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Posted Saturday 3/16/19 at 4:18AM EDT
Dave Costabile has become Prestige TV's most important character actor
The Breaking Bad and The Wire alum, who currently can be seen on Billions, "has become one of our most...
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Posted Monday 3/11/19 at 10:06PM EDT
The Wire's David Simon recalls telling Idris Elba he was going to be a big star
Simon and Elba went on an emotional walk shortly after the actor learned that his Wire character, Stringer Bell, was...
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David Simon's next TV drama should tackle alt-right extremism -- it could be The Wire 2.0
"It's the most important story in America right now," says Tim Goodman, in proposing that The Wire creator delve into...
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Posted Friday 8/31/18 at 10:58PM EDT
One Dollar fails with its $1 gimmick
The gimmick of a dollar changing ends of confusing viewers of the CBS All Access drama, says Tim Goodman.
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Posted Friday 7/13/18 at 11:36PM EDT
The Wire: Ranking every episode of the HBO classic series
The worst episode of David Simon's beloved HBO drama series happens to be its most-watched.
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Posted Tuesday 7/03/18 at 3:01PM EDT
David Simon returns to Twitter jail
The Wire creator's wife, author Laura Lippman, tweeted that her husband was suspended from Twitter again after refusing to take...
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Posted Saturday 6/23/18 at 6:10PM EDT
The Wire's David Simon returns from two-week Twitter suspension to blast its CEO
“Die of boils, @jack.
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Posted Saturday 4/14/18 at 12:07AM EDT
After The Wire, some of its stars had trouble finding acting work because they weren't viewed as actors
"It was so authentic, people thought we weren't actors," says Gbenga Akinnagbe in a Los Angeles Times article on the...
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Posted Monday 4/09/18 at 1:45PM EDT
The Wire's David Simon will next tackle the Spanish Civil War
Simon and his literary team of George Pelecanos and Dennis Lehane are working on A Dry Run, a six-episode miniseries...
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Posted Friday 3/09/18 at 11:05PM EST
The Wire ended 10 years ago today
The fifth and final season finale of the acclaimed HBO series aired on March 9, 2008, finishing up its most...
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Posted Friday 3/09/18 at 2:00PM EST
The Wire's Wood Harris to star on ABC's The Mission pilot
He'll play a cop on the proposed series about cops on the beat.
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Posted Friday 2/16/18 at 2:13PM EST
John C. Reilly could've played McNulty on The Wire
David Simon revealed how Reilly was almost cast in Jonathan Abrams' new oral history book All the Pieces Matter, which...
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Posted Tuesday 2/13/18 at 1:51PM EST
Read an oral history of The Wire's five-minute "F*ck" scene
The excerpt is from Jonathan Abrams' new book on the HBO series, All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of...
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Posted Monday 2/12/18 at 2:12PM EST
HBO and David Simon prevent a Wire actor's plans to put on “The Wire: A Stage Play"
Norris Davis, who appeared on seven episodes of the HBO series, had been billing his play as a spinoff of...
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Posted Friday 2/09/18 at 8:57PM EST
Reg E. Cathey dies: The Wire star won an Emmy for House of Cards
Cathey, 59, played Frank Underwood’s favorite D.
