Leeza Gibbons  Leeza Kim Gibbons (born March 26, 1957) is an American talk show host. She is best known as a correspondent and co-host for "Entertainment Tonight" (1984–2000) as well as for having her own syndicated daytime talk show, "Leeza" (1993–2000). In 2013, her book "Take 2" became a "New York Times" bestseller and she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle or Travel program for the PBS show, "My Generation". On February 16, 2015, Leeza was named the winner of "Celebrity Apprentice", having raised $714,000 for her charity Leeza's Care Connection. Gibbons was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, the daughter of Jean and Carlos Gibbons, a former state superintendent of education and antique shop owner. Gibbons has two siblings – a brother, Carlos Jr., and a sister, Cammy. Leeza and her family also adopted a young chimpanzee from a traveling circus they named Martha. When Martha was older, it became difficult to manage her care and she was sent to a Great Ape sanctuary in Florida where she still lives to this day. Gibbons grew up in Irmo, South Carolina, a suburb of Columbia, and graduated from Irmo High School. After completing high school, Gibbons graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of South Carolina's school of journalism and mass communication, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Gibbons television career started in her home state of South Carolina, at WSPA-TV in Spartanburg. Her next stop was as the co host of "PM Magazine" for KFDM-TV in Beaumont, Texas, and later moved up to then-sister station WFAA-TV in Dallas. In 1983 Gibbons joined WCBS-TV in New York City, where she became a host on "Two on the Town", a program modeled after "PM Magazine"; her co-host was Robb Weller. The following year, they would both join "Entertainment Tonight", with Gibbons as a reporter and co-anchor of the program's weekend edition. Concurrently hosted, "Leeza" was her own NBC/syndicated talk show, which ran from June 1993 to September 2000. The show originated as "John & Leeza from Hollywood", a talk show with former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host John Tesh.