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EXCLUSIVE: When Anthony Pellicano walks out of a California prison tomorrow, the once notorious Hollywood P.I. will be welcomed by some of the biggest names in Hollywood with dual gifts of deep appreciation and cold hard cash. Ending a 15-year sentence behind bars on his 75th birthday, the soon-to-be former inmate of…

If there’s one aspect of Larry Sanders creator and legendary stand-up Garry Shandling that set him apart from his comedy peers, it was his spirituality. EP and director Judd Apatow of the upcoming HBO doc The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling emphasized that today at the movie’s TCA session, going so far to say how the…

"I have no intention of appealing anything," Anthony Pellicano told a federal judge today as the disgraced former Hollywood private investigator was re-sentenced. In a short hearing in front of U.S. District Judge Dale Fisher on Monday morning, Pellicano joined in via videoconference to learn he will remain in the big…

After years of trench warfare in the courts, the former CAA boss now has a date to face a judge and jury. A February 29 trial date in Deadline's film editor Anita Busch's case against Mike Ovitz has been set by L.A. Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle. Before that there are a few more hurdles, with a motion of summary…

In a ruling that sets the stage for a courtroom showdown between Mike Ovitz and Deadline's film editor Anita Busch, a LA Superior Court judge ruled against the former CAA co-owner’s statute of limitations defense in the longstanding Anthony Pellicano case.”Ovitz has not met his burden to demonstrate that, at the time…

Director John McTiernan’s appeal of a 12-month prison sentence for his role in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping scandal was rejected today by the federal appeals court for the 9th Circuit. The judge in the case had allowed McTiernan to remain free pending his appeal. Today’s decision, which you can read here, means…