Isiah Whitlock Jr.âs career in Hollywood spans four decades, with over 100 IMDB credits including roles in Spike Leeâs 25th Hour, HBOâs Veep, Chappelleâs Show, and playing 11 different characters across the Law & Order franchise. But heâs undeniably most recognized for portraying Clay Davis in The Wire and hisâŚ
âWhereâs Wallace?â might be one of the most memorable quotes to come out of HBOâs cult series The Wire, which sought to tell the story of one cityâs institutional failures across five seasons. Recently, Jonathan Abrams released his oral history of the show, All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire, whichâŚ
Sure, Dominic Westâs accent was as inconsistent as a plate of fried lake trout, but itâs hard to imagine anyone else playing the role of The Wireâs resident fuck-up. West captured the humor and pathos, as well as whatever bit of magic it took to make someone so insufferable so easy to root for. But as JonathanâŚ
As of today, Jonathan Abramsâ highly anticipated oral history of one of TVâs most lauded series, HBOâs The Wire, is now available. We were big fans of it, but if youâd like a little taste of the book before scooping it up, Vulture has published an excerpt chronicling one of the seriesâ most memorable scenes. ThatâŚ
Thereâs a section of Jonathan Abramsâ All The Pieces Matter: The Inside Story Of The Wire about the blink-and-youâll-miss-it scene in which the Wire character deputy commissioner of operations William Rawls (John Doman) appears at a gay bar. Doman kept wondering whether that reveal would lead to a major plot arc forâŚ
Actor Reg Cathey, whose prolific career spanned everything from The Mask and Tank Girl all the way through some of the most prestigious TV dramas of the 21st century, has died. The news was reported on Twitter by Catheyâs frequent collaborator, David Simon, who cast the actor in his celebrated HBO series The Corner âŚ
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question youâdâŚ
In the wake of 9/11, televisionâlike the rest of Americaâdidnât know what to do with itself. There were its first-responders, of course, all those news crews and cable pundits with cracking voices, trying to talk us through the idea that two enormous skyscrapers and thousands of people could suddenly be gone. ButâŚ
Apparently HBO Now subscribers arenât taking sufficient advantage of their access to the networkâs impressiveâif incompleteâlibrary of TV lately, because the premium cable channel just released a pair of new trailers for two of its most beloved shows: Six Feet Under and The Wire.
We know how much you love The Wire, you know how much we love The Wireâeverybody here loves The Wire, okay? Which is why we assume that youâre already planning some kind of celebration to mark its 15th anniversary, a date you already knew we were aware of, right? So what are we talking here: a marathon? An âOmar cominâŚ
Not long after Donald Trump declared war on the media, CNNâs picked up the gauntlet, firing back against the president once more in the new edition of The Hollywood Reporter. In the cover story, CNN president Jeff Zucker brags that he and his employees wear their status of enemy combatants against false informationâŚ
Although heâs been acting since 1996, Michael K. Williamsâ career is largely synonymous with a single character: The Wireâs Omar Little. Nearly every role Williams has taken on since he started playing Omar in 2002âfrom criminal roles on HBOâs Boardwalk Empire and The Night Of, to comedy turns in shows like Community âŚ
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question youâdâŚ
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question youâdâŚ
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Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question youâdâŚ
Hereâs whatâs up in the world of TV for Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7. All times are Eastern.
Few TV or film productions are as intrinsically tied to their locales as The Wire is to Baltimore: The HBO series filmed in the city for over five years, during which time the cast and crew seemed to have developed a relationship with the city and its citizens. And the extent of that connection has just been revealedâŚ
The Wireâs Omar Little (Michael K. Williams) earned his status as a fan favorite for his unique mix of competence and bravado, which allowed him to make a very successful living robbing Baltimoreâs most dangerous drug dealers. Despite numerous attempts on his life, he survives until the fifth season when he goes toâŚ
Gay characters havenât had a visibility problem in pop culture in years. But when it comes to minority representation, quality is more important than quantity, and there was a time when most gay male characters were portrayed as stereotypically effeminate nellies. If they werenât obsessively coordinating weddings,âŚ
