The Wire/Treme Writer David Mills: 1961-2010
Screenwriter David Mills, one of the minds behind iconic television programming such as ER, NYPD Blue and The Wire, died yesterday of a brain aneurysm in New Orleans while working on his latest endeavor, Treme (set to premiere on April 11). He was 48.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 10 Greatest Anti-Heroes: #1 Omar Little
The world's most quotable stick-up man terrorizes hardened thugs with an arsenal of guns and a vocabulary that fuses streetwise slang with Shakespearean flair. read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesHigh Definition: When Every Channel is the Travel Channel
Last week, I visited Miami before the Cayamo cruise with Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle. I haven’t spent much time there, but as we drove around the city and walked the streets of South Beach, I couldn’t help but think of Dexter, Showtime’s eponymous serial killer, and his slow steps towards redemption. Setting is key to good television, and the best series make you feel like you’re becoming as attached to the place as to the characters.... read more
Found in: TV, ColumnsThe Wire's Dominic West to Direct Daytime Drama Episode
He appeared in front of the camera as Jimmy McNulty, the tough cop with a drinking problem in The Wire, but Dominic West does some time behind the lens as well. West, who directed an episode of The Wire’s fifth and final season, will be calling the shots for an upcoming episode of Moving On, a BBC daytime drama.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsDavid Simon's Treme Gets April 11 Premiere Date, Trailer
Writer David Simon wants to make this clear: His new HBO drama, Treme, is not another version of The Wire. (Also, “Treme” doesn’t rhyme with “theme”—the show is named for the musically historic area of New Orleans and is pronounced “truh-MAY.”) The show is scheduled to kick off on April 11, and now has a trailer, which you can watch below. But don’t expect to learn too much about the actual plot or premise. In fact, to quote The Onion’s A.V. Club, where we came across the clip, you should “Check out the Treme trailer to learn nothing about Treme.”... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 15 Best Davids
David is a Hebrew name that means “beloved.” These Davids are surely beloved:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayMartin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire to Tap into Seedy, 1920s Atlantic City
Martin Scorsese is moving forward with his new series for HBO. The network has bought 12 episodes of Boardwalk Empire including the pilot, and Scorsese and his crew were seen filming recently in Brooklyn.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe Five Best Drug Dealers On TV
Some of the best shows on television are about the dirty drug world. Whether they’re selling pot, meth, heroin or vampire blood, drug dealers make for fascinating characters. Enjoy this list, but first, a public-service announcement from Paste: Don’t deal drugs. You’ll either end up dead, in jail, pregnant, in Mexico, or pregnant in Mexico.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayHBO, The Wire Producers to Adapt Rolling Stone Writer's Appetite for Self-Destruction
Producers of The Wire will soon focus on the downfalls and digital downloads characterizing today’s music industry.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsNew Orleans Gets Wired: David Simon Turns His Sights on the Big Easy
On a late spring day in the early 1990s, a Baltimore Sun reporter named David Simon wandered into the now-defunct Funky Butt jazz club on North Rampart Street in New Orleans, where Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias were burning through a scorching set of percussive funk. “From the outside, it was like some kind of Tex Avery cartoon,” Simon says, “where the house is dancing and the window shutters are popping out to the beat.”... read more
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