What is Bruce Vilanch?
[[File:Bruce Vilanch at 7th Annual WeHo Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|210px|Vilanch in January 2008]] '''Bruce Vilanch''' (born November 23, 1948) is an [[Americans|American]] [[comedian]], [[songwriter]] and [[actor]]. He is best known for his four-years on ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'', as a celebrity participant and [[head writer]] for the show. He has won six [[Emmy Award]]s. From 2000 to 2014, he was the head writer for the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]]. For ten years before this role, he was the Oscar program [[:writer|co-writer]]. He is also a featured writer for the [[Tony Award|Tonys]], [[Grammy Award|Grammys]] and Emmys. Vilanch was born in [[New York City]], [[New York]]. He grew up in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], [[New Jersey]]. He was [[adopt]]ed when he was four days old. He was raised in a [[Jewish]] family. He studied at the [[Ohio State University]] (OSU). He is [[openly gay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=26920|title=Featured Speaker: Bruce Vilanch|publisher=[[Jewish Federations of North America]]|access-date=March 3, 2014|archive-date=February 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221232406/http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=26920|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0897358}} * {{IBDB name|id=4613}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilanch, Bruce}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from New Jersey]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:American adoptees]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American songwriters]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:Comedians from New Jersey]] [[Category:Comedians from New York City]] [[Category:Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:Gay Jews]] [[Category:Jewish American actors]] [[Category:Jewish American comedians]] [[Category:Jewish American LGBT people]] [[Category:LGBT actors]] [[Category:LGBT comedians]] [