Jacob Bryant is an Audience Writer for TheWrap. He has been covering the entertainment industry since 2015. Before joining The Wrap in 2024, he was a web editor for Variety and worked at Ranker helping to grow the site’s entertainment coverage.
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‘Peacemaker’ Star Frank Grillo Unpacks That ‘One-Sided’ Interrogation Brawl: ‘It’s a Turning Point for Flag’
The HBO Max actor tells TheWrap his character has something “much bigger and much better and much more lasting” in store for John Cena’s Peacemaker in the final three episodes
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Shari Redstone Says Late Night TV Is ‘Financially Not Viable’ Amid Colbert-Kimmel Upheaval | Video
The former Paramount Global chair adds of The Free Press acquisition talks that Bari Weiss would be “a good voice” for CBS News
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Brendan Carr Dismisses House Democrats’ Effort to Have Him Resign From FCC: ‘I’m Not Going Anywhere’ | Video
“My team tells me I need to stop responding with so many memes,” the chairman tells Dana Loesch
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Senate Democrats Slam Brendan Carr for Weaponizing FCC Against ABC, Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech in Open Letter
Sen. Chuck Schumer, Edward Markey, Amy Klobuchar and others say the chairman is no longer acting in the “public interest,” but instead in “Trump’s interest”
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Bill Maher Worries Tyler Robinson and Luigi Mangione Could Become ‘A Copycat Thing’ | Video
“It cannot be an instrument to achieve a goal. It just can’t. It can’t be rationalized,” Maher’s guest Billy Corgan adds
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John Masius, Emmy-Winning ‘St. Elsewhere’ Producer and Creator of ‘Touched by an Angel,’ Dies at 75
The industry vet most recently created the Jada Pinkett Smith medical drama “Hawthorne” at TNT
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Bret Baier Says It’s ‘Baffling’ People Still Believe Charlie Kirk Shooter Was MAGA When His Motive Is ‘Right There’ | Video
“It was hatred for [Kirk] … in his own words, that is the motive” the Fox News anchor says
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The Grand Ole Opry and a White-Hot NFL Team Highlight Hallmark’s 16th Annual ‘Countdown to Christmas’ Lineup
Another slate of holiday movies and shows kicks off in October
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Menendez Brothers Retrial Effort Tossed as DA Nathan Hochman Touts ‘We Got It Right’
Judge William C. Ryan ruled Monday that “the evidence alleged here is not so compelling that it would have produced a reasonable doubt in the mind of at least one juror,” the DA says
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Greg Gutfeld Blows Up at Jessica Tarlov Over Her ‘Both Sides’ Charlie Kirk Shooter Assessment: ‘That S—t Is Dead!’ | Video
“The Five” gets testy when Gutfeld says such violence is only enacted by liberals before Tarlov cites the political killing of Melissa Hortman
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Dan Rather Warns Paramount’s CNN Bid Could Be a ‘Very Serious Wound’ to CBS: ‘Not Healthy for the Country’ | Video
Americans “have to be concerned” about “huge billionaires getting control of nearly all of the major news outlets,” the news veteran says
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PEN America Condemns MSNBC, Washington Post Journalists’ Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments: ‘Open Debate Is Urgently Needed’
WaPo columnist Karen Attiah is the latest media professional dismissed from her employer for criticizing the divisive far-right political figure
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Cristin Milioti Won’t Be in ‘The Batman: Part II,’ Matt Reeves Says
“But we’ll see. I mean, I think she’s incredible,” the director adds of the actress, who just won her first Emmy for playing Sofia Falcone in “The Penguin”
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The Best and Worst Moments From the 2025 Emmys
From Stephen Colbert’s standing ovation to an overlong bit about donating money to the Boys and Girls Club of America
