Alyssa Ray is the night news editor at TheWrap and boasts a passion for period dramas, horror films, musicals, romance novels, reality TV, pop music and theme parks. After growing up in Massachusetts, Alyssa found herself in Los Angeles through Emerson College’s internship program, where she majored in Marketing Communications. After a stint in publicity, Alyssa pivoted to the other side of the red carpet and worked for a number of national outlets, including E! News, Parade Magazine and TMZ. She can be reached at alyssa.ray@thewrap.com.
Experience:
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Jimmy Kimmel Compares Trump to the ‘World’s Angriest Telemarketer’ After Heated Response to War Powers Resolution | Video
“That’s how he operates,” the late night host adds
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Jon Stewart Takes Somber Tone Addressing Trump’s Actions In 2026: ‘We Are In a Confusing Dark Place’ | Video
“I’m trying to keep myself spirited here,” the comedian adds
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AOC Says She ‘Absolutely’ Believes Trump Has Committed Impeachable Offenses: ‘Without a Shadow of a Doubt’ | Video
“Personally, I think the criminality of what we’ve been seeing from this administration is quite clear,” the congresswoman adds
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Tony Dokoupil Laughs Off ‘CBS Evening News’ Criticism On-Air: ‘Thanks for Your Notes’ | Video
“We are making our way through them and we’re going to be talking about what we heard in the weeks ahead,” the anchor adds
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Former Disney Channel Star Matt Prokop Arrested, Facing Child Pornography Charge
The actor is best known for his roles in “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” and Disney Channel’s “Geek Charming”
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Universal’s Donna Langley Offers Message of Resilience to Hollywood Creatives on Awards Weekend: ‘We Will Prevail’
“We make things that matter and we deliver them to the audience globally in a way that is meaningful,” the NBCUniversal Entertainment chairperson adds
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PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday | Video
“Due to federal budget cuts, we’ve had to make the difficult decision to rework our staffing and programming,” anchor Amna Nawaz shares
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Washington National Opera to End Over 50-Year Residency at Kennedy Center Amid Trump Rebrand
“We have made the difficult decision to part ways with the WNO due to a financially challenging relationship,” a rep for the venue says
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Maya Hawke Praises the ‘Hunger Games’ Franchise for Being ‘Explicitly Anti-Fascist’ and ‘Mainstream’ at the Same Time | Video
The “Stranger Things” alum is set to star in the prequel movie, “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” out Nov. 20
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Zohran Mamdani’s First Week as NYC Mayor Included a Private Meeting With Steven Spielberg
The newly inaugurated mayor met with the billionaire filmmaker in an off-the-books visit
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Jimmy Kimmel Slams Trump for Gaslighting Americans Over Minneapolis ICE Shooting: ‘How Stupid Do You Think We Are?’ | Video
“There used to be a baseline of truth that doesn’t seem to exist anymore,” the late night host adds
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Tony Dokoupil’s ‘Both Sides’ Take on Minneapolis ICE Shooting Ridiculed as ‘A Waste of Words’ | Video
“Our job now is … to find a way to live with people who are genuinely different from us,” the anchor says in Thursday’s “CBS Evening News” sign-off
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CBS News Insider: Bari Weiss Met With ‘60 Minutes’ Top Editors to Advance CECOT Story
The CBS News editor-in-chief pulled the “Inside CECOT” story in December hours before it was slated to air
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‘CBS Evening News’ No. 2 Producer Dismissed Amid Tony Dokoupil’s Rocky Rollout
Javier Guzman stepped into his role as senior broadcast producer for the news program back in August
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Mike Pence Slams Trump White House’s Jan. 6 Website as ‘Very Offensive’ and ‘Deeply Wrong’ | Video
“I understand the revisionist history that the president has tried to promote, but I think the [American people] know what they saw that day,” the former vice president adds
