Fabio Lanzoni (born March 15, 1959), widely known simply as Fabio, is a male fashion model who appeared on the cover of hundreds of romance novels throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Type Anti-tank Nationality Joint France/Germany Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA, Bharat Dynamics (under license) Date of design 70s Production period since 1972 Service duration since 1972 Operators 41 countries Variants MILAN 1, MILAN 2, MILAN 2T, MILAN 3, MILAN... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... A romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. ...

Biography

Early life & modeling

Lanzoni was born in Milan, Italy, the son of Flora (née Carnicelli) and Sauro Lanzoni, a mechanical engineer.^[1] He started as a model in Italy, then moved to New York City and became a runway and catalog model for the Ford agency. He became famous in the romance world for appearing on hundreds of kitschy romance novel covers, the first of which was Hearts Aflame in 1987. Type Anti-tank Nationality Joint France/Germany Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA, Bharat Dynamics (under license) Date of design 70s Production period since 1972 Service duration since 1972 Operators 41 countries Variants MILAN 1, MILAN 2, MILAN 2T, MILAN 3, MILAN... Née redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Art in questionable taste is sometimes referred to as kitsch. ...

He is known among video game enthusiasts for his box cover pose for the NES game Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II in 1989. After retiring from modeling in 1991, Lanzoni left New York for the lure of the big screen, where he hoped to follow in the tradition of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger as a new action adventure actor. He has also modeled for many authors, including Bertrice Small and Nora Roberts. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Sylvester Stallone (born Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone on July 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German IPA: ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, Golden Globe-winning actor, businessman and politician currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ...

Author and icon

In 1992, the William Morris agency's Robert Gottlieb became Fabio's agent, as Fabio became the first male romance writer to author romance novels without the use of a pseudonym. Fabio's books were titled Pirate, Rogue, and Comanche. Fabio then starred in the syndicated TV series Acapulco H.E.A.T., was featured in calendars, led a fragrance campaign, and landed a role in commercials for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter margarine. Robert Gottlieb served as editor of The New Yorker from 1987 until 1992. ... For other uses, see Alias. ... Alapulco H.E.A.T. was a short live 1993 television series in which the H.E.A.T. team, a group of specialists recruited to fight a secret war on terrorists, is based in Acapulco, Mexico. ... US packaging‎ I Cant Believe Its Not Butter is a brand of margarine produced by Becel/Flora/Promise, which is a subsidiary of Unilever [1] [2]. It is a popular condiment for people on the South Beach Diet, though it predates the diet by decades. ...

Fabio appeared in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful a number of times, as a close friend of the character Sally Spectra. (Fabio and Darlene Conley, who played Sally, were close friends in real life.) The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called B&B or less commonly, Bold) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 23, 1987. ... Sally Spectra Alexander Garrison is a fictional character on the American Soap Opera The Bold and the Beautiful. ... Darlene Conley as Sally Spectra Darlene Conley (July 18, 1934 - January 14, 2007) was an American actress. ...

In 1999, while riding the inaugural ride of Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, a stray goose flew into his face during the 210-foot drop.^[2] The bird died and Fabio suffered cuts to his face, requiring one stitch after being taken to a hospital. Apollos Chariot is the first Bolliger & Mabillard hypercoaster, located at Busch Gardens Europe. ... Busch Gardens Europe is a theme park located in James City County, Virginia about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Williamsburg. ...

More recent activities

In 2002, Fabio designed and launched a line of women's outerwear that was sold at the Sam's Club division of Wal-Mart. The line was launched nationally in 2003 and was featured on many TV shows including The View, The Insider, Fox & Friends, Neil Cavuto, CNBC’s Business Hour and in print publications including Fortune, People and many local newspapers across the country. Sams Club is a membership-only warehouse club owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... This article is about the talk show. ... The Insider, an entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities, debuted September 13, 2004. ... Fox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel. ... Neil Patrick Cavuto (born September 22, 1958) is a conservative television host and commentator currently hosting Your World with Neil Cavuto and Cavuto on Business on the Fox News Channel. ... Fortune magazine is Americas second longest-running business magazine after Forbes magazine. ...

Fabio is a frequent guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where he consistently garners laughs with his campy quality. He has starred in commercials for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, where he was featured in a series of television spots throughout the 1990s, and returned to the role in 2006 to help promote the "new and improved" spread. On June 7, 2006, Fabio helped crown Greg Vaughan as the new I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spokesman, though Fabio has hinted that he will not totally be removed from his role in promoting the spread. He has appeared in commercials for Wickes Furniture, and was featured in the video for Jill Sobule's 1995 song, I Kissed a Girl.^[3] He hosted the show Mr. Romance on the Oxygen Network in 2005, which was called the search for the next Fabio. Late Night with Conan OBrien is an Emmy Award-winning American late night talk show that is syndicated worldwide. ... The term camp—normally used as an adjective, even though earliest recorded uses employed it mainly as a verb—refers to the deliberate and sophisticated use of kitsch, mawkish or corny themes and styles in art, clothing or conversation. ... US packaging‎ I Cant Believe Its Not Butter is a brand of margarine produced by Becel/Flora/Promise, which is a subsidiary of Unilever [1] [2]. It is a popular condiment for people on the South Beach Diet, though it predates the diet by decades. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Jill Sobule and Lloyd Cole during a concert in Seattle Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1961 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the controversial 1995 song I Kissed a Girl, and for Supermodel from the soundtrack of the hit 1995 film Clueless. ... Mr. ... For the womens television network see: Oh! Oxygen. ...

