Tess joined TheWrap as the company’s first reporting fellow in 2024. Tess is from Birmingham, Alabama and attended the University of Southern California, graduating with degrees in theatre and journalism. She also served as the executive editor for Annenberg Media, closely overseeing coverage of campus protests amidst the Israel-Hamas War.

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‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Ending Explained: Gabriel Basso Teases ‘Mind-Blowing’ Season 3 Opener
Showrunner Shawn Ryan also tells TheWrap that Peter’s relationship with his dad is the “core emotional anchor” of the series
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Jimmy Fallon Roasts Trump for 20th Wedding Anniversary, Says Melania Is the Only Prisoner He Hasn’t Released | Video
The occasion was also fodder for Jimmy Kimmel, who launched the “Donald & Melania 20th Trumpiversary China Collection”
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‘Love Is Blind’ Renewed Through Season 10 at Netflix
The reality series will celebrate its five-year anniversary alongside its Season 8 Valentine’s Day premiere
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How to Watch Trump’s Inauguration
The President-elect will be sworn into office inside the Capitol Rotunda due to frigid weather conditions
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‘Hollywood Squares’ EP Says He ‘Didn’t Have to Convince’ Drew Barrymore to Be Center Square
Having the actress in that spot “just made everybody feel like this is definitely a safe place,” Jesse Collins tells TheWrap
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One Week After the Fires, It’s All Ashes in Altadena | Photos
“This last week all I’ve wanted to do is knock on my neighbor’s doors and see if they’re OK. But of course, there are no doors,” Kirsten Schaffer tells TheWrap
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‘An Update on Our Family’ Episode Release Schedule
The three-part docuseries premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and follows one mommy blogger’s controversy around her missing son
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RedNote Blocks Posts on Tiananmen Square, Uyghurs as Migrating TikTok Users Spot Chinese Censorship
New U.S. users are bound to the Chinese app’s rules on spreading “the correct view of history”
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‘Morning Joe’ Attacks ‘Outrageous Lie’ That US Military Is ‘Weak and Woke’ at Pete Hegseth Hearing | Video
“There’s so much that was said yesterday it would literally take us four hours just to get through the misinformation,” Scarborough says
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Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $1 Million to LA Wildfire Relief and Recovery Efforts
The donation comes in partnership with Re:wild’s Rapid Response Program, the Oscar winner says
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Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts, Kid Rock to Perform at Trump Inauguration Weekend
A surprise musical guest is also slated to join previously announced acts Carrie Underwood and the Village People
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Israel and Hamas Agree to Cease-Fire in Gaza, Hostages to Be Released Shortly
“We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly,” President-elect Donald Trump says
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Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette and ‘Severance’ Co-Stars Pop Up in Grand Central to Promote Season 2 | Video
Executive producer and director Ben Stiller shared content of the performance art installation to social media
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Neil Gaiman Refutes Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘I Have Never Engaged in Non-Consensual Sexual Activity’
After months of swirling allegations, the author took to his blog to deny accounts that “emphatically did not happen”
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Kathy Bates Says Meryl Streep Dragged Her to the Bar to Shoot Vodka After They Lost the Oscar to Catherine Zeta-Jones
The “Matlock” star remembers constantly comparing herself to Streep on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast