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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Mark Ruffalo Eviscerates Paramount Merger Citing Ellisons’ Ties to Gaza ‘Genocide,’ Studio Condemns Remarks as ‘Antisemitic’ | Exclusive
A studio spokesperson calls the actor’s remarks in a statement to TheWrap “a bridge too far”
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Neutrogena Says It Will Donate to Postpartum Depression as Hayden Panettiere Fans Threaten Boycott
The skincare brand is facing backlash after the late actress’ claims of being fired for PPD resurfaced this week
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Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Lioness’ Criticized by Real Operatives It’s Based On: ‘Took Our History and Corrupted It’
“I see a really complicated women’s wartime history repackaged into something safer and sanitized for mass consumption,” one former service member says
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Hayden Panettiere, ‘Remember the Titans’ and ‘Heroes’ Actress, Dies at 36
“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” her father Skip Panettiere says
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Celebrated as the ‘Most Loved Industry Executive’ at TV Academy Hall of Fame Induction
The 28th ceremony also honored Jean Smart, Ted Sarandos, Sheila Nevins, the late Ed Bradley and “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone
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Max Greenfield Says Taylor Swift Was a Better Actor Than ‘New Girl’ Cast During 2013 Cameo
“Taylor wasn’t quite yet Taylor, but I remember she was on set and we were hanging out,” the actor says
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Mark Rydell, Oscar-Nominated ‘On Golden Pond’ Director, Dies at 97
“He was the actor’s whisperer; just a few words was all it took to understand what was needed,” actress Bette Midler says of the late director’s passing
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Anne Hathaway Shares Her Rule for Dogs Dying in Movies, Teases Fate of ‘End of Oak Street’ Pup
“I think everybody’s so traumatized by ‘John Wick,’” the actress says
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Nick Reiner Indicted for Murder of Parents Rob and Michele Reiner
The indictment adds a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait
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Jerry Katzman, Former William Morris President Who Helped Shape TV Packaging, Dies at 89
His television packaging model led to series like “The Cosby Show,” “Roseanne” and “Murphy Brown”
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Spencer Pratt Meets With Donald Trump Over Federal Film and Television Tax Incentive
“The adults in the room are actually trying to repatriate the most quintessential American industry,” the former reality star and L.A. mayoral candidate writes
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IKEA Turns Alexander Skarsgård’s Viral ‘Wicker’ Man Moment Into an Ad, and a Bench
“Made from husband material,” the brand adds
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Minnie Driver Recovering After Car Accident in France: ‘I am So Grateful to Be Alive’
“We didn’t walk out of it, we crawled out of it. But we did get out of it alive,” the “Emily in Paris” actress shares
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‘The Odyssey’ Translator Declares War on Christopher Nolan’s Epic in 2nd Scathing Takedown: ‘Emotionally Empty’
Emily Wilson cheekily compares the historic Universal Pictures blockbuster to “a kind of Trojan horse”
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Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng Think Satire Is the ‘Responsibility of the American Comedian’
“I always felt that if America couldn’t do a daily political satire show, nobody can do it,” Chieng says of “The Daily Show”
