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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Trump’s ‘Disgusting and Vile’ Rob Reiner Post Sparks Blowback Online: ‘This Is a Sick Man’
The president claims the beloved director and his wife were killed due to “Trump Derangement Syndrome”
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Arthur Cohn, Oscar-Winning ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’ Producer, Dies at 98
The Swiss producer, who worked on six Academy Award-winning films, died Friday in Jerusalem
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‘The Housemaid’ Author Freida McFadden’s ‘The Teacher’ Gets Film Adaptation at Apple
Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg will adapt and executive produce the feature
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Isla Fisher Pays Heartfelt Tribute to ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author Sophie Kinsella After Her Death at 55
“I’m so heartbroken that you are gone,” the actress writes on Instagram
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Matt Reeves Stands Up for Paul Dano After Quentin Tarantino Calls ‘The Batman’ Actor ‘Weak Sauce’
“An incredible actor, and an incredible person,” the director says
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Diddy Sends Cease-and-Desist to Netflix Over ‘The Reckoning’ Docuseries, Accuses CEO of ‘Corporate Retribution’
“The project has no ties to any past conversations between Sean Combs and Netflix … This is not a hit piece or an act of retribution,” a spokesperson for Netflix responds
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Starz Leaders Unpack the Keys to Female Storytelling in ‘Outlander,’ ‘Power’ Franchises: Authenticity and Sharing the Wealth | Video
Power Women Summit 2025: Starz Original Programming President Kathryn Busby, actress Patina Miller and EP Toni Graphia share how specificity and commercial success go hand in hand
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Slams Netflix Doc as a ‘Shameful Hit Piece’ From 50 Cent: ‘Fundamentally Unfair and Illegal’
The first trailer for “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” the streamer’s four-part docuseries about the life and crimes of disgraced music mogul, dropped Monday
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‘Stranger Things’ Star Linda Hamilton Reveals She Was Close to Retirement Before the Duffer Brothers Called
“I just said, ‘I can’t do my best work or be sure that I’m going to be fit for work every day. I gotta stop,’” “The Terminator” actress says
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Josh Brolin Calls Trump a Marketing ‘Genius’ as He Discusses Their Former Friendship: ‘I Know a Different Guy’
“I’m not scared of Trump, because even though he says he’s staying forever, it’s just not going to happen,” the “Wake Up Dead Man” actor says
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Tom Stoppard, Oscar-Winning ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Screenwriter and Celebrated Playwright, Dies at 88
Stoppard won five Tony Awards for Best Play including “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” and “Leopoldstadt”
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Jimmy Fallon Calls for an End to ‘6-7’ Gen Alpha Trend: ‘Let’s Get Over It’ | Video
The “Tonight Show” host breaks down the things he’s most grateful for in his Thanksgiving monologue
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David Ellison Attends Trump’s Dinner for Saudi Prince as Paramount Denies Arab Wealth Funds Are Part of WBD Bid
Paramount Skydance called Tuesday reports that the company was forming an investment consortium “categorically inaccurate”
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House Votes to Release Epstein Files
House Speaker Mike Johnson called the legislation “deeply flawed” ahead of Tuesday’s vote while urging Republicans to support the measure
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Disney Sees How Far ‘Moana’ Will Go in First Live-Action Trailer
The new adaptation of the 2016 film will hit theaters on July 10, 2026
