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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From Music Videos to ‘Widow’s Bay’: How Hiro Murai Became TV’s Most In-Demand Director
The “Atlanta” filmmaker opens up to TheWrap about his journey from music video auteur to the directorial shepherd of some of the most esteemed shows of the past decade
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‘The Daily Show’ Questions Republicans Still Devoted to Trump: ‘Do You Have a Humiliation Kink?’ | Video
“We are losing a war he shouldn’t have started, and he’s spending his days rambling about autocorrect,” host Desi Lydic observes
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‘Morning Joe’ Predicts a ‘Colossal Loss’ If Trump ‘Cuts and Runs’ From Iran War Now | Video
“It bears repeating: He’s going to leave a nuclear Iran,” host Joe Scarborough says
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Jimmy Kimmel Worries Mother’s Day Is Turning America’s Children Into ‘Little Donald Trumps’ | Video
“We’re teaching kids to take credit for something they had nothing to do with!” the ABC late night host jokes
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The 8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, Hulu and More
From “The Terror: Devil in Silver” to a prequel episode of “The Bear” and everything in between
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The 3 Best Movies to Watch on Hulu This Week
“The Empire Strikes Back” leads this week’s picks
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White House Says ‘Sick Individual’ Mark Hamill Sharing AI Photo of Trump Dead Promotes More Assassination Attempts
“These Radical Left lunatics just can’t help themselves,” the White House’s Rapid Response team writes
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IATSE Goes On Strike Against Live-Action ‘CoComelon: The Melon Patch’ YouTube Series
The union accuses the show’s producers of refusing to provide crew members fair wages and benefits
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Jimmy Fallon Mocks Trump’s One-Page Plan to End Iran War: ‘What Is He Talking About?’ | Video
“There’s more paperwork involved in sending your kid to a trampoline park,” the “Tonight Show” host jokes
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Stephen Colbert Jokes He Has ‘Déjà Hormuz’ After Hearing Trump’s Iran Cease-Fire Demands | Video
“The president’s just living up to the Trump family motto: ‘When the going gets tough, bye, bitch,’” the “Late Show” host notes
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‘Widow’s Bay’ Creator Unpacks Terrifying Episode 3 Attack: ‘The End of Act One’
“A lot of this was just following my gut,” creator Katie Dippold tells TheWrap
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John Mulaney Tells Jimmy Kimmel He Was Only ‘Half-Fired’ From Late Night – Unlike Colbert | Video
“What a position you’ve all put us in. You’re all getting suspended and fired constantly!” the comedian says, teasing the ABC late night host
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‘Morning Joe’ Slams Trump and Vance as ‘Out of Touch’ After Multiple Broken Promises | Video
“It’s hard to imagine this Republican Party being any more disconnected from voters,” host Joe Scarborough says, while further calling the VP “not a serious person”
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Obama Says It’s ‘Pretty Obvious’ Trump Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Have Side Hustles or ‘Politicize Our Military’ | Video
“You can’t have a situation in which whoever’s in charge of the government starts using that to go after their political enemies or reward their friends,” the former president tells Stephen Colbert
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Lisa Kudrow Finally Admits Ross Was a ‘Bad Boyfriend’ to Rachel on ‘Friends’ | Video
“It’s beyond break or not,” the actress tells “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon














