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David Simon is an award-winning journalist, author and television producer known for "The Wire," "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "The Corner" and the books that inspired those shows. The former Baltimore Sun crime reporter took a leave of absence to spend a year inside the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit for his book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," which was released in 1991. The book won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book and became the inspiration for the television show "Homicide: Life on the Street." He...
David Simon is an award-winning journalist, author and television producer known for "The Wire," "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "The Corner" and the books that inspired those shows. The former Baltimore Sun crime reporter took a leave of absence to spend a year inside the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit for his book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," which was released in 1991. The book won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book and became the inspiration for the television show "Homicide: Life on the Street." He followed that up with "The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood" with retired Baltimore police detective Edward Burns. The New York Times Notable Book of the Year looks at an open-air drug market in the city. Simon turned the book into the miniseries "The Corner" for HBO. In 2002, Simon's relationship with HBO continued with the release of his series "The Wire," a gritty urban drama about the Baltimore drug scene. Simon serves as, creator, writer and executive producer of the show. Shot and set in Baltimore, "The Wire" has been nominated for Emmys and won a Peabody Award in 2004. The show airs its fifth and final season in 2008. Simon and Burns have teamed up again for their next HBO project, "Generation Kill." Based on a book by Evan Wright, "Generation Kill" will be a seven-hour miniseries about the early days of the war in Iraq. It is slated to premiere in 2008. In addition to providing jobs and bringing money into the local economy through "The Wire," Simon and Burns created The Ella Thompson Fund, which supports recreation and education programs for West Baltimore youth. Simon grew up in Washington and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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'Wire' actor brings truth to latest film
Sun Movie CriticHip audiences may recognize Tom McCarthy only as weaselly Sun reporter Scott Templeton in the final season of The Wire. And more people may see McCarthy's deft cameo as Tina Fey's disastrous first date in today's big-studio comedy release, Baby Mama, than...Tags: Migration, Illegal Immigrants, Cinema Industry, Demographics, Tina Fey
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TV Briefs
Author Jennifer Weiner is giving television a try. The writer of such novels as "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes" has signed a development deal with ABC Studios. The two-year agreement calls for her, per usual, to create and executive produce series...Tags: Minority Groups, Satellite and Cable Service, Film Festivals, Death and Dying, Television Industry
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Broward high school results and schedules
Staff reportsMegan Horta drove in Merci Leon in the bottom of the second inning as Flanagan edged McArthur 1-0 Wednesday in a District 12-6A semifinal softball game at Flanagan. The top-seeded Falcons (21-3) relied on a strong outing by pitcher Lauren Heil, who...Tags: Rivers, Water Polo, Disasters, Beach Vacations, Vacations
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Filmmaker dependent on Apple's video products
While investigating the story behind the photograph of a Mac-using David Simon that I posted on the blog last week, I e-mailed Greg Spence, the man responsible for the post-production of The Wire creator's next project, an HBO miniseries called Generation...Tags: Rugby League, Family
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Documentaries Fill HBO's Summer
Zap2It.comThe writers' strike has left HBO bereft of original series for this summer -- no "Entourage," no "Flight of the Conchords," no "Big Love." That doesn't mean, though, that the pay-cable channel will be without original programming. The seven-part...Tags: Death and Dying, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Satellite and Cable Service, Roman Polanski
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HBO hopes new top exec makes a difference
We're used to HBO making news, but in recent weeks, most of the buzz has revolved around who would get the channel's most visible job — president of the network's entertainment division. Longtime HBO executive Carolyn Strauss, who helped bring...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Literature, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, John Adams
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Where Show Business, Crime Business Meet
South Florida Sun-SentinelOn a movie set, everything is negotiated. Whether it's deciding who delivers the director's coffee, which actor gets an extra line or which assistant gets to move up in the business — no matter how inconsequential the chore might seem, it all...Tags: Values, Family, Ethics
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Another Thing to Fall
South Florida Sun-sentinelOn a movie set, everything is negotiated. Whether it's deciding who delivers the director's coffee, an actor vying for an extra line or an assistant looking to move up in the business. No matter how inconsequential the chore might seem, it all comes...Tags: Family, Values, Ethics
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With Baltimore as her beacon
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 13, 2008 Baltimore is one of the secret centers of the universe. Seriously. No matter who you are or where you live, I guarantee you are but one degree, two at the most, removed from someone who was born, reared or did serious time there. I know...Tags: Literature, Mysteries, Government, Public Employees, Cinema Industry
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Local fans react to Wire finale
Sun reporterEditor's note: This article contains spoilers about the series finale of The Wire. Seconds after the credits started rolling on The Wire's finale, diehard fans began offering pointed opinions of the episode and the show's five-season history....Tags: Federal Hill, Dundalk, Netflix Incorporated
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