Arthel Neville has been a very familiar face of cable news television over the last two decades or so.
“But I chose my own path.
I am also proud to carry out the name in my way.”
However, this wasn’t just any school.
Arthel has reflected fondly on her time at St. Mary’s Dominican High School.
In a throwbackInstagrampost, she also revealed that the Neville Brothers performed at her own senior prom in 1980.
However, during college, she became interested in modeling and acting.
Neville’s new interest prompted her to transfer to Southern Methodist University in Houston, Texas.
She graduated from UT-Austin in 1986.
“Proud to have studied pre-pharmacy at Xavier University,” she reflected in a 2020Instagrampost.
Neville achieved her first national-level milestone when she became the first Black female national entertainment reporter for E!
She was even selected to co-host the 11thannual Miss Teen U.S.A. Pageant with Dick Clark in 1993.
Neville’s work in college likely helped her achieve her rapid career rise.
At this point, Neville’s rise within her national broadcast journalism career seemed unstoppable.
In 1994, she became the host of a brand new entertainment news show on E!
“Happy 25th anniversary to EXTRA TV!
Yup, I launched this program on September 5, 1994!”
This also led to her status as a celebrity in her own right.
“Our first date we went and shot pool,” Neville told the publication.
“I’m pretty good, but I pretended to know nothing.”
Ultimately, though, it appears their romance was about as short-lived as Lassic’s NFL career.
Neville stayed with Fox News until 2001, when she left the online grid for CNN.
In 2010, Arthel Neville officially made New York City and Fox News her home.
After previously serving as a contributor, the connection hired the experienced journalist as a permanent anchor.
As of this writing, she is a “Fox News Live” co-anchor on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
In 2001, she married Taku Hirano, a musician and percussionist.
According to Hirano’spersonal website, he was born in Japan but raised in both Hong Kong and California.
Hirano attended Berklee College of Music before moving to Los Angeles to start his music career.
Neville and Hirano have largely kept details about their marriage private.
However, we do see the couple occasionally posting on social media about each other.
“Wishing my Sassy, Classy, and most Bad-Assy partner a VERY Happy Birthday!
Kicking off our weekend birthday celebrations with gratitude and LOVE,” he wrote.
Neville has also posted well wishes for her husband on her ownFacebookpage.
New Orleans was hit particularly hard.
The tragedy also literally hit home for Arthel Neville.
At the time, Neville was working for “A Current Affair.”
“I can’t even really describe what it was for me to cover it.
It was the toughest assignment of my career.
That is my uncle’s house.
That’s my godmother’s house.
It’s underwater.”
Storm surges inundated New Orleans and also caused its levee system to fail.
However, the status of the company is a bit unclear.
Theofficial websitefor Arthel Neville Design is “under construction,” as of this writing.
With no official word, it’s hard to say if Neville will debut any more bags or not.
Neville cut in, saying, “The 2020 election was not rigged.
It was not stolen.
But still, Trump is way ahead in the polls” (viaNewsweek).
These are just a couple of examples of Neville making good on her promise to uphold her journalistic integrity.
