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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Stephen King Is Not Voting in This Year’s Oscars, Says ‘They Should Cancel Them’ Amid LA Wildfires
There should be “no glitz with Los Angeles on fire,” the author states ahead of the 2025 Academy Awards
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Kristin Davis Was Offered $5,000 to Play Charlotte on ‘Sex And The City’ – Then She Went Straight to Her Lawyer
The actress says Charlotte was almost downgraded to a recurring character because she “wasn’t as powerful” as Carrie, Samantha and Miranda
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‘Babygirl’ Star Harris Dickinson Says There Was a Line He Didn’t Want to Cross With Nicole Kidman: ‘I Can’t Say That’ | Video
The actor tells Drew Barrymore about how he found the erotic dynamic between his character and the Oscar winner
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Graham Norton Recalls Cutting Robert De Niro’s Rambling Late Night Story for Time | Video
The U.K. talk show host jokes that the iconic actor doesn’t like to talk very much – “and it soon became clear why he doesn’t”
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Miley Cyrus Remembers Losing Her Home in 2018 Wildfire, Says Her ‘Soul Aches’ for LA: ‘I Cry for My City’
“Los Angeles represents ‘living the dream,’ but the reality today is wreckage and destruction,” the Grammy winner writes
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Snap CEO Pens Love Letter to LA After Fires Displace 150 Staffers, Pledges $5 Million to Recovery: ‘Here for the Long Haul’
“We will use our strength, our ingenuity and our love to create again and anew,” Evan Spiegel says
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All the Major Hollywood Studios and Companies Donating to LA Wildfire Recovery Efforts
Organizations like the American Red Cross and the LAFD Foundation are helping communities impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires
