Tanya Hart

Tanya Hart
Born January 29
Nationality African-American
Occupation TV Host, Radio Host, Red Carpet Host & Hollywood Producer
Known for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), BET & E! Entertainment

Tanya Hart is an American television presenter, syndicated radio host[1] and producer. She hosted entertainment programs such as E! Entertainment Television's "Gossip Show," and on BET's "Live From LA With Tanya Hart".[2] In 2016, she became the first elected as co-chair of The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors (www.Caucus.org), making her the first African-American and first woman to head up the 40-year-old entertainment industry trade organization.[3]

Television and radio career

Tanya Hart is a Los Angeles-based syndicated radio personality who hosts Hollywood Live with Tanya Hart on more than 300 stations for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN).[4]

She was also the very first talk show host on BET where she hosted Live From LA With Tanya Hart and interviewed Hollywood stars such as Tupac Shakur, Ice Cube, John Singleton, Halle Berry, Will Smith, and Smokey Robinson in the 1990s.[5] Excerpts from her interviews with Tupac Shakur were featured in the 2003 documentary Tupac: Resurrection.

Hart previously worked at Boston WBZ-TV in a variety of roles, including as host of the public affairs program Coming Together, for which she also interviewed celebrities and news figures. In 1990, she had a one-on-one interview with Winnie Mandela during the world tour of Mandela and her then-husband, Nelson Mandela, for a U.S. television exclusive.[6]

Hart has appeared on Rolonda, Court TV, Inside Edition, Celebrity Justice, Sally Jessy Raphael,[7] Geraldo and Forgive or Forget.[8]

In 2005, she released her debut album Tanya Hart Sings.[9]

References

Hart is an Emmy Award-winning producer for her own company Tanya Hart Communications, Inc. Her multi-media content company that recently produced a national awareness campaign act against HIV/AIDS for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[10]

She has also produced several documentaries for PBS, as well an audio documentary "Ray Charles: The Music Lives On" that can be heard on British Airways and on iTunes.[11]

References

  1. ↑ http://aurn.com/tanya-hart/
  2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787386/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt
  3. ↑ http://deadline.com/2016/04/tanya-hart-robert-papazian-elected-co-chair-the-caucus-1201746298/
  4. ↑ http://aurn.com/tanya-hart/
  5. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787386/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt
  6. ↑ http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/transcript-june-23-1990-interview-winnie-mandela
  7. ↑ http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/sally-jessy-raphael/episodes/204192/3/
  8. ↑ http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/forgive-or-forget/201458/
  9. ↑ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7179798
  10. ↑ http://wilesmag.com/2017/red-carpet-royalty-tanya-hart/
  11. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ray-charles-the-music-lives-on-ep/id685586912



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