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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Michael Kosta Calls Out His ‘Daily Show’ Crowd for Groaning at Morbid Sinkhole Joke
“Your first reaction was to laugh at that,” the comedian counters
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Trump Torched for Doubling Down on ‘Take Out’ LA or San Diego Comments in New Speech: ‘Disgusting and Dangerous’
“You can sanewash this all you want. This. Is. Not. Normal,” veteran journalist Jim Acosta writes
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Jimmy Kimmel Threatens to Report Trump to the FCC Over ‘Take Out’ LA, San Diego Comment: ‘The Hypocrisy Is So Glaring’
“That’s one of the craziest, most indefensible statements I have ever heard,” the late night host adds
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Aaron Sorkin Recalls Exactly How He Broke His Nose Writing a ‘Newsroom’ Scene
“If it had been a Scorsese film, he would have said … ‘Let’s do that again, but this time, just less blood,” the “Social Reckoning” filmmaker says
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Skydance Film Chiefs Assure Staff Movie Divisions Will Function Independently
“Your experience and perspective will be essential in shaping what comes next,” Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg write in a Day One memo
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‘The Daily Show’ Audience Audibly Groans Over Michael Kosta’s Vivek Ramaswamy Dig
“We fact checked it before the joke,” the comedian assures the crowd
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Hasan Piker Rips Fox News for Insisting Trump Is Always Misinterpreted: ‘This Same Panel Has Done This to Me’
“What happens when he doubles down tomorrow?” the left-wing streamer counters following Trump’s comment that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego
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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump’s Promise to Help Russia Amid Siberia Plague: ‘The Gang Who Brought Polio Back’
“Sounds like the plot of one of those horror movies you can only get on Tubi,” the late night host adds
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Jim Bakker, Controversial Televangelist and Ex-Husband of Tammy Faye Bakker, Dies at 86
“His voice, his vision and his legacy will never be forgotten,” his wife, Lori Bakker, writes
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Jon Stewart Draws Big Reaction From ‘Daily Show’ Crowd With Resurfaced Epstein Files Photo of Stephen Hawking
“I was going to hell anyway,” the comedian says
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Gavin Newsom, Jim Acosta and More Torch Trump After He Dares Iran to ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles or San Diego in Rally Speech
“He is deranged and dangerous,” the California governor writes
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Casey Bloys Extends Deal to Oversee HBO Max and Paramount+ at Skydance
The executive was named co-chair and chief content officer for Skydance DTC earlier on Monday
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Hasan Piker Defends Ms. Rachel After Fox News Warns Parents Against Watching Her Content
“Two people who don’t want children to be slaughtered,” the left-wing streamer says of his shared politics with the children’s entertainer
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Zach Bryan Supports Macklemore With ‘Free Palestine’ Shirt at Gillette Stadium
The country singer’s concert attire comes after Macklemore was banned from the venue over his pro-Palestine remarks
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Bill Maher Sends a Message to New Skydance Bosses Ahead of Merger Closing – and It’s About Trump
“Whoever owns me now, don’t believe what Trump is tweeting about me,” the comedian says
