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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‘Red Alert’ Trailer Adapts Oct. 7 Massacre in Israel Into Scripted Drama
The four-part limited series based on harrowing, true-life events hits Paramount+ on Oct. 7
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Liev Schreiber, Debra Messing, Greg Berlanti and 1,200 More Reject Israeli Film Institution Boycott in Open Letter
“We cannot stay silent when a story is turned into a weapon, when lies are dressed up as justice and when artists are misled into amplifying antisemitic propaganda,” the group writes with Creative Community for Peace
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‘Shark Tank’ Moves to Wednesday Nights to Be With ‘The Golden Bachelor,’ and the Business Pitches Are Still 100% Real
Plus, ABC star Daniel Lubetzky and EPs Yun Lingner and Clay Newbill tell TheWrap all about this season’s Guest Sharks
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Adam Schiff Questions FCC Over Its ‘Political Retribution Against Media Outlets’ After Kimmel Returns to Air
A group of nine senators suggest chairman Brendan Carr and President Donald Trump are conducting “the most blatant and coordinated attack on the free press in American history”
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‘Laguna Beach’ Cast to Reunite for 20th Anniversary Special at Roku
Lauren Conrad, Stephen Colletti, Kristin Cavallari, Lo Bosworth and original series creator Liz Gateley will all be back in 2026
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Stephen Colbert to Receive Ripple of Hope Award From RFK Human Rights Center
“Humor can be a catalyst for change, and Stephen stands as a shining example of how speaking truth to power, boldly, wisely and with heart, can ignite change,” Kerry Kennedy shares
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Robert De Niro Drops F-Bombs Galore as FCC Chair in ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Return Episode: ‘That’s Gonna Cost You’ | Video
“Speech? It ain’t free no more. We’re charging by the word now,” the actor jokes in the late night host’s extended ABC monologue
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Jimmy Kimmel Tears Up in ABC Return, Slams Trump and FCC for ‘Direct Violation’ of Free Speech | Video
“It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man,” the late night host says six days after Disney suspended his show
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Trump Says He’s Going to Test ABC Amid Jimmy Kimmel Return: ‘Let’s See How We Do’
“Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 million. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers,” the president writes ahead of Kimmel’s late night return
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‘The Daily Show’ Mocks Trump’s Tylenol Autism Presser and TikTok’s Rapture Crowd | Video
“We are living in crazy times right now, people are feeling worried and depressed. However, there is some good news: the world is ending,” Jordan Klepper jokes
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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez Says They’re Back and ‘Full of Love’ Ahead of ABC Return
Jimmy Kimmel also shares a throwback photo with Norman Lear as the late night host’s indefinite suspension comes to an end
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Jon Stewart Urges Trump’s Defenders to Join the Rest of America and ‘Fight Like Hell’ for Our Constitution | Video
The “Daily Show” host celebrates the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel by pointing out just how much power Disney has — and how many “authoritarian power grabs” the president is trying to make
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Kamala Harris Calls Trump a Tyrant Who Uses the Federal Government to ‘Take Out Vengeance on His Critics’ | Video
“I always believed that if push came to shove, those titans of industry would be guardrails for our democracy … and one by one by one, they have been silent,” the former VP tells Rachel Maddow on MSNBC
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Jimmy Kimmel Should Come Back With Weekly Trump Voters as Guests, Clay Travis Pitches | Video
“I would say this is the right decision, because I don’t like the idea of deciding based on one comment that we’re not going to have somebody on the air anymore,” the radio host tells Will Cain on Fox News
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TikTok Will Generate $178 Billion in US Economic Activity After Oracle Deal, White House Says
The algorithm will be “secured, retrained and operated” in the United States outside of ByteDance’s control, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt adds of the deal, set to be signed this week
