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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Experience:
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‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ Cast and Character Guide
Meet the Apple TV+ drama’s cast of wealthy, quietly unraveling characters
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KTLA Apologizes for Tweeting the N-Word Due to a ‘Technical Error’
Social media users are not satisfied with the news station’s apology
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Joe Rogan Podcast Guest Confronts Him for Platforming ‘Counter-Historical’ Views: ‘Just Raising Questions Is Not a Valid Thing’
“I just feel we should get it out straight away,” British columnist and author Douglas Murray says
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Rachel Maddow Says Trump’s Lawyers Are Quitting Because They’re Stuck Defending Him or Lying Under Oath | Video
“We are now seeing this untenable situation reach its natural mathematical conclusion in a pretty dramatic way,” the MSNBC host notes
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‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ Release Guide: When Are New Episodes Out?
Jon Hamm leads the cast of the new Apple TV+ crime drama
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‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Cast and Creator Discuss the Apple Crime Drama’s ‘Wildly Contemporary’ Story
“We now live in a world where the permanence of everything is in question,” showrunner Jonathan Tropper tells TheWrap
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Weezer Is Still Performing at Coachella After Arrest of Bassist’s Wife
Scott Shriner’s wife was shot and charged with attempted murder this week after an incidental involvement in an LAPD car chase
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Rachel Maddow Explains Why ‘Something Quite Big and Quite Bad Is Happening’ at the IRS | Video
“We’re doing something so controversial [there] that it has caused the mass exodus of all of the top executives at the agency,” the MSNBC anchor says
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‘The White Lotus’ Star Jason Isaacs Denies He Based His Accent on ‘Southern Charm’
“I based it on some politicians,” the Season 3 cast member tells Bravo host Andy Cohen
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Original ‘Scream 7’ Director Left Sequel After Receiving Death Threats Over Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega Exits
“People were threatening to kill me and my family, to the point where the FBI was getting involved,” Christopher Landon reveals
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Jimmy Kimmel Calls Fox News Hosts ‘Bootlickers’ for Trump Tariff Coverage | Video
“Fox has been working very hard to pretend that what Trump is doing is good for us because they’re terrified of him,” the host says
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Anti-AI Deepfakes Bill Resurrected in Senate
Nearly a year after it was first introduced, a bipartisan bill supported by SAG-AFTRA, RIAA, MPA and YouTube is back out on the floor
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Mike White Was Surprised as Anyone That ‘The White Lotus’ Composer Trashed Him in the Times: ‘A Bitch Move’
The series creator weighs in on his apparently contentious creative partnership with Cristobal Tapia de Veer
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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Star Walton Goggins Pays Tribute to Rick and Chelsea: ‘Ours Was a Love Story’
Viewers are still reeling from the HBO drama’s tragic ending
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‘Morning Joe’ Slams ‘Extreme’ Trump Tariffs: ‘This is a Self-Induced War That We Started’ | Video
“When they’re telling you this has to be done, that’s not true,” says Joe Scarborough