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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‘Slow Horses’ Creator Unpacks Season 5’s Shocking Ending and the Truth About Jackson Lamb’s Feet
“He’s a walking backstory that you want to unpack,” writer Will Smith tells TheWrap about Gary Oldman’s grizzled spy
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Lawrence O’Donnell Rips Republicans for Vacationing More During Shutdown Than ‘Most Americans Get in 3 Years’ | Video
“We are on the verge, for the first time in the 21st century, of millions of people in America … knowing what starving feels like,” the MSNBC anchor says
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Jimmy Fallon Jokes Trump May Have Found His ‘Soulmate’ in Japan Prime Minister | Video
The newly elected Sanae Takaichi gifted Trump a golf bag, a golden putter and told him she’d nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize
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Jimmy Kimmel Doubles Down on Offer to Host Televised Trump IQ Test: ‘Show Those Losers What a Winner You Are’ | Video
“Think of the ratings! They will be huge. They’ll be bigger than the night I came back after you tried to have me canceled,” the ABC late night host promises the president
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‘Slow Horses’ Creator Will Smith Explains Why Season 5 Is His Last: ‘It Was With Great Sadness on Both Sides’
The EP also tells TheWrap about that last scene with River and getting Taverner “where she wants to be” in the end
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Rachel Maddow Warns of New ICE Surveillance Tool: ‘Turns Your Own Phone Into a Spy Against You’ | Video
“This technology has been sitting on the table like a loaded gun,” the MSNBC anchor says
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Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Trump’s White House Demolition: ‘We Should Have Made Him Put Down a Security Deposit’ | Video
“Is it possible that he’s planning to sell the White House?” the late night host asks
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Gavin Newsom Says He Has ‘No Interest’ in Appearing on Joe Rogan’s Podcast: ‘I’m Moving On’ | Video
“Joe Rogan’s the Facebook of podcasting,” the California Governor tells Elex Michaelson on the first episode of CNN’s “The Story Is”
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Guillermo del Toro Says He Would ‘Rather Die’ Than Use Generative AI in His Films
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested,” the “Frankenstein” filmmaker says of the emerging technology
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‘Morning Joe’: White House Ballroom Expansion Serves to Make Room for ‘Wealthy Donors’ | Video
“This is the presidency as wrecking ball,” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius says
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Where to Watch ‘Bugonia’: Is Emma Stone’s New Yorgos Lanthimos Movie Streaming?
The duo previously collaborated on “Poor Things,” “Kinds of Kindness” and “The Favourite”
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The 7 Best New Movies on Netflix Right Now
This month’s picks include “Death Becomes Her,” “The Goonies” and two 2025 releases
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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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The 8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, HBO Max and More
From “IT: Welcome to Derry” to “Nobody Wants This” Season 2 and everything in between
