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She became the first African-American reporter to work on the famed [[Page Six]] column of [[The New York Post]], as well as the first African-American to pen a column in [[The National Examiner]]. An expert on everyone from [[Michael Jackson]] and [[O.J. Simpson]] to [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Donald Trump]], Flo would go on to become a contributor on news magazine shows like [[Inside Edition]], [[The Insider]] and [[Entertainment Tonight]]. |
She became the first African-American reporter to work on the famed [[Page Six]] column of [[The New York Post]], as well as the first African-American to pen a column in [[The National Examiner]]. An expert on everyone from [[Michael Jackson]] and [[O.J. Simpson]] to [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Donald Trump]], Flo would go on to become a contributor on news magazine shows like [[Inside Edition]], [[The Insider]] and [[Entertainment Tonight]]. |
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In the 1990's, Flo became the go-to gossip girl on daytime talk shows like [[The Ricky Lake Show]], The [[Rolonda]] Watts Show, [[The Joan Rivers Show]], [[The Geraldo Show]], [[The Sally Jessy Raphael Show]], [[The Tempestt Bledsoe Show]], [[The Gordon Elliott Show]], [[Forgive or Forget]], [[The Leeza Gibbons Show]], The [[Danny Bonaduce]] Show, The [[Bertice Berry]] Show, [[The Mark Walberg Show]] and [[The Maury Povich Show]], among others. She would also become an expert guest on networks like [[Court TV]], [[MSNBC]], [[Fox News Channel]], [[CNN]] and [[HLN]]. |
In the 1990's, Flo became the go-to gossip girl on daytime talk shows like [[The Ricky Lake Show]], The [[Rolonda]] Watts Show, [[The Joan Rivers Show]], [[The Geraldo Show]], [[The Sally Jessy Raphael Show]], [[The Tempestt Bledsoe Show]], [[The Gordon Elliott Show]], [[Forgive or Forget]], [[The Leeza Gibbons Show]], The [[Danny Bonaduce]] Show, The [[Bertice Berry]] Show, [[The Mark Walberg Show]] , The [[Vicki Lawrence]] Show, [and [[The Maury Povich Show]], among others. She would also become an expert guest on networks like [[Court TV]], [[MSNBC]], [[Fox News Channel]], [[CNN]] and [[HLN]]; as well as regularly travel to Canada to appear on the [[The Dini Petty Show]] and The [[Camilla Scott]] Show. |
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For six seasons, Flo was both a contributor and then co-host of [[E!]] Entertainment’s “The Gossip Show,” a roundtable entertainment news show that featured popular gossip columnists from all over the country. |
For six seasons, Flo was both a contributor and then co-host of [[E!]] Entertainment’s “The Gossip Show,” a roundtable entertainment news show that featured popular gossip columnists from all over the country. She also appeared on countless [[E! True Hollywood Story]] episodes on celebrities like [[Robin Givens]], [[Janet Jackson]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Bobby Brown]] and |
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Flo continues to be a fixture in multimedia. With her own company, Dottie Media Group LLC, Flo has two syndicated radio shows, [http://superadio.com/gossip-on-the-go-with-flo/ Gossip To Go With Flo] and Flo Anthony's Big Apple Buzz that are distributed in partnership with [http://superadio.com/gossip-on-the-go-with-flo/ Superadio]. The shows are heard by over 3 million listeners daily in upwards of 20 radio markets nationwide. |
Flo continues to be a fixture in multimedia. With her own company, Dottie Media Group LLC, Flo has two syndicated radio shows, [http://superadio.com/gossip-on-the-go-with-flo/ Gossip To Go With Flo] and Flo Anthony's Big Apple Buzz that are distributed in partnership with [http://superadio.com/gossip-on-the-go-with-flo/ Superadio]. The shows are heard by over 3 million listeners daily in upwards of 20 radio markets nationwide. |
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Revision as of 19:13, 10 May 2017
Florence "Flo" Anthony is a famed Gossip columnist, Syndicated Radio Host, TV Contributor and Author. Flo is the first African-American reporter to work on the famed Page Six column of The New York Post, as well as the first African-American to pen a column in The National Examiner.
