usatoday.com - 3/20/2009
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Idris Elba, 36, the British son of West African parents, has spent the past 20 years preparing for an acting career. "It means ...
npr.org - 3/14/2009
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npr.org —
Fresh Air from WHYY , March 12, 2009
Actor Idris Elba is best known for his stint...
on HBO's acclaimed drama The Wire , where he played Russell "Stringer" Bell, a drug dealer and aspiring real-estate mogul. Although "Stringer" never made it in the ...
Idris Elba: From Street Boss To 'Office' Politics
popwatch.ew.com - 3/19/2009
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Stringer Bell vs. Michael Scott. Fight! Idris Elba
starts his six-episode Scranton stint tonight as "the new...
boss," taking on the job Jan and Ryan both had -- which, of course, gives him a special place in Michael's heart. You...
'The Office': Ready for Idris Elba's guest stint?
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TiFaux —
The Simpsons wants Barack Obama to guest star . Not so sure this would be a step in the right direction. The O.C. + Gossip Girl = another show I probably won’t watch Bones + Family Guy = An episode of Bones with baby Stewie? Networks: Listen Obama, we’ve had enough of you and your ‘addressing the public’ stunts. A Wire alum talks about life on The Office . Lost is going to give it a rest with the ping-ponging back and forth in time. NBC has cancelled pretty much every reality show it has ever aired, including Last Comic ...
Focus on Idris Elba
Watching The Office —
... of Charles Miner to the dynamics of Dunder Mifflin? I love the fact that it makes Michael so crazy but at the same time, I’m torn because I have sympathy for him. And I guess that’s what makes their relationship so interesting — there’s friction to sustain good stories (for future episodes).
I say they did a great casting job for this one!
Anyway, here some more tidbits about Idris Elba after the cut…
From USA Today:
“When me and my dad played pool, he’d always beat me. ...
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