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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‘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
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Samuel L. Jackson Shares the Important Career Advice Bruce Willis Gave Him Years Before Marvel
“It didn’t occur to me until I got that Nick Fury role — and I had a nine-picture deal to be Nick Fury — that, ‘Oh, I’m doing what Bruce said,’” the actor shares
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Fired FTC Commissioner Warns Trump’s Democratic Cleansing Invites ‘Corruption and Corporate Pardons’ | Video
“In the 111 years of the FTC’s history, a president has never tried to remove two commissioners without cause,” Alvaro Bedoya says
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Menendez Brothers Resentencing: DA Says He Would Only Reconsider if They Admit to Lying
L.A. District Attorney Nathan Hochman says the brothers “have to finally admit, after 30 years, they killed their parents willfully”
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‘Good American Family’ Release Schedule: Here’s When New Episodes Come Out
The Ellen Pompeo-led limited series debuts March 19
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Shudder Acquires SXSW Horror Film ‘The Surrender,’ Sets May Release Date
Julia Max’s feature directorial debut is heading to streaming after making its world premiere in early March
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Gwyneth Paltrow Waved Off Intimacy Coordinator During Timothée Chalamet Sex Scenes, Says She Would Have Felt ‘Stifled’
“I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on,” the actress says of her experience working on Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme”