Posts with tag "treme"

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

Posted Jun 19th 2010 at 04:46 PM by Jane Levere

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, ...

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Melissa Leo Talks 'Treme' and Being a Football 'Hater'

Posted Apr 11th 2010 at 09:24 AM by Mike Ryan

Melissa Leo -- nominated for a Best Actress Acedemy Award for her role 2007's 'Frozen River' -- stars as Toni Bernette, a New Orleans civil rights attorney in the highly-anticipated 'Treme,' David Simon's post-Katrina drama premiering on HBO this Sunday. 'Treme' (pronounced Tre-may or Tre-mee, depending on who you talk to) is set in that same New Orleans neighborhood during the 2005 aftermath of ...