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Jules Asner
Asner at Venice Film Festival 2012
Born	Julie Ann White ( 1968-02-14 ) February 14, 1968 (age 56) Tempe, Arizona , U.S.
Occupation(s)	Entertainment journalist, former fashion model
Television	Revealed with Jules Asner
Spouses	Matthew Asner ​ ( m.  1992⁠–⁠1996) ​ Steven Soderbergh ​ ( m.  2003) ​

Jules Asner (born Julie Ann White ; February 14, 1968) is an American screenwriter, author, former entertainment journalist , television personality, and model.

Early life [ edit ]

Asner was born Julie Ann White in Tempe, Arizona . ^[1] At age 16, she was discovered at a modeling convention in Scottsdale , Arizona. She began her career as an Elite model . She shared a bunk-room with Cindy Crawford during the early years of her career. In 1986, she graduated from McClintock High School in Tempe.

She attended UCLA . ^{[ citation needed ]}

Career [ edit ]

Asner was a longtime E! personality. During her peak with the network, she hosted six hours of programming daily. Among the series she hosted were Revealed with Jules Asner , E! News Live and Wild On! . She also hosted many live specials. Asner received a Prism Award ^[2] and a Gracie Award for her interview show Revealed with Jules Asner . ^{[ citation needed ]}

Before joining E! Asner was an entertainment reporter for Reuters Television Good Morning England , The Entertainment Show on Sky Television, and Extra . She hosted Live by Request on A&E and was a segment director and producer on Hard Copy .

Miramax Books purchased the publishing rights to her first novel, Whacked . The novel recounts the story of a woman who plots revenge on a former lover. Asner said that the plot was based on a breakup she'd been through. ^[3] Released on June 3, 2008, ^[4] Whacked was a top-ten fiction bestseller on Amazon and was in its third printing within its first month of release. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Asner wrote the screenplay for husband Steven Soderbergh's film Logan Lucky . She chose to use the pseudonym Rebecca Blunt because she did not want the "story" surrounding the film to be that "Soderbergh was directing his wife's script." In 2018, a Twitter account belonging to TheRebeccaBlunt posted photos of Asner and Soderbergh behind the scenes working on Logan Lucky . Asner previously did uncredited rewrite work on Magic Mike and several of Soderbergh's other films. ^[5]

Personal life [ edit ]

From 1992 to 1996, she was married to Matthew Asner and took his surname, making her the daughter-in-law of actor Ed Asner .

She married film director Steven Soderbergh in their New York apartment on May 10, 2003. Soderbergh often credits his wife with influencing his female characters. ^[6]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jules Asner .

• Jules Asner at IMDb
• Jules Asner 2003 Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment