Howard Stern - Biography

Last Editor: mdoyle9				Howard Stern Biography -   Name : Howard Stern Date of Birth : January 12, 1954 Place of Birth : Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA Birth name : Howard Allan Stern Nickname : Howeird (In early radio days; Howchie (As a child) ; Height : 6' 5'' Profession : Radio and TV personality Station(s) : Sirius Howard 100; Sirius Howard 101 Style : Shock Jock Show : The Howard Stern Show Nationality : American

Howard Stern Trivia -

Howard Stern wanted to play the role of the radio talk show host, Barry Simms in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) but was too busy with his own movie, Private Parts (1997). Was listed in Forbes Magazines list of 100 Most Powerful Celebrities [1999] His daughters, with ex-wife Alison, are Emily Beth (May 7, 1983), Debra Jennifer (May 9, 1986) and Ashley Jade. (January 24, 1993). Attended Boston University Graduated from South Side High School in Rockville Centre, NY. He agreed to accept $50,000 to settle a lawsuit he filed against a Beverly Hills studio he claims reneged on a deal to feature him in a movie with Melanie Griffith. He was asked to star in the movie Jane although it didn't have financing and then the film company failed to pay him when the movie wasn't made. He sought $1.5 million in compensatory damages and unspecified punitive damages. [August 1999] Hebrew name is Tzvi. His 5-year, $100 million annual deal equates to about $1,923,077 a week and roughly $274,725 a day. He is the highest-paid radio personality in America. One of the major influences on his brand of humor was Mad magazine. Practices transcendental meditation. Used to suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Stated on his radio show that since his divorce, the word "marriage" has left his vocabulary for good. While he is deeply in love with actress Beth Ostrosky, they have no plans to even live together. His three daughters are the only people he says he's willing to live with at this point. [February 2002] His views on parenthood have not soured as his views on marriage have since his divorce. While he shares custody of his three children with his ex-wife Alison, he says he would gladly take full custody of them if ever called upon to do so. Is an avid comic book reader, and "Superman" is his all-time favorite. He also loves "Spiderman." Ranked #1 in 1995 on Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dress List. Howard Stern was originally cast for the role of the cocky, arrogant radio talk show host "Barry Simms" in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995). He wanted the role because the character's name was originally "Harry Simms" and it was kind of a reference to him, because of the initials "H.S.". But, Howard soon dropped out of the movie (it was rumored that he was fired) and the role was given to Leo Geter instead. Announced he was separating from his wife, Alison Stern, after 21 years of marriage, due to his workaholic ways. [22 October 1999] Married college sweetheart Alison Stern (b. 25 May 1955) at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Mass. [4 June 1978] Stern's ex-wife, Alison Stern, marries David Simon, CEO of shopping mall giant Simon Property Group. [23 November 2001] His paternal Grandparents, Froim and Anna (Gallar) Stern, and maternal Grandparents, Sol and Esther (Reich) Schiffman, emigrated to America from Austria-Hungary. Recently adopted a bulldog, which he named Bianca Romijn-Stamos. He also has a dog named Java, that lives with his ex-wife, Alison Simon. Brown belt in Japanese Shotokan Karate Performed the spoken word opening to the Blue Öyster Cult song "When the War Comes" on their Club Ninja album. In 2004, he did a 180-degree turn in his politics, lambasting President George W. Bush for his lack of planning in the Iraq War, adding an entire page of anti-Bush website links on his personal website and making direct attacks on members of George W. Bush's cabinet. Shortly afterwords, Clear Channel Communications dropped his show from their stations in several markets after being fined by the FCC for an incident (several years earlier) that they deemed as profane. Stern took this as a personal attack and managed to negotiate his return on stations owned by Infinity Broadcasting in those same markets where he was dropped, and began campaigning heavily for Democratic Party Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry, D-MA. His book "Miss America" was originally titled "Getting Away With Murder" and had a photo of him and O.J. Simpson together at Donald Trump's wedding on the cover. His father, Ben Stern, was a radio engineer. His mother, Ray Stern, was a housewife. He overcame an affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. On Friday, 16 December 2005, he signed off his last broadcast radio show. His satellite radio programs are set to begin on the Sirius Satellite Radio system on 9 January 2006. New Year's Rotten Eve (1994) (V) was the highest-grossing pay-per-view variety special of all time, grossing over $30 million. Testament to Stern's huge following, Private Parts was the fastest-selling book in Simon & Schuster publishing history. Was #7 on the annual Forbes magazine Celebrity 100 list in 2006 Inspired the song "Vibe On", by Australian pop star Dannii Minogue, from her album "Neon Nights". Recognized along with retired New York Jet great Wayne Chrebet and The Good Rats for "Reasons to love Long Island" in 2007 by Strong Island Magazine. Became engaged to Beth Ostrosky [February 13, 2007]. His second book "Miss America" was the fastest selling book in publishing history when it was released in 1995. In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his 2006 earnings at $70 million.

