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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Trixie Mattel Doesn’t Pull Punches on ‘The Pit Stop’ Because ‘Drag Race’ Fans Know When Something Is Bad
“We’re all on the same page, the “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” winner tells TheWrap about once again representing the reality TV juggernaut
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Paul Giamatti Boards ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ as a Villain Opposite Holly Hunter
“The sheer delight with which he dove in on ‘Starfleet Academy’ is only surpassed by the gratitude we feel about him joining our incredible cast,” the showrunners tell TheWrap
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‘Drag Race’ Team Traces 33 Years of Queer History in ‘The Little Pageant That Could’ Trailer | Exclusive Video
Christina Applegate, Vanessa Williams and Kathy Griffin pop up in the documentary about Los Angeles’ The Best in Drag Show
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Halyna Hutchins’ Family Sues Alec Baldwin for Playing ‘Russian Roulette With a Loaded Gun’ on ‘Rust’
“Injury or death was much more than just a possibility — it was a likely result,” the late cinematographer’s mother, father, sister and a script supervisor claim
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30 Most Anticipated Shows of Summer 2024
From the return of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” and Amazon’s “The Boys,” to new shows like Disney+’s “The Acolyte” and HBO’s “Fantasmas”
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Sony Future Filmmaker Awards Presents 6 Winners Camera Equipment, $22,500 in Prizes
The second annual event featured more than 8,400 short films
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Donald Trump Rejects ‘Rigged’ Conviction: ‘The Real Verdict Is Going to Be Nov. 5’
“I think it’s just a disgrace and we’ll keep fighting and we’ll fight to the end and we’ll win,” the former president says
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‘Hacks’ Star Hannah Einbinder Picks Jim Carrey as Her ‘Personal Deborah Vance’
Plus, Max series co-creators Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky tell TheWrap about the current state of half-hour comedies
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Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Is Back in Teaser for 4th and Final Season | Video
Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally and David Cross join the series, which returns August 8
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‘Hacks’ Welcomes Kathryn Newton as a Rising Star in Season 3 Finale Sneak Peek | Exclusive Video
Jimmy and Kayla set up a casual lunch meeting with up-and-coming actress Bella in a new clip from the Max comedy
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Donald Trump Compares Himself to Mother Teresa as Hush Money Trial Jury Deliberates | Video
“What’s happening here is weaponization of a level nobody’s seen before,” the former president says
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‘The Daily Show’ Puts the Trump Assassination Plot Into Fox News Terms: ‘John Wilkes Biden’ | Video
Joe Biden “is incompetent, and also dangerously competent,” Desi Lydic jokes of the GOP’s inconsistency
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Source of Ketamine in Matthew Perry’s System Under Investigation by LAPD, DEA and US Postal Inspector
The “Friends” actor died on Oct. 28, 2023, due to “acute effects of ketamine”
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‘The Shrouds’ Star Diane Kruger Says European Cinema Saved Her Career | Video
Cannes 2024: The former Best Actress Award winner explains why she’s both flattered and nervous to star in David Cronenberg’s semi-autobiographical film, “The Shrouds”
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‘Morning Joe’ Roasts Rudy Giuliani Over His New Coffee Line Amid Bankruptcy, Indictment: ‘Hair Dye and Sweat’ | Video
“You taste something that’s a bit pungent … this is why it’s so personal to him,” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough jokes
