Osborne has been the primetime host and anchor of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) television network since TCM first aired in 1994. Since 1977 he has also been a writer for the daily show business trade publication The Hollywood Reporter and in 1983 he began writing the paper’s lead column Rambling Reporter, which covers all aspects of the movie, television and Broadway worlds. He is also known as the official biographer of Oscar because of the series of books he’s written on the subject of the motion picture industry’s annual Academy Awards, his latest being “80 Years Of The Oscar,” which was written at the request of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. In 2005, Osborne received an Honorary Doctorate from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2006, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and since 2006 he has been the official red carpet greeter at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. After graduation from the UW, he moved to L.A. and was soon signed to a contract as an actor by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at their Desilu Studios, but quickly turned to writing. As TCM host, he has interviewed such film icons as Lauren Bacall, Shirley MacLaine, Mickey Rooney, Tony Curtis, and Debbie Reynolds, to name just a few. He hosts several other shows for TCM and has interviewed most of Hollywood during his career. Osborne is one of the investors in The Rose Theater Port Townsend, WA. Since 2005, he has hosted the annual Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival, held in Athens, GA.