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  1. Sep 28, 2023 · 'Big Brother' host Julie Chen Mooves tells PEOPLE 'nothing could break' her relationship with husband Les Moonves despite the former CBS executive being accused by multiple women of sexual...

    • Dana Rose Falcone
    • Les hails from Brooklyn
    • He Tried Acting at First, Appearing in Small Television Roles
    • Les Got His Start Producing Made-For-Tv Movies
    • He Brought ‘Friends’ and ‘ER’ to Your Living Room
    • Les Began Dating Julie While His Divorce Was Still Pending
    • He Stepped Down from CBS Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

    Born on October 6, 1949, Les grew up in Brooklyn, New York in a Jewish family with three siblings. He graduated from Bucknell University, where he took courses in pre-med and Spanish. In 1971, he decided to change lanes and dive into acting.

    After college, Les set his sights on drama and eventually graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He first landed a small role in Barbary Coast and followed up with parts inCannon andThe Six Million Dollar Man. When he wasn’t satisfied with being in front of the camera, he turned his efforts to working behind the scenes.

    In 1985, Les found a home at Lorimar Television, where he was in charge of the company’s movies and miniseries. In 1990, he was made the president of Lorimar, serving the post for three years. After Warner Bros. acquired Lorimar, Le became the President and CEO of Warner Bros. Television in 1993.

    While he was President and CEO of Warner Bros. Television, Les gave the green light to Friends and ER, among other highly successful programs during that era. He left Warner Bros. to accept the position of president of CBS Entertainment in 1995. When he took over for CBS, he was featured on the cover ofNew York magazine, being called “Mr. TV” in a ...

    Les married Nancy Wiesenfeld in 1978 and they welcomed three children together. In 2003, they filed for divorce, although they were already living apart. Around that time, Les and Julie began a romance. 13 days after the divorce was finalized on December 10, 2004, Les and Julie got married in Acapulco. He and Julie gave birth to their only child to...

    In July 2018, The New Yorker published an article by Ronan Farrow where six women accused him of harassment and intimidation. The following September, six more women came out to accuse him of sexual misconduct. While he denied all the allegations, Les stepped down as CBSCEO on September 9, 2018. In a recent interview, Julie said she still stands by...

  2. Sep 18, 2018 · For 14 years, Leslie Moonves and Julie Chen have been one of the media’s most powerful couples. They married in 2004 after meeting at work at CBS.

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  3. Jul 31, 2023 · Chen and Moonves began dating in 2004 though he was technically still married to his first wife Nancy Wiesenfeld. Once the divorce was final, Chen and Moonves got married later that year. The couple shares one son, Charlie, and Moonves has three adult children from his first marriage.

  4. In 2004, Chen married CBS executive Les Moonves. Starting in 2010, Chen Moonves was a co-host and the moderator of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk, until 2018 when she left the show following multiple sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations against her husband Les Moonves that came to light. [4]

  5. Nov 2, 2022 · Moonves and Chen Moonves reportedly started dating in 2004, while his divorce from his first wife Nancy Wiesenfeld had not yet been finalized. The pair married in a private ceremony in Mexico in December of the same year and now live in Beverly Hills , California.

  6. Jan 21, 2019 · Chen and Moonves married on Dec. 23, 2004, in a private ceremony in Acapulco, Mexico, in front of only 30 guests—13 days after his divorce was finalized.

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