Mike Roe joined the staff as Weekend News Editor for TheWrap in 2023. Before that, he wrote “The 30 Rock Book” for publisher Abrams and won an L.A. Press Club award for his oral history of “30 Rock’s” “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah.” Previously, Mike spent more than a decade as a journalist for NPR station LAist/KPCC, where he hosted live event series TV Pilot Club and covered arts & entertainment as well as breaking news. He also writes TV drama scripts with his wife, Kristiana. Mike’s previously written for live L.A. talk shows and been part of house sketch teams at several local comedy theaters. He’s crafted pop culture oral history articles on topics including “Parks and Recreation’s” Galentine’s Day and the Los Angeles of “Blade Runner.” In his (too little) free time, Mike reads comics, watches as much TV as possible and nerds out over spirituality, productivity and pro wrestling.
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Experience:
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Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady and Wife of Jimmy Carter, Dies at 96
The Carters dedicated their lives to humanitarian work after leaving the White House
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‘SNL’: Jason Momoa Ignores His Son to Rap About the Roman Empire | Video
After Aquaman delivers fun Rome facts, we also dive into dinosaurs and astrology
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Israel-Hamas Close to Deal to Free Hostages, Pause Fighting
The pause would be for five days and allow dozens of women and children to be freed from captivity
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Jimmy Fallon Warns if George Santos Gets Kicked Out of Congress, ‘He’ll Have to Go From OnlyFans Customer to Creator’ | Video
But, he added, the congressman has a plan to stay in office this Thanksgiving
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Disney, Apple, Warner Bros. Among Mass Advertiser Exodus From Elon Musk’s X Following Antisemitic Post
Sony and Paramount are also among those jumping off, following IBM suspending its own ads on Thursday
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WWE’s Becky Lynch Makes ‘Jeopardy!’ History by Going 0 for 60
But she avoids a shutout with the response, “What is ‘ass’?”
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Travis Kelce Is All Smiles as Taylor Swift’s Impromptu Lyric Change Nods to Their Romance at Concert (Video)
The pop superstar sings “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me” with her NFL boyfriend in the crowd before some post-show PDA
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Tom Hiddleston Says ‘Loki’ Season 2 Finale Is the ‘Conclusion’ to His 14-Year Marvel Journey (Video)
The MCU star also talked fan theories, including Tony Stark coming back and how the show sets up other projects
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Michael J. Fox Says He Still Battles Depression in Parkinson’s Journey but His ‘Positivity Is Really Sincere’ (Video)
The “Back to the Future” star praises his wife for her support following his diagnosis: “We knew the bus was coming, and it was going to hit”
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Graphic Footage of Hamas’ Oct. 7 Israel Attacks to Screen in Hollywood and New York This Week
The video is being shared with members of the press and film industry by Israel’s national military
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Speaker Mike Johnson Defends His Christian Conservative Politics: ‘This Is Not Something That Should Cause Great Unrest’ (Video)
“Until recently, actually, almost all of our nation’s leaders openly acknowledged that they were also Bible-believing Christians,” the GOP representative tells “Fox News Sunday”
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New York Times Writer Jazmine Hughes Resigns After Opposing Israel-Gaza War
The journalist decided to leave the organization after a conversation with her editor over violating newsroom policy by signing an open letter
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Britney Spears Sells 1.1 Million Copies of Memoir ‘The Woman in Me,’ Thanks Fans for ‘Their Unwavering Support’
The book caught the public’s attention with revelations about ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake, her conservatorship and more
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Influential ALS Advocate Ady Barkan, Featured in 2021 Documentary ‘Not Going Quietly,’ Dies at 39
He made headlines when he confronted Sen. Jeff Flake on a plane in 2017 over a vote on tax cuts that would affect people with the disease
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Green Day’s Next Album ‘Saviors’ Was Inspired by Quentin Tarantino, John Waters and Andy Warhol (Video)
First single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” takes on homelessness, suicide and TikTok
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