Flo Anthony | |
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| Born | March 4 |
| Nationality | African-American |
| Occupation(s) | Gossip Columnist, Radio Host, TV Correspondent & Author |
| Years active | 40 years |
| Known for | Radio, TV, Magazines, Newspapers & Books |
Career
Media maven Florence "Flo" Anthony is one of the most-prominent celebrity journalists in the entertainment industry.
After working as a publicist for sports legends like Muhammad Ali, Butch Lewis, Michael Spinks, Larry Holmes, Mike McCallum and Matthew Saad Muhammad; Flo kicked off her entertainment career in the mid-80's covering entertainment news and offering Hollywood insight long before the days of the blogosphere.
She became the first African-American reporter to work on the famed Page Six column of The New York Post, as well as the first African-American to pen a column in The National Examiner. An expert on everyone from Michael Jackson and O.J. Simpson to Whitney Houston and Donald Trump, Flo would go on to become a contributor on news magazine shows like Inside Edition, The Insider and Entertainment Tonight.
In the 1990's, Flo became the go-to gossip girl on daytime talk shows like The Ricky Lake Show, The Rolonda Watts Show, The Joan Rivers Show, The Geraldo Show, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, The Tempestt Bledsoe Show, The Gordon Elliott Show, Forgive or Forget, The Leeza Gibbons Show, The Danny Bonaduce Show, The Bertice Berry Show, The Mark Walberg Show , The Vicki Lawrence Show, [and The Maury Povich Show, among others. She would also become an expert guest on networks like Court TV, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, CNN and HLN; as well as regularly travel to Canada to appear on the The Dini Petty Show and The Camilla Scott Show.
For six seasons, Flo was both a contributor and then co-host of E! Entertainment’s “The Gossip Show,” a roundtable entertainment news show that featured popular gossip columnists from all over the country. She also appeared on countless E! True Hollywood Story episodes on celebrities like Robin Givens, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and
Flo continues to be a fixture in multimedia. With her own company, Dottie Media Group LLC, Flo has two syndicated radio shows, Gossip To Go With Flo and Flo Anthony's Big Apple Buzz that are distributed in partnership with Superadio. The shows are heard by over 3 million listeners daily in upwards of 20 radio markets nationwide.
As a writer, Flo is a regular contributor to the New York Daily News, providing entertainment news stories for its popular Confidential column. The famed Hollywood insider also has a weekly syndicated column of her own that appears in The New York Amsterdam News, Philadelphia Sunday Sun, BRE Magazine, Columbus Times and Oklahoma Eagle. Flo also heads up Steven Hoffenberg's PostPublishing.buzz website and is a contributing writer for Resident (magazine). Flo is also She's also the former publisher/editor-in-chief of Black Noir magazine; as well as editor-in-chief of Black Elegance magazine.
On TV, Flo is regularly featured as a guest contributor on TV One (U.S. TV network)'s documentary series Unsung (TV series) and Unsung: Hollywood. She also appeared for numerous seasons on TV One's now defunct series Life After. Flo can also be seen talking breaking news and celebrity culture on multiple cable news shows and local shows like Good Day New York.
As an author, Flo made her debut in 2000 with her first novel, "Keeping Secrets Telling Lies." Her second tome came 13 years later in 2013, when she inked a book deal with Zane (author)'s Strebor Books to release "Deadly Stuff Players." The sequel to that novel, "One Last Deadly Pay" was released in 2016 through W. Clark Distribution. Flo regularly appears at book festivals and expos signing copies of her books.
She also handles personal appearances and publicity for boxing great Michael Spinks.
Personal
A graduate of Howard University, Flo resides in the East Harlem section of New York City.