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"Treme" New York Premiere

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"Treme: The Complete First Season" Cast Signing

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2011 Krewe Of Orpheus Parade

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Wendell Pierce: Courage Has No Color

By ddlov50 on | From huffingtonpost.com

I don't need Hollywood to remind me of African-Americans' achievements in WWII. I have my father. For his valor and bravery my father earned the World War II Victory Medal, among other commendations. But when he returned home he never received his medal or an official "thank you." Read More... More on Black History MonthRead Full Story

Actor Wendell Pierce Pissed @ ‘The Help’ : “This passive segregation lite was hurtful.”

By thejasminebrand on | From THEJASMINEBRAND.COM

Actor Wendell Pierce took to Twitter to express his frustration after seeing the new movie, “The Help.” The movie was based off of the 2009 novel. The story takes place in the early 1960s and tells the perspective of black maids that worked for whites in the south, Jackson, MS, to be exact. After watching the movie, Peirce tweeted: “This passive segregation lite was hurtful. [I was] watching the film in UptownNewOrleans to the sniffles of elderly white people while my 80year old mother...Read Full Story

Wendell Pierce Hooks Up New Film Role in ‘Parker’

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*Actor Wendell Pierce, probably most known for his detective character on “The Wire,” just got hooked up with a new role and the New Orleans native won’t even have to travel to join the cast. Pierce is now of a Taylor Hackford’s thriller whose cast already includes Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Chiklis, and Patti LuPone. The film, called “Parker,” is based on a Donald Westlake novel called “Flashfire.” And what’s it about you ask? Well...Read Full Story

Wendell Pierce Opens Up About ‘Treme,’ Jazz and New Orleans

By johnyhilfiger on | From boomnews.info

The season-ending episode of ‘Treme,’ the highly-acclaimed HBO series about the neighborhood of the same name in post-Katrina New Orleans, will air this Sunday night. PopEater caught up with Wendell Pierce, who portrays one of the series’ main characters, Antoine Batiste, a smooth-talking trombonist, by phone from his hometown of New Orleans, to discuss his role, his roots and his love of jazz, among many subjects. “We’ve had some failures and we’ve had a lot of successes, too,” Pierce says...Read Full Story

Wendell Pierce Opens Up About 'Treme,' Jazz and New Orleans

By PopEater on | From popeater.com

PRINT Email This The season-ending episode of 'Treme,' the highly-acclaimed HBO series about the neighborhood of the same name in post-Katrina New Orleans, will air this Sunday night. PopEater caught up with Wendell Pierce, who portrays one of the series' main characters, Antoine Batiste, a smooth-talking trombonist, by phone from his hometown of New Orleans, to discuss his role, his roots and his love of jazz, among many subjects. "We've had some failures and we've had a lot of...Read Full Story

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Wendell Pierce, 'Treme' actor and New Orleans native, writes about his father...

"February is Black History Month," Pierce writes in The Huffington Post. "But I don't need Hollywood to remind me of African-Americans' achievements in WWII. I have my father." He goes on to say: it's why the National World War II Museum in New ...

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Wendell Pierce sounds off on recent shootings

Following Treme actor/New Orleans native Wendell Pierce on Twitter always proves to be interesting, since he is never short on commentary on everything from Saints football, to New Orleans' education system, to the racial dynamics in The Help ...

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Today in 'Treme:' Tom Piazza, Coco Robicheaux, Rio Hackford, Wendell Pierce...

Fifty years from now, if my music becomes the standard to young kids or something, I'm not expecting them to keep it alive. I'm expecting them to learn from what I've done and take it and push it toward what they are doing," he says.

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A Real "Red Tail" for The National WWII Museum

"The P-51 with 'Red Tail' markings should be a symbol of pride for all Americans," said Wendell Pierce, actor and spokesperson for the Museum's initiative to restore the plane. "But it is of special importance to black Americans as it embodies the ...

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Golden Globe Nominations 2011: Who Got Snubbed?

Treme (and all of its talented cast): No Best Drama Series nomination. No love for Wendell Pierce or Khandi Alexander. Probably because no one, including the Foreign Press, is watching this great David Simon show. A damn shame. Nick Offerman, Parks and ...

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