News about David Simon

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a long-serving Baltimore journalist and producer of The Wire, has been branded as 'intentional' for implying that the tragic bridge collapse was 'intentional.' On Tuesday, David Simon responded to a far-right Georgia lawmaker's tweet that it was 'port operation' and 'bridge repairs' that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge to fall after a shipping container collapsed into a support structure. Rep. Rob Leo Varadkar, formerly Twitter, called for a'serious probe' into the 'horrible tragedy.'

Simon Property Group SPG, the mall's parent company, is behind a $400 million renovation campaign for suburban Minneapolis' Southdale Center, which first opened in 1956. When the Southdale Center in suburban Minneapolis opened in 1956 as America's first climate-controlled, indoor shopping center, with its teal and flamingo pink color scheme and high-tech air conditioning. However, the company's former glory would fade over the years as a result of fierce mall closings, store closures, and reduced footfall. Simon is now ploughing in hundreds of millions of dollars to advertise big brand names and top of the range amenities.

Michael K. Williams, the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed him, has been sentenced to a decade in prison. Irvin Cartagena, 40, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to facilitating Williams' overdose in September 2020 after the actor was discovered dead in his Brooklyn apartment the day after purchasing drugs from Cartagena in a deal caught on a security camera. Cartagena said he was'very sorry' for his conduct before his sentencing was announced, adding: 'We never meant for anyone to die from the drugs.' Cartegena's sentencing comes a month after fellow gang member Carlos Macci received a 30 month jail term, despite The Wire's co-creator's plea for leniency with the judge. Luiz Cruz and Hector Robles, two other accomplices, have also pleaded guilty.

Following the news that legendary filmmaker William Friedkin died at the age of 87, tributes have poured in from some of Hollywood's finest. Former Paramount Pictures studio head Sherry Lansing said Friedkin, who produced classics including The Exorcist and Best Picture winner The French Connection, died of pneumonia. On Monday, film legends, such as Halloween director John Carpenter, author Stephen King, and Wire producer David Simon, among others, took to social media to share touching tributes and inspiring news about the director.

Carlos Macci, 71, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling Michael K. Williams, a deadly combination of heroin and fentanyl before the actor died from a drug overdose. In federal court in April, Macci pled guilty to the drug conspiracy. On September 5, 2021, the actor died from taking a fentanyl-laced heroin. He was a member of a gang that sold Williams 'fentanyl-laced heroin.' He was 54 years old. Irvin Caragena, Luiz Cruz, and Hector Robles, Macci's accomplices, have also signed guilty, and The Wire co-creator David Simon has requested leniency in Macci's case.

The Wire's co-creator begged a federal judge to free a drug dealer convicted in connection with actor Michael K. Williams's murder. David Simon called the actor's death in September 2021 a "grievous tragedy," but pleaded not to fine dealer 71 year-old Carlos Macci further for the tragedy in a letter. He has ordered for Macci, who will be convicted later this month, to be served time, and has described him as a vulnerable and semi-literate man who has also battled heroin use. If a judge listens to Simon, it means Macci will be freed from prison after a year-and-a-half in jail awaiting trial. A ten-year term has been imposed on probation by probation officers.

As writers across the country continue to put down their pen in the hopes of obtaining better wages and working conditions, decorated showrunner David Simon, 63, made the remarks during a sit-down with radio journalist Ari Shapiro on Friday. Simon wrote the Baltimore-set drama in 2002, gaining widespread fame and acclaim in the process. He's going to write for HBO for the next 21 years, but that will be postponed until May 8, when he was told his employment would be terminated. Simon explained the sudden nixing to his nearly 325,000 followers on social media, saying he's learned a lot from his earlier decision to stand in solidarity with picketers in LA, which he characterized as a'suspension.' The Baltimore news reporter-turned-TV writer lamented the changing landscape writers are currently confronted with in the emergence of streaming and apps touting artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT over the weekend, referring to Shapiro. When asked about the latter and its ability to solve problems that may arise during the writing process, Simon had a few key words to illustrate his position on the subject, saying, "I would rather have a gun in my mouth" rather than lean on such a device.

Since joining the ongoing writers' strike on Monday, Wire creator David Simon's contract with HBO has been suspended. After 25 years of producing television for them, Simon jumped from the picket line, he revealed that HBO had asked him to 'call a reversal.' The suspension was attributed to his participation in the investigation, according to him. Simon was doing the write stuff in a video from the attack at Silvercup Studios in Queens, New York.' Following the Writers Guild of America's first strike in 16 years, tens of thousands of Hollywood film and TV writers have hit the picket lines.