Michael K. Williams, who died Monday at 54, rose from Madonna background dancer to in-demand actor who was nominated for five Emmy Awards. To see a gallery featuring some of his most famous scene-stealing roles, click on the photo above — a shot of Williams' signature Omar Little character from HBO’s The…
Tributes have been pouring in Monday for Michael K Williams, the Emmy-nominated actor best known for playing Omar Little on The Wire. Williams died Monday at his Brooklyn home, his family said. He was 54.
Remembrances came from several of Williams’ co-stars on The Wire, the groundbreaking, David Simon-created HBO…
Michael K. Williams, the five-time Emmy-nominated star of The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, 12 Years a Slave and most recently Lovecraft Country, died Monday at age 54.
Willliams' death at his Brooklyn home has been confirmed for Deadline by a representative of his family.
"It is with deep sorrow that the family announces…
Robert Hogan, a TV character actor who was a regular on Peyton Place for two seasons and recurred on The Wireand such other popular series as Law & Order and Alice, has died. He was 87. His family said he died May 27 of pneumonia complications at his home in coastal Maine.
Hogan amassed more than 150 credits during a…
The end of a year that has seen television reach a new summit of influence and importance, with the arrival of 2021 on the horizon, provides a moment to look back at the shows that define the medium in the 21st century so far.
To that end, as so many of us have spent months of the coronavirus pandemic locked down in…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s finale of HBO’s limited series The Plot Against America
"I think we're in a very bad place, and I think that Americans need to be aware of how quickly and how definitively the slide away from democracy and towards totalitarian structures can occur," says The Plo…
FX has had some fantastically descriptive show titles over the years including Nip/Tuck and The Bastard Executioner, but it has also dabbled in slightly less exotic titles such as The Shieldand the forthcoming dystopian drama Y and comedy Dave.
FX Networks and FX Productions Chairman John Landgraf revealed the inner…
EXCLUSIVE: The fourth annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors will bring together the cast and crew of HBO’s critically acclaimed series, The Wire, for a celebration and presentation of this year's Classic Television Award. In addition, Black-ish/ Grown-ish star and comedian Deon Cole will host the awards…
"I want to be in a place where I can be having a really rich, fulfilling collaboration with people that are ready to do their job," Pablo Schreiber says of what made him so galvanized by the saga and recent death of his Mad Sweeney character in American Gods. "That's what we got on this episode," the actor adds of the…
Reg Cathey, the veteran actor who won an Emmy for playing the owner of longtime Frank Underwood haunt Freddy’s BBQ Joint on Netflix’sHouse of Cards, has died. He was 59. Details of his death weren’t immediately available. David Simon, creator of HBO drama The Wireand miniseries The Corner, both of which Cathey also…
After all the demonization Chicago and its gun-violence statistics have received from the likes of Donald Trump, Showtime’sThe Chi aims to put human faces on the real circumstances. Debuting on January 7, the series created by Lena Waithe is a solid effort that could be quite good if it would get out of its own way…
David Simon and Tom Fontana have multiple cult hits between them, but they say it all started with Homicide: Life on the Street. The two sat down to discuss their history, their shows and how life at HBO has changed in the post-Sopranos age at the ATX TV Fest in Austin Saturday.
Fontana says it was Barry Levinson who…
