Michael Lewittes
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Michael Lewittes has worked in the entertainment industry for the past 15 years, breaking some of Hollywood's biggest stories in both print and on television. A graduate of Yale College, Lewittes has extensive roots in journalism, having served as a gossip columnist at the New York Daily News, articles editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, weekend features editor at the New York Post and gossip columnist and news director at Us Weekly. Lewittes was also a producer of NBC’s “Access Hollywood.” His television career started as an on-air correspondent for E!'s "The Gossip Show" and continues until today as a commentator on a variety of shows. Lewittes recently created GossipCop.com, which separates the fact from the fiction in blogs, in print, and on television.

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Harvey Levin Tells How TMZ Broke Michael Jackson Death News

Posted June 25, 2010 | 18:09:45 (EST)

Before launching GossipCop.com, I toiled for a decade and a half in print and television, where -- in the old days -- if you had what you thought was an "exclusive," you spent the night anxiously worrying whether a competing outlet would have the same story the next...

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Perez Hilton: Facts or Phalluses?

Posted September 10, 2009 | 14:40:28 (EST)

I do not hate Perez Hilton. But I hate what Perez Hilton has done to journalism. He routinely reports rumors as if they are real stories without bothering to fact-check them. Consequently, because of his tremendous reach, inaccurate gossip becomes gospel.

Since Perez doesn't expend time or effort verifying stories,...

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Just Say No To Winehouse

Posted June 23, 2008 | 19:30:58 (EST)

When Amy Winehouse fainted in her London home last week and was rushed to a hospital, it seemed like just another drug-related disaster for the troubled troubadour. Winehouse's bouts with booze and drugs have been well documented (sometimes even by the singer herself). Still, many jaded journalists and celebrity watchers...

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Inside Ed McMahon's Money Mess

Posted June 5, 2008 | 20:00:40 (EST)

Ed McMahon helped Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." Ed McMahon helped people realize their dreams on "Star Search." Ed McMahon helped individuals win millions, thanks to the American Family Publishers' sweepstakes. Ed McMahon helped fight two wars. And Ed McMahon helped generations laugh and smile. But now, who is...
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Put Campbell in the Can!

Posted April 4, 2008 | 12:12:31 (EST)

Like swallows returning to Capistrano year after year, so has Naomi Campbell to police custody. In this year's arrest, Ms. Campbell was handcuffed and removed yesterday from a British Airways terminal in London, where she allegedly spat at a police officer. Cause? Campbell was among the thousands of people whose...

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Born Winners and Oscar Losers

Posted March 3, 2008 | 15:43:46 (EST)

Traditionally, right after the Academy Awards, the entertainment magazines feature the big winners on their covers. But this year you would have had a better chance of finding Waldo on a weekly's cover than Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton or Javier Bardem. Actually, we've come to expect the weeklies...

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