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STAR JONES

Name: Star Jones                                                                 
Born: Starlet Marie Jones                                                         
                                                                                   
Star Jones Reynolds (born March 24, 1962) is an American lawyer, best known for   
her stint as a co-host of the ABC weekday morning talk show The View. On August   
20, 2007, she began hosting an eponymous talk show based on the law and pop       
culture as part of Court TV's daytime programming.                               
                                                                                   
Born Starlet Marie Jones in Badin, North Carolina, Star moved to New Jersey as a 
small child where she graduated from Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville,     
New Jersey.[1] She earned a B.A. degree in The Administration of Justice at       
American University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Houston Law 
Center.                                                                           
                                                                                   
Jones was recruited by Court TV in 1991 as a commentator for the William Kennedy 
Smith rape trial, and spent several years as a legal correspondent for NBC's The 
Today Show and NBC Nightly News.                                                 
                                                                                   
She left NBC in 1994 to host her own court show Jones & Jury. Although the show   
was canceled after one year, Jones quickly was signed up as chief legal analyst   
on Inside Edition, where she was assigned to lead the coverage of the O.J.       
Simpson murder trial and was the only reporter to interview Simpson during his   
civil trial.