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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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: Greg’s Lies, a Costly Bribe and a Frail, Old Man
Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya McQuoid may be dead, but her shadow looms large over the HBO drama
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‘SNL’ Cold Open Tackles Signalgate With Mikey Madison and Bowen Yang’s JD Vance | Video
Plus, Mikey Day cameos as Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg
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The 7 Best New Movies on Netflix Right Now
This month’s picks include a pair of underrated 2024 gems and a few bona fide classics
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Where to Watch ‘Death of a Unicorn’: Is the A24 Horror-Comedy Streaming?
The film’s cast also includes Jenna Ortega and Will Poulter
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Rachel Maddow Demolishes Trump Administration’s Handling of Signal Leak: ‘This Is Not Stuff You Should Be Texting About’ | Video
“These guys may not get it, but the American people seem to,” the MSNBC anchor says
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Netflix Sets Behind-the-Scenes Documentary for ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Stage Play
The doc will bring viewers inside the play’s initial West End production
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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