Harvey Levin is the founder of celebrity news website TMZ, and the former host of OBJECTified, which aired on the Fox News Channel.
17 Facts About Harvey Levin
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Harvey Levin attended high school at Grover Cleveland High School in Reseda, Los Angeles and graduated in 1968 with honors.
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Harvey Levin later attended the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with a JD in 1975.
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Harvey Levin was an active attorney in the state of California for two decades, from December 18,1975, until January 1,1996.
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Harvey Levin then practiced law briefly in Los Angeles before taking a position at Whittier College School of Law.
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In 1978, Harvey Levin came to public attention following a series of high-profile debates with Howard Jarvis, the co-author of Proposition 13, California's controversial property tax-reduction ballot measure, which Harvey Levin opposed.
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Harvey Levin subsequently joined KCBS-TV and spent a decade doing investigative reporting and legal analysis, most notably covering the O J Simpson murder case.
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Harvey Levin created Celebrity Justice, which ran from 2002 to 2005.
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Harvey Levin produced Beyond Twisted, which aired in 2009 for one season before being cancelled.
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Harvey Levin created Famous in 12, an experiment in exploiting a family for quick fame, but the show was cancelled after less than one season, with only five of the scheduled twelve episodes having aired.
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Since 2016, Harvey Levin has hosted the weekly prerecorded show OBJECTified on the Fox News Channel.
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Harvey Levin Productions has produced Levin's media projects since he joined The People's Court in 1983 as the show's legal consultant.
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In 1985, Harvey Levin wrote The People's Court: How to Tell It to the Judge, reviewing and providing commentary on several cases from the show.
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Harvey Levin appeared as an event speaker for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in April 2010 in which he publicly confirmed his self-identification as gay.
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Harvey Levin discussed his fear of losing his career if someone were to find out, which led to Levin compartmentalizing his personal and professional lives.
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Harvey Levin supported Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Harvey Levin became an increasingly vocal opponent of Trump in the years following.