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.
How did 50 Cent & Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning really obtain the behind the scenes footage of Diddy scheming with his lawyers on the eve of his Sept 2024 arrest? A partial explanation as delivered tonight Combs’ team now say they know how up-close and personal footage of the now…
EXCLUSIVE: After four years at TelevisaUnivision, Adam Waltuch, the media giant’s EVP of Global Distribution and Partnerships, is leaving the Daniel Alegre-led company. "We are grateful for his leadership over the last 4 years and the many contributions he has made to the company," said the…
Insisting on her “day in court,” Blake Lively has made it clear she isn’t interested in settling her sexual harassment and online smear campaign lawsuit against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios team. However, a judge has postponed the long-set start of the high-profile…
Donald Trump may be sending some mixed signals about if Paramount or Netflix should own Warner Bros, but Ted Sarandos insists POTUS and the streamer are in lock step. “You should think the President cares deeply about American industry, and he loves the entertainment industry,” the streamer…
Unveiled at an ungodly hour Monday by Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Marshall, the nominations for next month's 83rd Golden Globes didn't come without some pain and some answered prayers. Across 28 categories, including the newly introduced — and contentious in some legacy circles — Best Podcast…
"Let's say, if I had a drink for every Venezuelan we've killed, I'd really like that number of drinks," said Donald Trump's fog-of-warred Secretary of Defense/War tonight in Saturday Night Live's unusually high-temperature cold open. In a cabinet full of jokes, Pete Hegseth is one of the true…
EXCLUSIVE:The Good Book tells us “a soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.” However, this week, Sean Combs’ mother and Netflix both appear to have put the Bible lesson of Proverbs 15:1 out to pasture — as Janice Combs made glaringly evident today. “I am writing this…
Around 24 hours after Netflix came to a $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros’ TV and film studios, streamer HBO Max and HBO, the Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters-run streamer has sent a note to its over 82 million U.S. subscribers telling them “nothing is changing.” In fact, in links from a…
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix's proposed $82 billion purchase of Warner Bros crown jewels may be all the town is talking about today. However, over at Sacker Entertainment Law, it’s more a case of getting the band back together. The WB band. Almost four years after ex-WB Senior Theatrical Counsel and…
Netflix’s roundhouse $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio, HBO and streaming assets has proved a corkscrew punch for Hollywood this morning, but the CEOs in the ring are respectively telling their staff to chill, for now. Both WBD’s David Zaslav and streamer co-CEO…
Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest and so far the winning bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Deadline has learned, and will start exclusive talks to finalize a deal. This caps a tumultuous day that saw Paramount move aggressively to counter the giant streamer and seal a…