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Benjamin Lindsay

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Benjamin is Deputy Managing Editor at TheWrap. He covers and assigns breaking news as it relates to entertainment, media and politics.

With 10 years of experience covering film, television and theatre professionally, Benjamin was most recently Managing Editor at Backstage, a company for which he held various roles across its performing arts and awards departments for seven years. He has also been a regular contributor for Vanity Fair, New York Magazine/Vulture and Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a moderator for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, 92NY and other FYC events and panels.

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Benjamin received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Film Studies from Emerson College.

  • Critics Choice Awards Postponed for 2nd Time, Citing LA Wildfires

    A date for the 30th annual ceremony will be announced later

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    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 14, 2025 @ 5:56 PM
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    Critics Choice Awards Postponed for 2nd Time, Citing LA Wildfires
  • Elizabeth Warren Slams Pete Hegseth for Refusing to Meet With Her About His Record on Women | Video

    The senator from Massachusetts questions the secretary of defense nominee for his flip-flopping views of women in the military

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 14, 2025 @ 2:45 PM
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    2:45 PM
    Elizabeth Warren Slams Pete Hegseth for Refusing to Meet With Her About His Record on Women | Video
  • Susan Zirinsky Returns to Leadership at CBS News in Response to ‘Perceived Bias’

    The longtime producer served as president from 2019 to 2021; her return follows criticism of network bias by the Trump campaign

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 13, 2025 @ 6:48 PM
    News
    6:48 PM
    Susan Zirinsky Returns to Leadership at CBS News in Response to ‘Perceived Bias’
  • Whoopi Goldberg Demands Sympathy for Celebrities Whose Homes Burned in LA Wildfires | Video

    “Yeah, they might be famous – it doesn’t change the fact that somebody has lost their grandparents’ wedding book,” she says

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 13, 2025 @ 6:26 PM
    Media
    6:26 PM
    Whoopi Goldberg Demands Sympathy for Celebrities Whose Homes Burned in LA Wildfires | Video
  • HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Resigns as Part of Ongoing Newsroom Layoffs

    “I could not, in good faith, ask others to make this difficult decision without doing the same,” Danielle Belton writes in a staff memo

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 9, 2025 @ 1:24 PM
    Media
    1:24 PM
    HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Resigns as Part of Ongoing Newsroom Layoffs
  • ‘CSI: Miami’ Star Emily Procter Breaks Down in Tears on CNN After Losing Home in LA Wildfires | Video

    “All of those houses are not structures, they’re actually microcosms of people’s lives,” the “West Wing” actress tells Jake Tapper

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 8, 2025 @ 7:11 PM
    TV
    7:11 PM
    ‘CSI: Miami’ Star Emily Procter Breaks Down in Tears on CNN After Losing Home in LA Wildfires | Video
  • LA Wildfires Day 2: Images of Turmoil, Teamwork and Devastation Across the City | Photos

    Fires spread east overnight as LAFD’s containment efforts appeared futile amid historic winds

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 8, 2025 @ 12:28 PM
    News
    12:28 PM
    LA Wildfires Day 2: Images of Turmoil, Teamwork and Devastation Across the City | Photos
  • HuffPost to Lay Off 30 Editorial Staffers, Citing ‘Growing Challenges to Our Business’

    Editor-in-chief Danielle C. Belton announced the decision in a company email Tuesday

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay and Sharon Knolle
    January 7, 2025 @ 3:56 PM
    Media
    3:56 PM
    HuffPost to Lay Off 30 Editorial Staffers, Citing ‘Growing Challenges to Our Business’
  • ‘Wicked’: Cynthia Erivo and Jon M. Chu on Crafting Elphaba, the ‘Heartbreaking’ Party Scene and Subverting Expectations | Visionaries

    For TheWrap’s longform video series, the two entertainers answer: Are you born wicked, or is wickedness thrust upon you? 

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 7, 2025 @ 10:00 AM
    Awards
    10:00 AM
    ‘Wicked’: Cynthia Erivo and Jon M. Chu on Crafting Elphaba, the ‘Heartbreaking’ Party Scene and Subverting Expectations | Visionaries
  • Cynthia Erivo Casts a Spell: How Her Elphaba Changed ‘Wicked’ for Good

    TheWrap magazine: The Emmy, Grammy and Tony-winning entertainer reaches new heights in Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation of Broadway’s beloved trip to Oz

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 6, 2025 @ 6:00 AM
    Awards
    6:00 AM
    Cynthia Erivo Casts a Spell: How Her Elphaba Changed ‘Wicked’ for Good
  • Patricia Feau, Alleged Casey Wasserman Mistress and Former Secretary, Resigns From LA28 | Exclusive

    Her exit as VP, Host City Relations ahead of the 2028 Olympics comes after an exposé on the chairman’s sexual exploits led to scrutiny around her $350,000 salary within his organization

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 2, 2025 @ 2:39 PM
    Media
    2:39 PM
    Patricia Feau, Alleged Casey Wasserman Mistress and Former Secretary, Resigns From LA28 | Exclusive
  • Deadly Trump Tower Tesla Cybertruck Explosion in Vegas Mocked as ‘Perfect Metaphor’ for 2025

    The New Year’s Day event, which killed one and injured seven, garnered reactions online ridiculing CEO Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 1, 2025 @ 1:29 PM
    Tech
    1:29 PM
    Deadly Trump Tower Tesla Cybertruck Explosion in Vegas Mocked as ‘Perfect Metaphor’ for 2025
  • Roy Wood Jr. Declines Andy Cohen New Year’s Shot on CNN: ‘The Last Black Man to Drink on This Network Got Fired’ | Video

    “Not gone catch me slippin in the Deuce-Five,” the comedian later posted on X of the viral moment

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    January 1, 2025 @ 12:13 PM
    TV
    12:13 PM
    Roy Wood Jr. Declines Andy Cohen New Year’s Shot on CNN: ‘The Last Black Man to Drink on This Network Got Fired’ | Video
  • The Atlantic Nabs Washington Post Stars Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, Going Big on Politics Under Trump

    The senior political reporters are part of a move to hire a dozen new political journalists

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    December 31, 2024 @ 7:35 PM
    Media
    7:35 PM
    The Atlantic Nabs Washington Post Stars Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, Going Big on Politics Under Trump
  • Blake Lively Sues Justin Baldoni for Breach of Contract Over ‘Unconscionable’ Smear Campaign Amid ‘It Ends With Us’ Fallout

    The filing details a Jan. 4 meeting between the director and Ryan Reynolds after his “harassing behavior and other disturbing conduct” nearly derailed the production

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    December 31, 2024 @ 6:04 PM
    Movies
    6:04 PM
    Blake Lively Sues Justin Baldoni for Breach of Contract Over ‘Unconscionable’ Smear Campaign Amid ‘It Ends With Us’ Fallout
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