The Wire on HBO: Play Or Get Played In David Simon's Baltimore

• Calling All HBO Treme Extras!  In this October 26, 2009, article from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dave Walker announces a Treme casting call.  More from WWL.
  
  
• Troy Henry Campaign Chairman  In this October 22, 2009, article from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Frank Donze announces a new role for our Bunk.
  
  

• Doctor Who Spin-off For Wire Star  This October 10, 2009, article from MSN Entertainment announces a new role for our Lester Freamon.  More from the Guardian, the BBC, and the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  
  

• Method Man Arrested For Tax Evasion  In this October 5, 2009, article from the New York Daily News, Oren Yaniv reports bad news for our Cheese.
  
  

• Cathey Avoids The Wire  This September 20, 2009, article from Entertainment Daily details Reg Cathey's struggle to get cast in The Wire.
  
  
• Wire Star Releases Autobiography  In this September 10, 2009, article from the Washington Informer, Odell B. Ruffin profiles our Poot.
  
  

• TV Hero Gets Real  In this September 8, 2009, article from the Baltimore Sun, Justin Fenton profiles Sonja Sohn and her "reWIRED For Change" program.  (RH)  More from ABC2 Baltimore the b blog, the Baltimore Sun, WJZ-TV, the Boston Globe, the Urbanite, and an interview from the Boston Globe.
  
  

• Coming Out In 2009?  In this September 6, 2009, article from In Contention, Kristopher Tapley reports new projects for Michael K. Williams.
  
  
• Treme Shrinking  In this September 6, 2009, article from the Examiner, Rose Stabler updates the area and the show.
  
  

• September 4, 2009, new projects are on the horizon for Dominic West, John Doman, Aidan Gillen, Frankie Faison, Clark Johnson, and Idris Elba.  More from the Guardian.
  
  

• Breakfast With Lance Reddick  In this August 31, 2009, article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Patricia Sheridan interviews our Lt. Daniels.
  
  
• Broken Britain, August 25, 2009.  See Links.
  
  
• Threesome On Journey To Mars  In this August 23, 2009, article from Variety, Borys Kit reports a new project for Dominic West.
  
  
• Using Subtitles  In this August 17, 2009, article from the Daily Telegraph, Chris Irvine reports that George Pelecanos recommends that you leave the captions turned off.  More from the Independent.
  
  

• Julito McCullum  In this August 15, 2009, article from the Staten Island Advance, Jodi Lee Reifer catches up with our Namond.
  
  

• Amy Ryan Pregnant With First Child  This August 14, 2009, article from Access Hollywood reports the news.
  
  
• HBO Announces April Launch For Treme  In this July 30, 2009, article from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dave Walker is following the HBO announcements closely.  More from Variety and Zap2it.
  
  

• Vote: Best TV Drama of the Decade.
  
  

• Steve Earle  In this July 26, 2009, article from the Arizona Daily Star, Gererd M. Gay profiles our Walon.  More from the Aspen Times.
  
  
• O'Malley Still Dealing With Carcetti  In this July 22, 2009, article from the Baltimore Sun, Laura Smitherman reports on the Maryland governor's attempt to shed the image of his Wire alter ego.
  
  

• Build The Wall  In this July 16, 2009, op/ed from the Columbia Journalism Review, David Simon advocates for paid online newspapers.    More from the Wall Street Journal, Information Week, Multichannel News, the IEEE Spectrum, the Independent, and Gawker.
  
  

• Emmy Nominations For Generation Kill  In this July 16, 2009, article from the Baltimore Sun, David Zurawik reports Emmy news.  More from the Examiner.
  
  

• Real Life Fatal Gun Battle  This July 13, 2009, article from the New York Daily News reports some real life drama surrounding Jamie Hector.  More from the New York Post and NBC New York.  Updates from the New York Daily News and NBC New York.
  
  
• David Simon  This July 13, 2009, article from the Guardian puts The Wire creator on its most powerful media people list.
  
  

• Aidan Gillen  In this July 10, 2009, article from the Guardian, Gerard Gilbert profiles our Tommy Carcetti.  More from the Guardian.
  
  

• How Are Women Portrayed?  In this July 7, 2009, article from the Guardian, Steve Busfield looks at the female roles in The Wire.
  
  

• Dominic West  In this July 6, 2009, article from the Guardian, Sam Jones reports Dominic West's latest attempt to stay in the spotlight.  More from the Guardian, the Daily Mail, Contactmusic, Digital Spy, the Independent, the Scotsman, the Big Issue, and the Guardian again.
  
  

• Ramon Rodriguez Transforms His Career  In this June 24, 2009, article from the New York Daily News, Robert Dominguez profiles the actor who played Renaldo in The Wire.  More from MTV and Moviehole.  More from MTV, AceShowbiz, and News in Film.
  
  

• The Philanthropist  In this June 22, 2009, article from Variety, Brian Lowry previews Tom Fontana's new drama.  More from the Denver Post, Zap2it, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the New York Times, Film.com, Monsters & Critics, and the A.V. Club
  
  

• Snoop Talks New Movie  In this June 18, 2009, article from the School Of Hip Hop, Danica Dow catches up with Felicia Pearson.  More from SOHH.  Even more from SOHH.
  
  

• HBO Lures Three More To Boardwalk  In this June 9, 2009, article from the Hollywood Reporter via Reuters, Nellie Andreeva reports a familiar cast signing for Martin Scorsese's new HBO series.
  
  
• Conan O'Brien's Must List  In this June 5, 2009, article from Entertainment Weekly, Conan O'Brien recommends The Wire without seeing the show.  Chris Martin watches.
  
  

• The Wire Star Dominic West On Eminem's Obsessive Love Of The Show  In this May 28, 2009, article from Entertainment Weekly, Simon Vozick-Levinson finds out how Dominic West got on Eminem's new record.  More from Digital Spy.
  
  
• Dominic West To Direct An Episode Of New HBO Series  In this May 15, 2009, article from Entertainment Weekly, Simon Vozick-Levinson reports that another directing gig in a David Simon series is likely.
  
  

• George Pelecanos Shoots For Posterity  In this May 15, 2009, article from the Oregonian, Jeff Baker talks to George Pelecanos about The Wire.  More from the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, the Pittsburg Tribune-Review, the Guardian, and BSC.
  
  

• From Baltimore Streets To British Bedpan  This May 13, 2009, article from the Guardian reports that Clarke Peters is joining a British soap.
  
  

• Kermit Ruffins To Star In New HBO Series  This May 12, 2009, article from Filter Magazine introduces the New Orleans native.  More from antiMusic.
  
  

• HBO Heads To Post-Katrina Orleans  In this May 5, 2009, article from Variety, Michael Schneider reports the series pickup.  More from Newsday, Zap2it, the Hollywood Reporter, Nikki Finke, TV Squad, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, antiMusic, Paste, the Telegraph, the BBC, and the Guardian.
  
  
• Newsroom Purge  In this April 29, 2009, article from Poynter Online, Rick Edmonds reports on the Baltimore Sun layoffs.  More from Baltimore Brew the Baltimore Sun, and Politico.
  
  
• Too Weird For The World?  In this April 29, 2009, article from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dave Walker wonders if the New Orleans story will resonate with the rest of the world.  More from Jam Base and NOLA - Part 1 and Part 2.
  
  

• Last Word  In this April 29, 2009, article from the Baltimore City Paper, Jeffrey Anderson reports that the real Baltimore denizens are telling their side of the story in Unwired.  More from the DVD Creation.
  
  
• Simon Mulls CIA Series  In this April 27, 2009, article from Broadcast Now, Robin Parker updates David Simon projects.  More from Broadcasting & Cable.
  
  
• New Orleans Housing Project Is Model For Recovery  In this April 19, 2009, article from USA Today, Rick Gervais reports on Wendell Pierce.  More from the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  
  

• Tremé Wraps Filming In NOLA  In this April 17, 2009, article from the Independent Weekly, R. Reese Fuller reports the latest from New Orleans.  More from the Gambit, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, USA Today, an interview with Wendell Pierce, and a David Simon Q&A.
  
  

• Callie Thorne Gets To Play With Fire  In this April 14, 2009, article from the Los Angeles Times, Greg Braxton profiles the supporting actress from Homicide and The Wire.  More from PopEater.
  
  

• Paul Ben-Victor  This April 13, 2009, article from PopMatters asks the actor 20 questions.
  
  
• Obama And The Wire Again  In this April 9, 2009, article from the New York Daily News, David Saltonstall is just finding out that President Barack Obama loves The Wire.  More from the Daily Telegraph (UK), the Daily Mirror (UK), TV Guide, and more from the New York Daily News.
  
  

• Southland  In this April 8, 2009, article from the New York Times, Alessandra Stanley compares Southland and The Unusuals to The Wire, right down to the plagiarism.  More from the Baltimore Sun, the Kansas City Star, and the Toledo Blade.
  
  

• Wire Star Criticizes UK TV Drama  In this March 30, 2009, article from the BBC News Magazine, Dominic West says there are no British or American TV dramas he wants to watch.  (CB)  More from Broadcast Now, the Guardian, the Telegraph, and the Daily Record.  More from the Guardian the Telegraph, and Digital Spy.  Here's an interview from the Evening Standard and a new period project report from the Guardian.
  
  

• Home To His Acting And His Activism  In this March 25, 2009, article from the New York Times, Stuart Miller profiles Wendell Pierce.
  
  

• Wire Gets BAFTA International Nomination  This March 24, 2009, list from the BAFTA (UK) web site lists the nominations for the British TV awards.  (LM, CB)  More from the Los Angeles Times.
  
  

• 90210 Star Joins Red Tails Film  In this March 19, 2009, article from Variety, Jay A. Fernandez reports a new project for Tristan Wilds.  More from Foreign Policy and Empire Movies.
  
  

• BBC2 To Screen The Wire  This March 12, 2009, article from In The News UK announces the UK terrestrial broadcast.  More from the Hollywood Reporter, Reuters, the London Times, the Stage, the Sun, the BBC, the Bookseller, the Guardian, the London Times, ITN, the Sunday Mercury, the First Post, the Daily Record, the Telegraph, UK MSN Entertainment, the Mid Ulster Mail, the Independent, the BBC News Magazine, and the Yorkshire Post.  (CB)  Here are Wire show guides from the London Times and the Evening Standard.  Ratings from Brand Republic, the Independent, Broadcast Now, and the Guardian.
  
  

• HBO Planning Series  In this March 7, 2009, article from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dave Walker reports a Treme (Tremé) update.  More from Variety, Entertainment Weekly, the Guardian, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the New York Times.
  
  

• Young Actor Jermaine Crawford Appreciates Varied Roles  In this February 14, 2009, article from the Wilmington Star News, John Staton interviews our Dukie.
  
  
• Cast Of The Wire Joins Team Phelps  In this February 13, 2009, article from New York Magazine, Jada Yuan and Ravi Somaiya report some Phelps love from The Wire cast.
  
  

• Obama's Blackberry Brings Personal Safety Risks  In this February 12, 2009, article from cnet, Chris Soghoian reports on the President's cell phone, informed by The Wire.
  
  

• Steve Zahn Circles Treme (Tremé)  In this February 4, 2009, article from the Hollywood Reporter, Nellie Andreeva reports Treme (Tremé) casting news.  More from Zap2it, HitFix, the Baton Rouge Advocate, New York Magazine, the INDsider, and the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  
  

• A Quick Six With The Beast's Larry Gilliard, Jr.  In this February 4, 2009, article from Monsters & Critics, April MacIntyre interviews our D'Angelo.  More from andPOP.
  
  

• Maryland Losing Movie Business  In this January 29, 2009, article from the Washington Times, Ben Nuckols of the AP finds Barry Levinson in Annapolis.  More from the Examiner.
  
  

• O'Malley Talks About The Wire  In this January 26, 2009, article from the Baltimore Sun, Brian White of the AP reports on Martin O'Malley's speech to the Naval Academy.
  
  
• Shakima Greggs Stymied By DC Police  In this January 22, 2009, article from New York Magazine, Jada Yuan reports on Sonja Sohn's activities in Washington this week.
  
  

• Wire Veteran Clocks In At The Office  In this January 15, 2009, article from Zap2it, Rick Porter reports that Idris Elba is the next Wire guest star on the NBC comedy.  More from Variety, IGN, Black Voices, IGN, USA Today, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and an audio interview from NPR.  (RH)
  
  

• Dating Defense Doomed  In this January 9, 2009, article from the Washington Post, Derek Kravitz reports the indictment of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon.  More from Majikthise, the Right Pundits, Ed Norris, and the Young Turks.  Charges.
  
  
• DGA Announces TV Noms  In this January 9, 2009, article from the Hollywood Reporter, Gregg Kilday reports a director nod and win for Dan Attias.  MAE noms and wins.  NAACP Image noms.  ACE Eddie noms.  NAMIC Vision noms.
  

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