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"Life on the Left Coast"
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Ben Patrick Johnson (born June 30, 1969 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American voice-over actor, political commentator, fitness model, and philanthropist.

His first national exposure came as co-host for Extra, an entertainment magazine show, in 1994.^[1] Johnson was demoted to on-air correspondent shortly after publicly coming out as homosexual on KABC-AM radio, where he had been Director of Production prior to Extra, and in the gay press. At the time, Warner Bros. Television, producers of Extra, refused to comment on the cause of Johnson's demotion. In the wake of the controversy, Johnson emerged as a de facto spokesman for gay Hollywood, joining the board of Equality California, a gay rights organization, and writing on gay issues for HERO Magazine, a now-defunct glossy pop culture journal.

In 1998, after a brief voice-over stint at E! Entertainment Television, Johnson moved to Extra's rival entertainment magazine Entertainment Tonight, where we was the signature voice for the next five television seasons.

Currently, Johnson is a heard on CBS (promoting Survivor, CSI: NY and other shows), FOX (promoting House, Bones, NASCAR and Major League Baseball), the cable channels Starz!, NFL Network, Big Ten Network and others. His voice is used to promote theatrical films in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and in commercials for high-profile sponsors Burger King and Kellogg's.

As a writer, Johnson's novels include In and Out In Hollywood, a roman à clef about a celebrity news show anchor who comes out at the company picnic, and Third and Heaven. A third novel, One Size Fits All, was published in June 2007, and detailed the excesses of a young fashion designer getting three Best Actress nominees ready for the Oscars®.

In March 2007, Johnson launched a weekday podcast called "Life on the Left Coast." The video blog featured news, celebrity friends and a humor segment featuring reports in Spanish delivered by his housekeeper, Connie Asada. After achieving more than 1 million hits on the video sharing site YouTube, the webcast re-tooled as a magazine style show. Johnson's editorial commentaries regularly infuriated Christian Right organizations including The Capital Resource Institute, who issued press releases denouncing Johnson, Equality California, and the webcast.

Johnson's work as a fitness model has landed him on the covers of such magazines as Gloss, Pink and Instinct.

Johnson resides in Los Angeles, California. In his free time, he runs The Ben Patrick Johnson Foundation, benefiting human rights, LGBT issues, and education. In 2006, the Ben Patrick Johnson Foundation partnered with the organization Live and Give to fund housing for an elementary school in an impoverished region of Thailand's Chiang Mai province.

References

^ Griffiths, John (2002-10-15). "Voice of Hollywood: E.T.'s voice-over king, Ben Patrick Johnson, says being gay got him sidelined at Extra—a story he has now turned into a juicy new Hollywood novel". The Advocate. Retrieved 2007-05-07. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Ben Patrick Johnson at IMDb

