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A tweet from the Minneapolis State Patrol on the early morning arrests of CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew has drawn sharp criticism for its inaccuracy. Jimenez and his camera crew were arrested during a live CNN broadcast early Friday while covering the Minneapolis protests over the death in police custody of Ge…

IMDb is jumping into the podcast game with its first-ever podcast Movies That Changed My Life. The weekly podcast, which kicked off with guest Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), will feature celebrities and filmmakers discussing the movies that inspired them with host Ian de Borja. Movies That Changed My Life guests also…

Considering similar territory covered in much better, stirring dramas such as Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, John Singleton’s seminal Boyz n the Hood and Joe Talbot’s transcendent The Last Black Man in San Francisco — one of my top 10 favorites of 2019 — to name just three, Coogler’s Black Panther co-writer Joe…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Wright, star of HBO’s Westworld, has lent his voice to a new promo video by WarnerMedia saluting essential workers during the coronavirus crisis. (Watch the video above.) “Every day, heroes go out so that we can stay in,” the gravel-voiced New York native says. Footage shows fire trucks and medical…

Netflix has released the first trailer for All Day & A Night, a drama written and directed by Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole. Jeffrey Wright and Ashton Sanders star as an estranged father-son duo who find themselves in the same unfortunate circumstance that forces them to come together in order to break a…

Jeffrey Wright is headed to Gotham City. The Westworld actor is in early talks to take the role of Commissioner James Gordon in the latest Batman installment, which will star Robert Pattinson. Matt Reeves is helming the Warner Bros/ DC Comics film, which will focus on Bruce Wayne’s formative stages as Batman. The news…

Jeffery Wright has been cast as The Watcher, the narrator of What If…?, Marvel’s upcoming animated series for the Disney+ streaming service. The news was revealed Saturday during Marvel’s jam-packed Hall H presentation at Comic-Con. Wright fittingly was in San Diego already, participating earlier today in HBO’s panel…

HBO has picked up O.G., a narrative feature starring Jeffrey Wright that was filmed entirely in a maximum-security prison. Directed by Emmy winner Madeleine Sackler and also starring Theothus Carter and William Fichtner, it premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival, where Wright won Best Actor in a U.S…

The red carpet at this year’s Emmys wasn’t filled with Time’s Up pins, ribbons, or other accessories that supported a cause — but that doesn’t mean issues affecting Hollywood weren’t present on the minds of those walking into the Primetime Emmys. Black-ish star Jennifer Lewis took the carpet in glamorous athleisure…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on the top acting contenders for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the categories of Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series It's co-star versus co-star in the Lead…

EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Sanders is set to star with Jeffrey Wright in All Day & A Night, a drama written and to be directed by Joe Robert Cole, who co-wrote Black Panther. Netflix has set the film for a July 30 start date and will release the film on its streaming service. Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are…

Top honors at the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival have gone to Diane for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Smuggling Hendrix for Best International Narrative Feature, and Island of the Hungry Ghosts for Best Documentary Feature. On the acting side, Alia Shawkat won Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative…