Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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Sterling K Brown to Guest Host ABC News’ Black-Focused Series ‘Soul of a Nation’
The six-part series debuts next Tuesday with an episode about the racial reckoning in America
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Ted Cruz Calls Out ‘Assholes’ Who Leaked Group Chat About Cancun Trip
On a podcast out Tuesday, the senator lashed out at the neighbors who leaked his wife’s group chat planning their family’s mid-emergency trip to Mexico
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Anti-Defamation League Rips ‘SNL’ for ‘Offensive’ Weekend Update Joke About Israel
According to the ADL, Saturday’s joke about COVID-19 vaccinations in Israel was not the first to “inappropriately use Jews as the punchline”
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‘Fox & Friends’ Just Showed How Ted Cruz’s Post-Cancun Image Rehab Will Look (Video)
The morning show focused instead on the investigation into the potential leak of Cruz’s flight information from an airline employee
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Slapped With $1.3 Billion Defamation Suit by Dominion Voting Systems
The voting-machine maker accuses Lindell of making false accusations about the 2020 election
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Fox News’ Hemmer Worries Cancel Culture Will Come After ‘Bible Characters’ Next
The Fox News anchor made the remark during a discussion of monuments under review in Illinois
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LA Times Owner Denies Report He Wants to Sell Paper
Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family continue to invest in and plan for the paper’s future, a spokesperson told TheWrap
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‘Morning Joe’ Mocks Ted Cruz’s Cancun Trip as a ‘Dumbass Move’ (Video)
The MSNBC morning show invited on a GOP communications strategist to discuss Cruz’s border hop and got a straight answer
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Marilyn Manson Under Investigation by LA County Sheriff’s Department Over Abuse Accusations
The department is looking into accusations made by Manson’s past partners, including Evan Rachel Wood
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Dolly Parton Doesn’t Want Statue at Tennessee Capitol ‘Given All That Is Going On’
“I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time,” the entertainer says
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‘Fox & Friends’ Rips NY Times’ ‘Disgraceful’ Limbaugh Obit: ‘These People Are Very Small’
Fox Nation’s Lara Logan and Fox News’ Pete Hegseth were appalled by the obituary, which pointed out Limbaugh’s attacks on AIDS patients and others
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‘Reply All’ Podcast Host and Producer Exit Show After Toxic Workplace Accusations
Longtime co-host PJ Vogt and producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni stepped down from the Gimlet podcast
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Ted Cruz’s Office Silent on Whether He Flew to Cancun Amid Texas Power Failure
Online sleuths are pretty sure he did, but there’s no confirmation so far
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Tucker Carlson to Host Video Podcast, Documentary Series for Fox Nation
The Fox News primetime host will have a video podcast on the streaming service, as well as specials
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Rush Limbaugh, Conservative Radio Host, Dies at 70
The conservative radio icon was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in 2020
