George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972 in Malton, Ontario) is a Canadian television and radio personality, known for his presence on MuchMusic, Canada's primary music television broadcaster, and as the host of The Hour, a late-night talk show about the world's current events. In December 2004, Stroumboulopoulos left MuchMusic to host a new live prime time news program on CBC Newsworld: The Hour. He co-hosted a Sunday night talk radio show, The Strombo Show on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal. The show moved to the Corus network and the format changed to one of mainly music. The Strombo Show now broadcasts from 102.1 The Edge's Toronto studio and on other radio stations in the Corus Entertainment network including CFOX in Vancouver, CJKR-FM in Winnipeg and CFPL-FM in London. In July 2006, Stroumboulopoulos signed on to host the American version of The One: Making a Music Star, aired on ABC and CBC [3]. However, due to abysmal ratings, the show was cancelled after just two weeks[4]. Stromboulopoulos stated that he was only taking on the show as a "summer job," and did not plan to stop hosting The Hour. As well, he has stated that he will not host a proposed Canadian version of that show if it comes to fruition.[citation needed] Stroumboulopoulos was nominated for the 2007 Gemini Viewers Choice Award. He ended up losing the award to Marilyn Denis, the host of Cityline.[5] Stroumboulopoulos did however win the Gemini for Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series.[6]. He was awarded an honorary degree -- Doctor of Laws, honoris causa -- from the University of Calgary on November 13, 2007. Stroumboulopoulos has also been involved with numerous charitable initiatives, such as hosting the 'HipHop4Africa' Mandela Children's Fund Canada and CapAids February 2006 Toronto benefit which featured Canadian musicians Melanie Durrant, Imaan Faith, and Gurpreet Chana among others. Deejay Ra, who interviewed Stroumboulopoulos for the event's DVD, also did a live reading at the sold-out event as part of his 'Hip-Hop Literacy' program, promoting Mandela and Tupac books to the students in attendance.

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2. Charlotte Harkness says:

   March 31, 2010 at 3:19 pm

   I really like when people are expressing their opinion and thought. So I like the way you are writing

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3. hedgeplant11 says:

   September 11, 2008 at 6:28 pm

   oh my goodness
   i love george

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4. Nyetah says:

   January 10, 2008 at 5:49 am

   “you can’t take my picture, can you?” nice work!

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