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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Netflix’s ‘Temptation Island’ Cast Guide | Photos
Four couples will put their relationships to the test as a slew of seductive singles create a vacation like no other
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Media M&A Plunges 40% in 2025 as Trump Chaos Chills Dealmakers
Executives may find it hard now to believe Trump 2.0 will spur a new wave of media, tech and Hollywood consolidation, but some remain hopeful for a turnaround
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Menendez Brothers: DA Withdraws Resentencing Request Over ‘Lies’ and Fabricated Evidence
“The Menendez brothers have never come clean and admitted that they lied about their self-defense,” the district attorney says
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National Endowment for the Arts Removes Trump’s ‘Gender Ideology’ Requirements After ACLU Suit
Arts organizations applying for funding now have until the March 11 deadline to avoid the president’s new eligibility criteria
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ACLU, 4 Non-Profit Theaters Sue National Endowment for the Arts Over Trump’s ‘Gender Ideology’ Order
The complaint challenges the president’s executive order that impacts non-binary and transgender people’s ability to apply for NEA grants
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‘Pulse’ Trailer: A Complicated Love Story Gets Put on Hold in Netflix’s New Medical Drama
These Miami trauma center residents must push through the eye of the hurricane in the first trailer for the series
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Cancels ‘Hamilton’ Run at Kennedy Center: ‘They Said It’s Not for All of Us’
“It’s just for Donald Trump and his crowd,” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda says
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TheWrap EIC Sharon Waxman Urges Young USC Journalists Not to Shy Away From Trump 2.0: ‘Mollifying a Bully Doesn’t Work’
“Asserting the independence of media is essential,” TheWrap’s founder tells USC students. “Writing every day about the erosion of our freedoms and the erosion of our Constitution is essential”
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Trump Addresses Unruly Congress, Speaker Mike Johnson Ejects Texas Rep. Al Green in Opening Minutes
“America is back!” Trump declares to open his speech, and from there it got wild
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25 Most Anticipated TV Shows of Spring 2025
From “Daredevil: Born Again” on Disney+ and HBO’s “The Last of Us” to Peacock’s “Poker Face” and “The Studio” on Apple TV+
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‘House of David’ Cast and Character Guide | Photos
The new Prime Video series tells the Biblical underdog story of David and Goliath
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Bill Murray Lovingly Remembers Gene Hackman as ‘A Little Irritable’ but ‘Great’ While Filming ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ | Video
“Wes Anderson makes great movies and so does Gene Hackman and you put them both in the same movie, what are you going to get? You’re going to get a good movie,” the actor tells Drew Barrymore
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Blake Lively Memorializes Her ‘Gossip Girl’ Co-Star Michelle Trachtenberg: ‘She Was Electricity’
“She was a kind person through and through,” Lively says following Trachtenberg’s tragic death at 39
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Michelle Trachtenberg’s Former Co-Stars Heartbroken Over Her Death: ‘I Wish I Could Have Helped’
Rosie O’Donnell, Ed Westwick, SAG-AFTRA and others react to the 39-year-old’s passing
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Trump’s Kennedy Center ‘Hostile Takeover’ Chills DC Arts Community
Arts leaders, community organizers and artists fear censorship, funding loss as Trump aims to “make the arts great again”
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