- Harvey Levin
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birth_place = Los Angeles,California
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occupation = Lawyer, celebrity reporter
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credits = Host of "TMZ on TV"
Legal analyst on "The People's Court "
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agent =Harvey Robert Levin (born
September 2 ,1951 ) is an Americantelevision producer ,lawyer , legal analyst, and acelebrity reporter .Levin received an undergraduate degree from the
University of California, Santa Barbara and hisJ.D. from theUniversity of Chicago . He passed the bar exam in 1975, and taught at Whittier College School of Law (formerly known as Beverly Rubens School of Law) in Orange County between approximately 1977 and 1980.He later worked in various legal roles in the entertainment industry. For years, he was a legal reporter on
KCBS-TV inLos Angeles where he reported on the O.J. Simpson murder trial. In 1994, Levin almost caused murder charges against Simpson to be tossed out when he presented a video onKCBS-TV that allegedly showed prosecutorMarcia Clark searching Simpson’s home before asearch warrant was issued. Within days, however, Levin was forced to retract the story and apologize on the air.In 1996, Levin moved to
New York to work as a legal analyst for "The People's Court " and deactivated hisCalifornia bar license. Six years later, in 2002, Levin created and executive produced "Celebrity Justice " until it was cancelled after three years.Today, Levin is a managing editor at
TMZ.com , a celebrity news and gossip site [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001656883 launched by Time Warner-AOL] in December 2005. He also executive produces and hosts "TMZ on TV ". He is a frequent guest of "TheKevin and Bean Morning show", in addition toCNN 's "Larry King Live ".Levin is openly gay and lives in Los Angeles with his long-time partner, a chiropractor.
Awards
On
December 30 ,2007 , the media watchdog website, Tabloid Baby, named Levin its "Journalist of The Year" for 2007 cite news |first=Tabloid|last=Baby|title=Tabloid Baby’s 2007 Journalist of The Year |url=http://tabloidbaby.blogspot.com/2007/12/tabloid-babys-2007-journalist-of-year.html|work= |publisher=Tabloidbaby.com |date=December 30 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-30 ] , stating: “Who did more damage to entertainment reporting in 2007 than Harvey Levin?... he and his gutter operation… almost singlehandedly transformed Hollywood entertainment reporting into a gutter-level street battle fueled by self-hatred, jealousy and anger, with no concern for what once determined greatness, excellence or fame…”References
* [http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/newmedia/cb_press_view.cfm?release_num=55254492 AOL And Telepictures Launch On-Demand Entertainment News Network On The Web: TMZ.com]
* [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001656883 AOL-Time Warner Launches TMZ.com]
* [http://tabloidbaby.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_13.html Tabloidbaby.com: "TMZ TV: Goodbye, Mr. Levin"]External links
*imdb name|id=0505608|name=Harvey Levin
* [http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0305/23/se.11.html CNN anchor Daryn Kagan's interview with Levin] -May 23 ,2003
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