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 Questions Trump’s Iran War After Latest Casualties: ‘What Is the Next Move?’
“We bumble along, because there’s not much of a choice to do anything else,” the MS NOW host observes, as one panelist calls the conflict a “catastrophic miscalculation”
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The 7 Best Movies to Watch on Prime Video This Month
From “The Martian” to “Rear Window”
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The 8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, Apple and More
From “Lucky” to “The Hawk” and everything in between
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The 3 Best Movies to Watch on Netflix This Week
“Hamnet” headlines our picks
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Joe Scarborough Slams Republicans’ ‘Orwellian’ Parroting of Trump’s Election Fraud Claims: ‘How Sad’
“Good luck with that,” the “Morning Joe” host remarks
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Christopher Nolan Realizes Mid-Interview the Classic Movie Referenced in ‘The Odyssey’s’ Ending
“You gotta aim high, I suppose,” the filmmaker jokes
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How the ‘Lucky’ Creators Made a 7-Episode ‘Blockbuster Movie’ for Apple TV
“It’s something I’ve really not gotten to do before,” Hello Sunshine Film & TV President Lauren Neustadter tells TheWrap
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Tom Cruise Gives ‘The Odyssey’ His Seal of Approval
The “Digger” star tells his followers that he “can’t wait” to see Christopher Nolan’s Ancient Greek epic again
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‘Today’ Show Intruder Charged With Hate Crimes, Criminal Trespassing and Harassment After After Craig Melvin
Andrew Truelove is in custody after allegedly sneaking into the studio and yelling racial slurs at co-host
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Jasmine Crockett Pushes Back Against ICE Border Czar, Trump and Netanyahu: ‘We Want to Be Safe’
“They want people to believe that we are the ones that are trying to instigate some harm,” the Texas congresswoman says of the Trump administration
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James Talarico Challenges ‘Puppet Politician’ Ken Paxton to 3 TV Debates: ‘Prove Me Wrong’
“I answer to the people of Texas. Ken Paxton answers to his billionaire mega-donors,” the Senate hopeful tells “Morning Joe”
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CNN Says Todd Blanche’s Attorney General Nomination Is Not a ‘Sure Thing’
“Most Democrats going into that meeting that we talked to, their minds were already made up,” correspondent Lauren Fox reports
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Jimmy Fallon Jokes That Trump’s Reflecting Pool Has Reached a Mitch McConnell Level of Treatment
“The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has been drained again for another round of repairs,” the “Tonight Show” host notes
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Joe Scarborough Leads 6-Minute Rant After Mike Johnson Brushes Off Maine ICE Shooting
“I’m not going to mock you for it, Mike. I’m just going to call you a liar,” the “Morning Joe” host tells the Speaker of the House
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Tom Holland Confesses World Cup Star Erling Haaland Ignored His Instagram DM: ‘Humbling Experience’
“I never imagined I would talk about it on live television, but here we are,” the “Spider-Man” and “The Odyssey” star tells “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon














