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.
Experience:
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Jordan Chiles Talks Olympics Gymnastic Team’s Secret Name: ‘F–k Around and Find Out’ | Video
The grill-wearing Olympian initially gives the acronym “FAAFO,” but Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson get the medalist to cop to what it actually stands for
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‘The Orville’ Season 4 Sets 2025 Production Start, Star Scott Grimes Says
The show finished its third season in August 2022, its future fate remaining up in the air ever since
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Mark Kelly Appears to Exit Race for Kamala Harris’ VP, Then Deletes Tweet: ‘My Mission Is Serving Arizonans’
The post continues to fuel speculation about who will join the current vice president on the Democratic ticket
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Explains How He Secretly Dumped a Dead Bear Cub in Central Park, Framed Bicyclists | Video
Deciding to pull a prank back in 2014, he tells Roseanne that he left the animal with an old bike to make it look like a bicyclist had killed the young creature
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Donald Trump Congratulates Vladimir Putin for Prisoner Exchange Biden Arranged That Freed Evan Gershkovich | Video
Trump also tells several lies about the multi-nation effort that freed 16 people wrongfully detained in Russia
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Nancy Pelosi Says She Didn’t Make Any Calls to Get President Biden to Leave Democratic Ticket in Carefully Worded Answers | Video
The House speaker emerita faces questions about what she told the president and reports that he is “furious” with her
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Kamala Harris’ Husband Acknowledges Affair During 1st Marriage
Doug Emhoff says that he “took responsibility” and since the affair, has “worked through things as a family”
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Gold Medalist Credits ‘The Social Network’ for Getting Him Into Rowing
Justin Best watched the Winklevoss twins row on-screen and followed suit (despite their villainous roles)
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Olympic Pole Vaulter’s Crotch Smacks Into Bar, Costs Him Event | Video
Commentators struggled as they searched for delicate ways to address what just happened to Anthony Ammirati of France, while social media users let loose
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Meta Offers Millions to Awkwafina, Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key to Use Their Voices for AI
The negotiations show the potential threat to workers and opportunities sought by companies from machine learning tools
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‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media Faces Internal Conflict as Employees Look to Unionize | Report
Issues at the company include accusations of union-busting, division over coverage of Gaza and one of its founders/hosts dating a staff member, according to Bloomberg
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Megyn Kelly Blames NABJ Journalist for Asking Trump ‘Nastiest Question She Could Dream Of’ | Video
“As a journalist who has asked Trump very hard questions, I thought this was grossly inappropriate,’” the conservative host says
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Kal Penn Backs Pete Buttigieg for Kamala Harris’ VP Pick, Praises His ‘Effortless’ Fox News Appearances
“He disarms with a physical smile and an intellectual shiv,” the actor and former Obama White House staffer says of the openly gay transportation secretary’s style
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WWE Ratings Up Heading Into SummerSlam, ‘Raw’ Rises 9%
Meanwhile, “SmackDown” is up 17% in the key 18-49 demographic compared to the third quarter of last year
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‘Justice Warriors: Vote Harder’ Debuts Animated Short Trailer With H. Jon Benjamin | Exclusive Video
Watch the preview of the graphic novel satire of policing, capitalism and politics here
