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hrn lOtI< 'O!!T, 3Ui<4CAt . J1d4UARi 23. 200(}n -_ ••
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MTV's most popular veejay doesn't intend to spend the rest of his life
introducing Britney Spears videos. He has plans beyond "Total Request Live"
and music-video TV. He's talking about branching out mogul-style into
sitcoms and movies. And a lot of important people are listening.
By MICHAEl GllTZ
TEE:-JAGE ~irl,. .... ·Rnt
Car!'on Daly. Tht'y
• .queal over hi" every
move while c8mpin~ outside
MlVs Time Square studio
where Only ho!'!'s "Total
Rcqucllt Live" -MlVs
anernoon countdown !'!ho .....
that's become thl.' network's
most pnpulur ~eri('s .
Record compnnil.'s want
Daly.
They burn to have videos
promoting th('ir newelt
bands debut on "TRL~ -
especia.lly tinct Daly's been
crediud a~ a major reason
(or tht out-o(·t.he·box IUC
cesl o( Britney Spears,
Limp Blzkit and others.
The network, want Daly.
For the past year, they've
betn sending Daly pilou for
upcoming Ihowl and asking
. " his opinion about what "'the
kid," .... ;11 think.
In fact, CBS wa. 80 taken
. , with an.er he hosted the
Mist Teen USA beauty
pageant last (all that
I they've tapped Daly to do
. the same for the Mill USA
contest nut w(!ofk.
Ever)'one else want.l Daly,
too.
"Entertainment Toniiht-
spotlights him on
~Con ... er!ation, with
Carson: Movie exea keep
wondenn, if he can act.
mall' playa himself in an
upcoming made-for-MTV
spoo( of boy bands caJled
W2gether.")
And when Rolling SlOne
publisher Jann Wenner
spendl $50 million to
relaunch US magazint aa a
weekJy next month. it ..... in
include Daly on the mas\.
head. (He'll do a regular col
umn. probably consililing of
even mort celeb Q&AsJ
Ob ... iously. this 26-year-o ld
Californian i~ ~oing to need
shadn for ~uch a bright
(uture. right?
"I gue!l5 It af'lNfla$ on my
(utur(' ...... hich ill a little bit
up In the air." in5isL. Daly.
-I'm In thl' p .. occ~ of n!ne
s:ntiatinj.": my contract so".
.. He pau5t.'11 for a mnment
And tht!n h.ugh".
"Apparently. I'm not IIUp
po5cd to be lalkin~ obout chat or to ~rcen their latelll ""11le funnt '~t P:lI't fur mt" i:5 liUl"i, :In udd mix i1l inr('C
that: opus ond the crowd" out-pullin,::: th(' ll'Mt lik('ly pro- tiou~ That',r ..... h\· MTV nt'W
But ~fT\ ' i~n'tllbout tu let aide g1\'e it 011 the (e\'l'r-pit! in the Ii~m(' runm." !lsyt! him uut ttl I..A. tu IIWt.~t
their biR'ltellt slar 'lip away. pilch uritcml'nl of a rock Duly. wOne shuw ..... (' had lht! talk Il ('OMl'ntion of TV crit
He', the kf'Y to the runaway concert. Wu-Thn..: Clan nnd Oritney ic" nnd hypC' upcnminJ,t
luccess of their ancrnoon Daly hosts it 311 with casc, SpearJ nnd Melislin JOAn c\'t'nts like lh~ airing of
Imash. .eauing from bubblegum Hart. I'm IIt8ndin~ in thl' ~ITV ~ ollc-l1Iilliunth \'ld('O
Fan5 \'ote onlint' or by pop the 13tC'lt rap star middle of them all imd \',,-IIht·."'1I ~i\'l' n ..... ay $1 million
.l.ho_n~. (or. !h~ir _ .favo~i!e __ ",ith sin('t'rc cnlhuliiaijm ·'I(J'~I'\I¥.lik"AV hn~"lIp J!1r1"'~ lu 1-:0 with. Itll; nnd ~RL-1t
\·,tlt'Os. arfillb cuml' h~' ror" lhHt npYl'r :<~ms fAwninJ: naly'~ caJl~' l;t,,~h .. I., . .. '.1Ihrip aer",.!" tilt' t'OllI1lry '.,
Would Daly w~lk n .... ·ny~, '
Nul Vl't. J ••
Du't till' ~1ic'kinJ! point inH:
nl'l-:uli:1lionllo does,,'t seem eo-:'
be m"m.'y fObviou.- ly. lhl'y'l1l I
he-gh'inl( him :1 lot mon'l. .. '
In:-ott'lld. Daly wanl:o to .
