Ashlan Gorse | |
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Born |
Ashlan McKain Gorse December 14, 1980 North Carolina, U.S. |
Occupation | Television personality Journalist |
Spouse(s) | Philippe Cousteau, Jr. (m. 2013) |
Ashlan McKain Gorse (born December 14, 1980) is an American entertainment journalist who worked as a correspondent and fill-in anchor for E!: Entertainment Television. She joined the network in May 2008. Before joining E! News, Gorse was the host of E! News Now. Gorse left E! in June 2013.
When Gorse was seven, the 1988 Raleigh tornado destroyed her home.
Gorse graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism with a BA in broadcasting and a minor in music.
She began her professional career in the exclusive NBC page program in New York City. She has worked on shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Today Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. She worked for Access Hollywood in Manhattan, going from production assistant to field producer before continuing on to MSNBC as a reporter and segment producer for its weekend entertainment shows, Hot List and At the Movies. She was a coach for MTV's Made.
In 2006, she moved to Los Angeles as the editor at large for Life & Style magazine and has since appeared on The O'Reilly Factor, The Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN, TV Guide and The Insider as a pop-culture and gossip guru. She has covered the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and Grammys. She has interviewed Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Robert Downey Jr. and others.