Profiles

  • Kristen Lopez

    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…

    Kristen Lopez

  • Lisa Pekar

    Lisa Pekar is a writer and producer. In her teens, she was a professional ballet dancer for the Milwaukee Ballet Academy and a local model. After an injury ended her ballet career, Pekar began acting and transitioned into filmmaking under the mentorship of director F. Gary Gray. She has since written and produced several projects.

    Lisa Pekar

  • Jose Alejandro Bastidas

    Jose Alejandro Bastidas is TheWrap’s TV editor. Previously, he worked as assistant arts & entertainment editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. He also served as a staff writer at PopCulture.com, based in Nashville, and as food reporter and digital producer at The Desert Sun (a Gannett publication) based in Palm Springs. He has a BA…

    Jose Alejandro Bastidas

  • Joshua Vinson

    Joshua Vinson is a former TV news reporter who joined TheWrap in January 2023 as a news writer. Over the last four years, Josh has covered it all, from NBA All-Star Weekend 2020 in Chicago to the Governor Whitmer Kidnapping Plot trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and everything else in between. At TheWrap, Josh will…

    Joshua Vinson

  • Dan Goman

    Dan Goman is the founder and CEO of Ateliere Creative Technologies, an entertainment technology business that originated as a content company before breaking into SaaS. The son of two immigrant parents who sought political asylum in the United States after expressing dissent towards the communist government in their native Romania, Goman used his intuition and…

    Dan Goman

  • Slav Kandyba

    Slav most recently wrote features worked as an editorial analyst at Globe Newswire. A native of Ukraine (who’s fluent in Russian, but not Ukrainian – go figure) who was raised in L.A. since emigrating in his early teens, Slav’s journalism experience has ran the gamut from writing breaking news from the LAPD press room for…

  • Elijah Gil

  • Eric Berger

    Eric Berger is CEO /Co-Founder of Common Sense Networks (CSN), a company that leverages its proprietary review platform to elevate digital, age-appropriate experiences for kids and families. In his role, Berger also seeks to activate meaningful change in the kids’ ecosystem, overseeing the development of safe, scalable solutions to help leading media entities like TikTok…

    Eric Berger

  • Eric Dahan

    Eric Dahan is CEO and co-founder of influencer marketing company Open Influence. Established in 2013, Open Influence operates across multiple verticals, platforms and regions. With an international scope and background, Dahan has successfully piloted its global expansion throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.

    Eric Dahan

  • Gwen Ihnat

  • Sara Century

  • Lucas Manfredi

    Lucas Manfredi is a TV Business reporter at TheWrap, writing about the programming, executives and trends in the television and streaming industries. Prior to joining the TheWrap in November 2022, he spent four years at Fox Business as a production assistant and a reporter on its digital team. He has a Bachelor of Science in…

    Lucas Manfredi

  • Mark Rahner

  • Raquel Calhoun

    Raquel Calhoun is an Audience Writer for TheWrap. She previously served as a senior multiplatform reporter for Forbes. Some of Raquel’s producing credits include former daytime talk show “The Real” and the nationally-syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil.” In addition, her print and on-camera work has been featured on several platforms, including Ebony magazine, NPR, Fox…

    Raquel Calhoun

  • Kayleigh Donaldson