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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Where to Watch ‘A Working Man’: Is Jason Statham’s New Revenge Movie Streaming?
The vigilante thriller marks a reunion between Statham and “The Beekeeper” director David Ayer
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Seth Rogen Met Ike Barinholtz for the First Time After He Delivered Him Weed for Danny McBride | Video
“I got a knock on the door and it’s Ike, who I thought was Danny’s assistant,” Rogen says
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‘Morning Joe’ Slams Trump Administration’s ‘Disturbing’ ICE Arrest of Turkish Tufts Student | Video
“What [Trump] is trying to do is put America on a war footing,” warns Sen. Chris Murphy
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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














