Sharon Knolle is an award-winning TV Reporter at TheWrap including a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award in 2023 for her profile of trans pioneer Marlene Parker. She has covered entertainment news for more than 20 years for outlets including Moviefone, IMDb, USA Today, Variety, Us Weekly, Paste and the Sundance Institute. She can be reached at sharon.knolle@thewrap.com or on Twitter at @sknolle.

Sharon Knolle
Experience:
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George Santos Feels ‘Used’ and ‘Misled’ by Ron DeSantis After Anti-LGBTQ Campaign Ad
“His rhetoric is to diminish and remove rights away from people like myself, and I can’t support that,” the Republican representative says
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TCM’s Reinstated Programmer Charles Tabesh Thanks Fans for ‘Wonderful’ Support: ‘I Know How Lucky I’ve Been’
The network veteran issues a statement on being rehired amid network layoffs last week
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Rosie O’Donnell Says Madonna ‘Is Very Strong’ and ‘Good’ in Bacterial Infection Health Update
The “Vogue” singer and “A League of Their Own” star postponed her world tour last week after being hospitalized for several days in the ICU
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8 Great Movies to Watch on the 4th of July
Celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, aliens, and of course, Bruce the shark
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‘The Idol’ Finale Slammed by Viewers as ‘Confused,’ ‘Rushed,’ ‘Straight Trash’
“Waste of everyone’s time:” People were underwhelmed following Sunday night’s finale of the HBO series from Sam Levinson
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‘Diversity Fatigue’? Hollywood Loses 4 DEI Leaders in Less Than 2 Weeks
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion execs From Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Netflix and the Academy were either laid off or left their jobs in the past 10 days
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John Cameron Mitchell Says Drag Bans Won’t Last: ‘Most Young People Realize It’s Absurd’
The Tony-winning actor and director created and starred in the 2001 queer musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
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Warner Bros. Discovery Ousts Top Diversity Exec Karen Horne
She is the latest senior executive laid off as the studio conducts massive restructuring
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Dylan Mulvaney Breaks Silence on Bud Light Backlash, Says She Was Waiting for Anheuser-Busch to Reach Out: ‘They Never Did’ (Video)
“For a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse in my opinion than not hiring a trans person at all,” the influencer says
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G/O Media Staffers ‘Appalled’ as Company Begins Testing AI-Created Content Across Sites
“Cease [your] plans to litter our websites with AI-generated content,” unionized editorial employees at The Onion, Deadspin and The Root say
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Variety Cuts 4 Staffers Amid Ongoing PMC Layoffs
The news follows cuts last week at Penske Media’s The Hollywood Reporter
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Disney-Owned National Geographic Lays Off Last of Its Staff Writers
The 19 remaining editorial staff were notified in April that the cuts were coming
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‘Hijack’ Star Archie Panjabi Promises You’ll ‘Be on the Edge of Your Seat’ for the Apple Thriller Series (Video)
The seven-episode show unfolds in real time as criminals take control of a plane bound for London
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Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Quinta Brunson Among 300+ Actors Threatening Strike Over ‘Fundamental’ Issues Like AI
“What might be considered a good deal in any other years is simply not enough,” reads a letter the actors sent to SAG-AFTRA
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Veteran LAist Entertainment Host John Horn Leaves Station After 9 Years
His exit follows the layoffs of more than 20 staffers