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Jodie Turner-Smith The Latest To Join Showtime’s ‘The Agency’
British star Jodie Turner-Smith has become the latest to join Showtime’s The Agency series.
The Queen & Slim and Acolyte star will play Sami Zahir, a professor of social anthropology who has a history with Martian, played by Michael Fassbender. The splashy cast, which also includes Jeffrey Wright and…
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Jeffrey Wright Joins Michael Fassbender In Paramount+ With Showtime’s Remake Of ‘The Bureau’
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) has been tapped to star opposite Michael Fassbender in The Agency (fka The Department), George Clooney's remake of French political drama series The Bureau.
The political thriller follows Martian (Fassbender), a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover…
Jeffrey Wright Cast As Isaac In ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2
Another member of The Last of Us voice cast is joining the HBO adaptation.
Jeffrey Wright has been cast in Season 2 as Isaac, the quietly powerful leader of a large militia group, known in the video game as the Washington Liberation Front, who sought liberty but instead has become mired in an endless…
Jeffrey Wright Latest To Join Denzel Washington In Spike Lee’s ‘High And Low’
Hot on the heels of his first Academy Award nomination for his lead role in American Fiction, Jeffrey Wright has been set to join Denzel Washington and Ilfenesh Hadera in Spike Lee’s High and Low, an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller, for Apple and A24.
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Breaking Baz: A Stroll Around The Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibition With Sacha Baron Cohen, Chris Rock & Jeffrey Wright, While ’Reservation Dogs’ Star Details How ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Helped Revitalize Native Culture
Sacha Baron Cohen and Chris Rock had the good sense to arrive early at the Jean-Michel Basquiat Made on Market Street exhibition at the Larry Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills.
They surveyed the 30 or so Basquiat art works in relative peace ,before the throng arrived.
Cohen tells me he came…
Spirit Awards: ‘Past Lives’ Wins Best Feature And Best Director For Celine Song; Jeffrey Wright, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, ‘Beef’, ‘The Last Of Us’ Among Winners – Full List
The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday awarded A24’s Past Lives its Best Feature and the film’s Celine Song the Best Director in a ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica, giving the indie romantic drama a boost as it heads toward the Oscars where it is up for Best Picture.
Past Lives topped…
‘American Fiction’ Actor Sterling K. Brown On Breaking Out Of His ‘This Is Us’ Persona And Why You Should Always Listen To The “Still, Small Voice” Within
Prior to American Fiction, Sterling K. Brown was best known as Randall Pearson in the long-running, award-winning NBC family drama series This is Us. The part that director Cord Jefferson was offering him couldn't have been more different: in Jefferson's adaptation of the satirical novel by Percival…
Jeffrey Wright On His First Oscar Nomination For ‘American Fiction’, Plus A Celebrated Career From Broadway To Bond To Batman – The Actor’s Side
Jeffrey Wright is no stranger to awards. He’s won an Emmy, a Tony and a Golden Globe all in fact for playing the same role: Nurse Belize in Angels In America, first on Broadway and then for the HBO limited series directed by Mike Nichols. Now he has his…
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American Black Film Festival Honors To Celebrate Taraji P. Henson, Jeffrey Wright, Garrett Morris & Mara Brock Akil
Taraji P. Henson, Jeffrey Wright, Garrett Morris and Mara Brock Akil are the honorees of the 6th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors.
The annual awards ceremony recognizes excellence in the motion picture and television industry. Actor and comedian Tommy Davidson will host the gala set to take…
‘American Fiction’ Writer-Director Cord Jefferson On Oscar Noms And Pushing Boundaries Beyond Black Cinema: “Hopefully It Cracks The Door Open For More Filmmakers Behind Us”
On Tuesday, writer-director Cord Jefferson received his first Oscar nomination for American Fiction in Writing (Adapted Screenplay).
Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, American Fiction straddles the line between drama and satire to depict social commentary on microaggression and…
‘American Fiction’ Composer Laura Karpman On Oscar Nomination And Scoring “Tragedy And Deeply Felt Emotions”
Composer Laura Karpman received her first Oscar nomination on Tuesday for Amazon MGM Studios' American Fiction in Music (Original Score).
In a call with Deadline on Tuesday morning, Karpman is giddy to claim that she might have possessed a little foresight that led to this Oscar reigning moment as…
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‘American Fiction’ Star Jeffrey Wright On The Birth Of His Acting Dream, Learning Respect On Set From Harrison Ford And His Take On A Black Bond
Jeffrey Wright, star of Cord Jefferson's provocative debut feature American Fiction, says he felt a personal affinity with his character Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison in the film, in part because of the challenges Monk experiences with regard to family issues. Monk is an author and a professor of English…
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