Daren DeFrank has been covering film, television and all things entertainment in Los Angeles for nearly a decade. She joined TheWrap in 2025 after seven years at Ranker, where she served as Managing Editor and built out their film and television vertical. She earned her B.A. in Journalism at the University of Rhode Island and has written for The Culture Trip, Blossom and So Yummy. Daren has been obsessed with film since she was a kid after going to the theater once a week with her mom. She still spends tons of time at the movies, this time with her AMC A-List pass and a large popcorn.
Experience:
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‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Casts Rosalía and Marshawn Lynch, Dominic Fike Set to Return
Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi are all heading back to the HBO hit series, while Storm Reid is notably absent
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Amazon Defends Scaling Back DEI Efforts Under Trump, Says They Were Always Going to ‘Change Over Time’
“We strive to tell the very best stories, while empowering diverse voices in our storytelling wherever possible,” an Amazon spokesperson tells TheWrap
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Fox TV Condemns ‘Appalling’ Kanye West Super Bowl Ad for Swastika Tees: ‘We Regret These Commercials Aired’
CEO Jack Abernethy addresses the incendiary ads that ran in three local markets during Super Bowl LIX in a memo to staff
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hits NBCUniversal With $100M Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘Making of a Bad Boy’ Doc
The rapper claims the Peacock documentary “maliciously and baselessly jumps to the conclusion” that he is a “monster”
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‘Hitch’ Director Recalls ‘Battle’ Working With Will Smith: He ‘Tried to Back Out 3 Days Before’
Andy Tennant talks the film’s 20th anniversary and says he “was pushing back on a lot of crazy s–t that was happening”
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Steve Bannon Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Steal $15 Million From Border Wall Donors
The former Trump chief strategist and conservative podcaster avoids jail time after facing 15 years in prison
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Kanye West’s Yeezy Website Shut Down by Shopify for Selling Swastika T-Shirt
The rapper promoted the website in a bizarre Super Bowl ad following a series of antisemitic tweets last week
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Rachel Maddow Slams DOGE for Granting ‘Highly Trained Professionals’ Like Online Hacker ‘Big Balls’ Government Access
The MSNBC host also took aim at an Elon Musk DOGE employee who said he was “racist before it was cool”
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FireAid Benefit Concert Available to Stream for 1 Full Year, Donations Matched Dollar for Dollar
Fans can continue to support L.A. recovery efforts by streaming the star-studded event with every donation matched by Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and wife Connie
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Hollywood Producer Found Guilty of Murder in Overdose Deaths of 2 Women
David Brian Pearce was also convicted on all charges of sexually assaulting seven women between 2007 and 2020
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Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump Just Gave Musk ‘The Domestic Equivalent of the Nuclear Codes’ | Video
“Of all the horrendous things that have happened in the Trump regime just in the last weekend, nothing is potentially more dangerous than that” the MSNBC host says
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The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega Team Up in ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Trailer
“Waves” director Trey Edward Shults brings his surrealist odyssey to life with Barry Keoghan also starring
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DA Nathan Hochman Retaliated Against LA Prosecutors Who Drafted Menendez Brothers Resentencing Petition, New Filing Claims
Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford seek $5.25 million in damages each after being scuttled to less desirable positions in November
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‘The Daily Show’ Challenges Gen Z to Delete Social Media Apps Run by Trump-Aligned Billionaires | Video
“The world is up in arms about social media … but are they mad enough to get off the apps?” correspondent Grace Kuhlenschmidt asks
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Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Come Together for a Texas-Sized ‘True Detective’ Reunion | Video
Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and Renée Zellweger also appear in Nic Pizzolatto’s ad for filming in the southern state