During Super Bowl XL, a Nationwide Insurance advertising campaign debuted featuring Fabio rowing a gondola supposedly promoting a new Fabio brand shampoo. After several cuts back and forth, he finally aged about 30 to 40 years resembling an older, less appealing version of Fabio. The slogan on-screen reads "Life Comes At You Fast". For the Nationwide ad they hired Jurassic Park's famous makeup artists to transform the icon into an older man.^[4] Date February 5, 2006 Stadium Ford Field City Detroit, Michigan MVP Hines Ward, wide receiver Favorite Steelers by 4 National anthem Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin and Dr. John, ASL performed by Angela LaGuardia Coin toss Tom Brady Referee Bill Leavy Halftime show The Rolling Stones Attendance 68,206 TV in... Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company & Affiliated Companies are a group of large US insurance and financial services companies. ... A Venetian gondola A gòndola is a traditional Venetian sculling boat. ... Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. ...

In the season finale of 2004's Average Joe 2: Hawaii, Gil Hyatt was disgusted to learn that Larissa, the pursued woman in the show, had previously dated Fabio. He appeared to reject Larissa as a result in the final sequences of the episode, kicking at the sand and surf on the beach where they were walking and telling the camera that "every guy would understand" and claiming to be no longer interested in pursuing a relationship with Larissa.^[5] For common usage of this term, see Average Joe. ...

He appeared on Extreme Makeover Home Edition on ABC and America's Next Top Model, and is currently guesting in Bo! in the USA, as the idol and sidekick of Keith Lemon. In the February 2007 issue of Stuff Magazine, Fabio dishes about his interest in audiovisual equipment. "My father was an engineer, so it's in my genes".^[6] Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an ABC reality television series that began broadcasting in 2003 in which a familys house, including all rooms, exterior and landscaping, is made over by a team of builders and designers in seven days. ... ANTM redirects here. ... Bo Selecta! is a British TV comedy sketch show and the brainchild of writer/performer, Leigh Francis. ... Keith Lemon. ...

He answered reader questions about love, fitness, and other topics in the February 2007 through July 2007 issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly.^[7] He appeared on the cover of the magazine in 1989 to promote Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II.

On November 2, 2007, Fabio was in a Beverly Hills restaurant altercation with actor George Clooney, who believed a dinner companion of Fabio's was taking photographs of Clooney.^[8] is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), as Anthony Edwardss best friend and partner, Dr. Douglas Doug Ross, but is best known for...

Other Appearances

• 1990: Cameo in the movie "Exorcist III" in which he plays an angel in a dream sequence.

• 1992: Cameo in Robert Zemeckis' film Death Becomes Her as one of Isabella Rossellini's bodyguards.

• 1993: he appeared on America's Funniest Home Videos which was then hosted by Bob Saget.

• 1993: Recorded an album entitled Fabio After Dark, primarily a spoken word album featuring seductive reading of love advice intermixed with songs by other artists, recorded on Scotti Brothers Records.

• 1995: Appeared in Jill Sobule's controversial video for I Kissed A Girl.

• 1999: Appeared at Busch Gardens Europe when a goose hit his face and left blood coming down his nose. This happened on the opening day of Apollo's Chariot on March 27, 1999.

• 2000: He had a minor part in the movie Dude, Where's My Car?. He and a woman kiss in an attempt to out do the protagonist who in turn kiss to the disgust of Fabio.

• 2001: had a cameo in the Ben Stiller comedy Zoolander, during which he was awarded the "Slashie Award" as the best Actor/Model ("and not the other way around") at the VH1 Fashion Awards.

• 2001: He appeared in the movie Bubble Boy, as the leader of the "Bright and Shiny" cult.

• 2005: he appeared in the Australian show Celebrity Overhaul.

• November 2005: Fabio appeared on The Man Show "Spring Training" episode to co-host along side Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel. He was a prize on the Wheel of Destiny for that night.^[9]

• April 2006: He appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien advertising "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" during one of Conan O'Brien's "talk to a regular audience member" segments.

• Thanksgiving Day 2006: he appeared with Howie Mandel, host of Deal or no Deal, on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno as a Deal or no Deal prize for an audience full of servicemen. The entire audience of military personnel were subsequently invited to join him for dinner in the NBC commissary.

• 2006: he appeared in America's Next Top Model Cycle 7 Episode 7, where he posed with the girls for mock-up romance novel covers at the weekly photo challenge.

• Friday, January 12, 2007: he appeared on NBC's TV show 1 vs 100 as a member of The Mob.

• Thursday, January 18, 2007: he appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien advertising "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" Mediterranean Spread, while joining Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg 7 as part of the band.

• April 11, 2007: Fabio appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien to carry Conan from the performance area where he does his monologue over to his desk. When asked what he thought of the monologue, Fabio replied "I can't believe it's not better," clearly a reference to his "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" ads. Later, he carried guest Tina Fey out from backstage.

• He also appeared on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as a character in a romance novel.

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References

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External links

• Fabio at the Internet Movie Database
• Fabio at the Notable Names Database
• Interview with Fabio in Psychology Today
• Fabio After Dark - Songs from the Fabio After Dark album, displaying his much loved "campy" quality on the April Winchell show. (Audio Clips, at bottom of the page)
• 2007 Fabio Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment