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Originated in a chinese government controlled lab. there is shock and sadness in hollywood tonight over the death of actor lance reddick. a representative says reddick died today of natural causes. he costarred in all of the "john wick" movies with keanu reeves and had been out promoting the upcoming sequel. he is perhaps best known for his role as lieutenant cedric daniels on the hbo series "the wire." lance reddick was 60 years old. there is super bowl hype and crowds as taylor swift takes ove...

Characters such as Stringer Bell and Gustavo Fring Saint are book-smart gangsters, but what if they used their brilliance to pursue legal careers?

Drop-out. >> the first single for college drop-out was a song called the wire, kanye west gets in a car accident in las vegas in his hospital room with the jaw wider shut he records the song. ♪. ♪. ♪. >> it was essentially him rapping about how bad he wants to be a rapper. >> god saved my life. he has me here for a reason. >> college drop-out was a cool first album. some great singles on there, but late registration to me is when it came together, thats an incredible record. >> come in the...

With Creed III's $45.5 million opening on March 3, it's time to take another look at the Black Panther star's illustrious career thus far.

Cops. it was like reading a great novel or a great series of novels. >> i think "the wire" showed the architecture of a full city and the way it layered its characters, particularly omar. omar was, by all other facets of his life, pretty awful. >> yeah, the cheese stands alone. >> but he had this code that he lived by that made him very touchable and very human. >> hey, yo, mike. hook a sister up, yall. >> he was openly gay, but people were also very afraid of him. and his sexuality was not nece...

>> of teachers, of politicians? just make the entire city into the character itself. >> you follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. but you start to follow the money, and you dont know where the [ bleep ] its going to take you. >> "the wire" broke down systemic racism and the cycle of poverty like no other television show had. >> come on, get up. its a school day, youre going to be late. >> it wasnt just about, hey, look at these black kids chilling drugs on the street. you were in ...

Idris Elba, star of "Luther", stated that he no longer refers to himself as a "Black actor" because it limits him. Elba sees race as an obsession that can stunt

The two Muslim men were burnt alive on the Rajasthan-Haryana border, allegedly by self-proclaimed ‘cow protectors’.

News we just got crossing the wire. the niems reports doj lawyers now asking a judge to force a trump lawyer to testify in that open classified documents probe. they want to use something we talked about in a different context at the top of the hour, the crime fraud exception, to break the attorney/client privilege on the argument trumps lawyer may have to talk about things before a federal grand jury if they implicate a crime. we have a special guest on "the beat" tomorrow, someone we dont usua...

Broadway outside of the movie theater and says, "hey, you want to see my tweet?" it is disturbing. usually the nypd is called in, but we dont need to go further into that. john, clearly, the president and this white house feels its found something. hell carry the rick scott brochure with him probably the next year and a half on the trail if he, in fact, decides to run for re-election. mitch mcconnell wants nothing to do with it. he doesnt like rick scott to begin with. rick scott tried to briefl...