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Jan 22, 2009
The Wire Star’s Fame Doesn’t Impress D.C. Police
President Obama’s inauguration was a star-studded affair, with some of America’s most famous personalities and entertainers showing up at concerts, gala events or with prime seats to Tuesday’s swearing-in. One star, though, tried to translate her fame into better seating—with mixed results. New York Magazine relates the story of Sonja Sohn, who famously played Detective Shakima Gregg on HBO’s The Wire, but couldn’t manage to parlay her celebrity to get her any closer to…