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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‘Daily Show’ Roasts Trump VP Hopefuls for Crashing Trial: ‘Met Gala for People Who Don’t Believe in Women’s Rights’ | Video
“It’s kind of hard for Trump to argue that he would never cheat on his wife when there’s a line of dudes outside waiting to suck him off,” guest host Desi Lydic jokes
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Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump’s Lawyers Scored No Points in Cross-Examination: ‘Most Remarkable Version of Michael Cohen’ | Video
“What you saw on the witness stand was this broken man,” the MSNBC host says
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Cannes 2024 Red Carpet: Meryl Streep, Anya Taylor-Joy, Lily Gladstone and More Hit the Croisette | Photos
The 77th Cannes Film Festival is underway in France
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‘Morning Joe’ Says GOP Is Made Up of the ‘Least Masculine Men’ Who Let Trump Undermine, Humiliate Them | Video
“If you’re a real man, you don’t really notice that people are trying to declare a war on masculinity,” Joe Scarborough notes
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11th Annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Awards See a Future With More Than 1% Film and TV Representation
Event founder and actor Nic Novicki hosted Thursday from the Cary Grant Theater on the Sony Pictures Studios lot
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Sherri Shepherd Doubles Down on Her Lust for Sunny Hostin’s ‘Hot’ 21-Year-Old Son: ‘It’s Cougars All Over’ | Video
“You brought that boy over to me on a silver platter,” the “Sherri” host jokes after being a Hot Topic on “The View”
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Andy Cohen Addresses ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Finale Breaking 4th Wall: ‘Everybody Is a Little Bit Right’
“I don’t know if some of those people thought that what aired would air,” the Bravo boss says
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‘Spacey Unmasked’ Trailer Gives Voice to Kevin Spacey’s Accusers: ‘It’s Over for You’ | Video
“He wasn’t responsible with that power, he used it like a weapon,” one man says in a teaser for the documentary, premiering May 13 on ID and Max
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Alyssa Farah Griffin Says Hush Money Prosecution’s ‘Salacious’ Retelling of Stormy Daniels Affair Hurts Their Case | Video
The former Trump aide tells CNN she’s unsure “that’s going to play well with a jury”
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Met Gala 2024 Red Carpet: Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez and More Reawaken Fashion | Photos
Anna Wintour hosts the “Garden of Time”-themed Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion exhibition with cochairs Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth
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Ryan Murphy’s ABC Series ‘Dr. Odyssey’ Casts Sean Teale Opposite Joshua Jackson
The drama marks Murphy’s second show on ABC after “9-1-1” moved to the network from Fox
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UCLA Students Accuse School of Sanctioning Counter-Protester Violence in a Way That’s ‘Very Similar’ to the KKK
The Palestine Solidarity Encampment held a press conference denouncing overnight violence from what the university determined was a non-student “group of instigators”
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Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ Producers and WBD for Defamation, Says Show Falsely Implied He Was Involved in ‘Horrific Crimes’
“After seeing ‘Quiet on Set’ and its trailer, and the reaction to them, I sadly have no choice but to take legal action,” Schneider says
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9’ Trailer Sets the Stage for the Competition’s Biggest Stakes Ever | Video
Keke Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Connie Britton, Alec Mapa, Anitta, Jeremy Scott, Colton Haynes and more join the judging panel
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At UCLA: Israel, Palestine Protesters Face Off as New, Giant Screen Displays ‘Incomprehensible Atrocities’ of Oct. 7
“A bunch of Zionist counter-protesters — most of which are not students — …brought this screen and set it up,” a UCLA Ph.D student tells TheWrap
