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Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer. He is the host and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise and Bravo's late night talk show, Watch What Happens Live! He also hosts a two-hour show with co-host John Hill twice a week on Sirius XM. Cohen served as Bravo's executive vice president of Development and Talent until 2013. He was responsible for creating original content, developing innovative formats, and identifying new talent. Cohen also served as executive producer on the James Beard award–winning reality cooking competition television show, Top Chef. He also hosted the revival of the television dating show Love Connection. He has been awarded a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Peabody Awards. Early life Andy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Evelyn and Lou Cohen. He has a sister, Emily Rosenfeld. He is Jewish, with roots in Poland, Russia, and Lithuania. Cohen graduated from Clayton High School in 1986. He is a graduate of Boston University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism. Cohen wrote for the Boston University student newspaper, The Daily Free Press. He later interned at CBS News alongside Julie Chen, who was also working as an intern. Career Cohen began his career in television as an intern at CBS News. He spent 10 years at the network, eventually serving as senior producer of The Early Show, a producer for 48 Hours, and a producer for CBS This Morning. He joined the television network Trio in 2000, later becoming vice president of original programming at Bravo in 2004, when the network purchased Trio. Cohen was a regular on Today and Morning Joe, and has co-hosted Live! with Kelly, and The View. He has made various guest appearances on other talk shows. He has made several guest appearances on television shows playing himself, such as The Comeback and Saturday Night Live. In summer 2009, Cohen began hosting a weekly midnight television talk show, Watch What Happens Live. The show was later expanded into a weeknight series. Cohen's autobiographical memoir Most Talkative (Henry Holt and Company), released in May 2012, became a New York Times Best Seller in the hardcover, paperback, and combined nonfiction categories. On August 15, 2013, he declined to co-host the Miss Universe pageant in Russia, due to the country's recent adoption of anti-gay laws. Before that, he hosted Miss USA 2011 and Miss USA 2012. On March 22, 2014, he portrayed Zeus in Lady Gaga's music video for "G.U.Y.". In November 2014, Cohen published his second memoir, The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year, inspired by the similarly titled The Andy Warhol Diaries. The book spans a year of journal entries beginning in September 2013. The Andy Cohen Diaries became a Times Best Seller in the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction category. On September 14, 2015, SiriusXM launched a new radio channel curated by Cohen, known as Radio Andy. The channel features shows hosted by Cohen (Andy Cohen Live, and Andy Cohen's Deep & Shallow). Cohen also hosts a series of special broadcasts for his station known as Town Halls in front of a live studio audience. The channel also features shows hosted by; Sandra Bernhard, Bevy Smith, Dan Rather, Michelle Collins, Jim Parsons, Jeff Lewis, Amy Phillips, Jonathan Alter (together with his family), John Hill, the producers of Watch What Happens Live, and the producers at World of Wonder. The channel has also produced specials including; Radio Andy Theater, a parody of the Real Housewives franchise, AC2 Live: Andy and Anderson on the Road (a behind-the-scenes show following Cohen and Anderson Cooper on their live tour), and the Love Connection Diaries (also a backstage docu-series featuring Cohen, and Love Connection producer and Radio Andy host, John Hill). Cohen and close friend Anderson Cooper announced that they would be going on a national tour to perform their conversational stage show AC2 beginning in March 2015. The tour opened in Boston, followed by Miami Beach, Chicago and Atlanta. The idea for the show came about after Cooper interviewed Cohen about his then-latest book, The Andy Cohen Diaries, at an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Since then, the two-man show has continued to tour reaching over 50 cities as of October 2018. On December 31, 2015, Cohen hosted a one-off live edition of Hollywood Game Night (New Year's Eve Game Night), and co-hosted New Year's Eve with Carson Daly, for NBC. In 2016, the publisher Henry Holt and Company announced it was launching the imprint Andy Cohen Books. Cohen's third memoir Superficial: More Adventures From the Andy Cohen Diaries was published in November 2016. A sequel to The Andy Cohen Diaries, the book covers diary entries for the subsequent two years. Superficial became a Times Best Seller among books written by celebrities. In January 2017, Fox ordered a revival of Love Connection hosted by Cohen. The hour-long game show premiered on May 25. The same month, Cohen played himself on the Netflix series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. In August 2017, Fox announced that it would renew Love Connection for a second season. Later that year, Cohen succeeded Kathy Griffin as co-host of CNN's New Year's Eve coverage alongside Cooper. In 2018, Cohen played himself on the show Riverdale as a friend of the Lodge family. He made a March 2018 appearance as a guest judge in an episode of the VH1 reality-television series RuPaul's Drag Race. Since December 2018, Cohen had co-hosted CNN's New Year's Eve coverage with Anderson Cooper. Personal life Cohen is the first openly gay host of an American late-night talk show. In December 2018, he announced he would become a father in 2019 with the help of a surrogate. His son, Ben, was born February 4, 2019. His daughter, Lucy, was born April 29, 2022. Awards 2004, Peabody Award, 2004, as executive producer of the Trio documentary The N-Word. 2007, Multichannel News' "40 Under 40" broadcasting executives. 2007, Peabody Award, as executive producer of the Bravo reality-TV competition Project Runway. 2010, appeared on the TV Guide "Power List" of talked-about individuals. 2010, Emmy Award for Outstanding Competitive Reality Series as executive producer of Top Chef 2012, GQ's "25 Best Dressed Men of the Year", 2012, chosen as one of Broadcasting & Cable's "Digital All-Stars". 2012 to 2016, listed in Out magazine's list of Most Powerful Gay People. 2019, received the Vito Russo Award at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards. Filmography Television Bibliography Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture. Henry Holt and Company. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8050-9583-8. The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year. Henry Holt and Company. 2014. ISBN 978-1-627-79228-8. Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries. Henry Holt and Company. 2016. ISBN 978-1250116482. The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up. Henry Holt and Compa.... Discover the Andy Cohen popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Andy Cohen books.
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Superficial
Andy CohenThe starstudded and sidesplitting follow up to The Andy Cohen DiariesThe megapopular host of Watch What Happens: Live and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise is bac...
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Pillow Talk
Craig ConoverPerfect for fans of One Day You’ll Thank Me and Capital Gaines, the star of Southern Charm and cofounder and CMO of Sewing Down South reveals how he turned his passion for sewing i...
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Skinnydipping
Bethenny FrankelFourtime New York Times bestselling author and talk show host Bethenny Frankel makes her fiction debut with the novel Skinnydipping: “A totally fun, dishy read. This is the kind of...
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Naturally Thin
Bethenny FrankelFrom New York Times bestselling author Bethenny Frankel, the book that started it all: Naturally Thin. Bethenny Frankel, reality TV star, “Queen of Cocktails,” and “Mommy Mogul” ha...
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Skinnygirl Cocktails
Bethenny FrankelFrom New York Times bestselling author, master fixologist, reality TV star, and “Cocktail Queen,” Bethenny Frankel, comes the ultimate drink guide for every Skinnygirl’s shelf!Host...
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Up In Smoke - Stories From a Life on Fire
Leigh Hosy-Pickett'Firefighters are a unique breed. It takes a certain kind of individual to enter a burning building to rescue someone they have never met before.' A thirdgeneration firefighter, ...
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The Dealmaker
Mauricio UmanskyMauricio Umansky, real estate mogul, longtime fan favorite of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and star of his own Netflix series Buying Beverly Hills inspires budding entrepr...
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Hollywood Wives
Jackie CollinsThe iconic “raunchy, brash, and suspenseful” (The New York Times) blockbuster novel that started it allthe ultimate insider’s novelfrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jackie ...
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My Trip Down the Pink Carpet
Leslie JordanA hilarious romp from smalltown USA to the pink carpet of Hollywood with beloved Emmy Award–winning actor, playwright, popular and laughoutloud funny Instagram icon, and gay legend...
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Drinking and Tweeting
Brandi GlanvilleShe’s the brutally honest breath of fresh air on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, known for her dramatic divorce, her barelythere clothing, and her inability to keep her mouth...
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Average Expectations
Shep RoseThis witty and engaging collection of essays from the charismatic star of Southern Charm offers riproaring stories and tongueincheek advice on everything from relationships to trav...
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A Place of Yes
Bethenny FrankelThe fourtime New York Times bestselling author, talk show host, and “Mommy Mogul” Bethenny Frankel takes us on an empowering journey in A Place of Yes.Bethenny Frankel’s nononsense...
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Dumb Ideas
Eric Andre & Dan CurryFrom the brilliantly demented minds behind The Eric Andre Show and Bad Trip, an insane illustrated compendium about the art of pranking.Eric André is a master of the art of prankin...
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Pretty Mess
Erika JayneNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWithout her alterego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she’d just be “another rich bitch with a plane”so get ready for the dishy, tellall memoir from showsto...
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Next Level Basic
Stassi SchroederDiscover how to embrace your best basic self in this instant New York Times bestselling, laughoutloud hilarious, and “refreshing to read” (The Cut) guidebook from the breakout star...
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The Weight of Beautiful
Jackie GoldschneiderJackie Goldschneider, star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, bravely chronicles her decadeslong battle with anorexia and public journey to recovery in this unflinching, moving,...
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Give Them Lala
Lala KentUSA TODAY BESTSELLERThe Vanderpump Rules breakout star and provocateur brings her signature sharp wit to the page with this collection of humorous and brutally honest essays explor...
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Most Talkative
Andy CohenThe man behind the Real Housewives writes about his lifelong love affair with pop culture that brought him from the suburbs of St. Louis to his own television showFrom a young age,...
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The Favorite Sister
Jessica KnollFrom the author of Luckiest Girl Alivenow a Netflix filmcomes the “engrossing” (People) New York Times bestseller starring two sisters who join the cast of a reality TV series…and ...
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Tears of My Mother
Wendy OsefoWhen star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Potomac Dr. Wendy Osefo was growing up, her mother was her everything. But when she became a mother herself, everything changed. In this...
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Golden
Asa SoltanPersian Pop Priestess and Spiritual Gangsta Asa Soltan shares seven sacred rituals on beauty, love, career, family, and friendshipsproviding you with the tools to find confidence, ...
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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It
Jess Kimball Leslie"Get off your phone and read Jess Kimball Leslie's funny book!" Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens LiveILove My Computer Because My Friends Live in it is a hilarious m...
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Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget
Margaret JosephsPretty Mess meets #Girlboss in this part memoir, part entrepreneurial manifesto from The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s “Powerhouse in Pigtails.”Margaret Josephs is a hustler. She...
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Name Drop
Ross MathewsFrom Ross Mathews, the nationally bestselling author of Man Up!, judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and alum of Chelsea Lately, comes “a delightful mix of sweet and sour celebrity experi...
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The Andy Cohen Diaries
Andy CohenA New York Times bestseller, The Andy Cohen Diaries chronicles a year in the whirlwind life of the beloved pop icon, in his own cheeky, candid, and irreverent words.As a TV Produce...
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Girl With No Job
Claudia OshryThe instant New York Times bestseller and laughoutloud look at pop culture and social media stardom from one of the most popular funemployed millennials today, perfect for fans of ...
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Billions of Besties
Peggy Panosh & Susie AronsThis beautifully illustrated and joyful tribute celebrates famous friendships (both real and fictional) and proves that there is no relationship more important than friendship. Our...
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Off with My Head
Stassi SchroederNamed one of Us Weekly’s Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2022The New York Times bestselling author of Next Level Basic and fanfavorite alumna of Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules returns with the...
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Start Without Me
Gary JanettiThe New York Times Bestseller!Named one of Vulture's “10 Best Comedy Books of 2022”From New York Times bestselling author, and Family Guy writer Gary Janetti comes Start Without Me...
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The Housewives
Brian MoylanINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Brian Moylan, the writer of Vulture’s legendary Real Housewives recaps, a tableflipping, fingerpointing, haltertopping VIP journey through r...
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Bad Mormon
Heather GayINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed one of Entertainment Tonight’s Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2023 As seen in The New York Times, People, The Cut, Vulture, The Daily Beast, Today...
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Challenge Your Assumptions, Change Your World
Andy CohenAndy Cohen, New York Times notable author of Follow the Other Hand, introduces the Assumpt!, a breakthrough way to make better business decisions, faster and smarter. Orville Wrigh...
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Make It Nice
Dorinda MedleyThe Real Housewives of New York City fan favorite Dorinda Medley takes us inside her rollercoaster life and iconic Blue Stone Manor to share how we, too, can Make It Nice.Throughou...