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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Maxwell knows how to break hearts. Even ours. At a packed fundraiser for actor Jeffrey Wright's Taia Peace Foundation on Friday afternoon at Oya, the neo-soul singer delivered a textbook celebrity-advocate performance: brief, and leave 'em wanting more. He said that he was "deeply honored" to be ...
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PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Houston Chronicle: A woman convicted of killing her husband by tying him to their bed and stabbing him almost 200 times will get a new punishment phase because of ineffective assistance of counsel in her trial, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Susan Wright deserves another opportunity to convince a jury that she deserves a lenient sentence. Her...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Texas' highest criminal court has thrown out the 25-year prison sentence a Houston jury gave a woman convicted of murder for stabbing her tied-up husband 193 times. Susan Wright was convicted in March 2004 of killing her 34-year-old husband, Jeffrey Wright....
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ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... festival, a host of notables visited Qatar, including Nair, Martin Scorsese, Patricia Clarkson, Jeffrey Wright, Sir Ben Kingsley, Adel Emam, Youssra, Hiam Abbass, Haifa Hussein, Jassim Al Nabhan, Hayat Al Fahad, Saad Faraj, Dawood Hussain, Ibrahim Al-Zadjali, Khalid Amin, Khalid Al-Buraki and Habib Gholown. The free screenings, workshops, panel discussions, concerts and Family Day...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
(AP Photo /David J. Phillip, File).FILE - In a Wednesday, March 3, 2004 file photo, Susan Wright, right, listens along with her attorney Neal Davis, left, as the jury's verdict of guilty is read in her murder trial in Houston. In a ruling Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, Texas' highest criminal court has thrown out the 25-year prison sentence given to Wright after she was convicted of murder...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... not one black actor in 'Cadillac Records' wasn’t worthy of at least an Oscar nomination? Jeffrey Wright, playing legendary blues singer Muddy Waters, gave his customary brilliant performance. Eamonn Walker, as bluesman Howlin’ Wolf, gave a powerful performance. Even Mos Def, playing Chuck Berry, turned in a performance that should have been considered. But Columbus Short,...
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Space 15 Twenty (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The dates for the Main Street video art exhibition at Gallery Space have been extended! It'll now run from October 24 - December 6, 2009. Some stills from the special DVD made exclusively for the exhibition which will be available at opening night! Peter Sutherland Lucky Dragons Andrew Jeffrey Wright Miranda July Melanie Bonajo Kris Moyes Lori D. Jacob Ciocci Andrew Sutherland (via Family...
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Space 15 Twenty (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Gallery Space is proud to present:MAIN STREETAN EXHIBITION OF NEW VIDEO ART AND ANIMATIONOctober 24 - November 8, 2009Andrew Jeffrey Wright * Jacob Ciocci * Miranda July * Kris Moyes * Peter Sutherland * Andrew Sutherland * Lori D. * Melanie Bonajo * Lucky Dragons * Paper RadCurated by David Jacob KramerOpening ReceptionSaturday, October 247 - 10pFeaturing a live performance by with special...
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Johnny Brenda's (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
BUY TICKETS Vox Populi’s second annual benefit show at Johnny Brenda’s features Bardo Pond, comedy from Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Arc in Round, Ape School & WKDU DJ Scott Sullivan. Vox Populi, celebrating 21 years as an independent artist collective, is hosting a benefit at Johnny Brenda’s on Friday October 16th. All funds raised go to support the [...]