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Ray Richmond

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Ray Richmond(born October 19, 1957, inWhittier, California)[1]is a globallysyndicatedcritic and entertainment/media columnist. Richmond has also worked variously as a feature and entertainment writer, beat reporter and TV critic for a variety of publications including theLos Angeles Daily News,Daily Variety,theOrange County Register,the lateLos Angeles Herald Examiner,Deadline Hollywood,Los Angelesmagazine,Buzz,The Hollywood Reporter,theLos Angeles Times,New Times Los Angeles,DGAMagazine,andPenthouse.[2]

Deadline Hollywood

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In 2011, Ray Richmond became aDeadline Hollywoodcontributing writer and editor.[3]

Hollywood Reporter years

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Richmond's long-running weekly column in The Hollywood Reporter was calledThe Pulseand was syndicated byReuters.

In April 2006, Richmond created an online blog connected toThe Hollywood Reporter.Going by the name of "Past Deadline," the blog has been on the cutting edge of breaking entertainment/celebrity related issues, such as the 2006Mel GibsonDUI ordeal, and the Ellen Burstyn Emmy nomination controversy,[4]stories which were subsequently picked up by the international press.[5]

In 2009, Richmond left The Hollywood Reporter.

I no longer saw an upside to riding the Hindenburg.[6]

Other

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Richmond is a graduate ofCalifornia State University at Northridge.His son is radio personality Josh "Rawdog" Richmond (a.k.a. Tussin Wolf, The Illusionist, Trust Fund Baby, The Arabian Bush Baby, Rumbly Tumbly, Rumple Stumpskin, Tumble Bum, Raw Diggy, Tumbly Bumbly, Doc Banger, Sara) on The Jason Ellis Show.

During the summer of 2004, along with other outspoken colleagues, he appeared as himself in a well-received and controversial talkumentary called "Six Characters in Search of America".[7]

Richmond has also served as a talent coordinator and segment producer forThe Merv Griffin Show[8]and had a short-lived stint as publicity VP for the cable networkE!.

References

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  1. ^"Career Advice Articles - Career Tips & Job Search Help".Mediabistro.Retrieved25 October2017.
  2. ^"About Ray Richmond".The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^"ray richmond Search Results - Deadline".deadline.21 August 2014.Retrieved25 October2017.
  4. ^"Past Deadline: Burstyn's 14 Seconds Finally Gets Its 15 Minutes".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-08-21.Retrieved2006-08-14.
  5. ^Richmond, Ray (1 August 2006)."The Mel Gibson Case".The Washington Post.
  6. ^Finke, Nikki (18 June 2009)."Ray Richmond Exits Hollywood Reporter".Deadline Hollywood.Retrieved6 October2011.
  7. ^"Six Characters in Search of America (2004)".IMDb.Retrieved25 October2017.
  8. ^"Career Advice Articles - Career Tips & Job Search Help".Mediabistro.Retrieved25 October2017.
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