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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....
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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David Lazarus: The joy of making $43,963.64 an hour [Video]
Investors are still asking what Facebook is really worth. But a more apt question might be: What's the average CEO worth? The head of a typical public company pocketed $9.6 million in compensation last year, according to some number crunching from the...
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Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year, study finds
Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for chief executives.
The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
That was up...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Bank of America Corp., Corporate Performance, Shareholders, Philippe P. Dauman
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'Treme' creator David Simon starts bloging
Show TrackerDavid Simon, creator of "The Wire" and "Treme," has started blogging on his own website, davidsimon.com. David Simon has been reluctant to blog before, but relishes the chance to speak directly to the public.... -
Mardi Gras music: A New Orleans playlist for the rest of us
It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Bloody Marys are being downed before breakfast. Bands are on the march, revelers on the revel. Nobody’s at work but the cops and the jailers down at Central Lockup, waiting for this year’s crop of...Tags: Circuses, Music, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Music Industry
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Dave Eggers and Robert Pinsky feted by PEN Center USA
Jacket CopyOne minute people were milling around the silent auction with pre-event drinks, the next author Robert Pinsky was getting a laurel wreath on his head with his lifetime achievement award and reading a Czesław Miłosz poem to send us on our way... -
Anthony Bourdain dishes on 'The Layover' and life as a TV foodie
Show TrackerAnthony Bourdain, the chef-turned-writer-turned-gonzo-television host, has judged “Top Chef,” hosted “No Reservations” and written for “Treme.” He talked over lunch in New York (sausage baguette and beer) and later... -
PEN Center USA 2011 awards to feature Dave Eggers, Robert Pinksy
Jacket CopyThe 2011 PEN Center USA award winners include Father Gregory Boyle. Dave Eggers and Robert Pinsky will be special honorees at the November awards dinner.... -
Tweeter's Digest: TV folks tweet about the 2011 Emmy nominations
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Critic's Notebook: 'Treme's' collection of beautiful moments
Every city has its own singular character — just ask Minneapolis about St. Paul — but there is perhaps no American city as singularly singular, as stubbornly exotic, as attached to its difference as New Orleans, that funky little cosmopolis...Tags: HBO (tv network), John Goodman, Treme (tv program), Wendell Pierce, Kim Dickens
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Is David Simon a genius? Creator of 'The Wire' talks about winning a MacArthur Fellowship
Show TrackerProof that television makes you smarter: David Simon, the rabble-rousing creator of "The Wire" and "Treme," just won the "genius grant." This morning, the MacArthur Foundation announced that it had awarded a fellowship to Simon, who shares the honor with.... -
Writer Yiyun Li named MacArthur "genius" Fellow
Jacket CopyAuthor Yiyun Li is a 2010 MacArthur Fellow, it was announced today. Li, who lives in northern California and is an assistant professor at UC Davis, was giddy when The Times reached her by phone. What will the fellowship mean...... -
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson, actress in 'The Wire,' arrested in Baltimore drug raid [Updated]
Show TrackerIn an ironic twist of truth imitating fiction, Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who gained acclaim for her portrayal of a ruthless drug assassin in HBO's landmark series "The Wire," was arrested Thursday in Baltimore during a drug raid by police. The......
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