Illn" oul his futllre. Thnt,
fulllrl' will include more I
h!'I"llcl·tlll'·1"('t·nl's .... ·!lrk as . .
I-I;· •..•
.... -MlV's "Total Requcst
ltve-
Reporter -"Entertainment
Tonight"
a producer
or writcr or
dirfclor of ColumnIst -"US" magazine
Iort hrb 01 ... ..,..,. -
host of cas's "Miss Teen
USA~ and "Miss USA~ beauty
pageants
cool," says
Only, ",·ho
exudes his
own ami·
nble mix of -...-www.carsondaty .com
nlrus, ~it-,.., .... _,,-
CHma and company -in the workS
nlher enter·
tninment sho ..... s.
nick Clnrk host I'd
"American Dnnd5hnd"
-the show "TRL" is oncn
compared to -for nn
a.'llounding 32 yeAr~ Daly
cnn't imnginc doing it for
thntlonR·
Out ht' d()('!'i admirf'
Clllrk'!i ahilit.v to furgt' inll!
other arCRS of the husine,.,..
lie e\,f'n JCenrrhf'd ClArk out
til ~et Jonml.' fl1th('rly od\·I(','.
"Uick (,lark ..... n~ rc ... lly chArm and
cool. .. " wa!l a \'cry perMnsl
mcctin~ ..... ithjust him nnd I
in two big ch .. irs. He told
me ..... hnt he ..... as going
throuJ:h when he wus my
n~e .~
Clnrk ('rrtninly appro\'C'd
of DlIly's d('~ifl' to explore
nth"r II1"pt'ctJi of the bus;·
nl'!'!!'..
'" would hl\'e a hard time
$('f'in,::: mY!4Clf !'!itllllg on Ihe
~'I and lW"in~ tht' BctC'lr all
day lonJ:." ndmitJIII Only. "Hut NEW YORK POST SUNOAY. JANUA~Y 23. 2000
~ ••• 1 • i ;s..... "
doing that ~nd being pllrt of
tht production JOide behind
the camern!!? Slowly but
surely thal',. really grab
bing my intl'relll."
That's .... ,hy hi!'! n('golia.
tion ..... ·ith MTV arc focus
ing on devt'lopm('nl dt·nl ...
WAt this point I'm sittin,::
down ..... ith MlV f'i1mfl, ny.
inlC to L.A. to mC'Ct with
them and s..1yinft, 'I-It"y, I('C.
lCet in bUllinc!olll: I'm IOtlkin~
to rtrllt of all gn to my 1I .... ·n
rompany IMTVI ..... hil·h ha!'!
be('n so Rood til ml' nnd My
ing, 'Thrse nn' nil my nr('n~
of intt're",t pud you r.n)':o
hrwe outlCLA fur them. M)
let'5 !"it duwn and Illik about th~t: . -.--: .:.-.... -;~
. ..~.id!!, _1M ~cripl'" .
t..opiee-,-a ..... ant nLe
. andlor dirtrt.........: f1iat ""ould
be the audience ,"
end, nnly'fI been
on JIIIitcom and
..... ith MTV pro-
ducer and roomie Juon
Ryan (Along with «orne
other friends I They plan to
film a short loter this year
in New York and then take
it from there.
Oaly'a st.udy riJO(, loch
like the re.-ult nf a ~II\'V) '
cneer plan. but dun't
believe it.
"I'm an idiot: in)<:i!"t1" Onh'
.. , don'l kno ..... nn." pl
the bu.sint'I'II . J !l;hnulct prnh·
ably buy a Who'" ImportAnt
A1manac bt'for(' I sav :otInll'·
thing .stupId in fron't u( th('
""ronK pcr!lOn."
PerhAps his cnrefre(' Alii·
tude com(')<: frum h.wins::
alr ... nd .. · Achieved hi ... rln'lIln
-nnd-it WO~J1 't MTV.
oal~ "!ol main J!ual in IIft"
an('r a CArN'r as a profes-
5ionlll golfer proved nut of
n"a('h -wa,; 10 dl'ej:lY (or
ICji!'endar y L.A. 1I11('rnatl\ 'e
rndio ~t;ltion KHOQ.
"When' f.!ot tht· Joh thl'l"l'
at 22, J wa~ thf' fin:t full
timl' on·air tall'nl thcy'd
hired in like 6(,,'('n v('t"!"."
f!ays Daly -quiie An
8crompli shmenl for a ~u .\'
who Jj"t('n('d to KROQ
every dllY growin~ up
''J'd ('ven fill in fronl (Ifill{'
~~~r ~~g&r;\ ctit-C :<;,.\·illJ!.
