Daren DeFrank is a News Editor at The Wrap. She has been covering film, television and all things entertainment in Los Angeles for nearly a decade. She joined TheWrap in 2025 after seven years at Ranker, where she served as Managing Editor and built out their film and television vertical.

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Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend Got HBO ‘Hard Knocks’ Doc Scrapped Over Creative Control, Ownership Stake Demands | Report
Jordan Hudson was also negotiating with a rival production company, according to the New York Times
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David Leitch Reveals How a Key Change on ‘The Fall Guy’ Helped Convince the Academy to Create a Stunt Oscar
The new category will debut at the ceremony’s 100th anniversary in 2027
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Sarah Silverman Reflects on Being Fired From ‘SNL’ After Just One Season: ‘It Never Occurred to Me That Was Possible’
The comedian also tells Howard Stern how Conan O’Brien gave her a chance to do stand-up on his late night show
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Cassie Forced to Read Diddy ‘Freak-Off’ Texts Aloud in Sex Trafficking Trial Cross-Exam
The singer was also asked about the music mogul’s drug use including a 2012 incident where he overdosed on painkillers
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Michelle Pfeiffer Gets Caught in Christmas Shenanigans in First Teaser for Prime Video’s ‘Oh. What. Fun.’
Michael Showalter will direct the Amazon holiday comedy set to release Dec. 3
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Jude Law and Andrew Garfield to Lead Siegfried and Roy Limited Series ‘Wild Things’ for Apple TV+
John Hoffman will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer on the drama based on the Apple Original Podcast of the same name
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Rachel Maddow Says ‘Hysterical Doomsdayers’ Were Right About Trump 2nd Term: ‘They Are Consolidating Power’ | Video
“The common wisdom is he’ll be better at it this time around. Not true!” the MSNBC host says during an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
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J.K. Rowling Insists She Lacks the Power to Fire Paapa Essiedu From ‘Harry Potter’ Over Differing Trans Views – and Wouldn’t Anyway
The author previously called out signatories, including Essiedu, of an open letter calling on the U.K. entertainment industry to protect the trans community
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Melanie Scrofano Returns to Syfy to Investigate Atypical Zombies in ‘Revival’ Trailer
A rural Wisconsin town sees the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves
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LA City Council Passes Motion to Begin Filming Permit Reform
Entertainment workers and union reps showed up at City Hall to call on Los Angeles officials to reduce the costs of on-location shooting
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Mike Hogan, Longtime Vanity Fair Editor, Exits After 25 Years
The executive digital director’s move comes a few weeks after editor-in-chief Radhika Jones stepped down
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Bill Maher Jokes Pope Francis Survived a 38-Day Hospital Stay Only to Be ‘Keeled Right Over’ by JD Vance
The “Real Time” host also says that Donald Trump’s first 100 days proves “time flies when you’re in the fetal position”
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Chris Hayes Mocks Trump’s Rapidly Declining Approval Ratings: ‘He’s Never Been Very Popular’ | Video
“We’re not even 100 days in and Trump is already at the ‘polls are fake’ stage,” the MSNBC host says
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Brian Cox Shades $1,000 Ticket Price to See Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Othello’: ‘Excuse Me, That’s Wrong’
“There’s amazing shows and hits but there’s too much money stuff involved in American theatre,” the “Emmy-winning actor says
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Netflix Sets ‘The Age of Innocence’ and ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ Series Adaptations, Renews ‘Sweet Magnolias’
The streamer announced the in-development projects Wednesday in recognition of World Book Day