Media and politics reporter • jclara.chan@thewrap.com • Twitter: @jclarachan
Experience:
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Flooded With Early Praise: It’s ‘The Movie We Need Right Now’
The Gal Gadot-starring film will debut simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas Day
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David Lander, Squiggy on ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ Dies at 73
Lander died due to complications from multiple sclerosis, his wife Kathy tells TMZ
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Jeremih Out of Hospital After Receiving COVID-19 Treatment
The “Don’t Tell ‘Em” singer had been in the ICU on a ventilator last month
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BuzzFeed News Subpoenaed by ICE in Attempt to Uncover Sources
“This subpoena is an outrageous overreach by the federal government,” BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief Mark Schoofs says
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Magic Castle Embroiled in Accusations of Sexual Assault and Discrimination
In interviews with the LA Times, 12 people levied allegations of sexual assault, harassment, racism and more
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ABC News Layoffs Include National Correspondents, ‘The View’ Senior Exec Producer
The layoffs, announced Thursday, impact a percentage of staff in the low single digits
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ABC News Hit With Layoffs as Part of Disney Cuts
The layoffs impact a percentage of staff in the low single digits
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AOC Shuts Down Republican Critics of Her ‘Tax the Rich’ Merch With a Perfect Comeback
“We don’t use slave-wage labor,” the Democratic congresswoman retorts
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LA Theaters to Stay Closed for 3 More Weeks as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Rise
Under a “regional” stay-at-home order announced on Thursday, private gatherings of any size will be prohibited in areas with less than 15% ICU availability
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Donald Trump’s Niece Predicts He’ll Announce 2024 Presidential Run During Biden’s Inauguration
Mary Trump tells Vanity Fair the president is already “checked out” from the job
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SF Mayor Attended French Laundry Dinner Party the Day After Gov Newsom
Three days later, Mayor London Breed announced the shutdown of indoor dining in S.F.
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CNN Calls the Cops on Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe for Crashing Company-Wide Phone Call
O’Keefe posted video of himself crashing an editorial phone call with CNN President Jeff Zucker to Twitter
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Why Julie Taymor’s ‘The Glorias’ Struggled to Get Hollywood Financing | Webinar
“It was still this mentality for projects that are women-oriented that, ‘Eh, I don’t know if I want to spend that kind of money,’” director says at a WrapWomen webinar
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Entertainment Weekly’s JD Heyman Is Out as Editor in Chief ‘Effective Immediately’
The editor was formerly at People magazine and the top editor at EW since June 2019
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Newsmax Host Rails Against NY Times’ Ben Smith: ‘Big, Comfortable and Dumb’
Smith’s Sunday column concluded that Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy thinks his audience is “stupid”
