The Host of Wa$ted: Annabelle Gurwitch
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Actress and writer and activist, Annabelle Gurwitch, takes social issues and turns them into provocative entertainment. As the host of Planet Green's original carbon foot-printing series, WA$TED! , she spends a great deal of time trolling through people's trash. Her new book, which People Magazine deemed 'laugh out loud,' You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: a love story (CROWN, 2/23/2010), is a comic memoir about marriage co-written with her husband, Emmy Award-winning writer, Jeff Kahn. The book contains accounts of both her successes and failures in her attempts to make her family and community more environmentally friendly, a subject Annabelle regularly speaks about to university students and civic organizations around the country.
Her first book Fired! was deemed a "merry compendium of failure" by The Washington Post, and her eponymous documentary Fired! has been screened everywhere from The Labor Department in Washington, D.C. to Showtime.
Throughout her career, Annabelle has shared her unique point of view on social issues on a variety of talk shows, including: The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, The CBS Early Show, Showbiz Tonight, CNN In the Money, Glenn Beck, Fox Business News, Fox and Friends, The Smoking Gun and Politically Incorrect. Most recently, Annabelle has made appearances on The Joy Behar Show, The Wanda Sykes Show and CNN. In addition, Annabelle has written for Glamour, Marie Claire, Los Angeles Times and More Magazine. She has been a columnist for The Nation and was an NPR contributing commentator for five years, targeting everything from politics to pop culture.
Annabelle gained a comedic following during her six year stint co-hosting "Dinner and A Movie" on TBS. In addition, Annabelle has hosted programs on ABC, GSN, STYLE, Sci-Fi, and HBO. Her acting credits include: "Medium," "Boston Legal," "Seinfeld," "The Shaggy Dog," and "Melvin Goes to Dinner."
Annabelle is a national spokesperson for the Do Not Mail Registry sponsored by Forest Ethics, and resides with her husband and son in Los Angeles.
