Tom Tapp

Deputy Managing Editor

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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Orange County Battles Multiple, Fast-Moving Fires As Santa Anas Howl; 2 Firefighters Critically Injured

Two Orange County Fire Authority firefighters were critically injured Monday battling a wind-fueled brush fire called the Silverado Fire. The blaze sent flames racing across terrain east of Irvine, CA, forcing evacuations of 60,000 people in the Orchard Hills area of the city located about 40 miles south of Los…

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Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: L.A. Passes 300,000 COVID Infections As Daily Case Number Increases Again

Los Angeles County recorded its 300,000th coronavirus case and its 7,000th COVID-19 death on Monday. For perspective, L.A. had more than 100,000 cases than the county with the second-largest number of infected residents, Miami-Dade in Florida. For further perspective, that means L.A. has 3.4% of the country's…

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Disneyland To Reopen More Stores Despite Governor Gavin Newsom’s Refusal On Theme Parks

Disney officials on Friday announced they will reopen stores and restaurants in the Disney California Adventure park starting in November, despite the continued closure of theme parks due to reopening restrictions put in place by Governor Gavin Newsom. Theme park executives from Disneyland, Universal Studios…

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Oct 23, 2020 2:03 pm
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California Coronavirus Update: Governor Gavin Newsom Fails To Address State’s Massive Surge In New Infections At Friday Press Conference

California on Friday reported a massive surge in new coronavirus cases, from 3,707 the day before to 6,141. That’s a number of daily infections not seen in the state since August. California’s governor, however, failed to mention the high new numbers in a nearly hour-long press conference he participated in on…

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Oct 23, 2020 1:28 pm
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Borat Trolls Rudy Giuliani On Twitter Just Minutes Before Final Presidential Debate

About 45 minutes before the final presidential debate began, fictional Donald Trump supporter Borat Sagdiyev tweeted a video “defending” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over what he calls a “an innocent sexy-time encounter” in Borat: Subsequent Movieflim. Borat then goes on to explain that the encounter — part of which was…

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Oct 22, 2020 7:01 pm
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Los Angeles Coronavirus Update: County Records Highest-Ever Number Of New Daily Infections On Thursday, With An Asterisk

Los Angeles County reported a staggering 3,600 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. The large number was attributed to the resolution of a technical glitch that delayed a raft of test results over the past several days. But even subtracting the backlog, the spike is still the largest daily new cases total in at least…

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Oct 22, 2020 4:52 pm
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Theme Parks Hint At Legal Action Over California’s Restrictive Coronavirus Reopening Rules: “All Options Are Open”

Theme park executives from Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Legoland and the company that operates Knott’s Berry Farm came together on Wednesday to decry what they see as an edict handed down by the State of California and Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. Officials say the state guidelines make it nearly…

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Oct 21, 2020 12:48 pm
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O.J. Simpson Reacts To Allegations Against ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’ Author Jeffrey Toobin

After the news broke that CNN legal analyst and New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin allegedly exposed himself during a a Zoom call with the magazine's staff, the subject of Toobin's most famous book weighed in on the controversy. None other than O.J. Simpson shared a video on Twitter in which the NFL great turned…

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Oct 20, 2020 5:43 pm
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Disneyland, Universal Studios Fire Back At California’s “Irreparably Devastating” Theme Park Reopening Guidelines

Just minutes after California's Director of Health and Human Services on Tuesday unveiled restrictive new guidelines under which amusement parks in the state could reopen, the industry fired back. "We have proven that we can responsibly reopen, with science-based health and safety protocols strictly enforced at our…

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Oct 20, 2020 1:39 pm
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CA Coronavirus Update: One Southern California County Slides Backwards In State’s Reopening Tiers

California's director of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, announced on Tuesday the updated status of counties with respect to the state's reopening tiers. Three counties — Butte and Napa to Orange and San Francisco — were moved to the less-restrictive Yellow Tier. Meanwhile, massive Riverside County and also…

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Oct 20, 2020 1:14 pm
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California Announces Restrictive Reopening Guidelines For Disneyland, Universal Studios; Less Restrictive Measures For Smaller Parks

On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom teased the release of reopening rules for theme parks in the state, saying cryptically, "We are going to break up the theme parks…Not just one or two brands, it is many different parts of the theme park industry." Well, now we know what that means. California's director of…

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Oct 20, 2020 12:18 pm
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Disney Rejects California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Declaration That He’s In “No Hurry” To Reopen Disneyland, Other Parks

UPDATED with latest: Hours after California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was in “no hurry” to issue coronavirus safety guidelines so amusement parks can reopen, Disney on Wednesday responded with a statement from Dr. Pamela Hymel, Chief Medical Officer, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. It read: We absolutely…

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