Dominic Patten
From Presidential politics, Hollywood and the Academy Awards,  microeconomics, rock'n'roll, the NoBrow tabloid obsessions of modern America & a touch of everything else in-between, journalist & broadcaster Dominic Patten almost never doesn't have a TKO opinion on something. On camera at FoxNews and E! Network, in print at the New York Times & on radio at NPR and SiriusXM, Patten has a spoonful of contrarian sugar to help the medicine go down.

On TV:

  • :: FoxNews - Oscars 2011
    The morning after the 2011 Academy Awards, Dominic Patten joins Fox & Friends to grade the Good, the Bad, the Fashion and the Winners of Hollywood's biggest night.

  • :: FoxNews - Modern Dads
    "Wait until your Father gets home" just doesn't mean what it used to. Dominic Patten talks with Fox & Friends Weekend on the state of contemporary parenthood & why Dad is getting a bad media rap.

    • Online:

  • :: GOLDEN GLOBES TRIAL - TIME TO BRING IN A HIGH POWERED MEDIATOR?
    For DEADLINE.COM: The battle between the Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. and Dick Clark Productions over who owns the TV rights to the awards show goes down to the courtroom wire.

  • :: THE FAILED PURSUIT OF ROMAN POLANSKI - LA DA & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DROPPED THE SLAMDUNK
    Arrogance, miscommunication & paperwork let Oscar winning director evade extradition and get away with raping a child

  • :: DID KEITH OLBERMANN BOLT MSNBC TO CREATE MEDIA EMPIRE?
    Though some wanted to blame Comcast taking over NBC, the facts and his subsequent new home at Al Gore's Current TV prove that the abrupt departure of the hot headed anchor in Jan. 2011 was no sudden decision.

  • :: BAD TO WORSE - DOES CNN KNOW WHAT IT'S GETTING WITH PIERS MORGAN
    The "America's Got Talent" judge cited to replace Larry King has scandal filled past & tabloid judgment

  • :: WARNER BROS. LEGAL STRATEGY FOR CHARLIE SHEEN: ENOUGH ROPE TO HANG HIMSELF
    The "Two and a Half Men" star may think he's a Winning Warlock but the producer's lawyers have a very special letter or rathe the absence of it up their sleeves.

  • :: CELADOR & "MILLIONAIRE'S" BLOWBLOW TO WALT DISNEY
    Why the jury agreed with UK creators of hit primetime game show & punished the Mighty Mouse's shell games & sweetheart deals

  • :: 5 WAYS MEL GIBSON COULD SAVE HIS CAREER
    In America, you just need to really say Sorry ... In Hollywood, you just need a hit - how Mad Mel could actually pull off a miracle

    • On Camera:

  • :: Watch Dominic Patten's WTFAmerica channel on YouTube
    Live & direct from Los Angeles, see Dominic Patten on Barack Obama, American Idol, Hollywood and a bit of everything in between.

    • In Print:

  • :: Metroland Online - Great American Video Game
    Read Dominic Patten in New York's Metroland on Grand Theft Auto IV and the rise of the Great American Video Game. (PDF)
  • :: Terror That Bores
    - Vancouver Sun (PDF)
  • :: Careful Not to Judge a Book by its Cover
    - Vancouver Sun (PDF)
  • :: Mail Bonding
    - enRoute Magazine (PDF)
  • :: Early-Onset Shuffleboard
    - The New York Times (PDF)
  • :: Be a Junkie. Be a Thief. But Must You Date Kate Moss?
    - The New York Times (PDF)
  • :: One Big Family
    - The Washington Times (PDF)
  • :: The One That Got Away
    - The Globe and Mail (PDF)
  • :: Rising Body Count
    - Salon.com (PDF)
  • :: Reagan Made Everything Seem Possible and New
    - The Vancouver Sun (PDF)

    • On Radio:

  • :: TWILIGHT, HOLLYWOOD AND THOSE BOX OFFICE BLOODSUCKER (RealAudio)
    Hear Dominic Patten and Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg on LA NPR on the story behind the hit movie and what those creatures of the night mean in our times.

  • :: Newsradio 850 KOA - The Overnight Overview (MP3: 17Mb, 40mins)
    Hear Dominic Patten on Rick Barber's Denver's KOA Radio's show talking about Barack Obama, the legacy of 1972 and the possibility of "B-Rock" the first Hip Hop President.


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