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.
Experience:
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Kevin Hart’s LOL Network Expands Vertical Comedy Slate to Compete With Romantic Microdramas
Hartbeat will partner with leading microdramas directors and Artists First to bring its digital viewers original short-form comedy
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Nithya Raman Calls Out ‘The Daily Show’ for Making Light of Spencer Pratt’s Bid for LA Mayor: ‘He Is a Threat’
The L.A. city councilmember writes on X that Pratt is a “MAGA Republican who has vowed to work with ICE”
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Karen Bass Trails LA Mayoral Competitors in 2026 Campaign Fundraising
While the incumbent leads with $2.8 million funds raised to date, Spencer Pratt, Nithya Raman and Adam Miller outpace the mayor in 2026 funding
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Mansa, First All-Black Microdrama Studio, Expands Summer Vertical Slate | Exclusive
The platform, founded by David Oyelowo and Nate Parker, will roll out 10 new vertical series, featuring an HBCU dance team romance and a female-led flag football drama
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How Each Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Plans to Bring Film and TV Production Back
Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman released new proposal plans just this week to bring film production back home
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Spotify Expands Video Strategy With Fitness Programming, Peloton Partnership
The platform will offer guided workout experiences from creators like Chloe Ting as well as access to 1,400+ Peloton fitness classes
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How Nikki Glaser Went Full Pop Star for Elevated ‘Good Girl’ Hulu Special
Executive producer and Done+Dusted partner David Jammy tells TheWrap how the special matches the comic’s rising star power
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‘The Boys’ Spinoff ‘Gen V’ Canceled at Prime Video After 2 Seasons
“Vought Rising,” another spinoff of “The Boys,” will premiere on the streamer in 2027
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How CBS Stations’ Jennifer Mitchell Is Reimagining Local News for the Streaming Era
The station group president tells TheWrap how AR/VR technology, streaming and social are reaching audiences beyond broadcast
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Taps Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins to Compete in Season 35
ABC also shares more details about its “Next Pro Dancer” spinoff premiering in July
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Casting Microdramas: It’s Gone Hollywood
A casting process that was once as simple as a self-tape has evolved into a more formal system with casting directors, standardized terms and pay
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TV Shows
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Inside ‘Playback,’ a Rare SAG-Affiliated Microdrama With a Musical Spin | Exclusive
TheWrap visited the set of this My Drama vertical series, which is trying to break out of the tropes of the medium
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Sandra Bullock Hasn’t Seen Those AI Trailers for ‘Practical Magic 2,’ but Says It’s Time to ‘Lean Into’ New Tech
“I know it’s not great, but it’s also exciting,” CEO of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Pam Abdy says of the fan-generated AI trailers
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Singer D4vd Arrested for the Murder of 14-Year-Old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
The alt-pop artist who rose to fame on Fortnite, birth name David Burke, will be held without bail after Hernandez’s body was found in his impounded Tesla last fall
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Netflix Execs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters See Pay Cuts for 2025
The co-CEOs’ compensation was just above $53 million each, roughly $7 million less than the previous year
