Shira Lazar

Shira Lazar
Shira Lazar at the 2011 SXSW
Born	Shira Lazar Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	Lifecasting, Video journalism
Notable work	Mahalo Daily, What's Trending
Website	http://www.shiralazar.com/
Internet information
Web hosting service(s)	YouTube, Viddler, Ustream
Signature phrase	"on-air, online"

Shira Lazar 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' She is the creator and host of Partners Project, a YouTube talk show which has interviewed such YouTube stars like iJustine, Shay Carl, Freddie Wong, Lisa Nova, Michelle Phan, Ok Go, and Nice Peter.

She is also the creator, executive producer and host of What's Trending. It consists of a blog that is updated daily, as well as a live interactive talk show covering the most popular videos on YouTube that airs daily on WhatsTrending.com.

Lazar was born in Montreal, Quebec to Jewish parents 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 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.