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==Biography== ==Biography==
While at high school, Pereira hosted ''Pointless Audio'' under the ] ''Captain Immy''.<ref name="g4tv">Stephen A. Johnson (April 15, 2006). . Accessed 2007-01-25.</ref> The show featured many ]s and was hosted on such gaming sites as Planet Quake and ShugaShack (now ]); it later evolved into ''Pointless TV'', and finally LickMySweaty.com.<ref name="g4tv"/> One of the projects featured on the latter site, a short film created for his video production class at ], earned him three California Media Festival awards in 2001.<ref>. 35th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.</ref> A different film project was recognized in 2002.<ref>. 36th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.</ref> He studied ] and ] with a scholarship to the ] in ], California for one semester.<ref name="g4tv"/> While at high school, Pereira hosted dead animals under a heat lamp under the ] ''Captain Immy''.<ref name="g4tv">Stephen A. Johnson (April 15, 2006). . Accessed 2007-01-25.</ref> The show featured many ]s and was hosted on such gaming sites as Planet Quake and ShugaShack (now ]); it later evolved into ''Pointless TV'', and finally LickMySweaty.com.<ref name="g4tv"/> One of the projects featured on the latter site, a short film created for his video production class at ], earned him three California Media Festival awards in 2001.<ref>. 35th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.</ref> A different film project was recognized in 2002.<ref>. 36th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.</ref> He studied ] and ] with a scholarship to the ] in ], California for one semester.<ref name="g4tv"/>


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Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira at the 2007 Comic-Con
Websitehttp://www.kevinpereira.com/

Kevin Pereira (born December 28, 1982) is co-host of G4's Attack of the Show! (formerly The Screen Savers) with Olivia Munn.

Biography

While at high school, Pereira hosted dead animals under a heat lamp under the pseudonym Captain Immy. The show featured many prank calls and was hosted on such gaming sites as Planet Quake and ShugaShack (now ShackNews); it later evolved into Pointless TV, and finally LickMySweaty.com. One of the projects featured on the latter site, a short film created for his video production class at Deer Valley High School, earned him three California Media Festival awards in 2001. A different film project was recognized in 2002. He studied film and television production with a scholarship to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California for one semester.

After working as a network administrator at an internet service provider for five years and also at a television network, he pursued a career at G4. He started as a production assistant on the talk show G4tv.com, then moved on to Arena and Pulse and then quickly moved to another G4 show, The Screen Savers, in 2004. Pereira is a co-host of G4's live tech info show Attack of the Show! and is the only original cast member still remaining. He currently co-hosts the show with Olivia Munn.

References

  1. Kevin Pereira (December 28, 2005). Operation: Birthday. From his blog page at http://kevinpereira.com. Accessed 2006-11-04.
  2. ^ Stephen A. Johnson (April 15, 2006). AOTS hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn. Accessed 2007-01-25.
  3. 2001 Secondary Subject Area Award Winning Videos. 35th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.
  4. Secondary Awards 2001-2002 School Year. 36th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.
  5. IMDb: Kevin Pereira Accessed 2007-01-26.

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