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the free encyclopedia Chelsea Handler Handler at LA Direct Magazine's "Remember to Give" Holiday Party 2008 Birth name Chelsea Joy Handler Born February 25, 1975 (age 36) Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. Medium Television, stand-up, film, books, modeling Nationality American Years active 1996present Genres Observational comedy, news satire, blue comedy Subject(s) Pop culture, celebrities, gossip Influences Chuy Notable works and roles Host of Chelsea Lately Website ChelseaHandler.com Chelsea Joy Handler[1] (born February 25, 1975)[2] is an American stand-up comed ian, humorist, television host, actress, model and best-selling author. She curr ently hosts a late-night talk show titled, Chelsea Lately on the E! Cable Televi sion Network. In 2009 she won a Bravo A-List Award. She also has her own column in Cosmopolitan and the UK celebrity magazine NOW. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Performances 2.2 Chelsea Lately 2.3 In the Motherhood 2.4 Books 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Television 4.2 Film 5 Published Works 6 Influence 7 References 8 External links [edit]Early life Handler grew up in the suburban town of Livingston, New Jersey.[3] The youngest of six children, she was raised in Reform Judaism by her Mormon mother Rita and Jewish father Seymour.[3][4][5] Handler has said that while growing up, she felt like an outsider, telling a reporter, "We lived in this nice Jewish neighborhoo d...Everyone had Mercedes and Jaguars, and I was going to school in a Pinto."[6] In a June 2011 edition of her show, she and author James Van Praagh discuss the death of her brother, Chet, when she was 9.[7] Handler had an abortion at age 1 6, which she discussed at an interview in 2011. [8] At age 19, Handler moved fro m New Jersey to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and two years later she decided to become a stand-up comic after telling her story about a DUI to a clas s of other offenders, who found her story funny.[2] [edit]Career [edit]Performances Handler has performed nationwide as a comedian, appeared as a regular on the Oxy gen Network series Girls Behaving Badly and on other shows, including Weekends a t the D.L., The Bernie Mac Show, My Wife and Kids, and The Practice. She was a r

egular commentator on E! and Scarborough Country as well as a correspondent on T he Tonight Show. She hosted the first episode of the reality TV show On the Lot, but quit before the second one was aired, as she later said, "because I smelled the disaster happening before it did."[9] Chelsea Handler hosted The Chelsea Ha ndler Show in April 2006, which lasted two seasons. She was a guest on Red Eye w / Greg Gutfeld and The View; she co-hosted The View on August 2, 2007, and again on September 5, 2008 and hosts her own late night talk show on E! titled Chelse a Lately. On January 25, 2009, Handler was on the CBS gameshow Million Dollar Pa ssword as one of the celebrity players. On April 15, 2009, Handler won the 2009 Bravo A-List Award for "A-List Funny".[10] On August 18, 2010 it was announced that Handler would be the host of the 2010 M TV Video Music Awards. The announcement was surprising to many, including MTV, w hich claimed that the final decision was unexpected.[11] This makes Handler only the second woman in the history of the VMA's to be the sole host of the ceremon y, behind Roseanne Barr, who hosted in 1994.[12] The event took place at the Nok ia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010. In 2007, Handler performed with the Hour Stand-Up Comedy Tour across the US. Her stand-up has been televised on Vh1's Love Lounge, Comedy Central's Premium Blen d, and HBO's broadcast of the Aspen Comedy Festival. She was the host of the Fox show On The Lot. The show, produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett, is a competition for aspiring filmmakers who are vying for a chance at stardom. She w as replaced after one episode by former Robin & Company entertainment anchor, Ad rianna Costa. [edit]Chelsea Lately Handler as the Grand Marshal of Los Angeles LGBT Pride festival in West Hollywoo d, California in June 2009. In July 2007, Handler began starring on her own half-hour late-night comedy seri es on E! titled Chelsea Lately. On the show's 100th episode, Chelsea revealed to viewers that E! had picked up Chelsea Lately for another 150 episodes.[13] The show has proved a hit and averaged more than a half-million viewers since its pr emiere (much more than the average for a late night cable program) and has clips on YouTube with more than a million views. All this success is despite the fact that Handler's guests often are not A-list celebrities. In a 2008 interview Han dler said, "The worse the guests are, the more pathetic they are, the funnier th e show is."[6] The New York Times reported that Chelsea Lately had been renewed by E! to run until December 2009;[14] Handler received another contract extensio n in March 2009 to keep Chelsea Lately on the air through 2012.[15] From her wor k on Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler is ranked on the Forbes Celebrity 100 at nu mber 98.[16] [edit]In the Motherhood Since 2007, Handler has appeared in the Internet based program In the Motherhood with Leah Remini and (since January 2008) Jenny McCarthy. The comedic series is "about moms, by moms and for moms". On September 8, 2008, it was announced ABC would be turning In The Motherhood into a series starring Jessica St. Clair, Meg an Mullally, and Cheryl Hines.[17][18] Handler decided to drop out of the projec t due to her scheduling commitments to her show Chelsea Lately. [edit]Books Handler has authored four books on the New York Times Best Seller List. Three of the four books have been #1. Handler wrote My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (ISBN 1-58234-618-6 ) as her memoir. Handler's first book, the collection of one-night stands describes the variety of sexual encounters Chelse a goes through throughout her life. Handler also wrote Are You There, Vodka? It' s Me, Chelsea (ISBN 0-06-117339-8), a collection of humorous essays. Are You The re, Vodka hit the NYTimes non-fiction best seller list on May 11, 2008;[19] it h as already had a print run of over 350,000.[20] Her third book titled Chelsea Ch elsea Bang Bang, was released on March 9, 2010.[14] Chelsea went on a nationwide tour to promote her new book, known as the "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Tour." On November 15, 2010, it was announced that Handler's publishers had given her h

er own publishing imprint (Borderline Amazing/A Chelsea Handler Book). Handler h as also signed a three book deal with the imprint, the first of which is called Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me, where her coworkers and family members discuss wha t Handler has done, which was released in May 2011 and also hit #1. [edit]Personal life On the January 29, 2008 episode of Chelsea Lately she said she had been asked to do season six of the hit television series Dancing with the Stars but declined. Handler was ranked #91 on the 2009 Maxim Hot 100. Handler appeared on one of tw o covers of the December 2009 edition of Playboy magazine, the alternative cover featuring Dancing with the Stars semifinalist and model Joanna Krupa. Inside th e magazine Handler posed for a non-nude pictorial. Handler was also featured on the cover of Shape magazine in April 2010. On January 25, 2010 Handler confirmed via her late night talk-show that she had broken up with long-time boyfriend Ted Harbert who, as the CEO of Comcast Entert ainment Group, oversees E! Entertainment Television.[21] Handler began dating Ha rbert in 2006.[22] On the July 19, 2010 episode of her show, she confirmed she was dating Animal Pl anet star, animal handler, print model, and television producer Dave Salmoni.[23 ] However, on September 2, when asked by guest Melanie Brown if she was single, Handler stated that she was.[24] On the April 18, 2011, episode of Chelsea Lately, Handler announced to the audie nce that she was dating, again, and at the end of the show revealed a photo of h erself and Andre Balazs at a table. In her comedic style, she said that her new boyfriend was on the right side of the photo, where Balazs' dog was featured in the picture.[25] When interviewed on E! News and Piers Morgan Tonight on May 10, 2011, she continued to avoid admitting that she and Balazs were together, despi te the relationship being brought up because of Balazs' presence at her Lies Tha t Chelsea Handler Told Me book party. She also admitted to "casually" dating 50 Cent. She stated that she was respecting her current boyfriend's (Balazs) privac y because he has children. On November 9, 2011, it was confirmed that they had b roken up.