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Articles By: Robert W. Welkos

Executive Editor: Robert W. Welkos is an award-winning journalist who covered the entertainment industry for 15 years as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. During this span, he wrote extensively about the movie industry from turmoil in the executive suites, the Academy Awards and Golden Globes, and box office hits and bombs to visits to movie sets as well as profiles of top stars and A-list directors, cutting edge features on the newest indie films and visits to famous film festivals like Sundance and Cannes. Prior to entertainment, Welkos worked as a reporter and assistant city editor in The Times’ Metro section where he undertook major investigations for the paper as well as covering breaking news and writing in-depth features. Before joining The Times, he worked for the Associated Press in Reno, Nevada, and City News Service in Los Angeles.
Thu, May 20 2010

Exclusive: Daughter Blows Lid off of Meyer Lansky’s Mafia Secrets

By Robert W. Welkos
HollywoodNews.com: For decades, underworld boss Meyer Lansky kept mob secrets so explosive that if the truth ever came out [...]

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Wed, Apr 28 2010

Can Bob Pisano Resolve MPTF Nursing Home Controversy?

By ROBERT W. WELKOS
A change in leadership at the top of the Motion Picture and Television Fund was met with optimism [...]

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Tue, Apr 27 2010

Hollywood Blogger Wars Part 2: Crackpot Ratings – Nikki Finke, Sharon Waxman, David Poland, Jeffrey Wells…

And this month’s HollywoodNews.com “Crackpot of the Month Winner” is David Poland

By Robert W. Welkos
The life of a Hollywood blogger can be [...]

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Fri, Apr 23 2010

Inside The Blogger Wars Part I: Finke, Waxman, Poland and Wells among others

PART 2 IS NOW LIVE. CLICK HERE TO READ “Inside the Blogger Wars: Crackpot Ratings”
By Robert W. Welkos – SCROLL DOWN [...]

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Fri, Apr 9 2010

“Breaking Upwards”: A gem of an indie film

BY ROBERT W. WELKOS
When Daryl Wein informed Zoe Lister-Jones that he was thinking of writing a screenplay about a 20-something New York [...]

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Tue, Apr 6 2010

PGA approves “Transmedia Producer” credit

BY ROBERT W. WELKOS
It’s official: the Producers Guild of America, acknowledging that the entertainment media landscape is rapidly changing, has approved the [...]

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Mon, Apr 5 2010

Sharon Waxman: No comment on The Hollywood Reporter job

BY ROBERT W. WELKOS
Intrigue. Suspense. Denials. No comments.
The latest episode in the Tiger Woods or the Jesse James sex scandals?
Hardly. [...]

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Wed, Mar 31 2010

Never-released Buddy Holly song to be auctioned

BY ROBERT W. WELKOS
Buddy Holly’s 1959 “Apartment Tapes” six-song acetate that includes Buddy’s never-released song “That’s What They Say” will be auctioned [...]

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Tue, Mar 30 2010

Michelle Bombshell’s dad: $1,000 per interview

BY ROBERT. W. WELKOS
The father of Michelle “Bombshell” McGee is telling media outlets that anything else he has to say about his [...]

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Fri, Mar 26 2010

Blogger Wars: Chapter 2 – Nikki Finke vs. Sharon Waxman

By ROBERT W. WELKOS
Chapter 2 – The Nikki-Sharon Wars: The blogger wars heated up Friday with Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood fame [...]

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