Kristen Lopez joined TheWrap as Film Editor in 2022. She has been a pop culture essayist, critic, and editor whose articles have appeared at Variety, MTV, TCM, and Roger Ebert. She was previously the TV Editor for IndieWire where she was nominated for a SoCal Journalism Award and National Journalism Award by the LA Press Club. She is the author of “But Have You Read the Book: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films.” A California native, Kristen was raised in a small suburb near Sacramento and graduated with a Masters in English from CSU Sacramento. She is the creator of the classic film podcast, Ticklish Business.
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‘Cat Person’ Director Doesn’t See Netflix’s ‘Fair Play’ as Competition: ‘We’re Overdue to Have These Movies’
“There’s this desire to put so much pressure on the minority storyteller to represent a thing for everybody,” Susanna Fogel tells TheWrap
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Hollywood Studios Brace for End of Strike, Start of Production: ‘It’s Going to Be a Full-On Horse-Trading Session’
“Deadpool,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Beetlejuice” are among the tentpole franchises that will get preferential treatment
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AI Is Nowhere Near Being Able to Remake ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ With a Different Actor – Yet | Video
TheGrill 2023: Cineverse president and chief strategy officer Erick Opeka discussed what needs to happen to turn that into reality
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‘Dicks: The Musical’ Review: As Shockingly Heartfelt as It Is Wild
Megan Thee Stallion shines alongside stars and writers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp
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Julia Ormond Sues Harvey Weinstein, Disney and CAA for 1995 Assault
The suit filed Wednesday marks a rare instance of the mogul’s business partners being held as complicit in the events
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‘Royal Hotel’ Director Kitty Green Says Execs Wanted a Rape Scene in Her Slow-Boiling Thriller
“We don’t ever get to that level of violence, which is so crazy that that’s what cinema has to have,” Green tells TheWrap
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Sofia Coppola Shows Off Jacob Elordi’s Elvis in ‘Priscilla’ Trailer (Video)
Cailee Spaeny plays the title character
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Adam Conover Remembers When WGA Negotiations Kicked Into Gear: ‘F–king Finally, They Get It’
The “Adam Ruins Everything” writer and negotiating committee member tells TheWrap he “never had any doubt we were going to do it”
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‘Wish’ Filmmakers Explain How New Disney Film Is ‘Not Necessarily Another Princess Movie’
“It’s less important if you have a royal bloodline or not to me in this day and age as a modern audience,” co-director Fawn Veerasunthorn tells TheWrap
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‘The Ringleader’ Director Says Bling Ring Doc Examines How ‘Women Face Both Sides of the Sword’
The HBO documentary boasts the first interview with presumed leader Rachel Lee
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Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman Spar in ‘May December’ Trailer (Video)
The Netflix film is the latest from “Carol” director Todd Haynes
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‘Cassandro’ Director Wanted to Tell a Superhero Story ‘That Inspires Thousands of Young Queer Kids’
“This is a story about self-love,” Roger Ross Williams tells TheWrap of the legendary femme luchador’s Prime Video biopic
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‘Cassandro’ Director Says Bad Bunny Casting ‘Almost Made Me Fall Off My Chair’
“He has a huge career ahead of him as an actor,” Roger Ross Williams tells TheWrap
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‘Haunting in Venice’ Writer Says at First Agatha Christie Estate ‘Didn’t Get’ Plan to Adapt ‘Hallowe’en Party’
“I could see the look in his eye where he’s desperate to be polite, but also doesn’t understand what I’m saying,” Michael Green says
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John Waters Celebrates ‘Hairspray’ at 35: ‘Racists Like It, but They Don’t Realize It’s Making Fun of Them’ | Digital Cover
The filmmaker reflects on the origins and enduring legacy of his 1988 film for TheWrap