[26][27] [edit]Filmography [edit]Television The Good Wife Herself Pretty Wild producer (March 14, 2010 present) Chelsea Lately Herself (July 16, 2007 present) The Chelsea Handler Show Herself (April 21 September 9, 2006) Comedy Central Presents Herself (standup) In the Motherhood Heather (10 episodes, 20072008) National Lampoon Presents Cattle Call Nikita Girls Behaving Badly The Bernie Mac Show Dirty Famous Missy Kelin (1 episode, 2005, unsold pilot) The Practice Spy TV My Wife and Kids Nurse Amy Weekends at the D.L. Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld [edit]Film Hop (2011) Mrs. Beck This Means War (2012) Trish [edit]Published Works My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (2005) Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (2008) Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang (2010) Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me (2011) [edit]Influence

Israeli-American poet Doron Braunshtein dedicated to her the poem "Chelsea Handl er" which appears on his 2011's spoken word CD "The Obsessive Poet". [edit]References ^ Handler, Chelsea (2008). Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. City: Simon S potlight Entertainment. ISBN 1416954120. ^ a b "Chelsea Handler: Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved September 13, 2010. ^ a b Len Righi (2007-11-01). "Chelsea Handler and the responsibility of ridicul ing Britney". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-01-03. ^ Smason, Alan (2006-02-02). "Comely comic reveals laughs in ?Horizontal Life". C leveland Jewish News. Retrieved 2010-01-25. ^ http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?13765 ^ a b Jacob Bernstein (December 2008). Chelsea Handler, Insult Queen. W magazine . Retrieved 2008-11-19 ^ http://www.antonellagambottoburke.com/FOLIO%20-%202010%20-%2007%20-%2011%20-%2 0scmp%20-%20interview%20-%20chelsea%20handler%20-%2001.pdf ^ Cathy Horyn (May 2011). Comedy With a Side of Disgust. NY Times. Retrieved 200 8-11-19 ^ "Summer Press Tour: Posh Beckham, Chelsea Handler". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2 007-07-16. Retrieved 2009-01-03. ^ "Chelsea Handler wins 2009 A-List Award". Bravo. 2010-03-37. Retrieved 2010-03 -03.[dead link] ^ "Chelsea Handler to host 2010 MTV VMAs MSN TV News". Tv.msn.com. 2010-09-17. R etrieved 2010-09-21. ^ Posted 9/2/10 (2010-08-19). "Chelsea Handler To Host The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved 2010-09-21. ^ Marikar, Sheila. (2007-07-13) Chelsea Handler:Too Hot to Handle? ABC. Abcnews. go.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-09. ^ a b Stelter, Brian (January 18, 2009). "A New Bigmouth on Late Night". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2010. ^ Chelsea Handler Extends Talk Show Through 2012 Yahoo News, March 23, 2009 ^ Forbes Celebrity 100 List Forbes, June 28, 2010 ^ [1][dead link] ^ "ABC.com Television Shows & Programming". Inthemotherhood.com. Retrieved 201009-21. ^ Best-Sellers Non-Fiction. New York Times. May 11, 2008] ^ Carolyn Reidy looks for the next blockbuster. LA Times. Josh Getlin. June 25, 2008. ^ Edward Lewine (2007-12-16). "Domains: Chelsea Handler". New York Times. Retrie ved 2007-12-15. ^ Karpel, Ari (July 11, 2008). "Too hot to Handler". Entertainment Weekly (1008) . ^ Chelsea Handler (2010-07-19). "Chelsea Handler Walks on the Wild Side With Her New Man, Animal Planet s Dave Salmoni E! Online". Au.eonline.com. Retrieved 201 0-09-21. ^ "Chelsea Handler is Single, 35 & Would Like to Date Black Dudes (VIDEO)". Tvsq uad.com. 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2010-09-21. ^ "Chelsea Lately". Chelsea Handler. Chelsea Lately. E!. April 18, 2011. ^ "E! News". Jason Kennedy. E! News. May 10, 2011. ^ "Piers Morgan Tonight". Piers Morgan. Piers Morgan Tonight. May 10, 2011. [edit]External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Chelsea Handler Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Chelsea Handler Official website Chelsea Handler at the Internet Movie Database In the Motherhood official website Q&A Interview, New York Times Magazine, December 16, 2007 Chelsea Handler interviewed by Antonella Gambotto-Burke

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