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Dominic Patten

Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic

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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Democratic Debate Night 1 Review: Elizabeth Warren Sticks To Her Guns, But Donald Trump’s Got Nothing To Worry About

Ronald Reagan used to quip that the 11th Commandment was "thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican." But Wednesday the Democrats seeking the Great Communicator's old job generally appropriated the notion for themselves in a debate that was mainly characterized by its policy wonk approach and being the most…
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Joe Biden Is Hollywood Headliner At Democratic Debates, But Elizabeth Warren Is One To Watch

EXCLUSIVE: “It’s Joe Biden’s to lose, Elizabeth Warren’s to win and everybody else is to try to get noticed,” a top Hollywood donor bluntly says of the two-night Democratic debate that kicks off tonight on NBC. "Look, this isn't Democrats Got Talent, but it kind of is," the executive added of the field that features…
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Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Hopes For Dismissal Of Forcible Touching Case Pushed To Late Summer – Update

UPDATED, JUNE 26, 10:42 AM: A hearing on Wednesday in New York City on Cuba Gooding Jr.’s desire to have criminal charges of forcible touching dismissed saw further action pushed until July 17. Although listening to the pitch from the Oscar winner’s attorneys following a filing Monday to toss the case, Judge Keshia…
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Bill Cosby Goes MAGA In Launching Another Appeal To Get Out Of Jail; Wants New 2004 Rape Trial

The latest appeal from Bill Cosby contends that if five other women at his retrial hadn't been allowed to give testimony about being assaulted and drugged by him, the man once known as "America's Dad" wouldn't have been sentenced to up to 10 years behind bars last fall for the 2004 rape of Andrea Constand. "This…
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‘The Loudest Voice’ & ‘Years And Years’ Review: It’s Rupert Murdoch’s World, Past & Semi-Fictional Future

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of Showtime’s The Loudest Voice & HBO’s Years And Years. The former premieres on June 30 & the latter debuts tonight. The initial round of voting for the 2019 Emmys ends today, but the opening salvos of the 2020 Emmys start tonight with the debut of Years and Years on HBO…
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Chicago Cops Drop Graphic Jussie Smollett Video Showing Scene In ‘Empire’ Star’s Pad After Alleged Attack + More

WARNING: This post contains video that may upset or offend. The endless drip of information from Jussie Smollett's unsealed criminal case file took a harsh turn Monday with new video dropped by the Chicago Police department. Among the nearly 70 hours of footage, one particular jarring video stands out of the scene…
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Ari Emanuel Briefly Considered For Trump White House Post Just After 2016 Election; Superficial Vetting Docs Leaked

Ari Emanuel wasn't looking at the Chief of Staff position that his brother held in the Obama administration but the WME boss was certainly considered for a gig in Donald Trump's White House after his Celebrity Apprentice client was elected in 2016 to almost everyone’s surprise. Vetting documents leaked to political…
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‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Eugene Levy Reveals Pop TV Comedy Is About “The Moments” – The Contenders Emmys Video

"We kind of play the moments in the show, as you do in life," Eugene Levy told Deadline's Contenders Emmys event this spring of the lightening in a bottle that is Schitt's Creek. "Because life is not made up of punch lines, it's just made up of moments, some of them funny, some of them emotional, some of them tragic…
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‘Ramy’ Star & Co-Creator On A New POV From Muslim-America – The Contenders Emmys Video

"I really wanted to make something about a group that people don't know, that is self-reflective instead of something that is trying to project an idea of what you should think of us," reveled Ramy Youssef of the Hulu comedy that bears his name. Onstage at the Paramount Theatre at Deadline's Contenders Emmy event…
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TV Talk Podcast: The Oscar Connection To The Emmys, Plus Shows That Need Attention As Voting Comes To And End

The Emmy voting period is getting down to the wire and so it is time to give some last minute thoughts for voters on various aspects of this year’s race.  In today’s episode of our Deadline Podcast , TV Talk,  Deadline TV Critic Dominic Patten  and Awards Columnist Pete Hammond survey the field and zone in on the…
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‘Bones’ EP Dissects Fox & Disney With New Fraud Claim In Profits Battle; Wants $128M In Punitive Damages Back

Less than two months after a California judge eviscerated the unprecedented $179 million award that Bones executive producers and stars won in their long running profits participation legal clash with 21st Century Fox, Barry Josephson today added fraud to his claims against the now Disney-owned entity. “TCFTV’s…
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‘The Act’s Joey King On Being Scared Playing Gypsy Rose, Working With Patricia Arquette & Being In The Moment – Next Generation TV

“It was the most freeing experience as an actor, to be able to let go of my vanity," reveals Joey King of her acclaimed performance opposite Patricia Arquette in Hulu's The Act. The eight episode first season of the crime anthology unraveled the sordid and strange real life tale of domineering mother Dee Dee…
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