TINSELTOWN, FOR ALL ITS MIGHT, OFTEN SUCCUMBED TO THE INFORMATION THAT NIKKE FINKE KNEW AND REPORTED..
The site she founded, DEADLINE, was a must go..
She often reminded me of the real life version of Gale Weathers, the news reporter from SCREAM.
She was there for most gossipy of gossips.. the most scandalous of scandals. Drudge linked to her often and gave her a siren or two..
Finke was hated as much as she was appreciated. And few that followed her even liked her! She was just pleasant type of person. 🙂
When I do read her, I see that she can be nasty, abrasive and vindictive. I see that she trumpets “exclusives” that are no such thing. She is a prolific name-caller, a practice that is beneath the dignity of such a talented writer. She is not snarky, the way Perez Hilton was before he got nice. She is frankly bilious.
Now she has passed away from the grip of this planet..
Nikki Finke dead.
Hollywood probably relieved ..
This is how the AP reported it:
Veteran journalist Nikki Finke, who founded the entertainment trade site Deadline and who in her heyday was an elbows-out columnist serving up juicy industry scoops and gossip skewering Hollywood’s elite, has died at age 68.
According to a family representative, Finke died Sunday morning in Boca Raton, Fla., after a prolonged illness.
Finke was revered and feared in the industry for exposing secrets, first through her L.A. Weekly column, Deadline Hollywood, which she eventually built into a website.
She founded Deadline Hollywood Daily in 2006 on a Friday and quickly began building her audience by live-blogging the 78th Academy Awards that Sunday. T
he site was largely a one-woman operation until 2009, when Penske Media Corp. acquired it and hired Finke as editor in chief..
Not that Hollywood elites are prone to vicious or dark thoughts, *wink wink,* but we are sure that many are breathing a collective sigh of relief ..
For as many times Nikki Finke gave us a juicy celeb tidbit, she probably took two to the grave with her..
May she rest in peace..
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