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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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
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Christopher Nolan Shocks Jon Stewart Explaining How ‘Oppenheimer’ Helped Him Make ‘The Odyssey’
“You’re asking a lot of the studio,” the Oscar winner tells the “Daily Show” host of prepping his new Homer adaptation
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Rachel Maddow Explains Trump’s New York Times Subpoenas as an ‘Obvious Intimidation Effort’
“What they’re trying to do is dry up information to the American people so the American people can’t figure out what’s happening,” attorney Ted Boutrous Jr. tells the MS NOW host
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Jimmy Kimmel Parodies Mitch McConnell’s Health Update With Photoshopped Image: ‘I’m Feeling Great’
McConnell revealed on Sunday that he had been hospitalized in June after suffering a fall
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MS NOW Hosts Rip Trump’s New York Times Subpoena: ‘All-Out Assault’ on Democracy
“It is the sort of intimidation tactics that you would expect by an authoritarian state,” CNBC contributor Dan Nathan says
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Jim Acosta Rips Trump for Crypto Hypocrisy, Broken Promises: ‘This Is Going to End Badly’
“The fish rots from the head and this is all rotting from the top,” the former CNN correspondent tells MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace
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The 3 Best Movies to Watch on Prime Video This Week (July 5-12)
From “The Wolf of Wall Street” to “Charade”
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The 7 Best New Movies on Paramount+ in July
From “Everybody Wants Some!!” to “The Untouchables”
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The 3 Best Movies on Netflix This Week (July 4)
Our picks include 2014’s “Gone Girl”
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‘Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Star Unpacks ‘Life-Changing Experience’ of Filling Woody Harrelson’s Shoes
The new “Hunger Games” spinoff hits theaters on Nov. 20