Ha"ing at."\·omphshrrithnt
(OUT y('nr~ AJ:U. ("'l'ryth,nc
el~ is ju!'t a 001111"" -evcn
if thnt honus inrludt'/I ~in~
romonticnlh ' linkrd .... ·ith
A('trf'S~ J('l1nlfl'r 1..0\'\-"
Hewitt and pop !tlM
Christina A~'Uilt 'rn.
But Ibly l"n'l .. m ... inst:lY
on thc pnrl.v circuit or tilt'
gOIl~ip pn~l·S. Pl'rhnpli
onother rcnson 1U":o
Rpl'r o;lchin ~ 11110(' with
('(Juanimit .\ iJ.; tilt· Imlh Iw
hl'cnme :O('r;1I1I1I ahout III
hif.!h ~hl)(.1 nl)d thnt "lnlll,,1
Ird him to tht· prif'sihoclii.
But in the world o( Pf'P
cultul"('. Ihl.l only fAith mo!'t
mf'diA nutlc(.1t ..... i11 loll'rate
j" the study of the kflballnh
or !'Omf' othl'r fad -05 Uoly
quickl.v found olll.
"W}14.'n 1 ~otlo MTV. J ..... rol('
M Article nbout my fnth('rs
dt'Ath ftOd my mom '~ baUI('
\',Ih bre:Ult ('noc('r l~h(,' !Ii fme
no ..... I and lold about ho .... ·
faith h('lp!' 1Tlt'," hl' sayA.
"It'll nmAzins: -you'r('
trying to ~ay something
pl)I'itive ..... ithout JIII('Iunding
preachy find all of a sudden
Ho ..... ard Stern i!'! ('ailing you
" Je!"u~ fn""k:
nut ~lhf' kid!"" -that iJIII,
the fanl' who· ... e m"dl' oalv
n Itnr -('AmI' through
a/o:o;n. ~1 i:"ot likf' " gAllllion
Il'Ih'rs fr.ln1 Ii't'n:: s.'yin~
thai ..... a1" "'. cnol. ~ ht' NJY"
pnludl~ '
hrn lOtI< 'O!!T, 3Ui<4CAt . J1d4UARi 23. 200(}n -_ ••
l1tsu)iYlI~ '
~--------------------------------------
MTV's most popular veejay doesn't intend to spend the rest of his life
introducing Britney Spears videos. He has plans beyond "Total Request Live"
and music-video TV. He's talking about branching out mogul-style into
sitcoms and movies. And a lot of important people are listening.
By MICHAEl GllTZ
TEE:-JAGE ~irl,. .... ·Rnt
Car!'on Daly. Tht'y
• .queal over hi" every
move while c8mpin~ outside
MlVs Time Square studio
where Only ho!'!'s "Total
Rcqucllt Live" -MlVs
anernoon countdown !'!ho .....
that's become thl.' network's
most pnpulur ~eri('s .
Record compnnil.'s want
Daly.
They burn to have videos
promoting th('ir newelt
bands debut on "TRL~ -
especia.lly tinct Daly's been
crediud a~ a major reason
(or tht out-o(·t.he·box IUC
cesl o( Britney Spears,
Limp Blzkit and others.
The network, want Daly.
For the past year, they've
betn sending Daly pilou for
upcoming Ihowl and asking
. " his opinion about what "'the
kid," .... ;11 think.
In fact, CBS wa. 80 taken
. , with an.er he hosted the
Mist Teen USA beauty
pageant last (all that
I they've tapped Daly to do
. the same for the Mill USA
contest nut w(!ofk.
Ever)'one else want.l Daly,
too.
"Entertainment Toniiht-
spotlights him on
~Con ... er!ation, with
Carson: Movie exea keep
wondenn, if he can act.
mall' playa himself in an
upcoming made-for-MTV
spoo( of boy bands caJled
W2gether.")
And when Rolling SlOne
publisher Jann Wenner
spendl $50 million to
relaunch US magazint aa a
weekJy next month. it ..... in
include Daly on the mas\.
head. (He'll do a regular col
umn. probably consililing of
even mort celeb Q&AsJ
Ob ... iously. this 26-year-o ld
Californian i~ ~oing to need
shadn for ~uch a bright
(uture. right?
"I gue!l5 It af'lNfla$ on my
(utur(' ...... hich ill a little bit
up In the air." in5isL. Daly.
