Robin Leach
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| Robin Leach | |
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| Born | Robin Douglas Leach August 29, 1941 Harrow, London, England |
| Occupation | television personality and show host, entertainment reporter, writer, and columnist |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Robin Douglas Leach (born August 29, 1941) is an English-born Amercian entertainment celebrity reporter writer famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, in the mid-1980s and into the mid-1990s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic endeavors. His voice is often parodied by other actors with his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams." During the final season, he was assisted by Shari Belafonte, and the show was renamed, Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte.
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[edit] Early life
During grammar school at Harrow County School for Boys, 10 miles (16 km) from London, he edited a school magazine, The Gayton Times, at age 14. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the Harrow Observer and started a monthly glossy town magazine at age 17.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
Leach moved on to the Daily Mail as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter, at age 18. In 1963, he emigrated to America and wrote for a number of publications (New York Daily News, People, Ladies Home Journal etc.) before launching GO Magazine and then was show business editor of The Star.
Other television work includes reporting for People Tonight, on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and helping start Good Morning Australia, as well as the Food Network. Leach was also a guest at World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania IV, where he read the rules for the championship tournament. In 1993, for the Fox network, Leach hosted an exposé documentary of Madonna titled "Madonna Xposed." The documentary was a biography of Madonna focusing on her career and publicity stunts. Before the documentary aired, he gave Madonna a cell phone number; he claimed that at any point during the airing Madonna could call Leach and argue any point. Madonna never called and the documentary continued without incident. He also hosted Lifestyles spinoff Fame, Fortune & Romance, along with future "Today Show" host Matt Lauer.
Leach hosted The Surreal Life: Fame Games on VH1 in 2007. He also served as the public address announcer for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
He currently resides in Las Vegas and writes the daily VegasDeluxe.com web-site.[1]
Leach appeared in the documentary film Maxed Out in 2006, which chronicled the rise of the credit card industry in the U.S. along with increased personal debt among working class people and criticized that industry's practices. Leach remarks, "Nobody would watch Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown". The comment was highlighted by a review in the Baltimore Sun.[2]
[edit] Mentions & Popular Culture
His name appeared in The Notorious B.I.G's "Juicy"
In 1995, Lost Boyz debuted "Lifestyles Of The Rich & Shameless" single, a parody of the Rich and Famous motto.
He is also mentioned in Fergie & Ludacris' song "Glamorous", along with the Rich and Famous motto.
He is as well mentioned in Lil Wayne's "Grove Street Party Remix" from the mixtape Sorry For the Wait. And he is also mentioned in his song "Beat Without Bass".
[edit] References
- ^ "Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch". Greenspun Interactive Media. http://www.vegasdeluxe.com. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ Eileen Ambrose. "Movie about credit-card woes was to be a comedy". http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-03-18/business/0703180162_1_credit-card-card-companies-credit-card-industry.
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