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Posted Wednesday 9/08/21 at 3:39PM EDT
Jonathan Majors pens a tribute to Lovecraft Country co-star Michael K. Williams: "He was an angel — a guardian angel"
"Today the world is a different place," Majors writes in an essay for Variety.
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Michael K. Williams was much more than an actor — he was a storyteller
From Omar Little to Chalky White to Leonard Pine, Williams "made you believe in every character, scene, line, and moment...
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Posted Tuesday 9/07/21 at 2:45PM EDT
Michael K. Williams reflected on the fragility of life was in an emotional February 2020 Instagram post following Kobe Bryant's death
"I’ve been thinking about my own mortality lately," wrote Williams, who died Monday at age 54.
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The Wire's Michael K. Williams dies at 54
The Emmy-nominated actor best known for his role as The Wire's gay Baltimore stick-up man Omar Little, who robs street-level...
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Posted Saturday 7/03/21 at 2:20AM EDT
Lance Reddick is the best at portraying disgruntled authority figures
"Lance Reddick is the best," says Brian Grubb.
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Posted Wednesday 6/02/21 at 2:37AM EDT
Robert Hogan, Peyton Place star and The Wire actor, dies at 87
Hogan appeared on more than 100 TV series from the 1950s through the 2010s, from The Mary Tyler Moore Show...
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Posted Saturday 5/01/21 at 3:58AM EDT
The Wire actor Chris Clanton suffers minor injury after he was shot in Baltimore
Clanton, who recurred as Avon Barksdale enforcer Savino Bratton, suffered a gunshot wound to the ear Thursday night.
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Posted Thursday 4/22/21 at 1:42PM EDT
Snowfall's Damson Idris on the Season 4 finale: "It was as if I’d scored 70 points for the Lakers"
“That Keyser Soze moment was really special,” Idris tells TVLine.
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Posted Tuesday 4/20/21 at 12:24AM EDT
Michael Hyatt on The Wire vs. Snowfall debate: "Time will tell"
Twitter users debated late last week whether the HBO drama or the FX drama was the superior show.
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Posted Saturday 3/13/21 at 3:24AM EST
Isiah Whitlock Jr.: ‘Twenty years later, I am still dealing with The Wire’
Whitlock has embraced being the “sheeeeeeeeeit” guy from The Wire.
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Posted Tuesday 1/05/21 at 4:08AM EST
The Wire's David Simon to Georgia voters voting Democrat: "I will send you a personal apology for killing your favorite character"
Simon spent Sunday canvassing a six-block grid of Southwest Atlanta with former Wire star Gbenga Akinnagbe in support of Jon...
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Posted Friday 11/20/20 at 1:39PM EST
The Wire's David Simon proclaims himself "#DumbestTVProducerAlive" for killing off "Sexiest Man" winners Idris Elba and Michael B. Jordan
"I think it fair to note that I may well be the only writer-producer to launch the careers of two...
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Posted Wednesday 11/18/20 at 5:30AM EST
Michael B. Jordan becomes the second The Wire alum in three years to be name People's Sexiest Man Alive
Jordan appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! disguised in a hazmat suit for his unveiling as the 2020 People's Sexiest Man...
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Posted Tuesday 9/22/20 at 4:31AM EDT
From The Good Place to The Wire: Here are 20 acclaimed shows that never won an Emmy
As TVLine notes, Michael Schur has gone Emmy-loss for his two beloved shows: Parks and Recreation and The Good Place.
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P-Valley reclaims stripping from a tired trope in Prestige TV dramas
The Sopranos famously used the Bada Bing for scenes in which Tony Soprano and his mob colleagues "talk serious man...