Bill Maher
Bill Maher was born in New York City, New York, United States on January 20th, 1956 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 68, Bill Maher biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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William Maher (born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host.
Bill Maher (2003–present) and the related late-night show Politically Incorrect (1993–2002), first on Comedy Central and later on ABC, are among his many television programs. Maher is best known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary.
Several topics, such as religion, political correctness, and mass media, are all emphasized by him.
The basis for the 2008 documentary film Religulous were his critical views of religion.
He has been on the board of PETA since 1997 and is an advisory board member of Project Reason.
Maher, a member of the NORML's advisory board, supports the legalization of cannabis.
On September 14, 2010, he was named a Walk of Fame actor.
Early life and education
Maher was born in New York City. William Aloysius Maher Jr., the son of a network news editor and radio announcer, and Julie Maher (née Berman) was a nurse. He was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of his Irish-American father. He was unaware that his mother, whose family came from Hungary, was Jewish until his early teens. Maher's father stopped taking Maher and his sister to Catholic church services when Maher was 13 years old, owing to his disagreement with the Catholic Church's doctrine on birth control.
Maher was born in River Vale, New Jersey, and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale in 1974. He then attended Cornell University, where he double-majored in English and history, and graduated in 1978. "The screaming pot enabled me to attend college and made enough money to begin making comedy," Maher wrote.
Personal life
Maher has never married. On his website, Maher says, "I'm the last of my guy friends to have never married and their spouses; they don't want them to play with me." I'm like the escaped slave; I'm not the first to receive news of freedom.
Coco Johnsen, a former Playboy Cyber Girl, began dating him in 2003. Johnsen sued Maher for US$9 million in November 2004 for "insulting, humiliating, and degrading racial remarks." Maher's complaint stated that she and her father told her and her children, helped her financially, and bought a house in Beverly Hills. Johnsen's complaint also said that she quit her career as a flight attendant and occasional model to be with him. Maher's lawyers said in their appeal, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on November 23, 2004, that the bachelor who "never promised to marry [Johnsen] or have children with her." According to Maher's account, the pair ended "after the friendship ended," Johnsen "launched a campaign to shame, humiliate, and extort massive sums of money from Bill Maher." In 1997, Johnsen had accused another former boyfriend of rape and kidnapping, but the charges were dismissed due to a lack of evidence. The case was dismissed on May 2, 2005.
Maher began dating Karrine Steffans, author and former hip hop celebrity in 2005.
"People say I'm into black women," Maher said when commentators suggested there was a pattern to his dating because both his mother and former girlfriend were black. Robert De Niro is into black people. I'm just into women who are authentic, and black women are particularly attractive." Maher dated former adjunct professor, science educator, and current Skeptics' Guide to the Universe from 2009 to 2011. Maher has dated Anjulie Persaud, an Ontario-born singer, since 2014.
Maher bought a minority interest in the New York Mets in 2012.
Maher tested positive for COVID-19 on May 13, 2021. The show taping was then postponed for the remainder of the week.
Career
Maher began his work as a comedian and actor. Catch a Rising Star, a New York City comedy club, was host of Catch a Rising Star in 1979. Maher first appeared on Johnny Carson and David Letterman's shows in 1982. He made limited television appearances, including on Sara (1985), Max Headroom (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1989, 1990), and Charlie Hoover (1991). In 1984, his first feature film appearance was in D.C. Cab (1983). He appeared in Ratboy (1986), House II: The Second Story (1987), Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1988), Newhart (1988), and Pizza Man (1991).
Bill Maher, a late-night political talk show on Comedy Central from 1993 to 1997 and then ABC from 1997 to 2002, assumed the host role on Politically Incorrect. Maher's weekly monologue opened the show before the introduction of four guests, mainly a large group of people, such as show business, popular culture, political analysts, and occasionally news figures. Maher, who also participated in the discussions, will address the group's topical problems. Jerry Seinfeld, a regular on the show, said that Politically Incorrect reminded him of talk shows from the 1950s and 1960s, "when guests interacted with each other as well as with the host."
Incorrect received a number of accolades, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction, two CableACE awards for Best Talk Show Series, and a Genesis Award for Best Television Show Show. Maher received numerous accolades for his writing, editing, and presenting Politically Incorrect, including ten Emmy nominations, two TV Guide nominations, and two Writers Guild nominations. After making a tense on-air remark six days after the September 11 attacks, ABC decided against renewing Maher's deal for Politically Incorrect in 2002. He agreed with his host, conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, that the 9/11 terrorists did not behave in a cowardly manner (in reaction to President Bush's remarks calling them cowards). "We have been the cowards," Maher said. From 2,000 miles away, lobbing cruise missiles have arrived. That's cowardly. When the plane hits the runway, it is still inside. Say what you like about it. Not cowardly. You're right." Maher later stated that his remark was not anti-military in any way, quoting his long-served support for the American military. FedEx and Sears pulled their advertisements from the show, reducing the show's significant revenue after receiving protests.
Maher's remarks after 9/11 were not the first time he had sparked controversy on Politically Incorrect. After being widely chastised for comparing his dogs to retarded children, he expressed deep regret and apologized in the same year. On June 16, 2002, the show was cancelled, and the Sinclair Broadcast Group had pulled the show from its ABC-affiliated stations months before. Maher received the Los Angeles Press Club president's award on June 22, 2002, just six days after the cancellation of Politically Incorrect. Maher was a member of the board of judges for the 2002 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award, which included writer Vanessa Leggett, who was jailed for 168 days for protecting sources and research notes.
