5/7/2023 0 Comments Maria menounos![]() “She was able to explain to him that he did indeed need a few carbohydrates,” says Menounos, “and since then he has stayed out of the hospital”. Anne Peters, a well-known endocrinologist, who finally helped him get his diet regulated. When Menounos came to Hollywood, she was finally able to get her father to Dr. He wound up weighing 140 pounds at six feet tall, and was constantly passing out.” “So, when they told him to avoid sugars and grain, he did - totally. “When he first learned years ago that he had diabetes, my father followed his doctors' advice religiously - unfortunately, that advice didn't always translate well due to his poor English,” says Menounos. One such challenge involves her father Constantinos, who has type 1 diabetes. And while the joy and love of her family give her strength for her hectic career, it is their support for one another through life challenges that exerts the strongest influence. Menounos is ever reaching for the sky - but her feet are firmly planted on the ground, thanks to her family and the strong Greek traditions that are still very much a part of her life. To have a career in this business you need to keep pushing and growing.” “He worked on that first film for ten years with relentless energy and passion. “Kevin has been a huge inspiration for me to pursue these projects,” says Menounos. She and Undergaro, who she credits with the inspiration to pursue film ventures, are currently working on a dark comedy about serial killers with Chris McDonnell and Donnie Wahlberg - “the first serial killer buddy film,” she says. ![]() On the big screen she starred with Jamie Kennedy in Kickin' it Old Skool, and appeared in Tropic Thunder and Fantastic Four.Īnd, along with business partner Kevin Undergaro, she's produced and directed a couple of independent films: In the Land of Merry Misfits (which she first began working on at age 17) and Longtime Listener, a selection for the Tribeca Film Festival 2006. She's made guest appearances on TV's Without a Trace and Scrubs, along with a recurring role on CW's One Tree Hill. Menounos has been involved with several television and film projects - both in front and behind the camera. Television reporting isn't her only professional pursuit. Of course, it turned into a pretty hot story during the campaign.” I got a lot of heat for asking then Candidate Obama when he was going to fulfill his ‘campaign promise’ to get the girls a dog. “They are just a genuine, normal family - and the girls were simply adorable and sweet. “That was an incredible experience for me - and such a wonderful family,” says Menounos. She also garnered the plum assignment last year of an interview with the entire Obama family during the presidential campaign. Today, in addition to her Access Hollywood assignment, Menounos is the West Coast contributor for The Today Show and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and the host of her own program on Planet Green called Hollywood Green with Maria Menounos. She later became an international correspondent with Channel One News - the same career starter for CNN's Anderson Cooper - where she traveled extensively reporting on world affairs. Menounos attended Emerson College in Boston with a double major in broadcast journalism and film. As a little girl she began to dream of her future and latched on to role models in the news that she came to admire. ![]() “There weren't many frills, but we certainly enjoyed life with each other.”ĭuring her childhood and teenage years, she watched her parents work to get ahead, impressing her with the value of a dollar and a strong work ethic. “We have a large family - growing up I had forty first cousins that I played with - and we got together frequently at my aunt's house,” says Menounos. Maria was later born in Massachusetts where, by economic standards, her family wasn't wealthy but were lavishly rich in love and support. Her family immigrated to the United States from a small town in Greece with no running water. When asked the source of her success, she responds with one word: family. ![]() From her debut as the youngest person ever to host Entertainment Tonight, to her current role as special correspondent for Access Hollywood, Menounos is proving just what hard work and dedication can do. These qualities best describe Maria Menounos, who in just a few short years has made a huge splash in the world of entertainment journalism. ![]()
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