Arthel Helena Neville was born on October 20,1962 and is an American journalist, television personality, and weekend anchor for Fox News, based in Manhattan alongside co-anchor Eric Shawn.
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Arthel Neville is the niece of Grammy Award-winning singer Aaron Neville, as well as the cousin of singer Ivan Neville.
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Arthel Neville was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and graduated from St Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans.
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Arthel Neville landed commercials and a small role on the soap opera All My Children before returning to New Orleans.
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Arthel Neville enrolled in pre-pharmacy at Xavier University before switching to journalism at Southern Methodist University.
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Arthel Neville transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where she was able to earn a bachelor's in journalism while working as a reporter.
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Arthel Neville began her career as a general assignment reporter at KVUE-TV while a junior at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism, now known as Moody College of Communication.
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Arthel Neville remained with Extra until 1996 when the program was revamped.
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Arthel Neville has appeared on Days of Our Lives, Monk, Girlfriends, Moesha, Cybill, Living Single, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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In 2002 Neville joined CNN to become the host of TalkBack Live with Arthel Neville, becoming the first African-American woman to host her own signature show on the news network.
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In 2003 Arthel Neville was recognized by the University of Texas at Austin for her outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism.
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Arthel Neville received the Texas Exes' Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, which is bestowed upon four University of Texas alumnae under the age of 45 who have reached a level of excellence in their respective fields.
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Later, Arthel Neville co-hosted Fox's nationally syndicated morning show Good Day Live with Steve Edwards and Debbie Matenopoulos, hosted Celebrity Hobbies on the DIY Network, and served as a correspondent for the 2005 revival of the syndicated news magazine A Current Affair.
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Arthel Neville served as guest co-host on The View in the fall of 2006.
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Arthel Neville served as a correspondent from New Orleans for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for Studio B with Shepard Smith and Fox Report.
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Arthel Neville is currently the weekend anchor at Fox News with Saturday and Sunday midday, afternoon and evening newscasts of "Fox News Live," formerly known as America's News Headquarters.
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On October 28,2016, Arthel Neville was honored at the University of Texas at Austin as a Texas Exes 2016 Distinguished Alum.
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In 2017, Arthel Neville was awarded the Moody College of Communication's DeWitt Carter Reddick journalism award as their first African American female honoree.
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Also in 2017, Arthel Neville started projects outside of and in addition to her news career.
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Arthel Neville launched her accessories line Arthel Neville Design, featuring handbags adorned with her quotes promoting female empowerment.
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Arthel Neville was announced as the host of the show "Sing Like A Star" by Tegna, Inc The interactive, weekly cross-platform singing competition is filmed in Arthel Neville's hometown of New Orleans in conjunction with WWL-TV and debuted September 16,2017.
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On May 18,2018, Arthel Neville was the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony at her alma mater, the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Arthel Neville was married to former NFL running back Derrick Lassic from 1995 to 1998.
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Arthel Neville has been married to percussionist and recording artist Taku Hirano since 2001.