Howard Stern Detailed Biography -

Howard Stern is an American radio personality famous for shocking his audience. He originally started as a disc jockey for an obscure New York City station playing rock music. He discovered a talent for Lenny Bruce-type comedy, and developed a wide-ranging confrontational style that encouraged listeners to call in. Eventually, in the 1990s, his show was widely distributed. As an example, in one of his most infamous episodes, he persuaded a female caller to have sex with him on the air, over the telephone. He made deep buzzing noises into his microphone, and had her sit on a speaker with the volume turned up until she reached an on-the-air orgasm. Another infamous episode was on DC101 Radio in Washington D.C. in which Stern called Air Florida Airlines and asked what the fare was for a one-way ticket from National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge. He was making light of the crash of an Air Florida flight into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington D.C. one-day earlier and as a result of this bit he was fired by DC101. Stern's rude and crude style of entertainment (which many listeners support nonetheless) has earned him the sobriquet of shock jock and the title King Of All Media -- at least in the eyes of his fans. In his own mind Stern represents the future, where public moral standards will be much lower than now, in keeping with a longstanding trend. His show is frequently the subject of complaints by various listeners (and occasionally ethnic groups) who find his deliveries offensive - which he goes out of his way to encourage. Radio stations airing his show have occasionally been subjected to fines for violating FCC requirements due to the content of the show, but the parent conglomerate (Infinity Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Viacom) that hosts Stern's show seems to consider these fines a necessary price to pay, in order to support Stern's continuing popularity. In 1992 the FCC fined Infinity Broadcasting $600,000 after Stern discussed masturbating to a picture of Aunt Jemima. His April 21, 1999 show drew angry criticism for his comment regarding the motives of the two male students who murdered 12 classmates and one teacher in the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado: "There were some really good-looking girls running out with their hands over their heads. Did those kids try to have sex with any of the good-looking girls? They didn't even do that? At least if you're going to kill yourself and kill all the kids, why wouldn't you have some sex? If I was going to kill some people, I'd take them out with sex." In 1994 Stern embarked on a political campaign for Governor of the state of New York formally announcing his candidacy under the Libertarian Party ticket. Although he fulfilled the necessary requirements and ran a legally authorized campaign, most outside observers saw his run for office as little more than a publicity stunt. In spite of the crude content of his show, many radio listeners consider Stern's delivery to be far from the worst quality radio aired today. His popularity has given rise to a number of imitation shock jocks who attempt to outdo Stern in terms of offensiveness and rudeness, but these imitators have found themselves with more troubles to worry about than listener ratings. In 2002 fellow Infinity Broadcasting Corporation jocks Opie and Anthony had their nationally syndicated WNEW-FM extreme talk show cancelled after they encouraged a couple to engage in sexual intercourse at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, then airing a running commentary of the act on their show. Stern, his supporters note, has not gone out of his way to offend the general public in this manner. The number of commercials aired during his radio show has greatly increased from the 1980s to the present. In 1997 Stern's loosely autobiographical book, Private Parts, was adapted to film. The movie did well at box offices and in video release, garnering a total of over $60 million. His next movie, still in the works, is The Adventures of Fartman. Being one of those personalities that people either love or hate, but nobody is neutral about, he has had his share of stalkers and death threats. On January 15, 1998 Lance Carvin, who had been stalking Stern, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for threatening to kill Stern and his family.