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Dominic Patten
Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic
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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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Release Of Israeli Hostages Dominates Cable News As Invasion Looms
"We should have those hostages released and then we can talk," President Joe Biden said Monday as two more hostages were let go by Hamas amid further rising tensions and deaths in the Middle East.
Speaking at a D.C. event to announce an investment in regional tech hubs and to discuss the economy…
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SAG-AFTRA 2023 National Convention Adjourns Early As Talks With Studios Back On – Update
SAG-AFTRA kicked off its National Convention 2023 this week under the banner “Future Forward Union Power,” and they closed up shop pretty quickly in the same vein.
Just over after the gathering began, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher hit the pause button as it was announced Saturday afternoon that…
Trump, Jim Jordan’s Failures & “Awful” America Lights Up ‘SNL’s Cold Open
"Yo-hoo, is this the loser's room?" asked James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live's cold open tonight. “Don’t we love our country, what an awful place it is,” he said later in the skit, nailing the ex-real estate mogul and one of the better political cold opens SNL has had in a long…
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No WGA Support For Israel Over Hamas Attacks, Guild Boss Says; “Consensus Out Of Reach,” Meredith Stiehm Tells Showrunners
EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America's silence on the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel looks to be the only statement they'll be making, at least according to West Coast president Meredith Stiehm.
"In the past week, some members have requested that the Guild take a public stand on events in…
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Happy 100! SAG-AFTRA And Studios To Return To Talks On Tuesday
(Updated with SAG-AFTRA tweet) After over a week of silence, the actors union and the AMPTP are now set to return to negotiations on Tuesday, October 24.
“SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will meet for bargaining on Tuesday, October 24 at SAG-AFTRA Plaza. Several executives from AMPTP member companies will…
Ryan Reynolds, Your Kid’s No Scab; Turns Out SAG-AFTRA’s Studio Halloween Costume Ban Is Adults Only
There will be peace in Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's house after all this Halloween.
None of the Green Lantern co-stars' children will be labeled scabs by their father while they trick or treat, thanks to costume guidance clarification by SAG-AFTRA this evening.
"SAG-AFTRA issued Halloween…
“Outrageous They’ve Said Nothing”: Showrunners Set Meeting Today On Israel Attack As Ire Over WGA Silence Grows
EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America hasn't said anything publicly about the savage attack on Israel by terrorists on October 7, and a number of irate showrunners and others will be discussing that silence Friday.
Almost a week after dozens of high-profile WGA members put out an open letter reprima…
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George Clooney & Other A-Listers’ Residuals & Dues Proposals “A Gesture Of Goodwill,” SAG-AFTRA Exec Says
A plan put forth this week to SAG-AFTRA by George Clooney and other big stars to potentially kick start stalled negotiations with the studios is "worthy of review and consideration," says the union's chief negotiator.
"We’re with you, we’re behind you," Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told Deadline today of…
Ted Sarandos Is All “Spin,” Other CEOs “Irresponsible” For Abandoning Talks To End Strike, SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Says
EXCLUSIVE: Ted Sarandos may have insisted today that he and other studio CEOs want to end the over three-month long actors strike and "get everyone back to work," but for SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, the Netflix boss is full of nothing but hot air.
"Talking about putting people back to work while…
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Ted Sarandos Blames SAG-AFTRA For Breaking “Momentum” & Contract Talks Ending; “We Want …To Get Everyone Back To Work”
"We want nothing more than to resolve this and get everyone back to work," declared Netflix's Ted Sarandos at the top of the streamer's Q3 earnings video call Wednesday, exactly a week after talks with the actors guild ceased, for now. "That’s true for Netflix. That’s true for every member of the AMPTP,"…
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Biden To Address The Nation & World From Oval Office Thursday On Israel Trip, Gaza Invasion & Ukraine War
Before Air Force One has even touched down on American soil from Joe Biden’s trip to a grieving Israel, the White House has just announced the President will be speaking to the country and the world on Thursday.
“Tomorrow, President Biden will address the nation to discuss our response to Hamas'…
Netflix Calls SAG-AFTRA Talks “Ongoing,” Even Though No One’s Talking Right Now
Negotiations between the studios and the striking actors guild may have come to a sudden halt last week, but according to Netflix today everyone is still talking – even when they aren’t.
"The last six months have been challenging for our industry given the combined writers and actors strikes in the…
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