Ted Casablanca (born Bruce Bibby) is an American entertainment journalist for E! Online and has a column called The Awful Truth where he reveals near-impossible-to-obtain gossip on the private lives of celebrities. The column has enjoyed a tremendous, and always cutting-edge following for more than a decade.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Television and Film Appearances 1.3 Personal 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Casablanca began writing for Premiere magazine in 1987, where he originally conceived his column before transferring it to E! in 1996 as a weekly (later daily) column. He regularly presents it on E! Television and sometimes appears as a correspondent and commentator for various E! Television events. As Bruce Bibby, he has written for a number of entertainment magazines and has been a contributor to the television magazine Hard Copy.

The most intriguing section of his guilty-pleasure Awful Truth column is his weekly "Blind Vice" piece, in which he provides clues to otherwise unknown secrets and scandals about celebrities, prompting readers to deduce the identities of the people in these blind items.

[edit] Television and Film Appearances

Casablanca has appeared on several television series, usually as a commentator, but he has also appeared as himself on Grosse Pointe^[1] and, most recently, in an episode of General Hospital in February 2007.^[2]

In 2006, he provided commentary alongside cast member Barbara Parkins for the special edition DVD of Valley of the Dolls. He also appeared in the featurette on the bonus DVD entitled, The Divine Ms. Susann. Casablanca has been a long-time fan of the film. The name "Ted Casablanca" was borrowed from a minor character from Valley.^[1]

Casablanca has endured a famous long-running feud with Arnold Schwarzenegger, which began when the former actor had his bodyguards rough up Casablanca at the 1996 premiere of Schwarzenegger's film Eraser.^[3]

[edit] Personal

Casablanca's birth place and birth date are largely unknown, although he frequently mentions being raised in Texas.

He is also noted for his outstanding and generous efforts on behalf of better treatment for animals, frequently publicizing animal-protection resources in his letters columns.

According to his own column, Casablanca married Jon Powell in Hawaii in May 2008.^[4] But on September 16, 2009, Casblanca announced that he and Powell had, after a separation, decided to end their union. ^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ted Casablanca at the Internet Movie Database
• Ted Casablanca at TV.com
• The Awful Truth