Billy Bush

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Billy Bush
Born	October 13, 1971 (1971-10-13) (age 37)
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Education	Colby College
Occupation	co-host of Access Hollywood
Spouse(s)	Sydney Davis (1998 - present)
Children	Nikki (born in 1998), Mary Bradley, and Lillie
Parents	Jonathan Bush and Josephine Bush

William Hall "Billy" Bush (born October 13, 1971) was the chief host/announcer of the syndicated NBC Universal TV show Access Hollywood and now co-hosts NBC's The Today Show. He is a first cousin of George W. Bush.

Biography

Personal life

Bush is the son of Josephine (née Bradley) and Jonathan Bush. Bush attended St. George's School in Rhode Island and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and Government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He was captain of the college's men's lacrosse team.

He now resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Sydney Davis, whom he married in April 1998, and their three children; Josephine, Mary, and Lillie.

Professional personality

Named as one of Esquire magazine's "10 Men," Billy Bush is the co-anchor of "Access Hollywood," the daily entertainment newsmagazine currently in its 12th season of providing the most comprehensive coverage of entertainment news and personalities on television. Bush joined the program as East Coast correspondent in December 2001, and was promoted to co-anchor in June 2004. In 2007, Bush hosted the popular NBC talent competition show "Grease - You're the One That I Want."

Through his role at "Access Hollywood," countless high-profile red carpet events including the Golden Globes, Grammys, and Academy Awards as well as hosted ABC's live pre-show for the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Academy Awards and "2006 Emmy Red Carpet Special." In addition, he reported for NBC at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece and hosted "Access Hollywood's" coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, and will also cover the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Bush began his career hosting the afternoon drive show on WLKZ-FM in New Hampshire, later moving to Washington, D.C., where he hosted the midday show on WARW-FM. In March of 1997, Bush brought his award-winning talent for entertainment and humor to WWZZ-FM (Z104) in D.C. as host of "Billy Bush and the Bush League Morning Show," which aired until January 2001. Before joining "Access Hollywood," Bush was a correspondent for WNBC-TV's "Today in New York" morning show.

This April, Bush returns to his roots in radio as he launches "The Billy Bush Show," an evening talk and music radio show with Westwood One, which he and "Access Hollywood" Executive Producer, Rob Silverstein, will produce. The show, which will air evenings Monday-Friday, will focus on the top entertainment stories and personalities in the news and will feature celebrity guests and listener calls.

In January 2003, Billy hosted an NBC prime-time show of Let's Make A Deal where only three of the five shows taped made it to air.

His carefree or careless attitude has sometimes backfired. For example, he was criticized for beginning a live interview with Naomi Watts at the Academy Awards with "Watts up?" The host, Billy Crystal, called him "the most annoying man in show business."^[1].

Bush is also known for his corny sense of humor and on-air hijinks with celebrity interviewees. For example, Bush brought pizza backstage to the models (including Heidi Klum) at a Victoria's Secret fashion show; he presented Colin Farrell with a post-menopausal stripper for his birthday at the premiere of Phone Booth; he asked Penélope Cruz if she was able to spell her boyfriend Matthew McConaughey's last name (she could not); he asked Jennifer Lopez how she really feels about her buttocks; he asked Britney Spears whether Madonna or Colin Farrell was a better kisser; and he disguised himself as "Richard Broom" and faced Donald Trump at an audition for The Apprentice. Although Bush maintains a busy work schedule, he regularly makes time for philanthropic endeavors. He has served on Operation Smile's Board of Governors for over four years, a non-profit organization whose mission is to repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. In addition, Bush also proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Lollipop Theater Network, a non-profit organization that arranges private screenings of newly released movies for children suffering from debilitating illnesses. These children are usually confined to hospitals or other secluded environments preventing them from going to movie theaters. Bush hosted the reality competition Grease: You're the One that I Want! on NBC in 2007, which was used to select cast members for director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall's Broadway revival of Grease.

In 2008, he was a celebrity contestant on the game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, where he won $25,000 for the Lollipop Foundation. Bush answered the first 8 questions correctly, but on the $300,000 question, he incorrectly guessed "Andrew" as the real first name of Civil War General Stonewall Jackson.

Billy also replaced Meredith Vieira for a week of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire shows on April 21-25, 2008.

Career highlights

Bush hosted the radio morning show, Billy Bush and the Bush League Morning Show, on WWZZ-FM (Z104) in Washington, DC until 2001, when he was fired for poor ratings and inappropriate comments he made while on the air. As part of his Access Hollywood work, Bush was sent to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece to do entertainment features. More recently, Bush concluded his third appearance as co-host of the Miss Universe 2005 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand. He previously co-hosted the pageant in 2003 and 2004 alongside Daisy Fuentes and fellow Access Hollywood co-anchor Nancy O'Dell, respectively. He also hosted the Miss USA pageant in 2003, 2004, and 2005. After the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards of 2008 were canceled as a result of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, Bush co-hosted "The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards Announcement" press conference with Access Hollywood co-anchor Nancy O'Dell on January 13, 2008. <3

Bush currently hosts The Billy Bush Show, a nightly talk radio and entertainment interview show. It airs out of KBIG-FM in Los Angeles and is syndicated by Westwood One.

References

External links

• Billy Bush at the Internet Movie Database

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