Monday,
July 30, 2007
E! Host Giuliana DePandi
and Bill Rancic,
"Apprentice" Winner to Wed in Ravello, Italy
The ANNOTICO Report
Giuliana Heads
to Italy
It's another Sunday on the
relaxing shores of Malibu.
This time, the BeachBody House, hosted by the Silver
Spoon, has put away its tennis rackets and footballs to make way for pastel
flowers, champagne flutes and pampering stations in honor of my E! cohort Giuliana
DePandi's
bridal shower.
"I knew it would be
nice, but I didn't know it would be this nice,"
the E! News cohost says of the girlie soiree. "It's the ultimate
bridal shower." Indeed, Giuliana's best buds?manager Pam Kohl and Style
Network's Bobbie Thomas?have
gone the whole nine yards to ensure the bride-to-be has the most fabulous day
possible. They've filled the serene space with close friends and family,
including Giuliana's lovely Italian parents, her
sister Monica and
her soon to be mother-in-law. (Giuliana will be marrying fianci
Bill Rancic in
Italy
this September.)
While pregnant Samantha Harris rests her
tootsies in the pedicure cabana, I decide to take a walk on the beach.
Before I get up the
courage to say hello to the Friends stars,
Giuliana's lunch is served by Patina Catering. While
everyone is noshing on lobster Cobb, heirloom tomato salad and cream puffs, the
man of the hour enters with his pops.
The first Apprentice winner immediately greets
his love, and everyone swoons. "You guys are a hot couple," Daily 10's Debbie Matenopoulos
says under her Sophia
Loren-style hat. "Like a Land's End
ad." The two do look perfect together. Italy won't know what's hit it.
Giuliana DePandi (born August 17,, 1975 in
Naples, Italy) is an Italian-American
celebrity news personality. DePandi was raised in the
Washington, D.C.
metropolitan area, received a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland,
and a master's degree in Journalism from American University.
DePandi is a host on E! News the E!
Network's flagship entertainment news program, airing daily
(with multiple reruns and weekend airings). In
addition to her news anchoring duties, DePandi often
co-hosts red carpet events for award shows, such as the Golden Globes and the
Academy Awards. On March 13, 2006, she was joined as host of E! News
by American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.
DePandi is currently engaged to Apprentice winner Bill
Rancic. They announced their engagement on December
16, 2006. DePandi is the author of the sex-life
advice book Think Like a Guy: How to Get a Guy by Thinking Like One .
William "Bill"
Rancic (born May 16, 1971) is an American entrepreneur
who was the first candidate hired on national television by The Trump
Organization at the conclusion of the first season of Donald Trump's reality
business show, The Apprentice He is the first Apprentice
winner.
Rancic was born in Chicago, Illinois, grew
up in the suburb Orland Park, of Croatian and
Irish extraction. He went to St.
Michaels School
in Orland. He attended Carl
Sandburg High
School
Rancic attended Bradley University
in Peoria, Illinois
for his freshman year of college, majoring in Criminal Justice with a focus on
going to Law School. During this time Rancic's father took a teaching job at Loyola University
Chicago, allowing Rancic the free tuition benefit
enjoyed by all dependents of faculty members. He eventually received a Bachelor
of Science degree from Loyola
University, graduating
cum laude in 1994.
He started his
own cigar business, which helped him negotiate the price of a cigar during one
of Trump's tasks of negotiation.
As a result of
being the first reality TV star to be hired on national television, Rancic had three minutes to decide which project to manage
while in front of an audience of nearly 60 million viewers. Rancic
elected to take charge of the construction of the Trump Tower Chicago in his
native Chicago, Illinois, on the site of the demolished
Chicago Sun-Times building. The other option he had was to oversee and manage a
new Trump National Golf Course and resort in Los Angeles, California.
The Trump National course was a potential site for season 6 when it is filmed
in Los Angeles
during 2006.
Bill Rancic
said that after his one-year contract expired for being Donald Trump's
Apprentice, he would leave the job and start his own company. He instead has
opted to remain part of the Trump Organization, and now fills in as a judge
when George is away on business. This occurred very often during the fourth
season. Rancic occasionally offers advisory sessions
to winning teams to help them further improve.
Rancic currently lives in Lincoln Park, Chicago.
December 15, 2006, he became engaged to E! News co-host Giuliana DePandi They plan to wed September 1, 2007, in Ravello, Italy .
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