Posted on 01/03/2006 6:48:29 PM PST by lainie
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Ryan Seacrest's new year is looking good so far. The "American Idol" host and radio disc jockey signed a deal with E! Entertainment Television that includes producing and hosting the channel's red-carpet awards coverage.
Seacrest, who joined Dick Clark for ABC's "New Year's Rockin' Eve" on Saturday and has called Clark a role model, appears to be emulating the veteran producer with the three-year, E! contract announced Tuesday.
Seacrest will be executive producer of E!'s "Live From the Red Carpet," starting with the Golden Globes on January 16. He'll share hosting duties with designer Isaac Mizrahi and E!'s Giuliana DePandi.
Mizrahi and DePandi will work the red carpet while Seacrest will act as master of ceremonies from a "strategic tower perch," according to the channel.
Star Jones, who handled red-carpet shows for E! after Joan Rivers and her daughter, Melissa, skipped to the TV Guide Channel, won't be part of the team, an E! spokeswoman said.
Seacrest's deal with E! extends beyond Hollywood's awards season.
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That's damn scary! :-)
I hadn't realized that Star Jones had also left E! for the TV Guide channel, joining the Riverses.
Looks like Seacrest is the new It Girl. Erm, Dude.
So gay.
Ryan Seacrest, Big Deal...
Even if he isn't gay, he's the most metrosexual man I've ever seen.
I thought it was worth a small notation that Dick Clark's torch has been officially passed.
"I thought it was worth a small notation that Dick Clark's torch has been officially passed."
Clark was a better host even with his stroke-induced paralysis and speech impediment. Seacrest is a twit.
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