The Wire
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‘The Wire’ Creator Calls Out Russian Streaming Services for Removing References to Gay Character
“Omar Little of Baltimore, Maryland, is unapologetically gay and, though fictional, infinitely more badass and tactically effective than all of the conscripts and paroled thugs you’ve sent into the meat-grinder in Ukraine,” David Simon writes
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‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene for Baltimore Bridge Conspiracies: ‘Submoronic Pratfall of a Human Being’
“Are you intentional or just an accident?” the TV producer said in response to the politician’s Francis Scott Key Bridge speculation
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David Simon Tips Cap to Hawaii Supreme Court’s Use of ‘The Wire’ in Landmark Guns Case
“Slim Charles was a sagacious motherf–ker,” the HBO show’s creator says of the character and his line quoted in Wednesday’s ruling
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‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Says Hollywood Has Always Had a ‘Healthy Contempt’ for Writers
“The people that run the studios, I don’t think they have a clue what it is that writers do,” the WGA negotiating committee member tells the podcast “People I (Mostly) Admire”
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‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Hits the Picket Line After HBO Deal Suspended: ‘Doing the Write Thing’ (Video)
“On the day that HBO called to suspend my deal after 25 years of writing television for them,” says the Emmy-winning producer
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Lance Reddick, Star of ‘John Wick’ and ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 60
Currently in the midst of a promotional tour for “John Wick: Chapter 4,” the longtime actor was found dead in his L.A. home Friday morning
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Al Brown, ‘The Wire’ Actor Known for Playing Col. Stan Valchek, Dies at 83
Brown played the high-ranking and sometimes shady Baltimore Police Department official on the hit HBO series
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Idris Elba ‘Was Not Happy’ When He Learned He’d Been Written Off ‘The Wire,’ David Simon Recalls (Video)
The classic HBO drama turns 20 this week
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‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Calls Out Police Response to Texas School Shooting
He could find no reason for cops to “stand outside a school while children were shot and bleeding to death inside”
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Michael K Williams, ‘The Wire’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Star, Dies at 54
HBO star was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment of a suspected heroin overdose, the Associated Press reported
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After George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, TV Rethinks If Cops Should Always Be the Good Guys
“It just feels like we can do more with the art and with the shows that are put out there,” “S.W.A.T.” showrunner Aaron Rahsaan Thomas says
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HBO Sees 40% Spike in Streaming During Coronavirus-Forced Shutdown – Led by ‘The Wire’
Everyone finally has time to watch David Simon’s Baltimore-set crime series
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‘Racist Moron’ Trump Would ‘Wet Himself’ If He Visited Baltimore, ‘Wire’ Creator David Simon Says
Simon rips the president after he calls Baltimore a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess”
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Talent Agents Respond to WGA Lawsuit: ‘Predetermined Path to Chaos’
“The ATA’s repeated use of anti-union rhetoric illustrates how much in denial the big agencies are,” WGA says in response
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John Oliver Got Omar From ‘The Wire’ and Walter White to Help Dramatize Our Opioid Crisis (Video)
Up first though, was Michael “F—in” Keaton
