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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Pedro Pascal Bemoans His ‘SNL50’ Flub: ‘I Was the First Record Scratch of the Night’
The “Last of Us” star calls the special’s “Domingo” sketch his personal karaoke “nightmare”
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‘Morning Joe’: Jeffrey Goldberg Blasts Trump Administration’s ‘Silly’ Response to Military Attack Text Leak | Video
“You tell me if this seems like good operational security,” the Atlantic editor-in-chief says
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‘Last of Us’ Creator Confirms Changes From the Video Game, Calls Abby’s Origin a ‘Shortcut’
“If we were to stick to a very similar timeline, viewers would have to wait a very, very long time to get that context,” Neil Druckmann says
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Ben Affleck Believes His Batman Skewed Too Old to Appeal to Younger Viewers: ‘We Have a Problem’
“Even my own son at the time was too scared to watch the movie,” the actor recalls
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Rachel Maddow Says Trump’s Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Has Gone From Insane to ‘Surreal’ | Video
The MSNBC anchor calls the president’s comments about the proclamation “super weird”
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‘Adolescence’ Star Owen Cooper’s Netflix Audition Tapes Will Make You Forget He Was a First-Time Actor | Video
Cooper plays Jamie in his first TV role ever
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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Drunken Mistakes and Disturbing Daydreams
Murder is on the mind this week
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7 Unflinching Crime Dramas to Watch if You Loved ‘Adolescence’
Our picks include three acclaimed HBO dramas and a pair of wildly underrated Netflix thrillers
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The Best Movies Starring Actors in Dual Roles
Robert De Niro plays two mob bosses in Barry Levinson’s “The Alto Knights”
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Is ‘Adolescence’ Only 4 Episodes?
The acclaimed limited series is streaming now on Netflix
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Rachel Maddow Mocks GOP’s Blind Obedience to Trump After His Own Lawyer Was Doxxed in JFK Files: ‘These Geniuses! These Big Brains!’ | Video
“They knew before the documents went out, but they did it anyway, because he’s the King,” the MSNBC anchor says
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Justin Baldoni Sues Former Publicist for Leaking Blake Lively Texts: ‘Despicable and Surreptitious’
The filmmaker’s Wayfarer Studios accuses Stephanie Jones of “voluntarily” sharing “confidential and proprietary” messages with the actress’ team
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Amy Pascal and David Heyman in Talks to Steer Bond Franchise for Amazon MGM
The move comes after the exit of the series’ longtime creative stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson
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‘Happy Face’ Release Guide: Here’s When New Episodes Come Out
The true-crime drama is coming to Paramount+ this week
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Where to Watch ‘Magazine Dreams’: Is the Jonathan Majors Movie Streaming?
Majors stars as an overambitious, anti-social man in the long-delayed bodybuilding drama