Donnie comes into the kitchen, and his Mom thanks him for dropping of the kids (Louis, Ren, Beans and Twitty) at the TV station for Ren's debut as Junior Reporter. The next scene is in the TV station, and Donnie is there with "the kids", not at home in his kitchen.
There's no visible A/V cables going from the VCR to the TV when Ren shows Cynthia her audition tape.
Ren should've heard Louis screaming into the mic from the other side of the loft.