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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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Wally “Famous” Amos Dies: Talent Agent-Turned-Cookie-Mogul Was 88
Wally Amos, the talent agent-turned-cookie entrepreneur whoseFamous Amos brand got its start in a small shop on Sunset Boulevard, has died in Hawaii at age 88, his family announced today.
In a statement to The New York Times, Amos’ children Shawn and Sarah said their father died Tuesday due to…
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Peggy Moffitt Dies: Iconic ’60s Model, Cultural Influencer & Actress Who Appeared In Antonioni’s ‘Blow-Up’ Was 86
Peggy Moffitt, the iconic ’60s model who was also a contract player at Paramount and who appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up, died at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday from complications of dementia. Her son, Christopher Claxton, confirmed the news to the New York Times. She was 86.
Moffitt…
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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…
2024 Presidential Election Debate Schedule: Dates, Times, Who’ll Be There & Who Won’t
UPDATED: It’s been a wild few weeks in the Race for the White House.
Democratic White House nominee-in-waiting Kamala Harris said July 25 that she will debate former President Donald Trump on September 10, but the GOP nominee’s campaign has declined to commit until “Democrats formally decide on their…
Another Earthquake Rocks Los Angeles: 4.4 Shake Centered Near Pasadena Jolts ESPN TV Studio Live On Air
United States Geological Survey confirms a 4.4 earthquake at 12:20 p.m. centered 4 km SSE of South Pasadena. The USGS initially reported the temblor at 4.6 and later downgraded it. There was at least one aftershock, pegged at 2.1.
Shaking was felt as far south as San Diego and north to Santa Barbara…
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Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Wins Olympic Gold After Rumors & Misinformation About Her Sex
Algerian welterweight Imane Khelif said recently that the best response to the misguided criticism and bullying she has received would be to win gold in Paris. Mission accomplished.
Today, Khelif took gold in her weight class at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a unanimous 5-0 decision over China’s…
‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’: Everything We Know About The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel, Including Plot, Premiere Date & Whether George R.R. Martin Is Involved
Updated with the Latest: First–look footage has been released for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms alongside HBO’s upcoming slate of shows such as The Last of Us, The White Lotus and And Just Like That.
In April 2023, HBO announced it had ordered the show, tentatively titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdo…
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‘Devil In The White City’ Still Happening With Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio, Says Producer Stacey Sher – Everything You Need To Know
Producer Stacey Sher gave Deadline the latest update along what has been the very winding road to adapting Erik Larson’s bestselling non-fiction classic, The Devil in the White City, for the screen.
The project has been in various stages of development since before Deadline revealed that Leonardo…
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Halloween Horror Nights: Universal Studios Hollywood Reveals All New The Weeknd, Blumhouse & Texas Chainsaw-Themed Attractions
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood has announced its final three attractions before it opens on Thursday, September 5.
The Weeknd will curate an all-new experience, The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy haunted house, at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood this year. It…
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5.2 Earthquake Strikes North Of Los Angeles, Is Felt At Dodger Stadium During Game
A magnitude-5.2 earthquake hit North of Los Angeles County tonight and was felt across much of the region, with reports from Santa Monica to Camarillo to Long Beach to Dodger Stadium, where there were upwards of 47,000 in attendance.
The quake was centered about 18.5 miles southwest of Bakersfield…
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Pitbull Buys Naming Rights To Florida International University Stadium
Mr. 305 is putting his money where his mouth is.
Miami native and outspoken local booster Pitbull made a deal Tuesday to put his name on the 20,000-seat stadium at Florida International University.
Billed as the “world’s first-ever athletics venue with an artist possessing the naming rights,”…
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Colin Jost’s Olympics Surfing Correspondent Days Are Over As The Competition Continues
"It's a weird feeling when you're in the medical tent way more than any of the athletes," Colin Jost told NBC Olympics host Maria Taylor last week.
The Weekend Update anchor had taken up the unique mantle of “Olympics Surfing Correspondent” for NBC’s coverage of the competition, which is taking…
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