JD Knapp is the morning news editor at TheWrap, with a personal preference for horror movies, bubblegum pop, reality TV, sitcoms, and animation. After growing up in Connecticut and graduating from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, he has gone on to work for national outlets such as People, E! News, The Messenger, and Variety. Outside of work, you can find him hiking Runyon Canyon, playing video games, or winning dodgeball.
Experience:
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Comcast’s Sky to Buy ITV’s Media & Entertainment Unit in $2.1 Billion Deal
ITV’s linear channels and ITVX streaming platform will remain free-to-air, while Sky News and ITV News will stay editorially distinct
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Bruce Springsteen Remains Optimistic About America, Despite Trump Leading a ‘Ship of Fools’
The Boss says his songs “retain their currency because we have not yet become the country that we would want to be”
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Hunter Biden Calls Trump Family Out for 4th of July: ‘Long Live the King’
“We declared independence from a king who ran the colonies as a family business. In just 18 months the Trumps have made King George look like an amateur,” he writes
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Newsom Skewers Trump Family for Unprecedented Corruption: ‘Open Sewage System’
“You talk about draining the swamp? He gave it a presidential suite with gold leaf,” the California governor tells Jack Cocchiarella
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Netanyahu Defends Alliance With Trump: ‘99% of the Time We See Eye-to-Eye’
“It concerns me that there’s that element of anti-Israel, first of all, in the Democratic Party and then the woke Right,” the Israeli Prime Minister tells Jacqui Heinrich on Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing”
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Trump Posts AI Video of Him Curing Robert De Niro, Rosie O’Donnell and More of TDS
John Leguizamo, Whoopi Goldberg, Edward Norton and Julia Roberts are also included in the president’s Truth Social video post
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‘Big Brother’ Reveals ‘Time Trip’ Theme for Season 28
Julie Chen Moonves returns as host with a 90-minute premiere July 9 on CBS
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Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis
“I’m sure as it advances, things are going to be different and changing,” the 79-year-old actor tells Lester Holt
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California AG Rob Bonta Downplays Report He’s Pushing Paramount to Sell CNN
“We have to be concerned about that. We’re not naive. We see what’s happening in the world,” Rob Bonta tells Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW
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‘Reacher’ Season 4 Finale to Lead Straight Into ‘Neagley’ Spinoff This Fall
Alan Ritchson and Maria Sten expand their Prime Video universe, as seen in first-look images
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Blake Lively Wants $8 Million in Attorneys’ Fees From Justin Baldoni
The update comes nearly two months after the “It Ends With Us” co-stars reached a settlement ahead of trial
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UK Government ‘Minded to Intervene’ on Paramount-WBD Deal After Review
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has given the companies until July 6 to respond to her concerns regarding the $110 billion merger
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Comcast and NBCUniversal to Split Into 2 Companies
The spin-off will see Mike Cavanagh as CEO of NBCUniversal and former CFO Michael Angelakis as CEO of Comcast
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John Oliver Checks Into ‘General Hospital’ for 3-Episode Arc
The HBO late night host joins the ABC daytime soap opera later this week, nearly four months after asking for a role
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Raven-Symoné and Wife Miranda Maday Celebrate New WOW Presents Plus Series With a Takeover | Exclusive
“Lesbian visibility in media is vital, and being able to bring our authentic selves and our love to these incredible shows is such a fun way to celebrate our community,” the couple says
