Kristen Lopez joined TheWrap as Film Editor in 2022. She has been a pop culture essayist, critic, and editor whose articles have appeared at Variety, MTV, TCM, and Roger Ebert. She was previously the TV Editor for IndieWire where she was nominated for a SoCal Journalism Award and National Journalism Award by the LA Press Club. She is the author of “But Have You Read the Book: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films.” A California native, Kristen was raised in a small suburb near Sacramento and graduated with a Masters in English from CSU Sacramento. She is the creator of the classic film podcast, Ticklish Business.
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Rebecca De Mornay Reflects on 40 Years of ‘Risky Business’ and Being a Hollywood Sex Symbol
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‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’ Doc Acquired by Magnolia
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IFC Films’ Scott Shooman Named Head of AMC Networks Film Group
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‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’ Adaptation Gets the Royal Treatment in First Trailer (Video)
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How the WGA Strike Finds Echoes in the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s
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Netflix’s ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ Film Nabs Director Leslye Headland
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