From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harvey Levin
Harvey Levin
Harvey Levin les, where he reported on the O.J. Simpson murder tri-
al.[4]
In 1996, Levin moved to New York to work as a legal
analyst for the 1997 revival of The People’s Court. He ap-
peared on the show during the 1980s and the first half of
the 1990s as a legal consultant and deactivated his Cali-
fornia bar license.[3] He became host of the series in 1998,
as well as continuing to serve as its legal analyst. Levin
served as creator and executive producer for Celebrity Jus-
tice from 2002 to 2005.
In 1997, Levin had a role in the movie Volcano as a TV
reporter.[5]
Personal life
Levin appeared as a speaker at a fundraising event in
West Hollywood, California for the National Lesbian and
Gay Journalists Association in April 2010. During the talk,
Levin said, “I’m thinking back a long time when I was
starting out as a TV reporter at a local station in LA and
I remember at the time – I was probably in my late 20s –
and I remember this hell-like fear that if anybody in that
Levin in April 2010 newsroom found out that that I was gay, that it would be
over,” he said. “I built it up in my head. I was so terrified
Born Harvey Robert Levin that somebody would find out.”[6] He went on to discuss
September 2, 1950 (1950-09-02)
about how he had to compartmentalize the gay and non-
Los Angeles, California
gay parts of his life.
Occupation Lawyer, celebrity reporter
Notable
credit(s)
Creator and managing editor of
TMZ.com.
References
Host of TMZ on TV [1] "Harvey Levin." Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale,
Legal analyst on The People’s Court 2010. Gale Biography In Context. Web. April 17,
2011.
Harvey Robert Levin (born September 2, 1950)[1][2] is an [2] "Harvey Levin." Newsmakers. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale,
American television producer, lawyer, legal analyst and 2011. Gale Biography In Context. Web. April 17,
a celebrity reporter. He is the founder of celebrity gossip 2011.
website TMZ.com. [3] ^ "State Bar of CA, Harvey Robert Levin". The State
Bar of California website.
Education http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/
66577. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
Levin received his B.A. in political science from the [4] "CNN anchor Daryn Kagan’s interview with Levin".
University of California, Santa Barbara, and his J.D. from May 23, 2003. http://edition.cnn.com/
the University of Chicago.[3] He passed the California bar TRANSCRIPTS/0305/23/se.11.html.
exam in 1975 and was an active attorney in California [5] Volcano at IMDB.com
from December 12, 1975, to January 1, 1996. [6] "TMZ’s Harvey Levin talks about being gay in the
news business: “I was so terrified that somebody
Career would find out.”". Greginhollywood.com.
2010-04-23. http://greginhollywood.com/tmzs-
He worked in various legal roles in the entertainment in- harvey-levin-talks-about-being-gay-in-the-news-
dustry. He was a legal reporter on KCBS-TV in Los Ange-
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business-i-was-so-terrified-that-somebody-would- Name Levin, Harvey
find-out-26368. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
Alternative names
Short description
External links Date of birth September 2, 1950
• Harvey Levin at the Internet Movie Database Place of birth Los Angeles, California
• Michael Cieply, "A Star Watcher Has Star Power",
New York Times, October 25, 2008 Date of death
Persondata Place of death
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