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We love a cocky attractive man on television who can then subvert the stereotype, and Jimmy does just that. He struggles throughout the series with alcoholism, alimony, child support, cheating, sexual promiscuity, and more, while trying to uphold his position as Detective in the Baltimore P.D. He investigates several drug-related deaths throughout the series, which …
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Getty Image / Derek White In 2003, Kanye West released one of his biggest singles to date, “Through The Wire.” While the song, which served as the lead to his debut album, The College Dropout, proved to be a breakthrough for Ye, it’s safe to say not everyone is a fan of the song. “Through …
Marvel It’s hard to imagine anyone but Chris Hemsworth as God of Thunder, but the actor wasn’t even in the top five when Marvel Studios was looking to add Thor to its burgeoning Avengers team in the very early days of the MCU. In a new interview, the actor reveals that his brother, Liam Hemsworth, …
hbo The Wire, one of the greatest TV series of all-time, premiered 20 years ago this week. In honor of two decades of “Omar coming” (RIP), chess lessons, and deez nuts, creators David Simon and Ed Burns spoke to the New York Times about the show’s legacy, and whether HBO would still make it today, …
The Daily Wire released a transphobic documentary on Wednesday. The company claims that it was the victim of a digital denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack tied to the release. This is possible. Hackers have reemerged as a political force in the last few years. But some are casting doubt on that, wondering whether the Daily …
Saban Entertainment Remember when the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premiered in the ’90s, and you were like, “What the heck is this show that looks like Godzilla and Voltron had a baby, but somehow, it’s about Americans doing karate?” Well, the feds just charged one of those kids with allegedly defrauding the government through the …
If David Simon makes something for HBO, whether it’s one of the greatest television shows of all-time (The Wire) or a miniseries where Oscar Isaac has a mustache (Show Me a Hero), it’s worth watching. His creative collaboration with the network continues with We Own the City, Simon’s first series set in Baltimore since The …
Getty Image Last May, Dave Chappelle sat down with Joe Rogan to spend several hours talking about everything and nothing, as guests of The Joe Rogan Experience tend to do. At one point, the topic turned to their early days as working comedians, and The Chappelle Show star revealed that back before The Wire made …
Getty Image It’s safe to say few TV mavens know Baltimore as well as David Simon. He made his name there, first as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, then as the city’s small screen chronicler, starting with Homicide: Life on the Streets, continuing with the miniseries The Corner, and then in The Wire, a …
HBO Sure, The Wire is beloved now. If you tell people you haven’t seen it, they’ll still get on your case. But back when it was on, from 2002 through 2008, it wasn’t exactly a ratings bonanza. People were all about The Sopranos. Perhaps they didn’t have enough headspace for a complex and brutally honest …
