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David Simon, the creator of HBO's The Wire -- far and away, the best thing on television -- has lived the fantasy of a lot of reporters by naming one of his less enviable characters for a former newspaper colleague he doesn't much like. Here's how Margaret...
We riff, of course, on the famous line, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?," from the 1931 mob classic Little Caesar . For those with the inclination, check out the original Scarface , too. Last week, N4N pondered what awaits Big T. Esteemed Culture...
There's some poetry in how the return to freedom of Buddy Cianci -- who once refused to take part in a promotion for The Sopranos , because, he said, the show defames Italian-Americans -- is coinciding with the final episodes of the superlative HBO series...