Maher's co-producer and co-writer of Real Time with Bill Maher, a weekly political comedy talk show on the cable television network HBO, became his host, co-producer, and co-writer of the weekly hour-long political comedy talk show. For its 15th and 16th seasons, HBO renewed Real Time through 2018. Maher told Terry Gross (on NPR's Fresh Air) that he much prefers having thoughtful and well-informed guests on his show rather than the random celebrities who fleshed out his roundtable discussions on Politically Incorrect.
Maher begins Real Time with a comedic opening monologue based on current events and other pertinent topics, as with his previous show, Politically Incorrect. In-studio or via satellite, he leads to a one-on-one interview with a visitor. Maher speaks with two or three panelists, researchers, activists, journalists, and journalists following the week's events.
Real Time has received acclaim for its work. More than ten Primetime Emmy Awards and six Writer's Guild accolades have been coveted. The Producers Guild of America's 2006 award to Maher and his co-producers the Television Producer of the Year Award in Variety Television. Maher has a record of having been nominated on 22 occasions and not winning once. Eleven of the nominations were for Political Incorrect, while nine of them were for Real Time. The other two were nominated for two of his HBO comedy specials: I'm Swiss and Bill Maher: The Decider.
Spencer Bachus, an Alabama congressman, sent a letter to Time Warner's board requesting that Real Time be cancelled in late May 2005 after Maher said that the military had met its recruitment targets by 42 percent. Bachus said the remarks were demeaning to the military and treasonous. Maher expressed his highest regard and admiration for the troops and asked why the congressman criticized him instead of doing something about the recruitment process.
On September 17, 2010, Maher broadcasted a clip of Delaware Republican senator Christine O'Donnell from his old show Politically Incorrect on his current show Real Time with Bill Maher, where she said she had "dabbled in witchcraft." This was one of O'Donnell's most notable of numerous inflammatory remarks that made her the most covered candidate in the 2010 mid-term election cycle.
Milo Yiannopoulos was invited by Maher to be interviewed on Real Time in February 2017. Despite controversies from some commentators and followers, Yiannopoulos accepted. Maher's appearance in the interview caused him to question Yiannopoulos' future, owing to his remarks in the interview in which he appeared to sympathize perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Yiannopoulos was invited to speak at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference, as well as a a book contract with Simon & Schuster that had been cancelled within days of the interview. Yiannopoulos resigned as a reporter at Breitbart News shortly after. When asked if Yiannopoulos' appearance on his show was one of the reasons for his departure, Maher said, "As I say, sunlight is the best disinfectant." You're welcome."
On Real Time, Maher said, "I'm a house nigger" — a threat on Real Time, despite calls being sent by some to HBO to fire him. Following the episode, HBO released a statement on media outlets, describing Maher's remarks as "inexcusable and tasteless" and that the cable network would have canceled the segment from future airings of the program. Maher also issued a statement apologizing for the remarks. Maher apologised on his show and spoke with Michael Eric Dyson, Ice Cube, and Symone Sanders about the scandal.
Maher has appeared on a variety of cable news networks, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and HLN. Maher has appeared on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, as well as appearing on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Rachel Maddow Show, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Maher has also appeared on HLN's The Joy Behar Show as a guest. Spin This!'s author was the foreword to the 2002 book Spin This! By host Bill Press, we can't tell the truth.
Maher appeared on Larry King Live on January 13, 2006, on which he was a regular visitor. On the 2010 edition of the show, Maher appeared as a special guest, and CNN anchor Larry King announced his resignation. Maher co-emceed the last show of Larry King Live on December 16, 2010 with Ryan Seacrest.
Maher appeared on stage as Satan in "Hollywood Hell House," a spoof of the Christian-run hell houses, on 2004. Reverend Keenan Roberts' book Evangelistic Scare-Abortion written to terrify teenagers into declaring themselves Christians. "Our belief is that putting this up as it is will hoist itself on its own petard, so it will be amusing as it is," producer Maggie Rowe said. The show starred a rotating cast of over 160 actors, including Andy Richter (Jesus), Richard Belzer, Dave Thomas, Traci Lords, Craig Bierko, Sarah Silverman, and Julia Sweeney.
Maher and director Larry Charles teamed up to produce Religulous, which trade publication Variety describes as a film "that spoofs religious fundamentalism around the world." On October 3, 2008, it was announced.
Maher was one of the executive producers for the HBO newsmagazine series Vice in 2013. Maher appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2013 and begged $5 million to a charity if Donald Trump would not give his birth certificate to show that Trump's mother did not mated with an orangutan. Maher said this reportedly in reaction to Trump's refusal to produce his birth certificate and that if Obama would produce his college applications, transcripts, and passport information, he would be paid $5 million to a charity of Obama's choice.
Trump produced his birth certificate in reaction to Maher's bid, and then proceeded to bring a lawsuit despite Maher's that his $5 million bid was legally binding. Trump said, "I don't think he was joking." "She said it with venom." After eight weeks, Trump dropped his case against the comedian.
Maher and his buddy Michael Moore revealed on YouTube on May 13, 2016 that they would make The Kings of Atheism.
Maher launched Club Random, a one-on-one interview with guests that was shot in his bar at home, where he addresses everything except politics. Quentin Tarantino, Jimmy Kimmel, Bella Thorne, Judd Apatow, Mike Tyson, Killer Mike, and William Shatner were among the guests.