Actor Robert F. Chew, who is best known for playing the memorable character Proposition Joe on the HBO series The Wire has died at the age of 52.

 

Chew was found dead in his Baltimore apartment on Thursday. The cause of death was heart failure according to the …

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A biopic about troubled Wu Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty B*stard has landed a top notch actor for the leading role according to Entertainment Weekly.

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American actor Tristan Wilds stopped by Shade 45 Studios to kick it with DJ Whoo Kid.

What’s it like being so young and being surrounded by so many legendary actors? What lessons did Samuel L. Jackson teach Tristan? How was it working on the movie ‘Red Tails?’ Was there any pressure while filming the movie? What nationality is Tristan? How did he end up working with Lil…

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Felicia "Snoop" Pearson who played a female goon on the HBO show 'The Wire', was arrested yesterday (February 9) along with 30 other people duding a drug raid inlvolving heroin and marijuana in Baltimore MD.

 

Pearson was taken into custody…

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Trailer After The Jump

 

We’re days away from the year 2011, yet ignorance and hate based on a person’s skin color still exists.



A white supremacist group upset that actor Idris Elba, a black man has been cast as Heimdall in the upcoming ‘Thor‘ movie, wants it boycotted…

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The Harvard Crimson Reports



Harvard students will be able to watch the “The Wire” for class credit next year.



At a panel last night, stars of the HBO hit series joined Harvard professors in discussing the applications of the show—which depicts the struggles of urban life in Baltimore—in understanding and… Continue

New York Daily News Reports









A made-for-tv gun battle erupted outside a Brooklyn baby shower for the wife of a star of the HBO crime series "The Wire" Sunday, killing one teen and wounding two men, cops said.



Gunmen unloaded nearly 50 bullets outside the party for the wife of actor… Continue