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Tom Tapp
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Tom has covered the entertainment industry for more than 20 years. He joined Deadline in 2020 after working on the homepage teams of both Yahoo and AT&T. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Premiere magazine and on The Daily Beast. Tom founded the popular industry website and newsletter HollywoodWiretap.com, which he later sold. Before that, he spent seven years at Variety, where he was the Managing Editor of Features. While there, he created the trade’s award-winning lifestyle publication, V Life, and was its Executive Editor.
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Sharon Stone Offers Counterpoint To Hollywood’s Panic About Biden Debate Performance
UPDATED with Stone comment: After an outpouring of concern from Hollywood notables prompted by Joe Biden’s performance in the first 2024 presidential debate, Sharon Stone offered a counterpoint today in a video she posted to Instagram.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about last night’s debate,” Stone says…
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ESPN Analyst Dick Vitale Has Cancer Once Again, This Time In Lymph Node, Will Have Surgery On Tuesday – Updated
UPDATED with latest: Veteran ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale offered an update on his years-long battle with cancer today, and it was a tough one.
“My report on the Biopsy of the Lymph Node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous,” wrote Vitale. He went on to note he will have surgery on…
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Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights Conjures ‘Ghostbusters’-Themed Haunted Houses In Hollywood And Orlando
All-new haunted houses inspired by Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire will debut at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort on Friday, August 30 and at Universal Studios Hollywood on Thursday, September 5.
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Lakers Pick LeBron James’ Teen Son, Bronny, In NBA Draft, Creating League’s First Ever Father-Son Duo
It’s been years in the making, and today the Los Angeles Lakers chose 19-year-old Bronny James with pick No. 55 in the NBA draft.
The selection will unite the teen with his father, all-time great LeBron James, on the Lakers roster, the first-ever father-son duo in the league’s history to play at the…
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Kinky Friedman Dies: Musician, Writer, Satirist & Former TX Gubernatorial Candidate Was 79
Kinky Friedman — the Texas-raised musician, writer, satirist, dog lover, gubernatorial candidate and overall provocateur — died after a battle with Parkinson’s on Thursday at his Echo Hill Ranch in TX, according to a post on his X account. He was 79.
To say Friedman was larger-than-life was an…
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‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Due To Hit HBO In 2026: Everything We Know About The Cast, Who’s Creating It, What J.K. Rowling Says & More
UPDATED with latest: Warner Bros. Discovery’s Harry Potter television series has found its writer and director.
Four months after Deadline revealed that Francesca Gardiner was one of three finalists to win the prize to reboot the classic kids franchise for the small screen, the Succession consulting…
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Supreme Court Rejects Josh Duggar’s Appeal Of Child Porn Conviction
The Supreme Court today rejected Josh Duggar’s appeal of his 2021 conviction on two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography, according to multiple reports. The court did not comment on the decision.
Lower courts have upheld the conviction, which came after police in Little Rock, Arkansas…
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2024 Presidential Election Debate Schedule: Dates, Times, Who’ll Be There And Who Won’t
Two debates between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have been solidified so far. The first is slated for June 27 on CNN, and the second will be hosted by ABC on Tuesday, September 10.
Both debates will take place before the already-scheduled general election debates, the schedule of which is…
Willie Nelson, 91, Cancels Concert Appearances, Per Doctor’s Orders
“We regret to inform you that Willie Nelson is not feeling well and, per doctor’s orders, has been advised to rest for the next four days,” reads a statement posted to the legendary county singer’s socials. He was scheduled to appear as part of the Outlaw Music Festival tonight, Saturday and…
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Bill Maher Stumps For Release Of ‘The Apprentice’ Movie In U.S.
Bill Maher stumped tonight on Real Time for the U.S. release of The Apprentice, the Cannes Competition title starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Emmy-winner Jeremy Strong as Trump’s onetime firebrand lawyer, Roy Cohn.
“It looks great,” said Maher before observing, “This is Trump’s origin…
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Jiminy Glick Steals ‘Real Time’ From Bill Maher
The legendary Jiminy Glick came out of retirement tonight because, as Bill Maher said, he needed someone to interview him about his own new book on Real Time.
“I interview authors all the time, but we have a dilemma: I, now, am an author,” said Maher, before introducing former talk show host Glick (a…
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2024-25 Awards Season Calendar – Dates For Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Guilds & More
UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise.
Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…
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