Updated Feb 16, 2026
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♐ Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac
兔 Rabbit
Name Origin
English < Old English < Proto-Germanic (*westrą)
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Wesley Morris: American journalist.
Born (age 50).
The name Wesley means transferred use of the surname taken from the place-name Westley which is derived from the Old English elements west (west) and lēah (wood, clearing, meadow). The surname has the definition 'dweller near the western wood or clearing.'.
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Biography
Wesley Morris (born December 19, 1975) is an American film critic and podcast host. He is currently critic at large for The New York Times and host of the New York Times podcast Cannonball. He was formerly co-host, with J Wortham, of the New York Times podcast Still Processing. Previously, Morris wrote for The Boston Globe, then Grantland. He won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work with The Globe and the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his New York Times coverage of race relations in the United States, making Morris the only writer to have won the Criticism prize more than once.
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