2010) ISBN 0-345-52499-3

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Giuliana Rancic to have double mastectomy". 4:59 of 6:11 clip: Today via MSNBC.com. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. "When they first told me mastectomy was an option I said absolutely not, absolutely not, I am 37 years old, I don't want to do that." 
  2. ^ Dyball, Rennie (December 5, 2011). "Giuliana and Bill Rancic Thank Fans for Prayers". People. 
  3. ^ http://www.fabfitfun.com
  4. ^ *Official site. Biography at "About" page
  5. ^ Dagostino, Mark (December 16, 2006). "Apprentice's Bill Rancic, E!'s Giuliana DePandi To Wed". People. Retrieved January 23, 2007. 
  6. ^ E! News - You're Squired: E!'s Giuliana Weds Apprentice's Bill - Donald J Trump | Ryan Seacrest
  7. ^ a b Cady, Jennifer (February 25, 2010). "Giuliana & Bill Rancic Share In Vitro Struggle". E! Online. Retrieved October 16, 2010. 
  8. ^ Errico, Marcus (September 30, 2010). "Bill and Giuliana Rancic: We Had a Miscarriage". E! Online. Retrieved October 16, 2010. 
  9. ^ "Giuliana Rancic Opens Up About Her Miscarriage". E! Online. September 30, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010. 
  10. ^ "Last Chance". Giuliana & Bill. December 20, 2010. E! Entertainment Television.
  11. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20589362,00.html
  12. ^ Finn, Natalie and Nessif, Bruna (29 August 2012). "Giuliana and Bill Rancic Welcome a Baby Boy!". E! Online. 
  13. ^ "Giuliana Rancic returns back to work at E! News just days after undergoing double lumpectomy". New York Daily News. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011. 
  14. ^ Errico, Marcus (December 5, 2011). "Giuliana Rancic Getting Double Mastectomy: "I Will Come Back a Better Woman"". E! Online. Retrieved December 5, 2011. 
  15. ^ "FreeJose.com". Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2004. Retrieved January 23, 2007. 

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