JD Knapp is a 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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11th Annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Awards See a Future With More Than 1% Film and TV Representation
Event founder and actor Nic Novicki hosted Thursday from the Cary Grant Theater on the Sony Pictures Studios lot
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Sherri Shepherd Doubles Down on Her Lust for Sunny Hostin’s ‘Hot’ 21-Year-Old Son: ‘It’s Cougars All Over’ | Video
“You brought that boy over to me on a silver platter,” the “Sherri” host jokes after being a Hot Topic on “The View”
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Andy Cohen Addresses ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Finale Breaking 4th Wall: ‘Everybody Is a Little Bit Right’
“I don’t know if some of those people thought that what aired would air,” the Bravo boss says
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‘Spacey Unmasked’ Trailer Gives Voice to Kevin Spacey’s Accusers: ‘It’s Over for You’ | Video
“He wasn’t responsible with that power, he used it like a weapon,” one man says in a teaser for the documentary, premiering May 13 on ID and Max
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Alyssa Farah Griffin Says Hush Money Prosecution’s ‘Salacious’ Retelling of Stormy Daniels Affair Hurts Their Case | Video
The former Trump aide tells CNN she’s unsure “that’s going to play well with a jury”
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Met Gala 2024 Red Carpet: Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez and More Reawaken Fashion | Photos
Anna Wintour hosts the “Garden of Time”-themed Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion exhibition with cochairs Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth
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Ryan Murphy’s ABC Series ‘Dr. Odyssey’ Casts Sean Teale Opposite Joshua Jackson
The drama marks Murphy’s second show on ABC after “9-1-1” moved to the network from Fox
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UCLA Students Accuse School of Sanctioning Counter-Protester Violence in a Way That’s ‘Very Similar’ to the KKK
The Palestine Solidarity Encampment held a press conference denouncing overnight violence from what the university determined was a non-student “group of instigators”
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Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ Producers and WBD for Defamation, Says Show Falsely Implied He Was Involved in ‘Horrific Crimes’
“After seeing ‘Quiet on Set’ and its trailer, and the reaction to them, I sadly have no choice but to take legal action,” Schneider says
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9’ Trailer Sets the Stage for the Competition’s Biggest Stakes Ever | Video
Keke Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Connie Britton, Alec Mapa, Anitta, Jeremy Scott, Colton Haynes and more join the judging panel
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At UCLA: Israel, Palestine Protesters Face Off as New, Giant Screen Displays ‘Incomprehensible Atrocities’ of Oct. 7
“A bunch of Zionist counter-protesters — most of which are not students — …brought this screen and set it up,” a UCLA Ph.D student tells TheWrap
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‘We’re Here’ Season 4: New Drag Queens, New Format, Old-Fashioned Bigotry
Jaida Essence Hall, Priyanka, Sasha Velour, Latrice Royale and the team behind the Emmy-winning HBO series tell TheWrap what to expect out of Tennessee and Oklahoma
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Patrick Warburton Says His Mom Hated ‘Family Guy’ So Much She Once Tried to Get It Canceled
The Joe Swanson voice actor admits his parents hate the Fox animated sitcom “even more today than they did 25 years ago”
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Jerrod Carmichael Regrets Criticizing Dave Chappelle Over Trans Jokes: ‘I’ll Never Do It Again’ | Video
“The criticism I had was that of a fan … I want him to focus his genius on a wide range of topics,” Carmichael says
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‘Ridiculousness’ Writers Achieve First Union Contract Under WGAW
The agreement covers all writers, including creative consultants, supervising producers and the showrunner
