(Sydney, February 15, 2015) Los Angeles and Chicago based entertainment journalist and television personality Giuliana Rancic will host the 2015 ASTRA Awards in Sydney next month.
Winner of the Fan Favorite award at the 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards, Giuliana is anchor of E! News, co-star of Fashion Police and host of E! Live from the Red Carpet and has been on the red carpet for every mega-event in the entertainment industry including the Oscars, Grammy Awards and Golden Globes.
“We are thrilled that Giuliana Rancic has agreed to host the ASTRA Awards in this our 20th year of subscription television in Australia,” ASTRA CEO Andrew Maiden said. “The 2015 ASTRAs will be bigger than ever before, so we are delighted the show will be hosted by one of the global entertainment industry’s biggest stars.”
“This will be my third trip to Australia and each time I come I fall in love with the country a little bit more,” Giuliana said. “I’m hoping to become an honorary Aussie one day.”
“The 2015 ASTRA Awards are going to be fabulous and I’m honoured to have been asked to host the evening. I look forward to seeing so much more of the fabulous television that I know comes out of Australia,” she said.
As host, Giuliana will be joined by presenters from across the industry to celebrate 20 years of subscription television.
The 2015 ASTRA Awards will be held at The Star in Sydney on March 12.
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About the ASTRA Awards: The annual ASTRA Awards reward the creativity, diversity and quality of Australian subscription television. Eighteen awards honour the industry’s most outstanding programs, presenters, actors and journalists. Follow us on Twitter at @astraawards and on Facebook at fb.com/astraawards. For more information visit www.astra.org.au/awards. The NSW Government is proud to support the 2015 ASTRA Awards through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.
About ASTRA: ASTRA is the peak body representing more than 30 organisations including subscription media platforms, channels, suppliers and technology companies. ASTRA members broadcast and stream content to one in three Australians, invest more than $600 million in local content, add nearly $1.9 billion to the economy and create jobs for 6600 Australians. For more information visit www.astra.org.au.
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