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The changes on the JM website are so simple, I am sure Mike can do that himself after watching a tutorial on YouTube. Not that I think it IS him, because I have no clue, but I think he knows more about internet, software and computers than people think.
I am almost certain about Charlie Sheen. He has something up his sleeve for sure.
Can someone tell me what is up with all these tmz porn stories? Is everyone in Hollywood obsessed with porn? I see Charlie Sheen's alleged porn fetish is now the main topic on tmz. Is there something up with all these stories or is Harvey just a perv?
Not sure why I feel it is relevant to MJ but more TMZ and Charlie Sheen observations...TMZ currently has a story where Charlie Sheen references and compares himself to Errol Flynn.You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginWhat I found interesting when I looked up Errol Flynn is that he apparently died of a heart attack at the age of 50 and he is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.
I have been thinking it for a while and the feeling gets stronger by the day, but I think most of the big stories on TMZ is fake.-MJ-Charlie Sheen-LiLo-Mel and Oksana -Jesse James and Sandra Bullock -Octomom (who get's a tight stomach like that after 14 kids (almost at once)?-Steven the flying blondyWe already had Balloon Boy and I am sure there are others. Joachim Phoenix did it, and the above stories just dont seem to be for real. I know a tabloid is always full of crap, but this all seems really phony. Or is it just me?
Harvey Levin grew up in Los Angeles, and as a young adult his goal was to become a law professor. After obtaining an undergraduate degree from the University of California in Santa Barbara, he went to the Windy City to earn his JD at the University of Chicago Law School. Harvey Levin's successful completion of the bar exam gave him the power to make his teaching wishes come true, so he returned to Los Angeles to teach law at what is now called Whittier College School of Law in 1977.The career path of Harvey Levin changed directions when he was asked by his school dean to participate in debates surrounding the taxation-themed Proposition 13. His work on the project brought increased media attention and landed Harvey Levin a weekly radio gig, his own column in the Los Angeles Times and a string of television appearances. Now a budding media personality, the established law professor was curious about what else was out there.harvey levin on the people's court and celebrity justiceThe next step in Harvey Levin's career saw him combine his legal prowess with his new projects on television. He became a legal analyst for The People's Court, a show that he would be associated with on and off for 25 years, culminating in a successful run as the show's producer. He also took an interest in the investigative side of reporting, but it almost backfired during the O.J. Simpson trial, when he accused prosecutor Marcia Clark of entering the defendant's house without a warrant, only to have his "evidence" proven wrong.Harvey Levin's experience observing the trial of O.J. Simpson left him fascinated by celebrities and crime. As a result, he developed an idea for a show called Celebrity Justice that would provide insight and exploration into these two topics. Unfortunately, the television networks weren't keen on the idea and it took seven years for it to finally come to fruition. When it did, the show was a mild success until its cancellation in 2005, something that Harvey Levin felt was due to poor time slots that didn't cater well to the idea of breaking entertainment news.harvey levin and tmzIn 2005, Harvey Levin was offered the job of managing editor for a new web site venture called TMZ -- an abbreviation for the "thirty mile zone" around Hollywood where studio productions are still considered local. Harvey Levin initially balked at the offer because he didn't feel comfortable on the internet, but he then realized that the 24/7 power of the internet would give him news-breaking capabilities that he never had on television. Harvey Levin took the job and hired back many of his old Celebrity Justice staffers, and the web site quickly became a celebrity news magnet. Intimate details of Mel Gibson's DUI arrest, the audio recording of Alec Baldwin's notorious answering machine outburst, and the video of Michael Richards' career-killing racist stand-up disaster were some of TMZ's most newsworthy stories. Naturally, a TV spin off of TMZ on TV debuted in 2007 with Harvey Levin in the driver's seat.Within four years, TMZ.com was receiving over 10 million visitors per month and the stories just kept on getting bigger. In 2009, Harvey Levin took his site into the political arena to show how the Chicago-based Northern Trust Bank spent a significant chunk of their federal bailout money on ritzy concert events, which eventually forced the company to make a pledge to pay it back. Then, after breaking the news of Christian Bale's Terminator: Salvation on-set spazz and the infamous Chris Brown and Rihanna assault case, TMZ.com was the first media outlet in the world to publish the news of Michael Jackson's passing. While the launch of another Harvey Levin television creation, Beyond Twisted, was a bust, he remained in the spotlight after winning a bet with John Mayer that he could produce a mugshot from the singer's 2001 arrest. After the picture went live at TMZ.com, John Mayer donated $25K to two of Harvey Levin's favorite animal charities. The result was a lot of happy puppies, especially three new ones. Their names? John Mayer, TMZ and Harvey Levin.
The People's Court (1981) was the first reality court show that did not use actors, but showed the actual cases with the actual parties involved.
Former law professor and People's Court personality Harvey Levin went from television legal analyst to top-notch celebrity newshound with three simple letters -- TMZ. Through TMZ's web site and matching television show, he's revolutionized how we get our Hollywood gossip, and has been first to break the news of major celebrity news items, with no bigger scoop than the first announcement of Michael Jackson's death. There is a very long list of celebrities (Alec Baldwin, Mel Gibson and Christian Bale are a few) who won't be welcoming Harvey Levin to their next New Year's Eve celebrations. Despite their shared dislike of the man behind the TMZ curtain and the not-so-flattering information that he's posted about them, Harvey Levin insists that part of what makes him different from other celebrity-chasing news organizations is that he keeps his stories candid and truthful. The truth can be ugly, but as a former lawyer, Harvey Levin tries to take an ethical approach to his work by letting the truth speak for itself and not publishing hot-button scoops like medical records, photos of celebrity children or scoops that are obvious examples of celebrity stalking. He also asserts that some celebrities enjoy the attention that he gives them and are in on the act because a mention on TMZ means that they're still important.
You might wonder why cameras don't seem to follow Harvey Levin when he's away from the TMZ studio. Primarily, it's because he doesn't have a lot of time these days to be social (or get into trouble). He often works more than 10 hours a day and can't do any late nights because his days begin at 3 a.m. That said, there are a few simple pleasures that he takes pride in doing. He's a gym rat who works out daily at 4 a.m. and considers steak to be his only welcome departure from the land of healthy eating. In his rare moments of quiet time, Harvey Levin appreciates good television, and in keeping with his eye for pop culture, he has a soft spot for hot shows like Dexter and True Blood.
"I'm really into the mundane -- I think you can really make the mundane fun. On TMZ we can do a minute on someone getting out of a car and make it funny. What makes that compelling is that it's real."
