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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Dennis Ruh, Head of European Film Market, Steps Down as Berlinale Shakeup Continues
The latest change comes just months after the artistic and executive directors left the German film festival
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2023 Black List Scripts Include Takes on the ‘Spider-Man’ Broadway Fiasco, Country Legend Patsy Cline
The list celebrates the best unproduced scripts of the year
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Marvel Settles ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Doctor Strange’ Copyright Lawsuits
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Lily Gladstone Uses ‘Flower Moon’ Acceptance Speech to Ask When Native-Made Film ‘Fancy Dance’ Will Get Distribution
Gladstone called the film “The best work I feel like I’ve ever done”
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‘Priscilla’ Star Cailee Spaeny Ignored Other Film Versions of the Presleys, Including Her Best Friend Olivia DeJonge’s
TheWrap magazine: “I just wanted it to come from my time with Priscilla herself,” the actress says
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Norman Lear Advocated for the Disabled on TV When No One Else Did | Commentary
From “Diff’rent Strokes” to “The Facts of Life,” disabled characters always inhabited Lear’s worlds
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‘The Color Purple’ Star Danielle Brooks Was Initially ‘Terrified’ to Ask Oprah About Playing Sofia
Power Women Summit: “I was really shy…[to] even ask her about the character,” Brooks tells TheWrap
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Danielle Brooks Is Learning How to ‘Stand in My Power’ With ‘The Color Purple’ | Digital Cover
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Changemakers 2023: 25 Women Who Made a Difference This Year
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Want to See Lily Gladstone in ‘Fancy Dance’? Director Erica Tremblay Worries About Hollywood’s Hesitation to Distribute It
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Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Are Strangers With an Unknown Past in ‘Memory’ Trailer (Video)
Michel Franco’s awards contender opens in NY and LA in December before going wide in January
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Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ Gets Christmas 2024 Release
The Focus Features film stars Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp
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Barry Keoghan’s Nude Dance Scene in ‘Saltburn’ Took 11 Takes
“It could have been 40 and I wouldn’t have cared,” Keoghan tells TheWrap
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The Best Movies of 2023
From “Oppenheimer” to “Saltburn” and beyond, it’s been a great year for cinema
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Roger Ross Williams Had to Prepare ‘Cassandro’ Real-Life Subject for Artistic License: ‘It Wasn’t a Documentary’
TheWrap magazine: “This is a deeply emotional story of the love between a mother and a son, their isolation and loneliness,” the filmmaker says
