Alex is an Audience Writer at TheWrap, based in Los Angeles. He has been covering the entertainment industry since 2013. Before joining TheWrap in 2025, he worked as a critic and reporter for A.frame, Digital Trends, Inverse, IGN, Looper, and multiple other outlets. A lifelong cinephile, he dreams of one day being invited to the Criterion Closet.

Alex Welch
Experience:
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Jimmy Fallon Tells Trump He’s the One in ‘Bad Shape,’ Not the Kennedy Center
“Usually when Trump is demolishing something on Air Force One, it’s a bucket of KFC,’” the “Tonight Show” host adds
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Jimmy Kimmel Knows How to Convince Trump AI Is Dangerous: ‘We’ll Get Pandora Stuffed Right Back in That Box’
“It’s so interesting to watch everyone take a side on this, as if there even are sides,” the late night host says
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Tom Cruise Plays Coy With Those ‘Digger’ Musical Theories: ‘It’s a Very Good Idea’
“He’s astonishing,” the actor tells Jimmy Fallon of working with director Alejandro González Iñárritu
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The 8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, Apple and More
From “Slow Horses” Season 6 to “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” and everything in between
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‘Morning Joe’ Slams Trump’s Kennedy Center Threats: ‘This Is Extortion’
“Put his name on the building or he knocks down the premier cultural institution in America’s capital,” host Joe Scarborough recaps
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Zack Snyder Says His ‘Fountainhead’ Series Has Interest From ‘Some Very Powerful, Very Wealthy People’ as Backers
“I’ve written 10 of the 12 episodes,” the “Last Photograph” filmmaker reveals
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OpenAI Shares 6 ‘Concerning’ Incidents Involving Its AI Models Within Last 6 Months
“You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to.”
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‘Slow Horses’ Team Unpacks Season 6’s ‘Seamless’ Showrunner Change and That Violent Premiere
“We’ve got a really solid template,” star Gary Oldman tells TheWrap of how his Apple TV thriller survived its leadership change
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Ed Sheeran Backlash Ratchets Up as Hannah Einbinder, Colin Kaepernick and More Slam Macklemore Firing
The former NFL star and activist called out stadium owners like Robert Kraft for “willingly colluding” to “protect their money”
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Judge Judy Explains Passing the Torch to Her Son: ‘It’s Time for Me’
“I’m just going to take the message and put it in a little bit of a different form,” the longtime television personality says
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Jen Psaki Argues Trump Doesn’t Even Know What AI Is, It Just ‘Makes Him Feel Powerful’
“This is clearly an industry with a growing amount of unwieldy, unchecked power,” the MS NOW anchor observes
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‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 Episode Release Schedule
The Emmy-winning Apple TV thriller returns Wednesday, Sept. 16
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Jamie Bell and Andrew Garfield Recall the Awkward Dinner They Shared During Spider-Man Casting Competition
“They clearly chose the right guy,” Bell tells Andy Cohen of his “The Uprising” co-star
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‘Morning Joe’ Slams Trump’s Aggressive Pro-AI Stance: ‘The Worst Take Ever’
“The American people are so far ahead of politicians in Washington,” host Joe Scarborough notes
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Sally Field Calls Out Trump’s Canada Trade War and Paramount Merger in Emotional Emmys Speech
“Our unique storytelling matters. We can’t let those voices be silenced or compromised or merged,” the “Remarkably Bright Creatures” star urges














