| Shira Lazar | |
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Shira Lazar at the 1st Streamy Awards in 2009. |
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| Born | Shira Lazar 6 May 1983 Montreal, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Lifecasting, Video journalism |
| Notable works | Mahalo Daily, What's Trending |
| Internet information | |
| Web hosting service(s) | YouTube, Viddler, LiveStream, Ustream |
| Signature phrase | "on-air, online" |
| Website | |
| http://www.shiralazar.com/ | |
Shira Lazar (born May 6, 1983) is a Canadian television personality, actress, writer and video blogger who currently resides and works in Los Angeles.
Lazar's writing has been featured on Hollywood.com, CBSNEWS.com, MSN.com, and others, and she has appeared as a host or as a guest at The Oscar's (online red carpet host), CNN, Fox News, The Grammy's, Yahoo! (Entertainment Host).
Lazar currently runs DISRUPT/GROUP, an online production company she co-founded, and was once a regular feature writer and video blogger for the CBS News.com blog 'OnTheScene'[1] She is the creator and host of Partners Project, a YouTube talk show which has interviewed such YouTube stars like iJustine, Shaycarl, Freddie Wong, Lisa Nova, Michelle Phan, Ok Go, and Nice Peter.[2]
She is also the creator, executive producer and host of What's Trending. It consists of a blog that is updated daily, and a live interactive news talk show for the digital age that airs live Tuesdays at 1 PM Eastern and 10 AM Pacific on WhatsTrending.com.[3]
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Lazar was born in in Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from St. George's High School she went on to study at Dawson College where she worked on The Plant newspaper. After finishing college she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend Emerson College[4] and obtained a BA in TV/Video production. Shira was the voice of the Peach in "Annoying Orange: Jalapeno ". She is the stepsister of American Apparel founder Dov Charney.
Lazar began her media career in 2004 as host of the College Sports Television program "1st Person". In 2005 she went on to become a host and producer for Music Plus TV and hosted celebrity Q&A video's on Yahoo. In 2006 she contributed feature pieces to Hollywood.com, and wrote that years Oscar's awards night preview feature for Los Angeles Confidential.
Lazar developed and hosted an online reality competition for MSN.com at TasteMaker.[5] In 2009 she became the host of the Mahalo.com online weekly video program This Week in YouTube.[6] In April 2008 Lazar began hosting "LX TV", a lifestyle entertainment show for NBC4 in Los Angeles.[7]
Lazar covered the latest technology and media trends in a blog for CBSNews.com called OnTheScene.[8] Lazar is a co-founder of the digital production company DISRUPT/GROUP,[9] which produces online content such as The Partners Project, and interview show that profiles and features viral video stars.[10] Lazar is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post on issues of new technology, digital life and viral web trends.[11] In 2009 Lazar was a featured writer and blogger on Travel Channel's "Confessions of a Travel Writer".[12]
In 2010, Lazar was a guest speaker at the Mashable and CNN Media Summit.[13] Also in 2010, Lazar was nominated by Wired as one of the sexiest geeks of 2010.[14] In 2011, Lazar was featured in Fast Company magazine as one of the "Most Influential Women in Technology".[15] Lazar was also the host of Fashion's Night Out for Macy's in September 2011.[16] Also in 2011, Lazar was featured by The Huffington Post's "Women in Tech" series as "Women in Tech You Need to Follow."[17]
Lazar hosted the online red carpet event for the 2011 Grammy Music Awards.[18] Lazar also hosted the live stream red carpet and backstage access for the 2011 Oscar's coverage for oscars.com.[19]
On September 20, 2011 Lazar started a weekly blog series on Entrepreneur titled, "Social Media Breakdown."[20] In October 2011, in partnership with MTV's A Thin Line Campaign, Lazar began an anti-bullying campaign using the Twitter hashtag #StopBullying.[21]
On May 17, 2011, Lazar began hosting a weekly, live, interactive television show called What's Trending. The show consists of two celebrity panelist discussing news that's currently trending or has been during the week in addition to live performances and special events.