JD Knapp is the morning news editor at TheWrap, with a personal preference for horror movies, bubblegum pop, reality TV, sitcoms, and animation. After growing up in Connecticut and graduating from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, he has gone on to work for national outlets such as People, E! News, The Messenger, and Variety. Outside of work, you can find him hiking Runyon Canyon, playing video games, or winning dodgeball.

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17 Top 6 Queens Explain Why the Emmy-Winning Series Is So Important to Queer People
Suzie Toot, Sam Star, Onya Nurve, Lexi Love, Lana Ja’Rae and Jewels Sparkles celebrate their success on the MTV reality show with TheWrap in Las Vegas
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17 Queens Reveal Who From Their Cast Should Join the Las Vegas Live Show
Jewels Sparkles, Lana Ja’Rae, Lexi Love, Onya Nurve, Sam Star and Suzie Toot celebrate the 1,000th performance with TheWrap
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Miami Beach Mayor Withdraws Plan to Evict O Cinema Over ‘No Other Land’ Screenings
Mayor Steven Meiner instead says he wants the theater to offer “a fair and balanced viewpoint” going forward
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‘The Last of Us’ Sets American Sign Language Offering for Season 2
Daniel Durant and Leila Hanaumi will perform the ASL version of Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey’s hit HBO series
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ All Star Ginger Minj Praises Las Vegas Live Show for Reaching a Politically Diverse Audience
“They hear our message and they see that we’re just people like everybody else,” the stage show host tells TheWrap
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Tracy Morgan Says Food Poisoning to Blame for Vomiting at Knicks Game
“The Knicks are now 1-0 when I throw up on the court, so maybe I’ll have to break it out again in the playoffs,” the basketball fan jokes
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Adam Sandler Gets a Mulligan in Netflix’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Trailer
Julie Bowen, Bad Bunny and Ben Stiller also appear in the first teaser for the sequel to the 1996 sports comedy classic
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Producers Have Broadway Dreams as Las Vegas Show Hits 1,000 Performances
World of Wonder co-founders and EPs Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato discuss the hit MTV show’s legacy with TheWrap
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Michael Moore, Barry Jenkins, Marisa Tomei Among 600 Creatives Who Condemn ‘No Other Land’ Censorship Threat in Miami
“Your decision to punish O Cinema for screening ‘No Other Land’ is an attack on freedom of expression,” their open letter reads
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Village Roadshow Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The “Joker” production company cited continued fallout from a dispute with WB over the release of “The Matrix Resurrections” on Max
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Fox Business Host Slams Trump White House for Dodging Her Requests to Talk Economy: ‘I’ll Air Dirty Laundry All Day’
“The people who work for these Treasury Secretaries need to answer a text message. It’s shameful,” Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s former co-host Dagen McDowell says
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Frankie Grande, Peppermint Join GLAAD to Rally Reality TV to Cast LGBTQ Subjects More Authentically
The “Big Brother” and “Drag Race” alums’ open letter was co-signed by Alan Cumming, Bob the Drag Queen, Chrishell Stause, Taylor Hale, Monét X Change, Nicole Byer and more
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PBS Sets ‘Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm’ Special to Explain, Prevent Los Angeles Wildfires
“I’m grateful to the scientists, fire officials, survivors and everyday heroes for giving their time and sharing their stories,” host Maiya May says ahead of the March 19 premiere
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‘The Traitors’ Season 3 Winners Share What You Didn’t See in the Edit
The Peacock stars also tell TheWrap who they think deserves a second chance and who played the best game
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Gene Hackman Cause of Death: Actor Died of Heart Disease and Alzheimer’s One Week After Wife Succumbed to Hantavirus
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator and Santa Fe County Sheriff released their autopsy results on Friday
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