Josh is a Senior News Editor at TheWrap. He is a veteran wire-service journalist who moved from New York to Los Angeles in 2008 to revamp the entertainment department of the Associated Press. He’s covered all facets of the industry ever since, first joining TheWrap in 2009 as a part of the fledgling digital Hollywood trade’s small and scrappy staff. After stints as Film Editor at Variety, Mashable’s first Entertainment Editor (and even a hot minute at TMZ), Josh returned to TheWrap for a third tour of duty in early 2022.
Experience:
Resides In:
Joshua Tree, CA
Education:
Josh received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Communication from the University of Minnesota.
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Santa Monica expanded its mandatory evacuation order Wednesday as winds continued to whip three large wildfires
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Thousands Evacuated as Fire Rips Through Pacific Palisades, Whipped by Ferocious Santa Ana Winds
Houses were on fire in neighborhoods where many Hollywood creatives and executives live, with the blaze expected to worsen overnight
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Peter Yarrow, Folk Legend of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86
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House GOP Media Darlings Are ‘Not Meaningful Players Internally,’ Outgoing Congressman Says
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Linda Lavin, Star of TV’s ‘Alice’ and Broadway Vet, Dies at 87
Lavin died unexpectedly while promoting her new Netflix series “No Good Deed”
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Hudson Meek, Child Actor in ‘Baby Driver’ and TV Roles, Dies at 16
The teen died in Alabama after falling from a moving vehicle, according to local news reports
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Justin Baldoni, meanwhile, has lost his agent, his podcast partner and a Vital Voices award
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Publicist for Justin Baldoni Denies Blake Lively Smear Campaign: ‘The Internet Did the Work for Us’
“No negative press was ever facilitated, no social combat plan, although we were prepared,” Jennifer Abel wrote to a private Facebook group
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Amber Heard Supports Blake Lively Against Justin Baldoni ‘Smear Campaign’: ‘I Saw This Firsthand’
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Danny Masterson Appeals Rape Convictions, Says Victims’ Stories ‘Evolved’ to Pursue Monetary Damages
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Refinery29 CEO Exits After 8 Months, 10% of Workers ‘Quietly’ Laid Off | Report
Cory Haik is out and no interim has been named, Axios reports
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Chris Cuomo Re-Ups With NewsNation in Multiyear Contract
The Nexstar news network’s highest-rated anchor is sticking around
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Washington Post Deputy Opinion Editor Bolts for Bari Weiss’ Free Press
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