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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‘Blue Bloods’ Star Tom Selleck Details ‘Frustrating’ Cancellation After Taking 25% Pay Cut
“We’d already done all sorts of things to keep the show going,” the actor says
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HFPA Sues Jay Penske and Penske Media, Alleges Entertainment Market Monopoly and Scheme to Seize Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is seeking more than $150 million in damages
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Judge Declines to Dismiss Trump’s $15 Billion Suit Against New York Times, Orders Amended Complaint
The president celebrates the ruling on Truth Social, saying the paper “failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped”
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Will Ferrell Says He Told a Fan to ‘Shut Up’ After Repeatedly Telling Him He’s ‘No Larry David’
“I do have the ability to stand up for myself,” the “Hawk” actor adds
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Savannah Guthrie Makes Impassioned Plea to Mother Nancy’s Kidnapper: ‘Never Too Late to Do the Right Thing’
“Help us bring this situation to an end,” the “Today” show co-host says
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Donald Trump Says LeBron James Is ‘Maybe a Racist’ in Bizarre Michael Jordan Debate
“I only like people that like me,” the president adds
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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Set Designer Fatally Stabbed in Apparent Spousal Murder-Suicide
Mary Kate Golding was found dead in her New York home on Tuesday
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Tom Holland Becomes First Person to Vomit on ‘Hot Ones’: ‘You Can Use That!’
“Let’s go!” his “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “Odyssey” co-star Jon Bernthal squeals with glee
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Patreon Lays Off 20% of Workforce, Affecting 93 Employees
“This change allows us to continue building from a position of strength, no matter how the chaotic world around us continues to change,” CEO Jack Conte writes
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Sophie Thatcher Says She’s ‘Really Ready to Let Go’ of Her ‘Yellowjackets’ Character, Questions If She’ll Do TV Again
“It feels like Natalie is a ghost haunting me sometimes,” the actress adds
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Kenneth Branagh to Star in Scottish Highland Drama ‘Laird’ for Paramount+
The series comes from Jez Butterworth and 101 Studios, the team behind “MobLand” and “The Agency”
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Mary Jo ‘MJ’ Shannon, Kris Jenner’s Mom and Kardashian Matriarch, Dies at 91
“When I look at my kids and my grandkids, I will forever see pieces of you in all of us,” Jenner writes
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Zohran Mamdani Backs Lawsuit to Block Paramount-Warner Merger: ‘New York’s Workers Helped Build This Industry’
“This is not a merger that serves the public,” the NYC mayor writes
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NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn Says He ‘Wouldn’t Have Done’ Dog-Rape Article About Israel
“No, we wouldn’t have done that exact piece,” Kahn says of Nick Kristof’s May 11 opinion column on the treatment of Palestinian prisoners
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Justin Bieber Joins Madonna, Shakira and BTS to Co-Headline First-Ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show
The “Baby” singer will help close out the celebrated soccer tournament on July 19
