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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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Director Pitches an ‘F1’ Crossover Movie That Would Reunite Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise
“Who wouldn’t pay to see those two go head-to-head on the track?” Joseph Kosinski asks
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Picks the Worst ‘Terminator’ Movie: ‘It Doesn’t Make Any Sense’
“How do you do a ‘Terminator’ movie without me being in the ‘Terminator’ movie?” the actor asks
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Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and More Urge Congress to Reject ‘Unacceptable’ Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in Open Letter
The letter comes as senate Republicans continue working to pass a new federal budget bill
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Uma Thurman Thought ‘Hot Ones’ Celebs Faked the Heat Until She Tried It Herself: ‘I’m Going to Throw Up’ | Video
“I’m going to have new respect when I see people on this show now,” the “Old Guard 2” star says
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‘The Office’ Star Rainn Wilson Admits Keeping Show Going After Steve Carell Exit Was a ‘Struggle’ | Video
The actor adds it did not come as a surprise when the “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” star decided to leave the sitcom
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Rachel Maddow Calls Out Trump for ‘Decimation’ of the Justice Department Amid Iran War and Domestic Terror Attacks | Video
“The U.S. government under Donald Trump is, I guess, doing the best they’re capable of,” the MSNBC anchor says
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Media Matters Sues to Block FTC Investigation, Accuses Agency of Waging a ‘Campaign of Retribution’ on Behalf of Elon Musk
The Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into the liberal media watchdog in May
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Brad Pitt Credits ‘Seven’ for Pulling Him Out of the ‘Most Unhealthy Time’ in His Career | Video
“I just wasn’t really sure what I was doing,” the “F1” star says of the period in his life right before he read the script for the 1995 thriller
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7 Charming Movies Like ‘Deep Cover’ to Watch Next
The Prime Video original is not the first film to mine humor out of an absurd undercover operation
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10 Essential Horror Movies of the Early 2000s
Take a trip back to when the apocalypse was still just 28 days old and the internet seemed new and terrifying (rather than familiar and terrifying)
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Will Forte Admits He ‘Was Kind of a Letdown’ as George W. Bush on ‘SNL’ After Will Ferrell | Video
“It was a match not made in heaven,” the actor says
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Gailard Sartain, ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ and ‘Hee Haw’ Actor, Dies at 78
The Tulsa native is survived by his wife Mary Jo
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The 7 Best New Movies and Shows Streaming This Weekend on Netflix, Hulu and More
From “Friendship” to “KPop Demon Hunters”
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Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump’s Cognitive Abilities Have Gone From ‘Low to Lower’ | Video
“If Donald Trump gets dementia, how will we know?” the MSNBC anchor asks
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Where to Watch ‘Elio’: Is the New Pixar Movie Streaming?
Zoe Saldaña and Jameela Jamil star in the zany new sci-fi adventure film