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(1992-2024) Entertainment reporter for KTLA Morning News (TV Channel 5, Los Angeles USA).

Though edgy, Rubin was considered to have conventional tastes. He was known for rarely being probing in interviews and generally being positive, which made him a favorite among Hollywood publicists; his easygoing manner was known to put celebrities at ease. Henry Winkler noted that he could make guests "open up like a flower".

During a live on-air interview with actor Samuel L. Jackson on February 10, 2014, Rubin mistakenly asked Jackson about the success of the trailer advertised at the Super Bowl, which featured African American actor and former Jackson co-star Laurence Fishburne, who had reprised his role as Morpheus from The Matrix franchise for a car commercial. Jackson was offended by this mistaken reference and proceeded to 'roast' Rubin. In his apology, Rubin claimed he was referring to another commercial, also screened at the Super Bowl, for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which did feature Jackson, and Rubin said he had not raised this during the interview itself because he felt "stupid". At the same time as saying that Jackson had misinterpreted him, Rubin nevertheless chastised himself for what he called "a very amateur mistake".

In 1996, Rubin and Dorothy Lucey-the entertainment reporter for KTTV-co-hosted a syndicated talk show, Scoop with Sam and Dorothy, which aired locally on KTLA. The syndicator, ACI, intended Scoop to be a competitor to the successful Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. The program, having launched despite less national clearance than the industry standard for new syndicated offerings, was canceled after three months on the air due to low ratings.

In the 1980s, Rubin was an entertainment reporter for Group W, the National Enquirer, and Fox Entertainment News.

Rubin reported on the entertainment industry for over thirty years and interviewed many Hollywood stars.

He had last appeared on television the day before his death.

For Reelz Channel, Rubin moderated an entertainment panel show, Hollywood Uncensored with Sam Rubin, which aired from 2010 to 2012 and produced 120 episodes.

He was the co-author of two biographies, one on the former first lady Jacqueline Onassis and another on actress Mia Farrow.

He graduated from Occidental College with a Bachelor of Arts in American studies and rhetoric in 1982.

Beginning in 2006, Rubin hosted Dailies, the flagship program of the newly relaunched Reelz Channel.

Rubin was one of the founding members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which organizes the Critics' Choice Movie Awards. In 2004, Rubin helped the awards land on The WB-their first time on broadcast TV-after Rubin along with other members who were employed by Tribune Broadcasting-owned WB affiliates pitched the idea to the network. Rubin hosted the 18th edition of the event, held in 2013.

Sam Rubin was an American journalist who served as the entertainment reporter for the KTLA Morning News and as a television host of entertainment talk shows and specials.