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Chris Wright, Trumps pick for energy secretary, is wrong about green energy, experts say

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has seen a significant increase in the use of clean energy over the last few years; however, Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of energy, has claimed otherwise.Wright, chief executive of Liberty Energy -- the world’s second-largest... Read More.

Richard Gere joining Michael Fassbender and Jeffrey Wright in Paramount+ show The Agency

Monday, July 1 by ABC News

Paramount+ has just announced that Richard Gere will be joining fellow Oscar nominees Michael Fassbender and Jeffrey Wright in the political thriller series The Agency.Oscar winners George Clooney and Grant Heslov, his longtime producing partner, will executive produce through Smokehouse Pictures.According to Paramount+, the series follows Fassbender's... Read More.

Black Panther star Letitia Wright teases more Shuri in upcoming Marvel films

Wednesday, June 26 by ABC News

Letitia Wright is ready to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The actress, who starred as Shuri in Black Panther and its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, teased a return to the character while guesting on Wednesday's episode of The View."There are some new... Read More.

Forrest Gump stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright to reunite in new film Here

Wednesday, June 26 by ABC News

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, who both starred in the 1994 Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump, are reuniting for a new project.This fall, the actors will star in the drama Here, by director Robert Zemeckis, which is based on the 2014 graphic novel by Richard... Read More.

Jeffrey Wright reprising The Last of Us video game role in HBOs series

Friday, May 24 by ABC News

Oscar-nominated American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright has joined HBO's The Last of Us in a role he's already quite familiar with. Wright played Isaac, a former Marine who became a leader in the Washington Liberation Front resistance group in the sequel to the post-apocalyptic video... Read More.

Michael J. Fox, Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright and more make 2024s TIME 100

Wednesday, April 17 by ABC News

On Wednesday, TIME revealed its 2024 TIME 100, its annual list "of the 100 most influential people in the world," and the world of entertainment was well represented.As is tradition, each of the heralded personalities for the year is... Read More.

Jeffrey Wright reportedly joining Denzel Washington in Spike Lees adaptation of High and Low

Tuesday, March 19 by ABC News

Freshly Oscar-nominated American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright will reportedly join Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Spike Lee in the latter's adaptation of a famous film from legendary director Akira Kurosawa.Variety says Wright has stepped into High and Low, a... Read More.

Here’s why ‘American Fiction’ stars Jeffrey Wright & Sterling K. Brown joined the film

Friday, December 22 by ABC News

The new film American Fiction touches on an array of things — race in America, family drama, personal and professional satisfaction. Jeffrey Wright stars as an author who makes a morally compromising choice with his work, and also a man dealing with the declining... Read More.

Brockway woman accused of stealing nearly $200,000 from elderly man

Friday, September 15 by Louise Bennett

BROOKVILLE – A Brockway woman has been jailed on charges of theft and exploitation of a care-dependent person for allegedly stealing nearly $200,000 from an 86-year-old man.Brookville Police accuse 55-year-old Kelly Jo Wright of transferring the money from the victim's account to her own... Read More.

‘Surrounded’ star Letitia Wright on the film’s rarely seen view of the old West

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

The new movie Surrounded shows us a side of old west we don't normally get to see on film. The well-reviewed movie, out now for digital rental, tells the fictional story of Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington, a Black woman in 1870... Read More.

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