Michael K. Williams, the award-winning actor perhaps best known for his iconic role as Omar, a gay, shotgun-toting vigilante in the HBO hit drama series “The Wire,” was found dead in his apartment in Brooklyn on Monday. Police said the actor was found by a family member. He was 54.
Art nearly imitated life for actor Chris Clanton, who blasted the soaring crime rate in the of city of Baltimore after he was shot in the head in Charm City last Thursday.
HBO producer and creator of The Wire David Simon lashed out on Twitter asking God to wipe out President Donald Trump’s club at Mar-a-Lago with Hurricane Dorian.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is a huge fan of the political drama The West Wing, but he also praised Game of Thrones in an interview as one of the best shows about politics.
David Simon, the creator of The Wire, told Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to “die of boils,” for the second time, following his suspension and reinstatement on Twitter for graphically wishing death upon a Trump supporter.
Veteran HBO show runner David Simon told The Guardian in a recent interview that the election of Donald Trump taught him that there’s a large segment of voters who can’t be trusted to govern themselves.
David Simon, creator HBO’s famed crime drama ‘The Wire,’ suggested that those who oppose Donald Trump should “pick up a brick” if the president fires special counsel Robert Mueller.
An actor who played a police officer on the TV show “The Shield” was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life in prison after tearfully apologizing for fatally shooting his wife but still insisting he didn’t mean to kill her.
Actor Wendell Pierce was reportedly arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly physically assaulting a female supporter of Democrat presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.
Just as Martin O’Malley, Baltimore’s Democrat ex-mayor, prepares to announce a run for the White house, he faces devastating and detailed criticism for his role in creating the mess in Baltimore from a noted expert on the city: David Simon, reporter, author, and creator of the seminal HBO crime drama The Wire.
Actor Chad Coleman, known for his roles in The Walking Dead and The Wire, was filmed freaking out on a New York City subway Friday after he was reportedly called the “N-word” by another passenger.
The cast and creator of HBO’s Baltimore-set police series The Wire called for an immediate end to the violent protests that had erupted in Baltimore on Saturday night.
President Obama sat down this week with David Simon, creator of HBO’s The Wire, to discuss the United States’ war on drugs and whether the nation’s criminal justice system could be reformed.