-I'm In thl' p .. occ~ of n!ne
s:ntiatinj.": my contract so".
.. He pau5t.'11 for a mnment
And tht!n h.ugh".
"Apparently. I'm not IIUp
po5cd to be lalkin~ obout chat or to ~rcen their latelll ""11le funnt '~t P:lI't fur mt" i:5 liUl"i, :In udd mix i1l inr('C
that: opus ond the crowd" out-pullin,::: th(' ll'Mt lik('ly pro- tiou~ That',r ..... h\· MTV nt'W
But ~fT\ ' i~n'tllbout tu let aide g1\'e it 011 the (e\'l'r-pit! in the Ii~m(' runm." !lsyt! him uut ttl I..A. tu IIWt.~t
their biR'ltellt slar 'lip away. pilch uritcml'nl of a rock Duly. wOne shuw ..... (' had lht! talk Il ('OMl'ntion of TV crit
He', the kf'Y to the runaway concert. Wu-Thn..: Clan nnd Oritney ic" nnd hypC' upcnminJ,t
luccess of their ancrnoon Daly hosts it 311 with casc, SpearJ nnd Melislin JOAn c\'t'nts like lh~ airing of
Imash. .eauing from bubblegum Hart. I'm IIt8ndin~ in thl' ~ITV ~ ollc-l1Iilliunth \'ld('O
Fan5 \'ote onlint' or by pop the 13tC'lt rap star middle of them all imd \',,-IIht·."'1I ~i\'l' n ..... ay $1 million
.l.ho_n~. (or. !h~ir _ .favo~i!e __ ",ith sin('t'rc cnlhuliiaijm ·'I(J'~I'\I¥.lik"AV hn~"lIp J!1r1"'~ lu 1-:0 with. Itll; nnd ~RL-1t
\·,tlt'Os. arfillb cuml' h~' ror" lhHt npYl'r :<~ms fAwninJ: naly'~ caJl~' l;t,,~h .. I., . .. '.1Ihrip aer",.!" tilt' t'OllI1lry '.,
Would Daly w~lk n .... ·ny~, '
Nul Vl't. J ••
Du't till' ~1ic'kinJ! point inH:
nl'l-:uli:1lionllo does,,'t seem eo-:'
be m"m.'y fObviou.- ly. lhl'y'l1l I
he-gh'inl( him :1 lot mon'l. .. '
In:-ott'lld. Daly wanl:o to .
Illn" oul his futllre. Thnt,
fulllrl' will include more I
h!'I"llcl·tlll'·1"('t·nl's .... ·!lrk as . .
I-I;· •..•
.... -MlV's "Total Requcst
ltve-
Reporter -"Entertainment
Tonight"
a producer
or writcr or
dirfclor of ColumnIst -"US" magazine
Iort hrb 01 ... ..,..,. -
host of cas's "Miss Teen
USA~ and "Miss USA~ beauty
pageants
cool," says
Only, ",·ho
exudes his
own ami·
nble mix of -...-www.carsondaty .com
nlrus, ~it-,.., .... _,,-
CHma and company -in the workS
nlher enter·
tninment sho ..... s.
nick Clnrk host I'd
"American Dnnd5hnd"
-the show "TRL" is oncn
compared to -for nn
a.'llounding 32 yeAr~ Daly
cnn't imnginc doing it for
thntlonR·
Out ht' d()('!'i admirf'
Clllrk'!i ahilit.v to furgt' inll!
other arCRS of the husine,.,..
lie e\,f'n JCenrrhf'd ClArk out
til ~et Jonml.' fl1th('rly od\·I(','.
"Uick (,lark ..... n~ rc ... lly chArm and
cool. .. " wa!l a \'cry perMnsl
mcctin~ ..... ithjust him nnd I
in two big ch .. irs. He told
me ..... hnt he ..... as going
throuJ:h when he wus my
n~e .~
Clnrk ('rrtninly appro\'C'd
of DlIly's d('~ifl' to explore
nth"r II1"pt'ctJi of the bus;·
nl'!'!!'..
'" would hl\'e a hard time
$('f'in,::: mY!4Clf !'!itllllg on Ihe
~'I and lW"in~ tht' BctC'lr all
day lonJ:." ndmitJIII Only. "Hut NEW YORK POST SUNOAY. JANUA~Y 23. 2000
~ ••• 1 • i ;s..... "
doing that ~nd being pllrt of
tht production JOide behind
the camern!!? Slowly but
surely thal',. really grab
bing my intl'relll."