[advocate-1] Griffiths, John (2002-10-15). "Voice of Hollywood: E.T.'s voice-over king, Ben Patrick Johnson, says being gay got him sidelined at Extra—a story he has now turned into a juicy new Hollywood novel". The Advocate. Retrieved 2007-05-07. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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-'''Ben Patrick Johnson''' (born June 30, 1969 in [[Tucson, Arizona]]) is an American voice-over actor, entertainment journalist/commentator, and fitness model.
+'''Ben Patrick Johnson''' (born June 30, 1969 in [[Tucson, Arizona]]) is an American voice-over actor, political commentator, fitness model, and philanthropist.
-His first national exposure came as co-host for ''[[Extra (TV series)|Extra]]'', an entertainment magazine show, in 1994.<ref name=advocate>{{cite journal |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199406/ai_n18362310 |title=Voice of Hollywood: E.T.'s voice-over king, Ben Patrick Johnson, says being gay got him sidelined at Extra—a story he has now turned into a juicy new Hollywood novel |work=[[The Advocate]] |date=[[2002-10-15]] |accessdate=2007-05-07 |last=Griffiths |first=John}}</ref> Johnson was demoted to on-air correspondent shortly after publicly coming out as [[gay]] on [[KABC]] radio and in the gay press. At the time, [[Warner Bros. Television]], producers of Extra, refused to comment on the cause of Johnson's demotion. In the wake of the controversy, Johnson emerged as a ''de facto'' spokesman for gay Hollywood, joining the board of [[Equality California]], a gay rights group and writing on gay issues for HERO Magazine, a now-defunct glossy pop culture magazine.{{fact}}
-In 1998,  Johnson became the announcer for Extra's rival entertainment magazine ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', a position he held for the next five television seasons.
-Currently, Johnson is heard on [[CBS]] (promoting "[[Survivor]]", "[[CSI: NY]]" and other shows), [[FOX]] (promoting "[[House]]", "[[Bones]]", [[NASCAR]] and [[Major League Baseball]]), the cable channels [[Starz!]], [[NFL Network]], [[Big Ten Network]] and others. His voice is used to promote major [[theatrical films]] in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and in commercials for [[Burger King]] and [[Kellogg's]].{{fact}}
-As a writer, Johnson's novels include ''[[In and Out In Hollywood]]'', a [[roman à clef]] about a celebrity news show anchor who [[coming out|comes out]] at the company picnic, and ''[[Third and Heaven]]''. A third novel, ''[[One Size Fits All (novel)|One Size Fits All]]'', was published in June 2007.
-In March 2007, Johnson launched a weekday [[podcast]] called "Life on the Left Coast," a video [[blog]] featuring news, commentary, celebrity friends and a humor segment featuring reports in Spanish delivered by his housekeeper, Connie Asada. As of September 5, 2007 the podcast was renamed ''Life From the Left Coast'' and re-tooled as a magazine style show.
+His first national exposure came as co-host for ''[[Extra (TV series)|Extra]]'', an entertainment magazine show, in 1994.<ref name=advocate>{{cite journal |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199406/ai_n18362310 |title=Voice of Hollywood: E.T.'s voice-over king, Ben Patrick Johnson, says being gay got him sidelined at Extra—a story he has now turned into a juicy new Hollywood novel |work=[[The Advocate]] |date=[[2002-10-15]] |accessdate=2007-05-07 |last=Griffiths |first=John}}</ref> Johnson was demoted to on-air correspondent shortly after publicly coming out as [[gay|homosexual]] on [[KABC-AM]] radio, where he had been Director of Production prior to Extra, and in the gay press. At the time, [[Warner Bros. Television]], producers of Extra, refused to comment on the cause of Johnson's demotion. In the wake of the controversy, Johnson emerged as a ''de facto'' spokesman for gay Hollywood, joining the board of [[Equality California]], a gay rights organization, and writing on gay issues for [[Hero|HERO Magazine]], a now-defunct glossy pop culture journal.
+<br><br>
+In 1998, after a brief voice-over stint at [[E! Entertainment Television]], Johnson moved to Extra's rival entertainment magazine ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', where we was the signature voice for the next five television seasons.
+<br><br>
+Currently, Johnson is a heard on [[CBS]] (promoting ''[[Survivor]]'', [[CSI: NY]] and other shows), [[FOX]] (promoting ''[[House_MD|House]]'','' [[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'', [[NASCAR]] and [[Major League Baseball]]), the cable channels [[Starz!]], [[NFL Network]], [[Big Ten Network]] and others. His voice is used to promote theatrical films in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and in commercials for high-profile sponsors [[Burger King]] and [[Kellogg's]].
+<br><br>
+As a writer, Johnson's novels include ''In and Out In Hollywood'', a [[roman à clef]] about a celebrity news show anchor who [[coming out|comes out]] at the company picnic, and ''Third and Heaven''. A third novel, ''One Size Fits All'', was published in June 2007, and detailed the excesses of a young [[fashion designer]] getting three [[Best Actress]] nominees ready for the [[Oscars|Oscars®]].
+<br><br>
+In March 2007, Johnson launched a weekday [[podcast]] called "Life on the Left Coast." The video [[blog]] featured news, celebrity friends and a humor segment featuring reports in Spanish delivered by his housekeeper, Connie Asada. After achieving more than 1 million hits on the video sharing site [[YouTube]], the webcast re-tooled as a magazine style show. Johnson's editorial commentaries regularly infuriated [[Christian Right|Christian Right organizations]] including The Capital Resource Institute, who issued press releases denouncing Johnson, [[Equality California]], and the [[webcast]].
+<br><br>
 Johnson's work as a [[fitness model]] has landed him on the covers of such magazines as ''Gloss'', ''Pink'' and ''[[Instinct (magazine)|Instinct]]''.
+<br><br>
-Johnson resides in [[Los Angeles, California]]. In his free time, he runs The Ben Patrick Johnson Foundation, benefiting [[human rights]], [[LGBT]] issues, and [[education]]. In 2006, the Ben Patrick Johnson Foundation partnered with the organization [[Live and Give]] to fund housing for an [[elementary school]] in an impoverished region of Thailand's [[Chaing Mai]] province.{{fact}}
+Johnson resides in [[Los Angeles, California]]. In his free time, he runs The Ben Patrick Johnson Foundation, benefiting [[human rights]], [[LGBT]] issues, and [[education]]. In 2006, the Ben Patrick Johnson Foundation partnered with the organization Live and Give to fund housing for an [[elementary school]] in an impoverished region of Thailand's [[Chiang Mai]] province.
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