David Simon

Simon Group considers a buy

Simon Property Group Inc., the U.S. shopping mall owner with more than $4 billion in cash, hired Lazard Ltd. and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as the company considers buying assets of bankrupt General Growth Properties Inc....

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Maryland Film Festival fundraiser

Waters, Levinson, Simon guests of honor T he party had all the makings of a Hollywood A-list affair: a red carpet with reporters and photographers corralled behind velvet ropes, famous directors and lots of local glitterati....

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UPDATE 1-Simon hires Lazard for General Growth bid--sources

By Paritosh Bansal and Emily Chasan NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Mall firm Simon Property Group Inc has hired investment adviser Lazard Ltd and law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen&Krantz to help it explore a possible bid for all or...

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Colleges examine 'The Wire'

Creator David Simon pleased by attention to his themes of fraud, urban inequality "The Wire" ended nearly two years ago, but conversation about the show set in Baltimore is still going strong - particularly on American college...

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Louisiana seeing busy fall filming season

By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record. They are...

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KAL caricatures melt in your mouth, not hands

Editorial cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (aka “KAL”) was recently asked to provide caricatures for a fundraiser featuring Baltimore native filmmakers Barry Levenson (Rain Man, Wag the Dog, Diner, Liberty Heights), John Waters...

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B’Man’s Patriot Watch: David Simon

I am certainly glad that Chycho decided to post this and enlighten folks (Chycho has recently been on an important hiatus). Part One Part Two I think my buddy Jay Midnyte would be interested in Mr Simon’s thoughts on free...

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Laval defeats McGill, wins first ever CIS men's soccer title

LANGLEY, B.C. - Louis-Charles Laliberte capped a quick three-goal explosion with the game-winner as the Laval Rouge et Or rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat McGill 3-2 Sunday and capture their first Canadian...

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Bill Moyers Interviews David Simon (The Wire)

David Simon, creator of the HBO series "The Wire" talks to Bill Moyers. If you haven't seen it yet, now is the time to pick up the first season on DVD! Here is part 2 for anyone who makes it past these 30 minutes:...

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Snitch and the Wire

Reason’s Damon Root writes about John McWhorter’s list of books on race that should receive more attention. He highlights a quote about Ethan Brown’s Snitch: If there were no War on Drugs, I sincerely believe that within a...

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