Tony Cowell
Tony Cowell (b. 1950, United Kingdom) is a British radio broadcaster and television showbiz correspondent who co-wrote his younger brother Simon Cowell's autobiography, I Don't Mean to be Rude, but....
Work
Cowell is a weekly contributor to Sky News Sunrise Breakfast Show with Eamonn Holmes commentating on the showbiz gossip making the news. He is also a regular celebrity pundit in the US, contributing to the CBS Radio Network. In the United Kingdom, he has reported on The X Factor (UK)[1] and Britain's Got Talent for Heart London and GMG Radio stations under his Cowell Confidential banner.
Cowell was a judge on the writing competition Lit Idol.[2]
Personal life
Cowell claims to have been idolised from an early age by his younger brother Simon, who bought his first record, She Loves You by The Beatles, because his older brother had recently bought that same album.[3][4] He has a house in Falmouth with his wife Emma Lloyd-Cowell, whom he married in May 2014.[5]
Books
- I Hate to Be Rude, But . . .: The Simon Cowell Book of Nasty Comments (2006)
- Is It Just Me or Is Everyone Famous?: From A-List to Z-List and How to Make it Yourself (2006)
- The Secret Diary of Simon Cowell (2008)
References
- ↑ http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.5064
- ↑ "Lit Idol begins search for author". BBC News. 22 November 2004.
- ↑
- Sewards, Lisa (2 August 2007). "I was Simon's first idol, says Cowell's elder brother". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ↑ Hardy, Rebecca (28 November 2008). "My brother Simon Cowell - the little kid with the X-tra large ego". Daily Mail (London).
- ↑ http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/11210299.Falmouth_charity_worker_marries_Simon_Cowell_s_brother/?ref=mr