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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‘The Daily Show’ Mocks Trump’s Tylenol Autism Presser and TikTok’s Rapture Crowd | Video
“We are living in crazy times right now, people are feeling worried and depressed. However, there is some good news: the world is ending,” Jordan Klepper jokes
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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez Says They’re Back and ‘Full of Love’ Ahead of ABC Return
Jimmy Kimmel also shares a throwback photo with Norman Lear as the late night host’s indefinite suspension comes to an end
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Jon Stewart Urges Trump’s Defenders to Join the Rest of America and ‘Fight Like Hell’ for Our Constitution | Video
The “Daily Show” host celebrates the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel by pointing out just how much power Disney has — and how many “authoritarian power grabs” the president is trying to make
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Kamala Harris Calls Trump a Tyrant Who Uses the Federal Government to ‘Take Out Vengeance on His Critics’ | Video
“I always believed that if push came to shove, those titans of industry would be guardrails for our democracy … and one by one by one, they have been silent,” the former VP tells Rachel Maddow on MSNBC
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Jimmy Kimmel Should Come Back With Weekly Trump Voters as Guests, Clay Travis Pitches | Video
“I would say this is the right decision, because I don’t like the idea of deciding based on one comment that we’re not going to have somebody on the air anymore,” the radio host tells Will Cain on Fox News
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TikTok Will Generate $178 Billion in US Economic Activity After Oracle Deal, White House Says
The algorithm will be “secured, retrained and operated” in the United States outside of ByteDance’s control, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt adds of the deal, set to be signed this week
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FCC Commissioner Celebrates Disney’s Move to Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Amid ‘Clear Government Intimidation’
“More importantly, I want to thank those Americans from across the ideological spectrum who spoke loudly and courageously against this blatant attempt to silence free speech,” Anna M. Gomez says
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Conan O’Brien Says Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Should ‘Disturb Everyone’: ‘It’s Wrong’
The former “Late Night” host joins the chorus of Hollywood and media figures speaking out against the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host’s ABC suspension
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Brett James, Grammy-Winning ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ Songwriter, Dies at 57 in Plane Crash
“We mourn the untimely loss of Hall of Fame member Brett James, a 2020 inductee who was killed in a small-engine airplane crash,” the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame shares
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Television Critics Association Defends Kimmel, Condemns ABC for Succumbing to Trump’s Authoritarianism
“Corporations that profit from the words of television stars, writers and journalists must defend their employees from governmental pressure,” the TCA says
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Jean Smart ‘Horrified’ by Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: ‘What Is Happening to Our Country?’
“Though I didn’t agree at ALL with Charlie Kirk; his shooting death sickened me,” the Emmy-winning “Hacks” star notes
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Barack Obama Says Media Companies Need to ‘Start Standing Up’ to Trump in Wake of Kimmel Suspension
“After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level,” the former president says
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Mike Birbiglia Calls on Fellow Comedians to Condemn ‘Insanity of Pulling Kimmel Off the Air’
Otherwise, “don’t bother spouting off about free speech anymore,” the stand-up comic says
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Megyn Kelly, Piers Morgan Explain Jimmy Kimmel Suspension From Their POV: ‘Good Riddance’
“Why is he being heralded as some kind of free speech martyr?” the “Celebrity Apprentice” winner asks
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Lily Gladstone-Narrated Blackfeet Nation Buffalo Doc ‘Bring Them Home’ to Air on PBS in November
Also known as “Aiskótáhkapiyaaya,” the documentary chronicles the tribe’s efforts to return the animals to the wild and reclaim Indigenous tradition
