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.
Experience:
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Golden Globes Puts an Abrupt End to $75,000 Salaries for HFPA Voters
The move cancels a five year deal struck in 2023 and affects some 50 members
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‘The Hunger Games’ Stage Adaptation Sets Fall Premiere in London
A new adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ landmark book series will debut in the custom-built Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre
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Cynthia Nixon Thought Another Very Famous ‘Kristin’ Was Playing Charlotte on ‘Sex and the City’
“I didn’t know who you were,” the actress tells Kristin Davis on her “Are You a Charlotte?” podcast
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Liam Payne Death: Manslaughter Charges Dropped for Singer’s Friend and 2 Argentinian Hotel Workers
The two men accused of selling the One Direction singer drugs remain incarcerated
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Billy Eichner Secretly Hated Finding Success With ‘Billy on the Street’: ‘It Did Not Come Naturally for Me’ | Video
“I thought, ‘Oh, f–k. I’m going to have to keep doing this,’” the actor says on the “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast
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Jim Acosta Says AP Should Sue Trump Over White House Ban | Video
“I don’t think it’s something that should be tolerated” the former CNN anchor adds
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Rachel Maddow Fumes at Trump Admin ‘Geniuses’ Who Fired Nuclear Safety Personnel – Then Scrambled to Hire Them Back | Video
“What about the National Nuclear Security Administration bugs you and makes you think that one is dispensable?” the MSNBC host says
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JD Vance Slams Mehdi Hasan as a ‘Dummy’ for Comparing AP White House Ban to Attack on Free Speech
The veteran journalist responded to the vice president’s name-calling with an open invitation to appear on his show
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John Oliver Tells Viewers to Keep Fighting Back Against Trump: ‘Defeat Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy’ | Video
“Now is not the time to be looking away and saying ‘This is what you f–kers voted for’ and turning your backs,” the “Last Week Tonight” host says
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‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Casts Rosalía and Marshawn Lynch, Dominic Fike Set to Return
Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi are all heading back to the HBO hit series, while Storm Reid is notably absent
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Amazon Defends Scaling Back DEI Efforts Under Trump, Says They Were Always Going to ‘Change Over Time’
“We strive to tell the very best stories, while empowering diverse voices in our storytelling wherever possible,” an Amazon spokesperson tells TheWrap
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Fox TV Condemns ‘Appalling’ Kanye West Super Bowl Ad for Swastika Tees: ‘We Regret These Commercials Aired’
CEO Jack Abernethy addresses the incendiary ads that ran in three local markets during Super Bowl LIX in a memo to staff
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hits NBCUniversal With $100M Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘Making of a Bad Boy’ Doc
The rapper claims the Peacock documentary “maliciously and baselessly jumps to the conclusion” that he is a “monster”
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‘Hitch’ Director Recalls ‘Battle’ Working With Will Smith: He ‘Tried to Back Out 3 Days Before’
Andy Tennant talks the film’s 20th anniversary and says he “was pushing back on a lot of crazy s–t that was happening”
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Steve Bannon Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Steal $15 Million From Border Wall Donors
The former Trump chief strategist and conservative podcaster avoids jail time after facing 15 years in prison
