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Dominic Patten
Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic
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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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Major Hollywood Companies Vow To Cover Travel For Employees Seeking Abortions In Wake Of SCOTUS Ruling
UPDATED with Range Media Partners, APA, more: As reaction to the Supreme Court's overturning of abortion rights in America sweeps the nation, Hollywood studios are focusing on the protection of employees’ access to health benefits, including travel. As of yet, they haven’t opined on the controversial decision by the…
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The Black List & Women In Film, Los Angeles Set Participants For 2022 Feature Residency
EXCLUSIVE: The Black List and Women in Film, Los Angeles have set Ana Brown (Trash Pandas), Audrey Rosenberg (Wild Animals), Christina YR Lim (Gyopo), Rebecca Christian (Sankofa Selah), Sabeen Amanat Farooq (Burn Your Idols) and Zoey Towner (Great American Highway) as the participants for their fifth consecutive…
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Kamala Harris On SCOTUS Abortion Ruling: “This Is Not Over”; Fox News & Broadcast Nets Don’t Cover Remarks From First Female VP
"Today, as of right now, as of this minute, we can only talk about what Roe v Wade protected, past tense," Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday in remarks about the Supreme Court's conservative majority's landmark decision to overturn abortion rights in the U.S. "This is a health care crisis.”
"Millions of women…
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Johnny Depp & Amber Heard’s Legal Battle Not Over; ‘Aquaman’ Star Formally Announces Appeal, If She Can Pay Up
Johnny Depp's multimillion-dollar defamation suit against Amber Heard is over, but not really over if the Aquaman actress can pay a pricey bond.
In a short and sometimes tense hearing Friday morning in Judge Penney Azcarate's Fairfax, VA courtroom, a final judgment in the explicit and high-profile civil trial that…
Joe Biden Decries “Cruel” Abortion Ruling By Supreme Court; Spotlights Conservative “Extreme Ideology” & Urges America To Vote To Bring Back Roe V Wade Protections
"Today is, it is not hyperbole to suggest, a very solemn moment," Joe Biden said Friday in response to the Supreme Court's conservative majority opinion today overturning abortion rights in America. "It's a sad day for the Court, and for the country," Biden added, calling the ruling "cruel.”
Speaking from the White…
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Creator George R.R. Martin Reveals Jon Snow Sequel’s “Working Title”, Showrunners On Board
The Game of Thrones sequel starring Kit Harington will be called Snow, and it has all been instigated by the actor, author George R.R. Martin says.
“Yes, there is a Jon Snow show in development,” Martin wrote Thursday on his personal blog. “Our working title for the show is SNOW.”
In the entry on his blog, the author…
TV Talk Podcast: As Emmy Nominations Voting Continues, Here Are Our Final Predictions
"I'm just making an argument to make this fascinating to our listeners here," jokes our Awards Columnist today on Deadline's TV Talk podcast.
With TV Academy members casting their ballots for nominations as we speak, Pete Hammond and Deadline’s Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten want to make everyone's day a little bit…
Stanley Cup Game 4 Viewership Skates Up As Colorado Avalanche On Verge Of First NHL Title In 20 Years
Game 4 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final proved a win for the Colorado Avalanche and ABC on Wednesday night.
A goal by Avalanche center Nazem Kadri in OT of the matchup with reigning champs the Tampa Bay Lightning put Colorado one victory away from claiming its first Stanley Cup since 2001. All that drama on the ice in…
Netflix On Board For Latinx List 2022; Streamer Offering Script Deals To Selected Scribes
EXCLUSIVE: Back for a third year, the Latinx List has added some significant streamer sinew for 2022.
Netflix has now come on board with the scriptwriting initiative to offer WGA minimum script deals to two selected scribes. With five original feature films and five original pilot scripts to be chosen, the submission…
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Los Angeles Mayoral Race: Karen Bass Widens Lead Over Rick Caruso – Update
UPDATED: The Los Angeles mayoral primary race that saw billionaire Grove developer Rick Caruso in the lead and Rep. Karen Bass trailing on election night has swung the other way as mail-in ballots, which make up the majority of the city’s votes, have crawled in. Caruso’s share of the tally has dropped 5 percentage…
Bill Cosby Sexually Abused Judy Huth In 1970s, Civil Jury Decides – Update
UPDATE, 3:39 PM: (Gloria Allred + Cosby rep statements added) Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a minor back in the mid-’70s, a civil jury decided today.
After just over three full days of deliberations and one substitution, the Santa Monica panel this afternoon revealed its decision against the much-accused Cosby Show…
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Praised As “Hero” By Ben Stiller in Kyiv; Biden Punts On Visit This Week To Russian Invaded Nation
"You're my hero," Ben Stiller told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today on a visit to Kyiv. "You gave up a great acting career for this," the Severance filmmaker joked with the former Servant of the People star.
"Not so great as you," Zelenskyy responded with perfect comic timing to laughing UNHCR Goodwill…
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