Alex Welch
Expertise
Game Of Thrones, Harry Potter, World Cinema
- Throughout his career, Alex has covered the premieres and finales of Game of Thrones, WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and The Last of Us.
- Alex has interviewed some of the most revered actors and filmmakers in the world, including Samuel L. Jackson, Damien Chazelle, Anya Taylor-Joy, Mads Mikkelsen, Andy Serkis, The Daniels, Paul Dano, Hong Chau, Matt Smith, and many, many more.
- In 2018, Alex shook Paul Thomas Anderson's hand outside a movie theater. All these years later, he still hasn't gotten over it.
Experience
Alex has been writing about the entertainment industry professionally since 2013. Over the years, his work has been published by outlets like IGN, Inverse, Digital Trends, Primetimer, Paste Magazine, TV by the Numbers, Screen Rant, The Berrics, and several others. He joined Looper as a freelance writer in January 2021 and has contributed to the site's coverage of everything from Loki to Only Murders in the Building. In his spare time, he listens to Phoebe Bridgers too much and dreams of one day being invited into the Criterion Closet. He has one cat named Indiana Jones.
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Stories By Alex Welch
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Unlike the Kansas City Chiefs, it has been many years since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made it to the Super Bowl and won.
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The Chiefs are the defending champions at Super Bowl LV, and much of the credit for the team's success goes to head coach Andy Reid.
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The American Old West was an unruly place. People from all over the world moved into unsettled parts of the country, building homes and establishing towns.
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Super Bowl winners typically receive some handsome monetary rewards for their accomplishments, and that's a tradition that continues even today.
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Elton John is a well-respected musician and has a number of opinions about others in the music industry, particularly Simon Cowell.
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Paul Bonehead Arthurs was also a defining component of the Oasis' success and left the band in 1999. Here is what he is doing now.
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While David Gilmour confirmed in 2015 that Pink Floyd was officially disbanded, his career continues with new music and appearances.
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The Bee Gees are no longer, but Barry Gibb still has an active career writing new music as well as appearing at festivals and on TV.
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The only member to have worked on every Pink Floyd album is drummer Nick Mason, who's maintained a successful music career in the years since Pink Floyd ended.
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Originally built just to be a bell tower, the tower's very apparent lean has made it one of the most well-known structural oddities in the entire world.
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Construction of the clock tower in London was completed in 1859, but the iconic structure and Big Ben almost didn't exist at all.
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Jason Newsted left Metallica in 2001, and fans may be surprised to learn what really caused him to split from the band.