Danielle Ryan
School
Georgia Gwinnett College
Expertise
The Evil Dead Franchise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Extreme Horror Cinema
- Danielle has written in a variety of fields, including local crime, global public health, and the entertainment industry. A piece she wrote about youth violence programs in American schools was presented before the United Nations.
- On top of writing, Danielle also loves doing interviews and having in-depth conversations with creatives about their work. Career highlights so far include chatting with Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal backstage at Madison Square Garden and showing Charlie Day her fan art of Denim Chicken.
- One day Danielle wants to direct a feature film, but so far has only directed and edited a short. She was also assistant director on an independent feature film.
Experience
Danielle is an experienced writer with bylines at The Washington Post, Fandom, Bustle, CNN, Paste Magazine, and more. She started her journey as a published writer on CHUD.com reviewing straight-to-DVD horror movies before starting her first column, examining controversial cinema and our reactions to it. She has a passion for shocking entertainment, discussions about mental health, and practical gore effects.
Education
Danielle has a Bachelor's of English with a concentration in writing and rhetoric.
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Stories By Danielle Ryan
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While the M*A*S*H finale wrapped up everyone's stories with neat bows, Loretta Swit felt Margaret's 'happy ending' didn't make sense for the character at all.
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Good Gowron, the spandex suits in Star Trek: The Next Generation were truly the stuff of stretchy fabric nightmares, weren't they?
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Real-life chopper pilot Dan Sullivan inspired Smilin' Jack on M*A*S*H. By pure happenstance, the pair also wound up developing the same medical condition.
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The true story of Griselda Blanco is even more fascinating (and horrifying) than Netflix's Griselda series.
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'Rowdy' Roddy Piper went full method actor on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (and the show was all the funnier for it).
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There was one line that Loretta Swit refused to let the M*A*S*H writers cross with Hot Lips, and she had darn good reason.
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Contrary to popular belief, David Hornsby plays the put-upon priest Rickety Cricket on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, not Macaulay Culkin.
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Blythe Danner took a pretty big leap of faith by signing on for an episode of M*A*S*H without seeing a script first.
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Carl Weathers' friends and co-workers are weighing in following the passing of the actor and filmmaker.
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It's the end of an era: Sam Waterston is leaving Law & Order.
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Netflix has dropped a trailer teasing their 2024 titles to come, including a look at Squid Game season 2.
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Tony Danza knocked out his Taxi audition thanks to the help of some rather in-character injuries.
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René Auberjonois gave a hilarious performance on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, far removed from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character fans knew him for.
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Hayden Panettiere has spoken out in defense of her Scream 6 co-star Melissa Barrera, who was fired from Scream 7 over comments on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Everyone loves the original Back to the Future, but what if we made the case for Back to the Future Part III as the best entry in the franchise?
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There are more questions than answers when it comes to the Great Godzilla Suit Heist of 1992.
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Kaitlin Olson pulled a Bruce Bogtrotter in The Gang Broke Dee episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: she housed an entire cake.
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The 75th Primetime Emmys celebrated a milestone anniversary with lovely tributes to classic TV favorites throughout the entire night and much more.
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Jeff Bridges was the perfect person to play The Dude in The Big Lebowski because he even stayed zen during a stressful moment on set.
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Leaving Las Vegas is a brutal, heart-wrenching film, and Nicolas Cage gives a brutal, heart-wrenching performance in it.
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The Frasier cast and crew learned the hard way just how true that adage about never working with animals or children really is.
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Frasier recreated a running gag from Cheers by never showing Niles' wife, Maris - but David Hyde Pierce says that wasn't the writers' original intention.
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When asked what is the best Marvel movie ever, you'd expect Robert Downey Jr. to pick an Iron Man movie. But his tastes are more ... galactic.
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Maya's Indigenous ancestors help her throughout Marvel's Echo series. Let's take a look at these ancestors and how they relate to the Choctaw Nation's history.
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If Marvel's Echo series and the Fast & Furious movies teach us anything, it's the importance of family.
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Let's get super spoilery and talk about the ending of Echo, the new Marvel TV series currently streaming on Disney+.
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Major precautions were taken to ensure Juno Temple and everyone else felt safe filming a particularly intense scene in Fargo season 5.