That's .... ,hy hi!'! n('golia.
tion ..... ·ith MTV arc focus
ing on devt'lopm('nl dt·nl ...
WAt this point I'm sittin,::
down ..... ith MlV f'i1mfl, ny.
inlC to L.A. to mC'Ct with
them and s..1yinft, 'I-It"y, I('C.
lCet in bUllinc!olll: I'm IOtlkin~
to rtrllt of all gn to my 1I .... ·n
rompany IMTVI ..... hil·h ha!'!
be('n so Rood til ml' nnd My
ing, 'Thrse nn' nil my nr('n~
of intt're",t pud you r.n)':o
hrwe outlCLA fur them. M)
let'5 !"it duwn and Illik about th~t: . -.--: .:.-.... -;~
. ..~.id!!, _1M ~cripl'" .
t..opiee-,-a ..... ant nLe
. andlor dirtrt.........: f1iat ""ould
be the audience ,"
end, nnly'fI been
on JIIIitcom and
..... ith MTV pro-
ducer and roomie Juon
Ryan (Along with «orne
other friends I They plan to
film a short loter this year
in New York and then take
it from there.
Oaly'a st.udy riJO(, loch
like the re.-ult nf a ~II\'V) '
cneer plan. but dun't
believe it.
"I'm an idiot: in)<:i!"t1" Onh'
.. , don'l kno ..... nn." pl
ably buy a Who'" ImportAnt
A1manac bt'for(' I sav :otInll'·
thing .stupId in fron't u( th('
""ronK pcr!lOn."
PerhAps his cnrefre(' Alii·
tude com(')<: frum h.wins::
alr ... nd .. · Achieved hi ... rln'lIln
-nnd-it WO~J1 't MTV.
oal~ "!ol main J!ual in IIft"
an('r a CArN'r as a profes-
5ionlll golfer proved nut of
n"a('h -wa,; 10 dl'ej:lY (or
ICji!'endar y L.A. 1I11('rnatl\ 'e
rndio ~t;ltion KHOQ.
"When' f.!ot tht· Joh thl'l"l'
at 22, J wa~ thf' fin:t full
timl' on·air tall'nl thcy'd
hired in like 6(,,'('n v('t"!"."
f!ays Daly -quiie An
8crompli shmenl for a ~u .\'
who Jj"t('n('d to KROQ
every dllY growin~ up
''J'd ('ven fill in fronl (Ifill{'
~~~r ~~g&r;\ ctit-C :<;,.\·illJ!.
Ha"ing at."\·omphshrrithnt
(OUT y('nr~ AJ:U. ("'l'ryth,nc
el~ is ju!'t a 001111"" -evcn
if thnt honus inrludt'/I ~in~
romonticnlh ' linkrd .... ·ith
A('trf'S~ J('l1nlfl'r 1..0\'\-"
Hewitt and pop !tlM
Christina A~'Uilt 'rn.
But Ibly l"n'l .. m ... inst:lY
on thc pnrl.v circuit or tilt'
gOIl~ip pn~l·S. Pl'rhnpli
onother rcnson 1U":o
Rpl'r o;lchin ~ 11110(' with
('(Juanimit .\ iJ.; tilt· Imlh Iw
hl'cnme :O('r;1I1I1I ahout III
hif.!h ~hl)(.1 nl)d thnt "lnlll,,1
Ird him to tht· prif'sihoclii.
But in the world o( Pf'P
cultul"('. Ihl.l only fAith mo!'t
mf'diA nutlc(.1t ..... i11 loll'rate
j" the study of the kflballnh
or !'Omf' othl'r fad -05 Uoly
quickl.v found olll.
"W}14.'n 1 ~otlo MTV. J ..... rol('
M Article nbout my fnth('rs
dt'Ath ftOd my mom '~ baUI('
\',Ih bre:Ult ('noc('r l~h(,' !Ii fme
no ..... I and lold about ho .... ·
faith h('lp!' 1Tlt'," hl' sayA.
"It'll nmAzins: -you'r('
trying to ~ay something
pl)I'itive ..... ithout JIII('Iunding
preachy find all of a sudden
Ho ..... ard Stern i!'! ('ailing you
" Je!"u~ fn""k:
nut ~lhf' kid!"" -that iJIII,
the fanl' who· ... e m"dl' oalv
n Itnr -('AmI' through
a/o:o;n. ~1 i:"ot likf' " gAllllion
Il'Ih'rs fr.ln1 Ii't'n:: s.'yin~
thai ..... a1" "'. cnol. ~ ht' NJY"
pnludl~ '