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.

Jacob Bryant
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Fire Engulfs Tomorrowland Music Festival Main Stage, but Organizers Assure Show Will Go On
There were no casualties Wednesday as the 1,000 workers constructing the stage for the Belgian music festival were safely evacuated when the fire broke out
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Ann Philbin Wins Getty Prize, Allocates $500K to News Orgs NPR, KCRW, LAist
The former Hammer Museum director uses the prize recognizing cultural leaders to spotlight expected federal funding cuts to public broadcasting
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Megyn Kelly Slams Right-Wing Media for Letting Trump Loyalty Outweigh ‘Journalistic Obligation’ in Epstein Case | Video
“People like me who do consider themselves a journalist, you have an obligation not to just trust,” she says
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‘The Pitt’ Star Katherine LaNasa Confirmed for Season 2 While Celebrating Emmy Noms From Set With Noah Wyle | Video
The fate of LaNasa’s character Dana Evans was up in the air after Season 1
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Director Explains Why Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez Were Cut
“It sucks when you love something as a scene but that scene just doesn’t work in the final cut,” Jennifer Kaytin Robinson says
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Bill O’Reilly Corrected On-Air Over False Claim Biden Oversaw Epstein Conviction: ‘How Do You Convict a Guy That Is Dead?’ | Video
The former “O’Reilly Factor” host insists the disgraced financier was convicted by former Attorney General Merrick Garland
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Ben Shapiro Says Megyn Kelly’s Epstein Sources Are Complicit in One of History’s ‘Greatest Cover-Ups’ | Video
“If somebody came out today, and they were a whistleblower … they would make more money tomorrow than in their entire life working for the FBI,” Shapiro adds
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‘Murderbot’ Showrunners Aimed for ‘Undercutting Sentimentality’ in Season 1 Finale Departure
Chris and Paul Weitz also explain to TheWrap the “daunting” nature of deciding when to introduce a fan-favorite character
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Barack Obama Urges Democrats to Ditch ‘Navel-Gazing’ and ‘Toughen Up’ Against Trump
Dems should also do “a little less whining and being in fetal positions,” the former president tells DNC donors
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Rian Johnson Denies J.J. Abrams ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Rumors: ‘We Communicated’
The “Knives Out” director also defends his highly controversial choice to pivot the film’s big bad from Snoke to Kylo Ren
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7 Shows Like ‘The Sandman’ to Watch While You Wait For New Episodes
“The Sandman” Season 2 Part 2 episodes drop on July 24
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All the Live-Action Superman Performances, Ranked
From David Corenswet’s latest take to Christopher Reeve’s iconic outing
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Trump Administration Reorg Prompts Over 1,300 State Department Layoffs
1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers were sent layoff notices Friday
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FBI Director Weighs Exit Amid Epstein Files Fallout, CNN Says: ‘Anger in the MAGA Base Has Only Continued to Grow’ | Video
“There has been a lot of fighting … over who is to blame,” Kaitlan Collins says of her Dan Bongino report
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Nick Offerman Says Ron Swanson Would ‘Despise’ Trump and Only ‘Dumb People’ Think Otherwise
“He would think he’s an absolute idiot,” he says of his “Parks and Recreation” character














