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  1. Portraits of 'The Hunger Games Catching Fire'

    Fri, 8 Mar 2013

    platform." (Image credit: Lionsgate) (Image credit: Lionsgate) A new character, BeeTee, will be played by Jeffrey Wright . (Image credit: Lionsgate) Jena Malone will star as Johanna. The second installment will be directed by Francis

  2. Obama wraps up day of Clinton stumping with ‘Barack on Broadway' fundraiser

    Mon, 4 Jun 2012

    listen to his stump speech. The $250-a-head fundraiser attracted Broadway star Patty Lupone as well as actors Jeffrey Wright and Patrick Wilson and actress Megan Hilty, who watched Clinton and Obama's speeches from a box after a performance

  3. Bon Jovi hitches Air Force One ride to NYC fundraiser with Obama

    Mon, 4 Jun 2012

    Tony Kushner, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Hattienne Park, Mandy Patinkin, Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Wright . Tickets for that event opened at $250. (Unclear: Would Obama try to corner Patinkin for hints on the plot twists

  4. Obama, Clinton Hit the Big Apple for Big Bucks

    Mon, 4 Jun 2012

    Tony Kushner, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Hattienne Park, Mandy Patinkin, Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Wright , officials said. The proceeds from all three events benefit the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising account

  5. Casting Kathryn Bigelow's Osama Bin Laden in Movie

    Thu, 11 Aug 2011

    play the half-blind spiritual leader of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, Hogan would cast one of his favorite actors, Jeffrey Wright . "He's so good," he said. "He could do a great one-eyed mullah."

  6. New Jersey Tent City Houses 70 Homeless People Who Draw Community Scorn

    Wed, 10 Aug 2011

    Marilyn Berenzweig was a successful New York textile designer who loved her work and comfortable lifestyle. For the past year, however, she and her husband have been living in a tent city in the New Jersey woods . "The weather, the bugs, the dirt; I think it's the dirt that really gets to me," she

News

  1. Why Is Dennis Hopper Divorcing His Wife From What May Be His Deathbed?

    Wed, 20 Jan 2010

    making these paintings. That is much more important to me than anything else that has ever happened in my life." Jeffrey Wright , David Bowie, Gary Oldman, and Dennis Hopper in the 1996 movie "Basquiat" ABC News research associate Melissa

  2. Who's Who: Casting 'Election 2008: The Movie'

    Wed, 12 Nov 2008

    Obama, I'd say Will Smith. He's a bit obvious, but he's got the chops. And he doesn't look like him, but Jeffrey Wright , who's in the new James Bond movie, is a good bet. He'd be a break-out. Then, of course, there's Denzel

  3. Bush Faithful Shun 'W.' Opening

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    on," though Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice was "unflattering" as a "yes woman," according to McClellan. Jeffrey Wright did a good job of "grasping Colin Powell's strong dissent." But it is W. himself whom Stone sees most satirically

  4. First Look: Oliver Stone's 'W.' Is Not Quite Out of Left Field

    Wed, 24 Sep 2008

    figures: Josh Brolin as the president, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, Richard Dreyfuss as Vice President Cheney, Jeffrey Wright as Secretary of State Colin Powell, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice and James Cromwell as George H.W. Bush

  5. Is Broadway Going Black?

    Wed, 30 Apr 2008

    difficulty attracting black theatergoers, while Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Topdog/Underdog" with Jeffrey Wright and Mos Def, became a commercial success with a diverse audience. Many credit Binder's "Raisin" with being the

  6. James 'Bland'? Not a Chance

    Thu, 16 Nov 2006

    very important role and people were very, very critical and he had a job to do which he did supremely." Co-star Jeffrey Wright chimed in, saying, "Everyone on the set realized that we have the right Bond. I was very excited about the idea

  7. The Anti-Oscar Awards

    Sun, 5 Mar 2006

    Oscars is scrutinized, but at the Indys, the dress code is anything goes. For instance, rather than black tie, Jeffrey Wright wore black flip flops. Actress Zooey Deschanel wore a short, colorful dress that she said was "maybe a little short

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  1. Obama's Inaugural Speech: 'Our Time' for Changing Nation

    Tue, 22 Jan 2013

    dotting the crowd there were these young celebrities drawn to Obama. Katy Perry and John Jay-Z John Legend and actor Jeffrey Wright who spoke of the whole. In the day. The country. It's like you know it's about the example that we set two world

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    to Obama. Katy Perry and John -- Jay-Z John Legend and actor Jeffrey Wright who spoke of the whole. In the day. The -- country. It's like you know it's about the example that we set
  2. Nightline 01/21: President Obama's Second Inaugural

    Tue, 22 Jan 2013

    crowd there were these young celebrities drawn to Obama. Katy Perry and John Mayer Jay-Z John Legend and actor Jeffrey Wright who spoke of the whole. In the About our country. It's like you know it's about the example that we set two world

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    Obama. Katy Perry and John Mayer -- Jay-Z John Legend and actor Jeffrey Wright who spoke of the whole. In the -- About our country. It's like you know it's about the example that we set
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