The Wire (tv program)

2013 TV upfronts: Watch trailers for two more new Fox shows

2013-05-14 12:24:00

After releasing most of the trailers teasing its new shows on Monday, Fox rolled out two more trailers for a new drama called "Gang Related" and a comedy called "Surviving Jack." The former stars Ramon Rodriguez ("Battle Los Angeles," "The Wire") and...

CNN to air unscripted series 'Chicagoland' from Redford's Sundance

2013-05-08 07:26:00

"The Wire" as a reality show? That appears to be what the cable news channel CNN is thinking with "Chicagoland," a new unscripted series about the Windy City from Robert Redford's Sundance Productions. "Chicagoland," which is set to premiere on CNN...

Amazon pilots (Part 3): The comedies

2013-04-28 14:19:00

In two previous posts, I discussed the Amazon pilots, a slate of proposed series by the cyberspace bookseller turned virtual moving-picture studio, now streaming online for viewer comment and ratings. (Thousands have already chimed in.) The first post was...

'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab

2013-05-05 05:30:00

Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk. As Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has noted, Wilson stocks his scripts with "natural raconteurs" and lets them soar in...

Alex Trebek about to retire from 'Jeopardy?' Not necessarily

2013-04-29 10:25:00

Speculation has been swirling recently that when Alex Trebek's contract is up in 2016, the long-running host of "Jeopardy" will finally retire. But don't say that to Alex Trebek. "Everybody's speculating on my retirement and I don't know why,"...

Awards this week: Edgars, Ellies

2013-05-03 11:11:00

Just when you thought literary awards season was over, there were not one but two occasions to get dressed up and applaud great writers and their publications Thursday. They both took place in New York -- meaning we didn't have to hit the dry cleaner --...

'The Walking Dead' recruits Larry Gilliard Jr. of 'The Wire'

2013-04-26 14:32:00

AMC's "The Walking Dead" is adding another cast member from HBO's acclaimed "The Wire" series to the zombie apocalypse drama. Larry Gilliard Jr. will play Bob Stookie, a former Army medic deeply haunted by his past--both before and after the apocalypse....

Goldberg: Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals

2013-02-19 00:00:00

"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their...

PASSINGS: Robert F. Chew, Taiho

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Robert F. Chew Baltimore-based actor on 'The Wire' Robert F. Chew, 52, an actor and teacher who portrayed the drug kingpin Proposition Joe on the HBO series "The Wire," died Thursday of apparent heart failure in his sleep at his Baltimore home,...

New Releases: 'Searching for Sugar Man' and more

2013-01-20 09:00:00

Searching for Sugar Man Sony, $30.99; Blu-ray, $35.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Detroit-based singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodr�guez couldn't get any airplay in the U.S. in the '70s with his soulful, political folk-rock, but his 1970 album,...

Donnie Andrews dies at 58; killer an inspiration for TV character

2012-12-27 00:00:00

Like the television character he helped inspire, Donnie Andrews lived by a code. In his earlier years, when he was robbing rival dealers as a young hustler in West Baltimore — experiences that would later form the basis for the popular Omar Little...

Daum: Confessions of a TV couch potato

2012-07-19 00:00:00

I recently attended a lecture by a distinguished man of letters. A poet, novelist, playwright and literary critic, this man also edits journals, directs literary festivals, collaborates on documentary projects, teaches full time at a university and is...

Scott Hesel, Art & Science copywriter, Shannon McGarry, Campaign Consultation, Inc. project specialist, and Michael Garcia, Catholic Charities director of major and corporate gifts, were among the guests.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Tray Chaney, left, the Baltimore actor who protrayed "Poot" in the HBO series "The Wire," posed with Joe Zajdel, ELU committee member, before performing a song he wrote for the evening.

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Baltimore:"The Wire." Of course. Plus, 'Homicide," "Ace of Cakes," "The Corner."

2013-01-20 00:00:00