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Idris Elba rose to fame on the acclaimed HBO crime drama “The Wire,” but he recently made a shocking admission: he’s never ...

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Poehler, very much a member of the show's fan club, identified The Wire as "a series that changed my life" and revealed that ...

The Wire marked Elba’s first major role on a U.S. series. He appeared in the first three seasons of the acclaimed 2002 drama before — spoiler alert — his smooth-talking drug kingpin met a ...