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Adriana Costa is an international TV personality who just wrapped hosting a pilot for Fox Network about celebrity genealogy called, Who Are You?, produced by Fremantle Media and Magic Pictures. Adrianna acted as a guide to different stars as they traced their history to find out who they are and where they come from. Adrianna has also recently become a familiar face in China after landing the prestigious gig as the first-ever American entertainment correspondent to broadcast live into the country for the Michael Jackson This Is It world premiere. In addition, Adrianna just signed on to host TV Guide's Live Red Carpet Pre-shows f
Adriana Costa is an international TV personality who just wrapped hosting a pilot for Fox Network about celebrity genealogy called, Who Are You?, produced by Fremantle Media and Magic Pictures. Adrianna acted as a guide to different stars as they traced their history to find out who they are and where they come from. Adrianna has also recently become a familiar face in China after landing the prestigious gig as the first-ever American entertainment correspondent to broadcast live into the country for the Michael Jackson This Is It world premiere. In addition, Adrianna just signed on to host TV Guide's Live Red Carpet Pre-shows for the 2009-2010 award show seasons. She covers the Emmys, SAG Awards, Golden Globes, Grammys and Oscars. Adrianna goes live from the red-carpet, interviewing some of Hollywood's brightest stars and talking with experts about the hottest trends in fashion, makeup, hair, and more. Adrianna has become a familiar face at TV Guide as she regularly works for the network hosting one-hour movie specials for blockbusters like Saw VI, and Transformers. Adrianna also steps in from time to time to co-host TV Guide's News Magazine Show, Hollywood 411, and many of the network's other hit shows. Adrianna also parlayed her love of fashion and pop-culture into a weekly column for 944 Magazine called "Fashion Or Fiction: A Lifestyle Guide to What's Hot and What's Not."
Adrianna first became a part of the Fox Network family in 2007 when she hosted a prime-time reality show, On the Lot (2007), a competition series created by Steven Spielberg, Mark Burnett and DreamWorks Television. The show's premise was to find the best director (as determined by viewers,) who ultimately won a $1-million development deal at DreamWorks after competing week-to-week with other filmmakers.
Prior to that, Adrianna served as the Entertainment Anchor for CNN Headline News (1982). Based in Atlanta, she presented morning segments with enthusiasm and originality on one of the network's highest-rated programs, Robin and Company. She also produced and fronted The Big Screen Buzz; weekly sponsored segments focusing on exclusive behind-the-scenes movie and industry news. Adrianna was also appointed as a correspondent on CNN/HN's hit evening entertainment show, Showbiz Tonight (2005).
Adrianna exploded onto the entertainment scene in 2004, corresponding for Access Hollywood (1996), while working weekends as a feature reporter for Fox-11 News: Good Day L.A. (1993), and spending early morning hours during the week as an entertainment reporter for CBS in Palm Springs, California.
Over the years, Adrianna has also expanded her body of work by jumping on board at places like MSNBC to host their shows, Hot List and At The Movies. She also became a familiar face on the E! Network, reporting for E! News, and covering special events like US Weekly's Young Hot Hollywood Award Show. Adrianna also hosted her own one-hour E! Special called 20 Hippest Hot Spots, wherein she offered viewers an inside look at the hottest restaurants & clubs around the country. She's also hosted programs for AT&T U-verse where she went behind-the-scenes profiling shows like Headcase on Starz.
Adrianna has interviewed some of Hollywood's top stars on and off the red-carpet including 'Leonardo Dicaprio', Sandra Bullock, 'Denzel Washington', Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, Charlize Theron, Will Smith, Fergie, Lindsay Lohan and Sacha Baron Cohen. Her humor and charm creates priceless moments in every interview.
Adrianna was just dubbed one of FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" for 2009. She's been featured in a number of publications including FHM, In Touch Weekly, Jezebel, Atlanta Peach, 944 and more. She's also active in different charities like "Teen with a Dream", where she participates in Toy Drops to local Children's Hospitals. In addition to her hosting duties, Adrianna is a skilled writer and producer and loves the thrill of live television broadcasting. She's created a big Internet presence through her website and her Twitter/Facebook pages. In her spare time, she bounces around between different outdoor activities from hiking to bike riding to hanging out at the beach. Growing up in a home with a Father as one of the leading Nutrition Experts in the world, Adrianna has become an advocate for healthy living through diet and exercise. She also has a passion for fashion. She studied fashion retail and design during her semester abroad in London and can't help but love the hunt for a good deal. Adrianna graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in May, 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Film Studies.
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