Steven Cojocaru

Steven Cojocaru (born on January 5, 1965 in Montreal, Canada) is a fashion expert. From a family of Jewish immigrants from Romania, Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist, and eventually began working on American television shows, as a commentator and interviewer of stars. Sarah Jessica Parker is one of Cojocaru's friends.

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January 5 - 1965 - Montreal - Canada - Fashion - Jewish - Romania - American - Television - Sarah Jessica Parker

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Cojocaru began working in 1991 for the Canadian fashion magazine Flare.

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1991 - Flare

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After moving to Hollywood, he began writing a column that eventually reached over 100 American newspapers. He was People Magazine's west coast fashion editor, and he has written an autobiography, Red Carpet Diaries: Confessions of a Glamour Boy (2003).

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Hollywood - People Magazine

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In 2003, he joined the cast of Entertainment Tonight.

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2003 - Entertainment Tonight

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He has also worked at the E! and at MTV, where, on one of his most famous interviews, after inquiring Parker about the future of Sex and the City', he asked her, "who can blame a guy for asking for more sex?".

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E! - MTV - Sex and the City

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In November 2004 he announced that he was suffering from polycystic kidney disease and will require a kidney transplant. He underwent transplant surgery in January, after his friend Abby Finer donated one of her kidneys. However, the kidney became infected with a virus, and in June 2005 he had another kidney surgery to have the transplant removed. On August 17, he announced that the virus was gone from his body and that he was ready to find a new transplant to replace the one removed.

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November 2004 - Polycystic kidney disease - Kidney - Transplant - Abby Finer - Virus - June - August 17

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His interview about his first surgery aired on Oprah Winfrey's show in April 2005, which resulted in the termination of his position on the Today Show.

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Oprah Winfrey - April 2005 - Today Show

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