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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:39:27 GMT

("The Women") has been cast on HBO's upcoming skein "Treme," from creator David Simon. In this role, she plays the daughter of a woman portrayed by Melissa Leo. The thesp can be seen next in "Multiple Sarcasms" with Timothy Hutton.
Source: Variety

Nine Questions: Murdoch’s Lion in Winter, Alicia Calling, Junk Traffic and Negotiating Like It’s 1999

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:56:52 GMT

Publishers seem to be saying, in not-quite-on-key unison: The next Internet decade is going to be different than the last one.
Source: Content Bridges

Q & A: Actor Michael Kenneth Williams

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:27:38 GMT

Michael Kenneth Williams' portrayal of Omar Little, the iconoclastic shotgun-toting stick-up artist in the HBO drama The Wire, earned praise from critics, peers and gangsters alike.
Source: Time Magazine

Simon Group considers a buy

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:48:38 GMT

Simon Property Group Inc. , the U.S. shopping mall owner with more than $4 billion in cash, hired Lazard Ltd. and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as the company considers buying assets of bankrupt General Growth Properties Inc.
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Is Simon positioning itself to acquire its bankrupt largest rival?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:31:30 GMT

Simon Property Group may be laying the groundwork for the biggest acquisition of its 49-year history in a deal that could allow the Indianapolis shopping mall developer to dominate the industry.
Source: Indianapolis Star

Simon Reportedly Mulls General Growth Bid

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:02:27 GMT

Simon Property Chairman David Simon previously has made public announcements that it would study General Growth for a potential acquisition.
Source: The Street

Quoted in 'New Orleans Gets Wired: David Simon Turns His Sights on the Big Easy'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:55 GMT

David Simon said in OH NO THEY DIDN'T:

You couldn’t possibly sell a copy of that album outside of New Orleans ... But there’s a ton of wit in it. It’s salty and angry and funny. A lot of New Orleans music is not topical, but here’s this album that’s almost offering the voice of a Greek chorus.

New Orleans Gets Wired: David Simon Turns His Sights on the Big Easy

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:55 GMT

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...
Source: OH NO THEY DIDN'T

La. busy with TV, movie productions

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:18:23 GMT

NEW ORLEANS — With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record.
Source: The Clarion-Ledger

Quoted in 'Dominic West interview for Life Is A Dream'

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:45:33 GMT

said in The Telegraph:

What I’d really like to do is more directing, and I’m going to direct one of the new shows that [Wire creator] David Simon is doing, a series called Treme, set in New Orleans.

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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:03:07 GMT

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 28: Davis Simon, creator of TV series 'The Wire', attends photocall on day 1 of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival on August 28, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:02:57 GMT

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 28: (L ro R) David Simon, creator of TV series 'The Wire', jokes around with actor Dominc West During a photocall on day 1 of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival>> on August 28, 2009 in Edinburgh,...

Creator of The Wire, David Simon, talks about his Baltimore

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:44:32 GMT