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Where 'Homeland' fits on 'The Family Tree' of great TV drama
The Baltimore SunWhen Henry Bromell won the Writers' Guild Award this year for scripting “The Good Soldier” episode of “Homeland,” he thanked Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. Why, you might wonder, would this California screenwriter be thanking...Tags: New York City Police Department, David Chase, O.J. Simpson, Entertainment, Delta Burke
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Alan Sepinwall touts the newfound legitimacy of TV
When Alan Sepinwall was hired as a TV critic just out of college in 1996, he had no way of knowing he was about to witness “a big bang of sorts,” as he puts it in his new book "The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and...
Tags: Social Media, Kevin Spacey, New York City Police Department, Satellite and Cable Service, Entertainment
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'Walking Dead' mid-season finale recap, 'Made to Suffer'
Well THAT wasn't how the Dixon brothers reunion was supposed to go down! For a second, right after the Governor accused Merle of being a traitor in Sunday night's episode, I was very scared that ol' Merle was going to get killed off right then and...
Tags: Horror (genre), Government, The Walking Dead (tv program), Jon Bernthal, Politics
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Let's not let NRA's LaPierre misdirect us with ignorance, lies about media
The Baltimore SunWhat an ignorant, dishonest and pathetic response to Sandy Hook today from the National Rifle Association. As a media critic, I will limit myself to the disingenuous attack on the media from Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of the organization. Of course,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Gaming Industry, University of Maryland, College Park, National Rifle Association of America
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Donnie Andrews, inspiration for Omar character on 'The Wire,' dies
Like the television character he helped inspire, Donnie Andrews lived by a code. In his earlier years when he was robbing rival dealers as a young hustler in West Baltimore — experiences that would later form the basis for the popular Omar...
Tags: Authors, The New York Times, David Simon, New York City, Punishment
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'Boardwalk Empire' recap, 'Two Imposters'
"I need a bath, some chow, and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies."- Al Capone "Two Imposters" picks up no more than a couple hours after the crate containing Owen Slater showed up at Nucky Thompson's door. Right away, "Boardwalk...
Tags: Al Capone, Boardwalk Empire (tv program), Google Inc., Heroin, Steve Buscemi
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Man arrested in 2011 murder believed linked to recent killing
More than a year ago, police suspected that James Berry III had killed a man during a triple shooting in Bolton Hill, and they presented their evidence to prosecutors. At the time, the case was not deemed strong enough to merit arresting Berry, once a...
Tags: Murder, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Anthony W. Batts, Criminals, Awards and Prizes
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Movie awards: Unusual joins usual
More cinema awards. The Los Angeles Film Critics Circle has a reputation for sometimes picking unusual choices. This year, the critics honored "Amour" (picture and female actor Emmanuelle Riva), "The Master" (director P.T. Anderson, actors Joaquin...
Tags: The Hour (tv program), Jennifer Lawrence, Ben Whishaw, Killing Them Softly (movie), Jenni Rivera
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Detective has been good to his creator
Special to Tribune NewspapersIt's been two decades since the maverick Los Angeles homicide detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch made his debut in Michael Connelly's first novel, "The Black Echo." In 18 novels over that span, the hard-charging, short-tempered, fiercely independent Bosch...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Authors, The Lincoln Lawyer (movie), Los Angeles Riots (1992), Tribune Tower
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Donnie Andrews dies at 58; killer an inspiration for TV character
Like the television character he helped inspire, Donnie Andrews lived by a code. In his earlier years, when he was robbing rival dealers as a young hustler in West Baltimore — experiences that would later form the basis for the popular Omar Little...
Tags: The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Sonja Sohn, David Simon, Edward Burns
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2012 in review
It won't take much more than a few minutes into the new year to see the impact of the old one, with Baltimore's City Hall opening at midnight to begin performing same-sex marriages under a law that takes effect on Jan. 1. But if the state's newly...
Tags: Sheila Dixon, DREAM Act, Atlantic Coast Conference, Politics, Morgan State University
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When movies feel like TV
Last month after a screening, even as the lights came up in the theater, I could feel "Zero Dark Thirty" fading, its images and impact already softening in my head. No, no, wait: not fading — mingling. If our cultural experiences rub shoulders at...
Tags: David Chase, Flight (movie), Entertainment, The Sopranos (tv program), Claire Danes
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Nov 26, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Nov 24, 2012
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Dec 27, 2012
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