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Dominic Patten
Executive Editor, Legal, Labor & Politics
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Dominic covers litigious Hollywood’s major lawsuits and weighs in on the current Golden Age of television with his video reviews and more. Before joining Deadline in 2012, he wrote for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, and the Toronto Globe and Mail. A frequent guest on NPR, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC and CBS, he also has been a documentary director, TV producer, national news correspondent and a newspaper editor.
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Jim Henson Company Lot On La Brea Not Being Sold To Scientology, Owners Say; “Not In Any Business Dealings With The Church,” Family Declares
EXCLUSIVE: The Jim Henson Company is not selling its historic La Brea Avenue located studio lot to the Church of Scientology.
Despite reports in the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post and other outlets that the Henson family was unloading the 1917 lot originally known as the Charlie Chaplin Studios…
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CAPE & The Black List Returns With 10 Feature Screenplay Finalists
EXCLUSIVE: Back after three years, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and the Black List have selected 10 screenwriters over a variety of genres for the fourth CAPE List.
Drawing from all avenues of the AANHPI community, the deep talent bench of the 2024 list features scripts about…
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Countdown: CNN’s Chris Wallace On JFK Vs. Nixon 1960 & Harris Vs. Trump 2024 On ElectionLine Podcast; ‘Dick’ Anniversary & Satire Today
Running until the final general election results come in, courted and verified, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the often blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic…
Rebel Wilson Slams ‘The Deb’ Producers With Her Own Lawsuit; “Just The Tip Of The Iceberg,” Star’s Lawyer Insists
Its been clear for months that Rebel Wilson was going to formally hit back against the litigating producers of her film The Deb with a lawsuit of her own, and now she has.
Just more than a week after the musical drama had its world premiere on the closing night of the Toronto Film Festival, Deb…
Garth Brooks Denies Rape Accusations; It’s A “Hush Money” Shakedown, Singer Declares – Update
UPDATE, 6:22 PM: Hours after a Jane Roe took Garth Brooks to court on claims of rape and more, the singer is calling the accusations a shakedown for “millions of dollars.”
“For the last two months, I have been hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did…
Menendez Brothers Case: L.A. District Attorney Conducting “Review” Of Evidence From 1990s Trial, Parses Judgment On Resentencing & Original Proceedings
Back in the news with Ryan Murphy's Netflix hit Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the siblings' sordid decades-old murder case today found itself in the spotlight again thanks to the Los Angeles County District Attorney.
Offering no insight or judgment on evidence from the Menendez brothers…
Paramount Hit With Potential Class Action Over Last Month’s Layoffs
(Updated with Paramount statement) The soon to be Skydance-controlled Paramount Global thought they were trimming costs with the latest round of layoffs unveiled last month, but the still Shari Redstome ruled company may find itself in a new legal leg-hold trap as a consequence of the cuts.
To be…
Matthew Perry Death: Doctor Pleads Guilty To Ketamine Charge After Deal With Feds – Update
3rd UPDATE, 12:58 PM: Mark Chavez, one of the doctors charged in the overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry, pleaded guilty today to one federal count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. Chavez, 54, of San Diego, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in Los Angeles…
Jimmy Carter At 100: 39th POTUS’ On Screen, ‘SNL,’ ‘Agro’ & More
Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 years old Oct. 1, has lived quite a life, on and off screen.
Aside from his presidency during 1977 to 1981, the former president had many iconic pop cultural moments both before he became leader of the United States as well as during and after.
Carter shared moments…
As Much As Tim Walz And JD Vance Traded Sharp Jabs At VP Debate, They Didn’t Forget Midwestern Nice
UPDATED, writethru: Overall, the lone 2024 Vice Presidential debate Tuesday was a polite affair, as both candidates suggested that there was common ground.
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), running mate of Dem candidate Kamala Harris, drove home the civility of the debate when, as the event neared its…
Vice Presidential Debate TV Review: A Staid & Soon-Forgotten Matchup Sees Tim Walz Let JD Vance Off Easy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first running mate John Nance Garner once famously declared that the vice president’s office was “not worth a bucket of warm piss." In the first and only VP debate of the 2024 presidential election, Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance on Tuesday went out of their way to prove the…
CAA Finally Goes After “Unlawful” Range Media Partners For Stealing Confidential Agency Material & Being A Talent Agency In All But Name
EXCLUSIVE: CAA and Range Media Partners already are in arbitration over equity the agency canceled for the agents who made up the 2020-formed management company. Now the Bryan Lourd-led CAA is after Range in open court for alleged theft and some big bucks.
"Range is an unlicensed talent agency built…
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