Biography of harvey levine

American television producer, lawyer, lawful analyst, and celebrity reporter

For justness American economist, see Harvey Count. Levin.

Harvey Robert Levin^[1] (born Sep 2, 1950) ^[2] is resourcefulness American television producer, legal deride, journalist, and former lawyer.^[3] Perform founded the celebrity news site TMZ in 2005, and ulterior briefly served as the innkeeper of OBJECTified (2016–present), which in a minute on the Fox News Point.

Early life and education

Levin was born September 2, 1950, feature Los Angeles County, California figure up a Jewish family.^[4][5][6] He taut high school at Grover Metropolis High School in Reseda, Los Angeles and graduated in 1968 with honors.^[7][8] Levin attended character University of California, Santa Barbara, where he graduated with graceful B.A.

in political science plentiful 1972.^[9] He later attended integrity University of Chicago Law College and graduated with a J.D. in 1975.^[10]

Career

Early law career post academia

Levin was an active lawyer in California for two decades, from December 18, 1975, undetermined January 1, 1996.^[1] In justness mid-1970s, he taught law have an effect on the University of Miami Grammar of Law under Soia Mentschikoff.^[10][11] He then practiced law for a moment in Los Angeles before attractive a position at Whittier School School of Law.^[11][6][12]

In 1978, Levin came to public attention masses a series of high-profile debates with Howard Jarvis, the co-author of Proposition 13, California's moot property tax-reduction ballot measure, which Levin opposed.

With his newfound fame, Levin began to furnish legal advice on a portable radio show, where he was nicknamed "Doctor Law", as well little to write columns for dignity Los Angeles Times.^[12][11][6] His editorialist career with the Times spanned seven years.^[12]

Transition to entertainment

Main article: TMZ

Levin covered legal issues verify KNBC-TV in 1982.^[12] He in the end joined KCBS-TV and spent excellent decade doing investigative reporting last legal analysis,^[12][11][6] most notably mist the O.

J. Simpson slaying agony case.^[12][11][6] In 1997, he was named co-executive producer and on-air legal anchor for The People's Court. Levin remained on blue blood the gentry show until its cancellation shamble July 2023.^[11][13][12] He created Celebrity Justice, which ran from 2002 to 2005.^[11][6]

Levin produced Beyond Twisted, which aired in 2009 for one season before build on canceled.^[14] He created Famous adjust 12 (2014), an experiment imprison exploiting a family for truthful fame,^[15] but the show was canceled after less than look after season, with only five appreciate the scheduled twelve episodes accepting aired.^[16]

In 2005, AOL and Telepictures Plant launched TMZ with Levin brand the founder and managing editor.^[12][18][19] The website quickly rose differ prominence when it broke honourableness story of Mel Gibson's DUI arrest and subsequent antisemitic rant.^{[12][11][6][18]} It continued to break spruce number of high-profile stories plus the abuse of Rihanna invitation Chris Brown and the deaths of Heath Ledger, Brittany Potato, ⁣Michael Jackson, and Kobe Bryant.^[6] The Los Angeles Times called TMZ's coverage of the President death as the biggest edifice the website had covered yon date.^[20]

Harvey Levin Productions has lay hold of Levin's media projects since flair joined The People's Court check 1983 as the show's admissible consultant.^[11] In 1985, Levin wrote The People's Court: How get in touch with Tell It to the Judge, reviewing and providing commentary provide backing several cases from the show.^[21]The Library Journal "recommended [the book] for public libraries."^[21]

Personal life

Levin developed as an event speaker in behalf of the National Lesbian and Brilliant Journalists Association in April 2010 in which he publicly official his self-identification as gay.^[22] Let go discussed his fear of mislaying his career if someone were to find out, which separately to Levin compartmentalizing his bodily and professional lives.^[22][23]

Levin's longtime participant is Andy Mauer, a chiropractor in southern California.^[24][25][26] The pair own multiple properties together, communion joint-deed listings since the beckon 1990s and early 2000s.^[24][25] Levin has been named to Out magazine's "Power 50" list slightly one of the most substantial voices in LGBT America owing to 2012 when he was christened #15.^[27] He has since anachronistic named #25 in 2013, #34 in 2014, #48 in 2015, and #40 in 2016.^{[28][29][30][31]}

Levin backed Donald Trump in the put together to the 2016 United States presidential election.^[32] Following the choice, he met with Trump delete the Oval Office on Walk 7, 2017, and chatted adoration an hour.^[33] However, all ditch changed by August 2018,^[34] considering that he broke ties with Cornet over the president's repeated attempts to establish a transgender martial ban.

He became an to an increasing extent vocal opponent of Trump complain the years following.^[35][36]

Filmography

Books

• The People's Court: How to Tell it exhaustively the Judge (1985)

Awards and honors

For his broadcast work, Levin has been nominated for nine Emmys.^[18]

References

Further reading

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