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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‘Backrooms’ Filmmaker Kane Parsons Says No to Idea of Directing ‘Star Wars’ or Other IP Projects
The 20-year-old director also pushes back against “hallucinated” reports of a sequel to his A24 horror hit
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Piers Morgan Tells SXSW London He’s ‘Disappointed’ They Didn’t Defend Cenk Uygur After UK Ban
“It would have been quite nice for them to stand up actually for free speech,” the “Uncensored” host says at the festival
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Jimmy Fallon Already Knows Who Scott Pelley’s ‘60 Minutes’ Replacement Will Be: Byron Allen | Video
“Don’t be totally shocked when they replace ’60 Minutes’ with the ‘Kid Rock, My Pillow Guy News Hour,’” the “Tonight Show” host warns
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‘Widow’s Bay’ Creator Reveals the Major Change That Reshaped Its Unforgettable Slasher Episode
“The idea of her sprinting through the streets with this man slowly following her just really made us laugh,” creator Katie Dippold tells TheWrap
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Boots Riley Dresses Down Martin Scorsese for Endorsing AI Company: ‘He Doesn’t Give a F—k’
“One trillion spent on generative AI and it’s not saving anyone or changing film yet,” the “I Love Boosters” director writes
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Hunter Biden Rips Jake Tapper for ‘Attacking’ Stepmom Jill Instead of the Trump Family
Former President Joe Biden’s son points out multiple scandals involving Eric, Don Jr. and Ivanka Trump for the CNN anchor
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Here’s Everything New on Prime Video in June 2026
From “The Legend of Vox Machina” Season 4 to “Every Year After”
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‘The Daily Show’ Torches Ivanka Trump for Her ‘Out of Touch’ Private Island Purchase | Video
“Hey, before buying a private island, shouldn’t billionaires maybe read the room?” host Michael Kosta wonders
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Jimmy Fallon Compares Trump’s Clash With Netanyahu to Pete Hegseth Telling Kash Patel ‘You’re Drunk’ | Video
“Trump just said that he couldn’t care less that peace talks with Iran collapsed because they started to get very ‘boring,’” the “Tonight Show” host notes
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Tom Holland Tells Amy Poehler Why He Is ‘Petrified’ of Hosting ‘SNL’ | Video
“I’ve been really lucky that they’ve asked me a few times to do it,” the “Spider-Man” actor divulges
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Rachel Maddow Argues Trump Was About to Get in Trouble for Slush Fund: ‘The Pushback Matters’ | Video
“It is really starting to look like they were going to get in trouble for this,” the MS NOW anchor says of the president’s IRS lawsuit settlement with himself
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner Redo Scheduled for July
“Violence has no place in American life and a free press will not be intimidated into silence,” WHCA President Weijia Jiang says
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Jill Biden Says It’s ‘Heartbreaking’ to See Her Husband’s Work Undone by Trump | Video
“I just think we’ve lost so much institutional memory,” the former first lady tells “Morning Joe”
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Scott Pelley Accuses Bari Weiss of ‘Murdering ’60 Minutes”: ‘She Does Not Love This Place’
“She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that,” the correspondent says in an explosive meeting
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Jimmy Kimmel Accepts Peabody Award, Says Making Jokes About Trump ‘Shouldn’t Win You a Prize’
“We have the right, guaranteed by the Constitution, to criticize and satirize our leaders,” the late night ABC host notes














