Arthel Neville

Arthel Neville (born October 20, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is an American journalist and television personality.

Arthel is the daughter of Art Neville, founder of the New Orleans music groups The Meters and The Neville Brothers.

Biography

She graduated from St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans. She began her career while a junior at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:University_of_Texas_at_Austin_alumni] ] .

Neville married Dallas Cowboys running back Derrick Lassic in 1995; they later divorced in 1998.

In 1999, Neville was backstage at a concert in New Orleans when she met Taku Hirano, a percussionist from Japan. After a two-year relationship, Hirano asked Neville's parents for permission to marry her. It was granted. Neville told Essence Magazine::"Of course the initial hope in any Black family is that you will marry someone Black. But ultimately they want you to have someone who loves you and is good to you".Hirano proposed on a gondola in Venice, Italy, the couple married on a beach in Hawaii in 2001, and they honeymooned in Japan, where Neville met Hirano's extended family.

Career

The first female African-American on-air reporter at KVUE-TV, her general assignment beat took her to the streets of Austin covering live breaking news, politics, education, health, and human-interest stories.

Neville's first job after graduation was in New Orleans as a reporter/anchor for WWL. In 1988 she moved back to Texas for a one-year stint as a reporter for Houston's KHOU-TV. Neville returned to New Orleans as an anchor/reporter for WVUE.

In 1991 she landed the host spot on Extreme Close-Up, a one-on-one celebrity interview show that she co-produced for E! Entertainment TV. During three years with the program she logged over 200 interviews with stars from Will Smith to Tom Cruise to Sharon Stone, becoming the nation's first high-profile black female entertainment reporter. During this period she also covered live entertainment events for the network, and occasionally filled in as host on their signature show Talk Soup. In 1994 she beat out over 1,000 hopefuls to launch and anchor Extra for Warner Brothers studios, becoming the first African-American female to host a nationally syndicated entertainment news magazine program. Neville remained with Extra until 1996 when the program was revamped. In 1997 she teamed up with famed sportscaster Fred Roggin to host Arthel & Fred, a syndicated daytime entertainment news program that lasted only one season. A year later, Neville left Los Angeles for New York and became a senior correspondent on the Fox Network's syndicated news magazine Fox Files, and at Fox News Channel as an anchor, correspondent, host of Celebrity Spotlight, and weekly contributor on The O'Reilly Factor.

In 2002, Neville joined CNN to become the host of "Talk Back Live With Arthel Neville," becoming the first African-American woman to host her own show on the news network. The show presented news of the day and featured live interaction with audience members and guests, in-studio, and via satellite, phone, and internet. While at CNN, she also anchored morning, daytime, and weekend news from CNN's Atlanta and New York City bureaus.

In 2003 Arthel was recognized by the University of Texas for her outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. She received the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, which is bestowed upon four University of Texas alumnae each year who've reached a level of excellence in their respective fields.

Later, Arthel co-hosted Good Day Live with Steve Edwards and Debbie Matenopoulos, hosted Celebrity Hobbies on the DIY Network [ [http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/press/article/0,,DIY_13703_3447578,00.html Arthel Neville's DIY show] ] , and served as a correspondent for the 2005 revival of the syndicated news magazine "A Current Affair". On that show, she garnered much acclaim for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina in her hometown of New Orleans. She herself lost her family home and all of her relatives were displaced. She subsequently established "Arthel's Angels," a non-profit hurricane relief website [ [http://tabloidbaby.blogspot.com/2005/11/arthel-neville-does-good.html Arthel Neville starts Katrina Relief non-profit] ] . In March 2006, she joined the Fox News-produced syndicated news magazine "Geraldo at Large" as the West-Coast bureau chief and correspondent [ [http://www.geraldoatlarge.com/blog.php?where_param=blog_id&blog_id=278&PHPSESSID=2cbc5a02e7b3ac49b2989ca0cf47c553 Geraldo@Large] ] .

She co-hosted The View in the fall of 2006 and was speculated to be a front-runner as a new host [ [http://www.jossip.com/gossip/the-view/the-view-from-here-ogunnaike-faces-off-against-arthel-neville-for-star-jones-slot-20061103.php Neville VS Ogunnaike for Star Jones' "View" Seat] ] .

On August 1, 2008, Neville became the anchor for the Fox 5 Morning News on KSWB-TV in San Diego [ [http://sdradio.net/2008/06/10/kathleen-bade-and-arthel-neville-join-kswb-tv/print/ Neville To Join San Diego's KWSB on 1 Aug 8] ] .

Other facts

In 2003 Arthel was recognized by the University of Texas for her outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. She received the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, which is bestowed upon four University of Texas alumnae each year who've reached a level of excellence in their respective fields.

Arthel co-hosted the Miss Teen USA pageant with Dick Clark, and in 1994, she co-hosted the Miss Universe pageant in Manila, Philippines with Entertainment Tonight's Bob Goen. She has also appeared on Monk (TV Series), Girlfriends, Moesha, Cybill, Living Single, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

References & External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623113 Arthel Neville IMDB]
* [http://www.geraldoatlarge.com/blog.php?where_param=blog_id&blog_id=278&PHPSESSID=2cbc5a02e7b3ac49b2989ca0cf47c553 Arthel Neville joins Geraldo At Large as West Coast Correspondent] .
* [http://tabloidbaby.blogspot.com/2005/11/arthel-neville-does-good.html Arthel Neville Starts Arthel Angels non profit for Katrina victims]
* [http://www.jossip.com/gossip/the-view/the-view-from-here-ogunnaike-faces-off-against-arthel-neville-for-star-jones-slot-20061103.php Neville VS Ogunnaike for Star Jones View seat]
* [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2815/Neville-Arthel.html jrank's Neville Bio]
* [http://sdradio.net/2008/06/10/kathleen-bade-and-arthel-neville-join-kswb-tv/print Neville joins San Diego's KSWB]
* [http://cache.search.yahoo.net/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=arthel+neville+born+on&fr=yfp-t-501-s&u=www.answers.com/topic/arthel-neville&w=arthel+neville+born&d=cuNceBg5RUSB&icp=1&.intl=us answers.com bio]