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.

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Joe Scarborough Tells Jimmy Kimmel About the Last Time He Called Trump | Video
“What’s been different this year is everybody’s bowed down to him,” the “Morning Joe” host explains
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Bruce Springsteen Drops ICE Protest Song in Honor of Minneapolis Shooting Victims Renee Good and Alex Pretti
The singer says he wrote “Streets of Minneapolis” in response to “the state terror being visited on the city”
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Travels to Utah to Support State’s AI Transparency Bill
“I’m worried about [my kids] growing up in a future that’s dominated by these amoral AI businesses,” the actor and vocal tech activist says
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Jimmy Kimmel Tells Trump Admin to Prove Minneapolis Protesters Are Really Paid Agitators | Video
“You know who is a paid agitator? You!” the late night host tells the president
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‘Morning Joe’ Slams Trump Administration’s ‘Repeated Lies’ About Minneapolis Shooting Victims: ‘Just Making S—t Up’ | Video
“They lied, lied, lied through their teeth,” host Joe Scarborough says
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Brittney Griner Calls ICE Minnesota Killing, Deportations ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
Sundance 2026: “I never thought that this would be my reality in my own country,” the WNBA star and subject of the new doc “The Brittney Griner Story” tells TheWrap
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Stephen Colbert Eviscerates Border Patrol for Playing Victim in Fatal Alex Pretti Shooting | Video
“They are, at best, weak-minded individuals full of anger who have been led to the darkness by Donald Trump and are now participating in an evil system,” the “Late Show” host declares
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Bob Iger Promotes Disneyland Abu Dhabi Theme Park With New Photos: ‘Lots of Work Ahead’
The expansion is not expected to open until 2030
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FX Sets Premiere Date for ‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’ Series
Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon lead the first installment of Ryan Murphy’s latest TV anthology franchise
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‘Morning Joe’ Refutes Justification of Alex Pretti Shooting: ‘Killed Because He Was a Good Samaritan’ | Video
“Is this going to be the Donald Trump administration or the Stephen Miller administration?” MS NOW reporter David Rohde asks
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The 7 Best Psychological Thrillers on HBO Max Right Now
From “Perfect Blue” to “Misery”
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‘SNL’ Skewers Trump’s Health and Political Chaos in Awards Show Cold Open | Video
Mike Myers’ Musk, JD Vance, Kristi Noem and Aunt Gladys from “Weapons” are among the attendees of the first annual Trumps
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3 Hidden Gems to Watch on Netflix Right Now
This week’s picks include 2018’s “Under the Silver Lake”
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James Gunn Shares First Footage of Jason Momoa as Lobo in ‘Supergirl’
DC fans “finally” get a real look at the “Aquaman” star’s new comic book role
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Former Olympic Snowboarder Ryan Wedding Arrested by FBI for Drug Trafficking
“This is a huge day for a safer North America, and the world,” FBI Director Kash Patel writes














