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.
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.