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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A Little Sex, Please? Hollywood Says No Thank You
Where did all the big-screen sex scenes go? Why frisky behavior is disappearing from feature films
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Jennifer Lopez’s Sexually ‘Transgressive’ Character in ‘The Mother’ Was a Gamble for Netflix, Producer Says
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas lamented in an interview with TheWrap that James Bond, meanwhile, was known for “f–king somebody every other scene”
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Cannes: Rodrigo Moreno’s ‘The Delinquents’ Acquired by Mubi
The film is screening as part of the festival’s Un Certain Regard series
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Harrison Ford Presented With Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes
The award was given before the first screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
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‘100 Years of Warner Bros’ Trailer Unveils 4-Part Documentary Set to Launch With Max (Video)
The doc is narrated by Morgan Freeman and hails from “The Imagineering Story” director Leslie Iwerks
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Cannes Day 3: Pedro Almodóvar and Hirokazu Kore-eda Show Power of Cinema
Acquisitions came fast and furious during the first full festival day
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Anne Hathaway Rom-Com ‘She Came to Me’ Acquired by Vertical
Peter Dinklage and Marisa Tomei also star in the film, which premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival
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Cannes Day 2: Johnny Depp Media Frenzy Kicks Off Star-Studded Opening Day
Plus, “Jeanne du Barry” reviews and industry protests
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‘Little Mermaid’ Director Breaks Down Filming ‘Under the Sea’ in Live-Action
“It was the most daunting production I’ve ever done,” Rob Marshall told TheWrap
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A Shaky Theatrical Market Looms Over the True Return to Normal for the Cannes Film Festival
“This may be one of the largest, most attended markets we’ve ever seen for Cannes,” Jason Buckley of Village Roadshow told TheWrap
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5 Revelations in Netflix’s New Anna Nicole Smith Doc
The documentary seeks to lift the veil on the troubled celebrity who died in 2007
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Robert Rodriguez Says Ben Affleck Is Similar to Old Hollywood Stars Who Lived Off ‘Steak and Cigarettes’
“There’s a gravelly voice, badass Lee Marvin-type look to him,” the “Hypnotic” director told TheWrap
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‘The Mother’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Makes a Meal Out of Netflix Action Drama
Director Niki Caro finds moments of beauty in formulaic tale of mothers and daughters
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Alice Braga Didn’t Know Ben Affleck Spoke Spanish Until Filming ‘Hypnotic’ With Him
“I thought it was going to be a couple of words,” Braga told TheWrap
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Nicole Kidman’s AFI Life Achievement Tribute Postponed Due to Writers’ Strike
The ceremony was initially meant to take place June 10
