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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Joe Scarborough Condemns Trump’s Vaccine Executive Order as ‘So Stupid’ and ‘So Dangerous’
“What everybody feared would happen when Bobby Kennedy Jr. was put into that position,” the “Morning Joe” host says
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Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump ‘Controls Nothing,’ Not Even His Own Plane
“Donald Trump has lost control and he knows he has lost control,” the MS NOW anchor further insists
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Matthew Lillard Called Out by Former Fan Over Far-Fetched ‘Scream’ Theory
The actor was in attendance Saturday for the “Scream” 30th anniversary panel at the Midsummer Scream convention
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CNN’s Omar Jimenez Confronts Nancy Mace Over Anti-Muslim Tweets: ‘The First Amendment Disagrees’
“If someone wants to express their religion, it’s right there. It’s No. 1 in terms of the Constitution,” the CNN anchor tells the South Carolina representative
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Joe Scarborough Thinks Democrats Are ‘Fumbling the Football on the 2-Yard Line’ Ahead of Midterms
“It seems an awful lot like what was happening in 2024 when Democrats couldn’t get out of their own way,” the “Morning Joe” host says
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Netflix Hires a Man to Live in a Billboard to Promote ‘The Last House’
The publicity stunt makes the plot of the streamer’s new original thriller, starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura, feel chillingly real
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Dwayne Johnson Responds to Live-Action ‘Moana’ Remake’s Negative Reviews
“That’s just the way it goes because we’re in this business,” the actor says
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The 8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, Apple and More
From “Ted Lasso” Season 4 to “Sterling Point” and everything in between
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos Invest $200 Million in New Endangered Species Project
“The Phoenix Species Project has the potential to drastically shift how we approach conservation and combat the climate crisis at a global scale,” the actor says
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Nicolle Wallace Unpacks Irony of Trump’s ‘Inability’ to Recognize Current ‘Economic Anxiety’
“Trump doesn’t seem to know where he is,” the MS NOW host says
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Perez Hilton’s Family Asks for Privacy During Recovery From Self-Harm Incident
“Our family’s focus right now is on his well-being,” the blogger’s loved ones say in a statement
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Eli Roth Confirms ‘Ice Cream Man’ Contains Generative AI: ‘I Misspoke’
“AI was used in a very small portion of a few scenes in the film,” the director reveals
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Anya Taylor-Joy’s 7 Best Performances, Ranked
Let’s take a look back at the “Lucky” star’s greatest hits to date
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Rachel Maddow Finds It Hard to Tell Which of Trump’s Fox News Hires Is Doing the Worst Job
“It’s got to be a race between Hegseth at the Pentagon and Jeanine Pirro at the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office,” the MS NOW anchor remarks
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Scott Eastwood Recalls His Infamous Fight With Shia LaBeouf on ‘Fury’ Set
“I said, ‘Stop pulling your s–t. I’m going to whoop your ass,’” the actor recounts














