Maria Shriver

Maria Shriver is a former American journalist, author and the wife of the Governor of California , Arnold Schwarzenegger. She also is part of the famous Kennedy family. Since 2004, she has been involved with the Women's Conference, which, as of 2008, is the largest women's conference in the world.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994368.html?categoryid=18&cs=1

From 1987 until 1989, Maria Shriver co-anchored Sunday Today and weekend editions of NBC Nightly News. In 2003 when her husband became governor of California, she took an unpaid leave of absence. In 2004, Shriver told NBC that she could no longer work for them due to conflicts of interests in her journalism role and role as a first lady.Biography: Maria Shriver

From 2004 until the present, Shriver has organized the Women's Conference, a California conference founded in 1985 by Governor George Deukmejian. Under Shriver's leadership, the conference has become the biggest women's conference in the world, attracting a diverse lineup of speakers including Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama, Bono, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mehmet Oz, Billie Jean King and many others.Californiawomen.org: Speakers Californiawomen.org: 2007 Speakers

For five years now, both Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger have appeared in commercials advertising tourism in California. The commercials depict scenes of the state in which activities, events, restaurants, and resorts are located. The governor and first lady appear in the commercials, as well as other celebrities and actors that live in the state.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/schwarzenegger-and-shriver-repay-235k-earned-from-tourism-ads.html

Maria and her husband have recently discovered that they had earned more than $230,000 in the time they had been doing the ads. They had originally turned down any form of payment, but were paid a minimum, required in the Screen Actors Guild Union. They have, since discovering this mistake, paid back all of the money.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/03/schwarzenegger-and-shriver-repay-235k-earned-from-tourism-ads.html

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• 2001: What's Wrong with Timmy?
• 2004: What's Happening to Grandpa?'
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• 2007: What's Heaven
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