April 29th, 2009
Bill and Giuliana Rancic are set to star in a Style Network reality-TV show featuring their lives as newlyweds similar to the MTV show which shot Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson to fame.
The show will follow them settle into marriage and juggle their long distance relationship - Bill spends most of his time in Chicago and Giuliana is in L.A. for her job with E! News.
“People are intrigued by how we are able to navigate a marriage that often has us 2,000 miles apart,” Rancic told Crains Chicago Business. “Bottom line, I’m never leaving Chicago and her job is in L.A., so we make it work. Apparently that makes for some pretty good TV.”
Giuliana has Twittered about the upcoming show: “So exciting! Bill & I are doing a reality show about our modern marriage”.
She went on to say the show will follow them “building their Chicago dream home” to hanging out with their “outrageous” families.
It should be an interesting show and we’ll be watching!
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Britney Spears Ban On E!
January 21st, 2008
I caught up with my friends Bill and Giuliana Rancic at the Picabo Ski Challenge dinner benefiting National Children’s Alliance and the Children’s Advocacy Center Saturday night at The Chateaux in Park City.
I love this. Giuliana told me that she proposed to her boss at E! President Ted Harbert last week (a Boots Girls friend too!) that they ban all Britney Spears stories on E! News until she gets help or checks into some kind of a facility where she can get mental help. Here’s her reasoning:
“We’ve been leading with them [Britney Spears stories] everyday. Yes they get us great ratings, but maybe we should stop until she checks in to get help. I don’t think you do it for two weeks or for a month. You do it till she gets help then we start the stories saying she got help. But I think it’s getting to a point where if she is indeed bipolar then it’s wrong to be following her around. The other scenario is if she’s doing this for press and messing with us then we shouldn’t be showing it either and be kind of putting money in that pot. Either way, we should stop. I figure why not do it and we’ll challenge the other news shows and we’re having that conversation Monday.”
Keep checking back here and we’ll keep you updated on the possible Britney Ban!
Click here to read about other Chicago celebrities I ran into over the weekend at Sundance!
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Lisa Ling: Private Investigator
October 21st, 2007
I caught up with Lisa Ling on Tuesday evening where she was hosting a cocktail party at TOD’S.
She told me that she recently finished an investigation into polygamy in Utah and Arizona for the “Oprah” show, which she taped last week and is set to air in early November. Ling told me that she found polygamy fascinating and that the groups have a very convincing PR machine.
My pal Bill Rancic attended the event as well and jumped in for the photo.
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Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Rancic!
September 2nd, 2007
My friends and neighbors (they live practically next door to me!) Bill Rancic and Giuliana DePandi got hitched in Capri, Italy yesterday.
The couple had a Catholic ceremony in both Italian and English delivered by Rancic’s family priest who’s based in Chicago.
Rancic told me him and DePandi will live in both L.A. and Chicago for the next year, but ultimately the Windy City will be their home.
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Bill and G on the Rocks?
July 22nd, 2007
Nah! Bill Rancic’s fiance Giuliana DePandi was spotted not wearing her engagement ring last week. Despite rumors, the lovebirds are not in trouble. Rancic told the Boots Girls that he was simply getting a new setting for her ring. Aw! The two are set to wed this Fall in the South of Italy. Read more about Chicago celebrity couples in my Monday RedEye column, which posts later tonight.
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Bill And G’s Engagement Party
May 14th, 2007
Bill Rancic and Giuliana DePandi celebrated their engagement party at the W-Lakeshore in Chicago last Saturday. Those fools in love are set to get hitched this summer in Italy.
I’ve been seducing Bill’s BFF Big Red so he’ll bring me to Europe as his date!
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Stars Dance To Erase MS
April 14th, 2007
Celebrities came out in droves last night for the 14th Annual Race to Erase MS show at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City California.
Nick and Drew Lachey did the YMCA!
Cris Judd showed up with a mystery blonde.
Bill Rancic and Giuliani DePandi showed off their moves.
Tara Reid did not fall for once. Well, that I know of at least.
And Nicole Richie and Nicky Hilton went public with their relationship.
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Hanging With Bill and G!
January 20th, 2007
We hung out with Bill Rancic and Giulliani DePandi at the Marquee gifting suite today. Everyone in Sundance was talking about and rooting for Da Bears! Only a few more hours till the big game. Go Bears!
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Congratulations Bill and Giuliana!
December 18th, 2006
My friends Bill Rancic and E!’s Giuliana DePandi got engaged over the weekend in the Windy City. Rancic proposed over deep dish pizza and Cristal in a helicopter with a view of the Christmas lights on Michigan Avenue. DePandi was shocked, according to a source. She did not think Rancic had bought the ring yet. After their helicopter ride Rancic took DePandi back to his downtown digs, which he had filled with roses. Did Giuliana cry? Yes. Was Bill nervous? No. Allegedly. Read more about how DePandi and Rancic spent the rest of their weekend in Chicago celebrating in my column.
Less than a year ago Bill was a bachelor! Here we are last January living it up at a party in Sundance during the film festival.
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