Jeffrey Wright, born and raised in Washington D.C. is nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Actor. Wright could take home the golden statue for his role in the film “American Fiction.” ...

"I said, 'Nah, nah that's not happening,' and I headed out the door to my car," the actor recalled about making 'Ride with the Devil' Jason Mendez/Getty, Everett Jeffrey Wright and his character in ...

NEW YORK -- Jeffrey Wright has played Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muddy Waters. He has played Colin Powell, a Dominican drug kingpin, Batman's Commissioner Gordon and a longtime ...

Despite all the snow on the ground, Monday is the day for thousands of young people in D.C. to start thinking about summer jobs. It's the first day to sign up for the Marion Barry Summer Youth ...

A good old-fashioned literary hoax takes shape in the new hit movie “American Fiction.” It’s a biting satire about the flattening of Black voices, and has become one of the darlings of this year’s ...

Jeffrey Wright‘s latest stop on his “American Fiction” press tour was a cast interview with Entertainment Weekly in which he shocked his co-stars with a story about how he once refused a studio’s ...

MR. CAPEHART: Good afternoon, and welcome to Watching Post Live and another in our series, “Race in America,” co‑produced with the “Capehart” Podcast. I am Jonathan Capehart, associate editor at The ...