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She has been called a social entrepreneur, but if you ask Leeza Gibbons what she does, she'll simply answer "I'm a storyteller". From television news journalist and host, to radio personality, producer and businesswoman, Leeza has been entering America’s living rooms for over 25 years. While she would nationally burst on the scene as an anchor & reporter on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, it wouldn’t be until hosting her own daytime talker LEEZA that audiences would see Gibbons’ determination to get outside of the box and become a household name while highlighting her intelligence, sensitivity and compassion. Gibbons served as Executive Producer of LEEZA, which debuted on NBC in 1994 and continued nationally through 2000. Receiving nominations for both Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host every year it was eligible, LEEZA would garner 27 Daytime Emmy Nominations, winning three. It was during the series run that Gibbons’ impact on television would be awarded with one of Hollywood’s highest honors: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With her never-ending entrepreneurial creativity and a mind for business-building, Gibbons formed LEEZA GIBBONS ENTERPRISES (LGE) in 1994, and since then she has produced and developed the kinds of projects, partnerships and products that reflect her passions and concerns.
Most recently, Leeza decided to strap her dance shoes on for season 4 of ABC’s hit show DANCING WITH THE STARS. Leeza dedicated her performances to her children and to her mother who was nicknamed “Jean, Jean the dancing machine”. Leeza's participating in the hit show motivated women across the country to live fearlessly and to dance through life with grace and confidence.
With her mineral based makeup system SHEER COVER, Leeza offers women another way to add value and empowerment to their lives. Sheer Cover works with your natural skin tone to cover everything from small imperfections, rosacea and acne to scarring and pregnancy mask. “I’m hearing powerful stories of sheer courage and sheer determination – that transformative energy is powerful.”
Leeza Gibbons hosts and produces the nationally syndicated radio program HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL which is featured on over 125 radio stations across the country and internationally and is now entering its 16th year in production.
With SHEER INSPIRATION LIFE COACHING, Leeza demonstrates her ongoing efforts to find creative ways to reach her audience and offer life-changing support. Sheer Inspiration is an innovative web business which supplies users with a personal coach via email and/or phone to tackle a variety of challenges ranging from parenting and health to relationships. Her commitment to offer life changing support led Leeza to the PROMISE® HEART COACH™ PROGRAM. Teaming up with a fitness coach and a nutritionist, Leeza offered inspiration, motivation, tips and tools to a national audience of women committed to changing their lifestyle.
It was a need to serve her own family that prompted Gibbons to leave her daily post as managing editor and host of the newsmagazine EXTRA in 2003 in order to form THE LEEZA GIBBONS MEMORY FOUNDATION (a 501c3, non-profit) - her most personal endeavor to date. “I promised my mother I would take her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and use it to educate and inspire. We’re doing that through LEEZA’S PLACE, intimate settings in cities across the country where the newly diagnosed with any memory disorder and their caregivers can get education, empowerment and energy free of charge as they prepare for the journey ahead.”
Gibbons leads a life of gratitude and while thrilled with all of her many professional accomplishments, she is most proud of her own family life. She has three children: daughter Lexi, and sons Troy and Nathan.
Leeza is also proud to be a part of the Celebrity Cabinet of the AMERICAN RED CROSS. She has served on the cabinet since 2004 and has featured Red Cross initiatives and missions on her radio show several times to raise awareness.
"I am honored to be a part of the celebrity panel because it allows opportunities to educate, raise awareness and offer others the chance to be part of making a difference." - Leeza Gibbons
