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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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Smokey Robinson Hits Back With $500M Defamation Suit Against “Fabricated” Rape Claims By Ex-Employees
In a $500 million defamation and elder abuse action of their own, Smokey Robinson and his wife are now going after the four former employees who have accused the Motown legend of rape in a $50 million lawsuit.
"The Robinsons did not abuse, harm or take advantage of plaintiffs; they treated…
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Mission, UEFA: Tom Cruise Joining David Beckham Live For Champions League Final On Paramount+
EXCLUSIVE: Is it just two mates sitting around watching the UEFA Champions League final on a summer Saturday, or is it Tom Cruise and David Beckham opening the gates of Paramount cross-promotion heaven?
We may never truly know the answer to that grand puzzle, but we do know that after Cruise’s…
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Kevin Costner’s Lawyer Cries “Shakedown” As Stuntwoman Slams Star & ‘Horizon’ Franchise Over “Violent Unscripted” Rape Scene Â
Kevin Costner and his Horizon: An American Saga franchise are already facing legal action from New Line over a cofinancing deal, and now the star/director of the Western series has been hit with a sexual harassment suit by a veteran stuntwoman over an unscheduled, unrehearsed “violent unscripted”…
50 Cent Doubles Down On Ripping Sean “Diddy” Combs For Gun Threats Revealed In Trial Testimony – Update
(Updated with more mocking from 50 Cent) 50 Cent isn’t scheduled to testify in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial, but the Power franchise executive producer captured the courtroom spotlight today with a well executed swipe at his longtime nemesis.
Coming off the Memorial Day long…
Parole Granted For ‘Rust’ Armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Must Stay Away From Halyna Hutchins’ Family
The one person who actually went to prison for the 2021 shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is free just weeks after the tragedy suffused Alec Baldwin starring indie Western premiered and then promptly disappeared in a cloud of box office dust earlier this month.
According to…
Deal!: Will Smith Music Video Shoot IATSE Picket Over As Producers & Union Reach Agreement, With Oscar Winner’s Help – Update
EXCLUSIVE – UPDATE: The picket line in front of a Will Smith music video shoot in West Hollywood is coming down.
Edged on by the Oscar winner and his team, the producers and IATSE have reached a deal, I hear.
With the 35-person crew heading back to work at Quixote West Hollywood Studios…
‘Mountainhead’ TV Review: It’s The End Of The World In Jesse Armstrong’s ‘Succession’ Successor & The Techlords Feel Fine, Sorta
SPOILER ALERT – This review does contain details of HBO/Max’s May 31 debuting Mountainhead movie – but not the ones they asked us not to reveal.
If you are still mourning Jesse Armstrong's now departed Succession, then the Emmy winning writer's HBO movie Mountainhead will provide the satirical…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura’s Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds
After several possible delays, the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs began this week.
Mid-April, the defense asked Judge Arun Subramanian to push back the May 12 start date by two weeks. That request did not hold up, evidently. Two days later, it was requested the start date be moved back 60 days, or…
A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni’s ‘It Ends With Us’ Feud In Court, Online & In The Media
Sony's It Ends With Us adapted Colleen Hoover's powerful story about domestic violence and a resilient woman, but drama between stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni behind the scenes and afterwards has lingered beyond the film's release in theaters. Arriving to the big screen last August and later…
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Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Court Battle
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Case Closed, Chicago Style: Jussie Smollett Makes $50K Charity Donation, Admits No Guilt In Hoax Hate Crime Attack Saga
Years and years after Jussie Smollett claimed to be the victim of a MAGA hate crime on the cold streets of Chicago, the whole matter, lawsuits and all, is over — after the ex-Empire star wrote a check.
Actually, two checks.
A day after officials for the Windy City announced they had reached…
The Mouse Roars: Disney Tries To Derail Justin Connolly’s New YouTube Gig With Breach Of Contract Suit
Corporate poaching never goes over well with Disney and even less so when they lose a key executive like Justin Connolly to the likes of the ever dominating YouTube. Which means, after 20 years at the Walt Disney Company in various capacities, and a 2024 inked employment contract, presumed lifer…
Jennifer Aniston’s Gatecrashing Stalker Is Judged Mentally Incompetent By Expert, But Accused Wants Second Opinion – Update
UPDATED with latest: A psychiatrist who examined a Mississippi man accused of ramming his vehicle into the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s Bel Air home has determined the man is mentally incompetent to stand trial. However, a second psychiatrist was appointed today after the man’s attorney said his…
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