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.
Experience:
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Jimmy Fallon Jokes Trump May Have Found His ‘Soulmate’ in Japan Prime Minister | Video
The newly elected Sanae Takaichi gifted Trump a golf bag, a golden putter and told him she’d nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize
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Jimmy Kimmel Doubles Down on Offer to Host Televised Trump IQ Test: ‘Show Those Losers What a Winner You Are’ | Video
“Think of the ratings! They will be huge. They’ll be bigger than the night I came back after you tried to have me canceled,” the ABC late night host promises the president
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‘Slow Horses’ Creator Will Smith Explains Why Season 5 Is His Last: ‘It Was With Great Sadness on Both Sides’
The EP also tells TheWrap about that last scene with River and getting Taverner “where she wants to be” in the end
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Rachel Maddow Warns of New ICE Surveillance Tool: ‘Turns Your Own Phone Into a Spy Against You’ | Video
“This technology has been sitting on the table like a loaded gun,” the MSNBC anchor says
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Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Trump’s White House Demolition: ‘We Should Have Made Him Put Down a Security Deposit’ | Video
“Is it possible that he’s planning to sell the White House?” the late night host asks
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Gavin Newsom Says He Has ‘No Interest’ in Appearing on Joe Rogan’s Podcast: ‘I’m Moving On’ | Video
“Joe Rogan’s the Facebook of podcasting,” the California Governor tells Elex Michaelson on the first episode of CNN’s “The Story Is”
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Guillermo del Toro Says He Would ‘Rather Die’ Than Use Generative AI in His Films
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested,” the “Frankenstein” filmmaker says of the emerging technology
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‘Morning Joe’: White House Ballroom Expansion Serves to Make Room for ‘Wealthy Donors’ | Video
“This is the presidency as wrecking ball,” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius says
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Where to Watch ‘Bugonia’: Is Emma Stone’s New Yorgos Lanthimos Movie Streaming?
The duo previously collaborated on “Poor Things,” “Kinds of Kindness” and “The Favourite”
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The 7 Best New Movies on Netflix Right Now
This month’s picks include “Death Becomes Her,” “The Goonies” and two 2025 releases
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10 Essential Horror Movies of the Early 2000s
Take a trip back to when the apocalypse was still just 28 days old and the internet seemed new and terrifying (rather than familiar and terrifying)
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The 8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, HBO Max and More
From “IT: Welcome to Derry” to “Nobody Wants This” Season 2 and everything in between
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President Trump Pardons Binance Co-Founder Changpeng Zhao
“The Biden administration’s war on crypto is over,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says
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NBA Coach, Player Among 34 Arrested by FBI on Charges of Illegal Sports Betting, Rigged Mafia Poker Games
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat point guard Terry Rozier were among those charged
