Donnie Andrews, the man who inspired the stickup artist Omar on HBO's seminal show about Baltimore, died of heart complications Thursday, Justin Fenton of the Baltimore Sun reported.
Oral histories, in which TV creators and stars wax on about our favorite shows in the pages of magazines, are like crack for fans, and Marc Spitz's oral history of The Wire in Maxim is no exception.
David Simon, creator of The Wire, has sort of apologized for his Thursday New York Times interview in which he seemingly told Wire fans all the improper ways to watch or pay homage to his show.
In a new interview with The New York Times, David Simon, creator of HBO's Greatest Television Show Ever Made (according to some, anyway) The Wire, does something that has become frustratingly commonplace: alienate the people who have, in essence, determined his show's artistry.
Today in film and television: David Simon only wants four seasons of Treme, HBO moves up the premiere of Luck, and how Halloween spurred DirecTV and News Corp. to iron out a new carriage deal.
He'll make a sixth season of the show if the Attorney General calls off the drug war
The Attorney General issued a direct order to series creator David Simon
David Simon's New Orleans panoramic premiered on HBO with a new focus on food
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson was arrested in a Baltimore drug raid on Thursday
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