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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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenney recalled one of his favorite episodes and the head injury it included.
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Dennis (Glenn Howerton) is the scariest man on television, as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia frequently (and hilariously) reminds us.
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From controversial showbiz docs to legendary concert films, here are the best documentaries and documentary series available to stream at home in May 2024.
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Sam Rockwell's Green Mile character, 'Wild Bill' Wharton, is a real scumball, and Rockwell (plus some nasty egg white spittle) brought him to life perfectly.
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It took some advice from SpongeBob SquarePants himself for John DiMaggio to fully embrace the nonsensical weirdness of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time.
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Glenn Howerton has said there's one question It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is constantly trying to answer, and answering it has been a cathartic experience.
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Ever wonder why Chewbacca tilts his head in the Star Wars films? Wonder no more!
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenney set out to make the sitcom the anti-Friends.
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Ideally, Timothée Chalamet will never have to worry about sandworms. If he does, however, he'll be glad he learned how to sand-walk for the Dune movies.
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What Jennifer Did is the shocking new Netflix documentary based on a true story. Here's what really happened, explained.
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Hannah Waddingham was left with chronic claustrophobia after a Game of Thrones scene where Sister Unella is waterboarded with wine.
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Cillian Murphy was far more nervous about going full frontal in 28 Days Later than battling the horror film's infected (re: speedy zombies).
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The bar from Cheers is based on a real-life bar in Boston, and that caused some problems for locals.
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Despite the director's reputation for making heady sci-fi films, Timothée Chalamet found it relaxing working with Denis Villeneuve on his first two Dune movies.
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Deadpool. Wolverine. Always you wrestle inside me. We saw some Deadpool & Wolverine footage at CinemaCon 2024!
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Paramount unveiled the first footage from Ridley Scott's long-awaited Gladiator sequel at CinemaCon. Here's a breakdown of what was shown.
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Robert Eggers' Nosferatu descended upon Universal's presentation at CinemaCon. Here's what we saw from the upcoming horror remake.
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The ghost with the most is back, and we've seen some new footage of Michael Keaton and more in director Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at CinemaCon.
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Warner Bros. showed footage from Bong Joon-ho's Parasite follow-up Mickey 17 at CinemaCon. There are no words to explain his new Robert Pattinson sci-fi flick.
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A scene in Stanley Kubrick's horror classic The Shining took over 100 takes to film, which is a lot, no matter how you slice it.
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Shooting the famous ending scene of The Wicker Man ran into problems thanks to a goat.
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Bob's Burgers creators famously worked backwards when creating characters by starting with casting. That's how we ended up with Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher.
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The worst part of filming Suicide Squad for Margot Robbie wasn't Harley Quinn's ridiculous short shorts but some wristwear that seemed to be out for blood.
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Chakobsa, the constructed language or 'colang' spoken by the Fremen in the Dune books and movies, is currently much simpler than other colangs.
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Tombstone stars Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer gave each other gifts to mark the end of filming on their Western, and their gifts couldn't have been more perfect.
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It's one thing for a random line to come out of an improv session, but on Game of Thrones, they improvised an entire battle scene.
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Tragically, an emotionally powerful piece of TV history was lost forever when the Cheers set got repainted, much to its cast's chagrin.