One young filmmaker is hoping to break down the barriers that encourage discrimination in the black lesbian community. BET Associate Producer Nneka Onuorah is shedding…
Actor turned rapper Tray Chaney is back with the next installment in his ongoing series of songs dedicated to highlighting the special place a father…
“Fruitvale Station” is not just the name of the movie, it’s the actual Bay Area Transit Station (BART) where the murder of 22-year-old Oscar Grant…
President Barack Obama and his family watch “Parks and Recreation” together as a family. The president talked to TV Guide about his TV favorites — “Homeland,” “The Wire” — and revealed that he and Michelle watch NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” with daughters Malia and Sasha. “When our family gets together to watch TV, we usually watch shows […]
Actor Wood Harris (Remember the Titans, The Wire) called in to the TJMS this morning to let listeners know while it seems he’s been off the scene, he’s making moves. He talked about his experience on Broadway and his new role in thriller “Dredd Scott 3D” in theaters September 21.d Listen to full interview here
BALTIMORE-David Simon, the creator of the critically acclaimed TV series, “The Wire” has addressed Eric Holder’s request for a new season of “The Wire.” At a recent conference on the impacts of drugs and families, with “The Wire” stars Wendell Pierce and Sonja Sohn, Holder begged for a new season of the show. Both Holder […]
People who are missing HBO’s “The Wire” are legion — and in really good company. Attorney General Eric Holder REALLY misses the show, to the point that he used the launch of a program created to protect children from drug abuse to beg for more episodes of the show. Stars of “The Wire,” Wendell Pierce […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Attorney General, Eric Holder is joining with Wendell Pierce and Sonja Sohn from the critically acclaimed HBO TV series, “The Wire” to announce a public awareness campaign, addressing the challenges faced by children and families affected by drug abuse. This Tuesday, Holder will take part in a panel discussion with the head of the […]
BALTIMORE Baltimore’s police commissioner, Frederick H. Bealefeld has made a harsh public criticism of the HBO TV Show, “The Wire” for the way it portrays Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun reports: “I heard all this stuff about, ‘Well there’s crime shows about L.A., about New York, about Miami,'” Bealefeld said. “You know what Miami gets in […]
Two years after its cancellation, “The Wire” has been given the respect given to authors like Dickens and Shakespeare, Hemingway or Langston Hughes. It has been given its own class at Harvard. Not only has it been given an undergraduate class at Harvard, but in this spring, “The Wire” will be taught at Harvard Law […]
