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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How Does ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Connect to the Movies?
The HBO series expands Pennywise’s origin quite a bit
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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 1 Release Schedule: Here’s When New Episodes Come Out
The prequel series explores the history of Pennywise the Clown
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The 7 Best New Movies on Paramount+ in October 2025
From a pair of classic crime movies to an under-rated sci-fi flick
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The 7 Best Stephen King Movies Streaming Right Now and Where to Watch Them
From “The Shining” to “The Mist”
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‘Halo’ Coming to PlayStation for the First Time in 2026
“Halo: Campaign Evolved” will be a “modernized remake” of the 2001 original game
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Israel’s Version of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Flaunts Trump as a Conquering Roman Emperor | Video
“You don’t need to know Hebrew to get this,” The Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg writes on X
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Steven Soderbergh Says ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ Was the First Time Disney Rejected a Completed ‘Star Wars’ Script
The unmade film was set to star Adam Driver and take place after the events of 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker”
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Ben Stiller Defends Nepo Babies: ‘It’s Like the New Brat Pack’ | Video
“I also understand there are other arguments to be made about access and all those things,” the son of Stiller & Meara says
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Stephen A. Smith Warns NBA Gambling Arrests Are ‘Just the Tip of the Iceberg’ of Trump’s Revenge Plan | Video
“Everybody better brace themselves, because he’s coming,” the ESPN host adds
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Jon Stewart Says He’s Offended ‘Not as an American, but as a Comedian’ About Trump’s AI ‘Diarrhea Plane’ | Video
“What is the satire? I’m just curious,” the “Weekly Show” host wonders
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Adam Brody Shares the 3 Ways ‘The O.C.’ Set the Benchmark for Teen Dramas: ‘Self-Awareness Had Not Been Done’ | Video
“I think for a teen show it was the most music-centric,” the actor adds
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Trump Shows Off Paper Pictures of New Ballroom, Defends Destruction of East Wing: ‘It’s About $300 Million’ | Video
“It was never thought of as much, it was a very small building,” the president says of the White House renovation
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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Sends In the Creepy Clowns — in Cities Across the Globe — to Promote HBO Show
Pennywise is not in Derry anymore
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Jen Psaki Wonders Whether Usha Vance Needs to Be Rescued From Husband JD: ‘Please Blink 4 Times’ | Video
“I mean, he’s scarier [than Trump] in certain ways,” the former White House press secretary adds
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Eddie Murphy Unpacks His Career and Legacy in New Netflix Doc | Video
“He’s been famous longer than just about anyone alive,” director Angus Wall says of his “Being Eddie” subject before the documentary premieres on Nov. 12
