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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What’s New on Netflix in November
“Stranger Things” Season 5, “Death by Lightning” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” all premiere this month
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What’s New on HBO Max in November
“I Love LA,” “Eddington” and “Materialists” all hit the streaming service this month
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The Best Halloween Movies Streaming in 2025
From “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” to, yes, John Carpenter’s “Halloween”
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The 8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, Apple TV and More
From “The Witcher” Season 4 to “I Love LA” and everything in between
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Eric Adams Says Rumors of Trump Quid Pro Quo Killed His NYC Mayoral Re-Election Campaign: ‘People Kept Lying’ | Video
“All of that hurt my ability to run a campaign,” the politician tells “The 11th Hour” host Stephanie Ruhle
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‘Morning Joe’ Says Trump Is Turning the White House Into a ‘Country Club for the Wealthy and Rich’ | Video
“No average American will ever see the inside of that ballroom,” co-anchor Willie Geist says
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‘The Daily Show’ Faces a Spooky Identity Crisis Over MTG’s MAGA Split: ‘What the F—k Is Going On?’ | Video
“This is really starting to creep me out,” host Desi Lydic says after repeatedly agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene
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‘Morning Joe’ Says Republicans Are Finally Starting to See the ‘Cost’ of the Government Shutdown | Video
“They’re not hearing from left-wing hippie protesters in their districts. They’re hearing from their neighbors,” host Joe Scarborough says of right-wing lawmakers
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‘Slow Horses’ Star James Callis Breaks Down Claude’s Season 5 Finale Defeat: ‘It’s Not Personal, It’s Protocol’
“He’s just reeling Whelan in ever so slowly, and Whelan’s got no idea,” the actor tells TheWrap of his final scene with Gary Oldman’s Lamb
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J.K. Rowling Slams Glamour UK’s Pro-Trans Women of the Year Cover
“Now mainstream women’s magazines tell girls that men are better women than they are,” the “Harry Potter” author writes
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Jasmine Crockett Accepts Jimmy Kimmel’s Pitch to Face Trump in a Live IQ Test: ‘A Once-in-a-Lifetime Television Event’ | Video
“I want to give our brilliant, bigly-brained president a chance to teach those left-wing lightweights a thing or two about brain power,” the ABC late night host says
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‘Slow Horses’ Creator Unpacks Season 5’s Shocking Ending and the Truth About Jackson Lamb’s Feet
“He’s a walking backstory that you want to unpack,” writer Will Smith tells TheWrap about Gary Oldman’s grizzled spy
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Lawrence O’Donnell Rips Republicans for Vacationing More During Shutdown Than ‘Most Americans Get in 3 Years’ | Video
“We are on the verge, for the first time in the 21st century, of millions of people in America … knowing what starving feels like,” the MSNBC anchor says
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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














