David Simon
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John Carroll, Former LA Times Editor, Dead at 73
The paper won 13 Pulitzer Prizes during Carroll’s tenure
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‘The Wire’ Creator Condemns ‘Selfishness’ of Baltimore Rioters: ‘The Violence Needs to Cease’
Andre Royo, Wendell Pierce and David Simon voice outrage over violence in city where the HBO series was set, while Felicia Pearson calls for prayer
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Obama Talks Drug War With ‘The Wire’ Creator, Calls HBO Show ‘Greatest Piece of Art’ in Decades (Video)
The president and Simon look back at the show’s impact and discuss today’s drug war
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HBO Announces Release Date for ‘The Wire’ in HD, Which Creator David Simon Calls an ‘Alternate Version’ (Video)
“There are scenes that clearly improve in HD and in the widescreen format,” Simon says. “There are some things that are simply not as good”
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‘Show Me a Hero’ on HBO Casts James Belushi, Terry Kinney, Michael Stahl-David
The trio joins the previously cast Oscar Isaac and Catherine Keener in miniseries set in Yonkers, N.Y.
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‘Star Wars’ Actor Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener Cast in David Simon HBO Miniseries
Isaac will play the young mayor of a city who finds himself in the center of racial controversy
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‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon to Lead Oprah’s MLK Miniseries for HBO
Winfrey will produce miniseries based on “America: In the King Years”
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Michael B. Jordan Tells Bill Simmons: I’m Making a Basketball-Themed TV Show
The actor also discusses "Fruitvale Station" with the Grantland founder and podcast host
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‘Wire’s’ David Simon’: ‘If You Stand Your Ground With Your Fists and You’re Black, You’re Dead’
"If I were a person of color … I would pick up a brick and start walking toward that courthouse"
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David Simon, Reason Magazine Feud Over ‘Shanked’ Interview
"The Wire" creator David Simon claims that his arguments against Wall Street and the prison-industrial complex were left on the cutting-room floor
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HBO’s ‘Treme’ Won’t Be Back Until Fall
David Simon’s New Orleans-based series was absent from network’s recently released premiere schedule
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David Simon to Eric Holder: No More ‘Wire’ for You
“The Wire” creator responds to the Attorney General’s request for a sixth season with appropriate sarcasm
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Producer David Simon Wins MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’
The $500,000 prize comes with no strings attached for the “Treme” and “Wire” producer
