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Full Name:	Jules Asner
Birth Name:	Jules White
Famous As:	TV personality, model, actress
Date of Birth:	February 14, 1968
Place of Birth:	Tempe, Arizona, USA
Height:	5' 10
Nationality:	American

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• Sex, lies and Soderbergh's success

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• Steven Soderberg on sex and lies

  Times Online - Found Oct. 22, 2009 These days Soderbergh, who is married to Jules Asner, the American television journalist, and has a daughter from a previous marriage, is more...

• Director is loving life in the fast lane

  Sydney Morning Herald - Found Sep. 24, 2009 Now 46, he is married to the TV journalist and novelist Jules Asner and has an 18-year-old daughter.

• Stars on the red carpet in Venice and Toronto

  New York Daily News - Found Sep. 16, 2009 Getty Published: 09/16/2009 08:47:09 Also in black are Director Steven Soderbergh and wife Jules Asner, who attend 'The Informant!' premiere... International Film Festival held in Toronto - People's Daily Online Explore All

• Soderbergh Updates Us on Liberace, Cleo, and Limey Sequel

  FirstShowing.net - Found Sep. 16, 2009 ... a sequel to The Limey . We first heard that this was a possible upcoming project when Soderbergh's wife Jules Asner talked about it on Adam...

• Matt is Adjusted, Informed, and Approves of Clooney's GF

  POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Sep. 16, 2009 View 35 Photos ? Images include: Matt Damon, Luciana Barroso, Joel McHale, Sarah McHale, Steven Soderbergh, Jules Asner, Matt Whitacre

• Matt and Luciana Are Glamorous and Informed in Venice

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Jules Asner
Born	Julie Ann White February 14, 1968 (1968-02-14) (age 41) Tempe, Arizona
Spouse(s)	Matthew Asner (1992-1994) Steven Soderbergh (2003–present)

Jules Asner (born 14 February 1968) is an American television personality, writer, and former fashion model.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

Personal life

Asner was born Julie Ann White in Tempe, Arizona, the daughter of Lee White, a furniture saleswoman.¹ At the age of sixteen Jules was discovered at a modeling convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. She began her career as an Elite model. Jules and Cindy Crawford shared a bunkroom in the early years of her modeling career.² In 1986, Jules graduated from McClintock High School in Tempe. She briefly attended UCLA, but did not graduate with a degree. In her early 20's she was briefly married to Matthew Asner. On May 10, 2003 she married movie director Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh often credits Asner with influencing his female characters.³

Career

Jules Asner is an award winning journalist best known for her years as a long-time E! personality. During her peak with the network she hosted six hours of programming daily. Among the series she hosted were Revealed with Jules Asner, E! News Live and Wild On! as well as many live specials for the network. She received a Prism Award as well as a Gracie Award for her interview show 'Revealed with Jules Asner'.

Asner left E! in 2003 shortly before the ouster of then network President, Mindy Herman. An article in the Los Angeles Times mentions that Herman stole gifts and mail intended for Asner.

In 2004 Jules signed a development deal with Sony Pictures Television to produce and host her own daytime talk show, Life & Style" The show was often referred to as a 'younger version of The View'. She was later joined by Cynthia Garrett, Lynne Koplitz, and Kimora Lee Simmons. Although cleared in 90% of the country, Sony was never able to secure a New York clearance for the show and the series was canceled after one season.

Prior to joining E!, Asner was an entertainment reporter for Reuters Television, ''Good Morning England, HCTV, The Entertainment Show on Sky Television, and Extra. Jules also hosted "Live by Request" on A & E and was a segment director and producer on now defunct tabloid show, Hard Copy.

The Weinstein Company/Miramax Books purchased the publishing rights to her first novel, Whacked. The book was released June 3, 2008.⁴ "Whacked" was a top ten fiction bestseller on Amazon, and was in its third printing within the novel's first month of release.

The paperback is due to be published in June 2009.

In her thirties, the former model was sometimes included in magazine rankings of "sexy" women:

• Maxim magazine's Girls of Maxim gallery
• FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women 2001 Ranked number 91
• FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women 2002 Ranked number 51
• FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women 2003 Ranked number 82

References

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External links

• Jules Asner at the Internet Movie Database
• Jules Asner at TV.com
• Jules Asner 2003 Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment
• Just Jules Asner Pictures and Movies by Joe D
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