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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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Universal Studios Hollywood Offers Buy One Day, Get A 2nd Day Free Ticket Package
Two for one.
To inflation strapped thrill seekers or parents desperate to get the kids off of screens this summer, those words are like a long, cold drink after being trapped on the 405.
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‘Deadliest Catch’ Alum Nick Mavar Dies, Former Northwestern Deckhand Was 59
Nick Mavar, who appeared on Discovery Channel’s reality franchise Deadliest Catch, died Thursday in Naknek, AK, Bristol Bay Police Chief Jeffrey Eldie confirmed to Deadline. He was 59.
Mavar suffered a medical emergency at a boatyard in Naknek Thursday afternoon, according to Eldie. Paramedics were…
Disney Drops Appeal Of Its Ron DeSantis Lawsuit Following New Theme Park Development Agreement
UPDATE: The legal fight between The Walt Disney Co. and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is officially over.
The company has dropped its appeal that challenged DeSantis’ moves to strip the company of control over a special district that covered its Florida theme park properties.
A stipulation of…
2024-25 Awards Season Calendar – Dates For Oscars, Tonys, 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…
Kevin Spacey Chokes Up In Piers Morgan Interview, Says He’s Broke: “I Can’t Pay My Bills”
“I have nothing to hide and I want to live a more open life than the one that I did,” said Kevin Spacey in his first lengthy interview since winning most of the sexual misconduct suits against him over the past several years. (The actor did have a much shorter conversation with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo…
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L.A. City Council Finally Ends Covid Vaccination Requirement For Municipal Employees
More than a year after the Los Angeles City Council lifted the city’s declaration of emergency related to the coronavirus, council members today ended the policy requiring municipal employees to bevaccinated for Covid.
Council members approved an ordinance in a 13-0 vote to terminate the vaccination…
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Sam Rubin Receiving Posthumous Los Angeles Area Governors Award From Television Academy
Sam Rubin, the late KTLA5 entertainment reporter, has been named as a posthumous recipient of the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, the Television Academy announced today.
After joining KTLA in 1991, Rubin was a Los Angeles TV news mainstay as the outlet’s longtime entertainment reporter…
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Champ Joey Chestnut Banned From Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Amid Beef Over Sponsorship
Sixteen-time champion Joey Chestnut has been banned from Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in a beef over sponsorship. It seems the folks at Major League Eating, which oversees the contest, didn’t think his reported deal with Impossible Foods was kosher.
“We are devastated to learn that Joey Chestnut…
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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 were announced this morning less than an hour apart. 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…
‘Deadliest Catch’ Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski Opens Up About His Battle With Cancer
“If I can help save one or two people on this planet, that’s a good thing,” says Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski on The Deadliest Catch Season 20 preview. Wichrowski is speaking about the decision to go public with his cancer diagnosis.
The Summer Bay skipper has prostate cancer, usually a very…
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Tom Bower Dies: Veteran Actor Best Known For ‘The Waltons,’ ‘Die Hard 2’ & ‘Lucky Hank’ Was 86
Tom Bower, the veteran character actor best known for prominent turns on The Waltons and in Die Hard 2, has died. A family member confirmed the news to Deadline’s sister publication The Hollywood Reporter. He was 86.
Bower never had what one might call a “breakout” part, but he was an actor one…
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Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights Conjures ‘A Quiet Place’-Themed Haunted Houses In Hollywood And Orlando
Guests will be able to enter the post-apocalyptic world of Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, in an all-new chilling haunted house debuting this year at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights. The terror is set to begin Friday, August 30 at Universal Orlando Resort, and…
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