Umberto is a senior film reporter at TheWrap, covering film & television development, agencies and talent. He joined TheWrap in 2016. He has been covering the fanboy beat & breaking scoops for 20 years with numerous Hollywood trade, newspaper and magazine mentions to his credit.
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How Those Adorable Porgs in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Got Their Squawk
Is it a chicken cluck? A dove coo? A turkey gobble? All of the above?
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Roseanne Deletes Tweets Threatening to ‘Retire Right Now’ After Online Beef With Liberals
“i won’t be censored or silence chided or corrected and continue to work. I retire right now. I’ve had enough. bye!” read one of her tweets
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All 8 of 2017’s Superhero Movies Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)
From “Justice League” to “Logan,” this year was a mixed bag for movies with characters that originated in comic books
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Vin Diesel Edges Past ‘Furious’ Co-Star Dwayne Johnson to Become 2017’s Top-Grossing Actor
Diesel topped the list with $1.6 billion in global ticketing receipts, thanks to the huge success of “Fate of the Furious”
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Composer John Williams to Write Theme for ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
“John Powell is going to write the score, which he’ll do brilliantly,” says the Oscar winner
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Bono Complains Modern Music ‘Has Gotten Very Girly’
“In the end, what is rock & roll? Rage is at the heart of it,” says the U2 frontman
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Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas Movie? Screenwriter Finally Settles the Question
More to than the Bing Crosby classic “White Christmas,” Steven E. de Souza insists
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New ‘Roseanne’ Teaser Mocks Itself for Bringing Dan Back From the Dead (Video)
“You can’t live in the past Dan! When things are gone, they’re gone forever,” Roseanne tells her formerly deceased husband
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Jim Burns, ‘MTV Unplugged’ Co-Creator, Dies at 65
Burns was struck by a taxi cab in New York on Dec. 23
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Former Miss America: ‘We All Band Together to Save Our Program’
“I think this is an opportunity to see how women can… rise up”
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NASA Astronauts Watch ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ on Space Station
“Space Station movie night, complete with ‘bungee cord chairs,’ drink bags, and a science fiction flick!”
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Lorde Cancels Tel Aviv Concert, Caves to Critics of Israel
“We regret to announce the cancelation of the Lorde concert in Israel planned for June”
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Twitter Makes U-Turn, Deletes Rosie O’Donnell’s Lewd Ben Shapiro Tweets
“Looks like Twitter had some second thoughts about @Rosie’s obscene tweets”
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: Adam Driver’s Shirtless ‘Beefcake’ Scene About ‘Intimacy,’ Says Director
“It’s all about those Force connection scenes”
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Jessica Chastain Agrees: Her All-White-Actress Mag Cover Is a ‘Sad Look’
“The industry needs to become more inclusive in its storytelling”
