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.

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Vince Neil Was Not Aboard Fatal Mötley Crüe Private Plane Crash That Left 1 Dead in Arizona
“Mr. Neil’s thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved, and he is grateful for the critical aid of all first responders,” the singer’s representative says of the Scottsdale Airport accident
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Adaptation Rounds Out Core Cast With ‘Suffs’ Star Hannah Cruz
The Broadway actress joins Paul Mescal, Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt in the “Boyhood” director’s next decades-spanning film
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Trump Says Taylor Swift Had a ‘Tougher Night’ Than the Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX
“MAGA is very unforgiving,” the president writes of Travis Kelce’s girlfriend
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Selena Gomez Admits ‘Some of the Magic Has Disappeared’ Amid Karla Sofía Gascón’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scandal | Video
“I would do this movie over and over again if I could,” the actress says at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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Kendrick Lamar and Timothée Chalamet Compare Their Creative Processes Ahead of Super Bowl Halftime Show | Video
“I think that’s probably one of the biggest misconceptions about me as an artist,” the Grammy winner reveals to the Oscar nominee
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Chappell Roan Challenges Music Exec Who Criticized Her Grammys Speech to Match Her Donation to Struggling Artists
“Put your money where your mouth is,” the Best New Artist winner says in response to Jeff Rabhan’s viral op-ed
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Sarah Michelle Gellar Reassures Fans ‘Buffy’ Revival Is on the Right Path
“I promise you, we will only make this show if we know we can do it right,” the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actress shares
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AMC Stubs A-List Will Increase to 4 Movies Per Week at Higher Fee
Starting May 7, the age requirement for the movie theater benefits will also be lowered from 16 to 13 years old
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Trump Shares Plans for National Garden of American Heroes Like Billy Graham: ‘We Have to Make Religion a Much More Important Factor’ | Video
“People of religion are going to be happy again. I really believe you can’t be happy without religion,” the president says at the National Prayer Breakfast
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‘Emilia Pérez’ Director Jacques Audiard Calls Karla Sofía Gascón’s Racist Tweets ‘Inexcusable’
“I haven’t spoken to her and I don’t want to,” the filmmaker says of his Oscar-nominated lead actress
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Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Robert Downey Jr. to Present at 2025 Oscars
Conan O’Brien hosts the 97th Academy Awards March 2 on ABC and Hulu
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‘The Daily Show’ Responds to Trump With Training Video on ‘How to Un-DEI Your Office’
Jordan Klepper and Desi Lydic use satire to call out companies that are “sucking up to Trump by dismantling DEI initiatives”
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Meet the Cast of ‘The Amazing Race’ Season 37 | Photos
Learn all about the new Fork in the Road twist before Phil Keoghan returns to host a “season of surprises” on CBS
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Karla Sofía Gascón to Skip Key Oscars Campaign Appearances After Apology, Fallout Over Racist Tweets
The “Emilia Pérez” actress is not expected to travel from Spain to L.A. for the AFI Awards luncheon, the Critics Choice Awards or the Producers Guild Awards
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Amber Ruffin to Headline White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
The “Late Night With Seth Meyers” comedian will be the featured entertainer at the April 26 event in Washington, D.C.
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