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Donnie Wahlberg had an interesting career as a boy band member and actor, starring in key roles like Blue Bloods. Wahlberg's net worth is around $25 million, largely from his long-running role in Blue Bloods and earnings from New Kids on the Block. Despite past troubles, such as facing arson charges, Wahlberg has built a successful acting and entrepreneurial career.

Donnie Wahlberg, the star of Blue Bloods, has had an unusual career but one that has earned him a significant net worth. A member of the large Wahlberg family and the eighth of nine children, Donnie Wahlberg had an interesting route to fame. Formerly best known as the lead of New Kids on the Block, Wahlberg performed with the boy band until 1994. When they broke up, he followed his younger brother Mark's footsteps into acting. His first notable role came in the 1996 Tupac Shakur Bullet, which led to a string of smaller roles.

Band of Brothers cast includes Tom Hardy, Jimmy Fallon, and many familiar actors playing real WWII soldiers. The series is based on the book by Stephen E. Ambrose and follows Easy Company through the major events of WWII. Despite some creative liberties, the show is known for its authenticity and remains one of the greatest TV shows ever made.

From Tom Hardy to Jimmy Fallon, the cast of Band of Brothers is packed with familiar actors in both major and minor roles. It has been over 20 years since the HBO World War II miniseries, based on the book of the same name by Stephen A. Ambrose, originally aired. Despite the time that has passed, the show regularly still lands on lists of the greatest-ever TV series. Band of Brothers follows E Company, a group of paratroopers within the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, from their early days of training...

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg joined forces with writer Erik Jendresen to adapt Stephen E. Ambrose’s book, Band of Brothers, into a miniseries. The show told the story of the paratroopers of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Out of the 10 episodes that began with their training and followed their horrific experience in World War II, Jendresen has a clear favorite.

Damian Lewis as Major Richard ‘Dick’ Winters in Band of Brothers | HBO

Jendresen and Hanks met with Major Richard “Dick” Winters, who contributed largely to Ambrose’s book. Major Winters was the commanding officer of the company and he was initially silent on his experiences. According to Jendresen, one of the episodes helped all the soldiers who were silent about their experiences to open up to their close ones.

Band Of Brothers Lead Writer Reveals His Favorite Episode And Explains Why...

Band of Brothers is arguably one of the best war drama shows ever made and continues to enjoy reverence among viewers even after almost 25 years since its debut. The series was co-created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and details the experiences of the real-life Easy Company, soldiers who fought on the frontlines during World War II.

Band of Brothers head writer Erik Jendresen talked about the challenges of the war drama series (Credit: HBO).

In an interview, head writer Erik Jendresen opened up about the writing process for the series, especially staying true to the real experiences of the soldiers. As a result, the writers faced a stern test when trying to execute a nearly impossible storyline for an episode. Here is what Jendresen had to say about the inexecutable story Band of Brothers pulled off with conviction.

Writer Erik Jendresen Reveals How Band of Brothers Featured a Nearly...

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Ever since it originally premiered in 2001, despite being a miniseries consisting of only ten episodes, Band of Brothers has been long-regarded as not just one of the greatest HBO series, but one of the best television shows of all time in general. This isn't just due to the strength of its storytelling, but the strength of its characters of "Easy" Company, Richard Winters never wanted to be a soldier; in fact, his only reason for volunteering in the U.S. Army was to avoid being...

Lieutenant Norman Dike's portrayal in Band of Brothers as an incompetent character contradicts his real-life heroics during WWII, where he exhibited bravery and leadership. Despite being estranged from Easy Company, Dike went on to achieve notable professional success after the war. Actor Peter O'Meara, who played Norman Dike in Band of Brothers, has had a successful career with guest-starring roles in various television shows and appearances in movies such as He's Just Not That Into You and Leap Year.

Like many characters in the groundbreaking HBO miniseries, the character of Norman Dike in Band of Brothers is a real person who went on to achieve great things after the war. Band of Brothers is an epic re-telling of the 101st Airborne's "Easy" company's heroic activities during WWII, which casts Lieutenant Norman Dike as incompetent, which isn't entirely accurate. Alongside Dike, many of the Easy Company members went on to lead successful lives.

Band of Brothers accurately depicts the stories of real American paratroopers, but it leaves out many real events from Easy Company's time in WWII. Many recruits in Easy Company didn't make it through the punishing training at Camp Toccoa, and only those who endured were part of the 140 paratroopers who shipped out on D-Day. The fate of Sergeant Charles "Chuck" Grant, who was shot in the head, is never confirmed in Band of Brothers, but he did survive thanks to quick thinking and the expertise of German doctors.

Band of Brothers was given high praise for its accurate depiction of American paratroopers in the war, but there are still some parts of the true story, like the Sergeant Grant Band of Brothers fate, that are left out. Based on the book of the same name by Stephen A. Ambrose, Band of Brothers was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and...

Lieutenant Speirs' legendary run through Foy, as depicted in Band of Brothers, is accurate and taken from the non-fiction book that serves as the basis for the miniseries. Speirs' survival during his dangerous outing can be attributed to the unexpected nature of his actions, as German soldiers did not anticipate an American soldier running straight through their ranks. While some of Speirs' stories in Band of Brothers may have been exaggerated or glamorized, there were elements of truth to his actions, such as shooting a subordinate for disobeying orders and the execution of German prisoners to prevent the release of strategic information.

In Band of Brothers, Lieutenant Ronald Speirs (Matthew Settle) is a man whose reputation precedes him – though Easy Company's soldiers are never quite sure which of his famed exploits are true, such as whether he actually ran straight through an assault in Foy. As is expected by a drama series,...

The cast of HBO's Band of Brothers is filled with talented actors — many of them were on the cusp of fame when the miniseries debuted in 2001 — playing every sort of soldier in World War II. More than 20 years later, it remains one of the best TV miniseries of all time thanks to outstanding acting by its ensemble cast.

The performances keep audiences invested in the idea that the men were truly brothers in arms. Some characters appeared for only a few episodes or even just one scene. Others remained front and center for the whole series. There are some actors whose performances stand above the rest, bringing true humanity to real figures from history.

Ron Livingston As Lewis Nixon

Lewis Nixon is the second lead of the show behind Dick Winters, and he balances out Winters' straight-laced personality with his own cavalier attitude. Ron Livingston plays Nixon brilliantly, giving him...

Review Robert Keeling 4 Mar 2014 - 07:00

Death and trauma await the Easy Company in the seventh episode of Band Of Brothers, aptly named The Breaking Point...

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Perhaps even more so than Bastogne, this episode is a truly harrowing piece of television. The Breaking Point is a heart-breaking and unflinching look at the brutal toll the war took on this group of young men and continued to take on them for years to come afterwards.

The opening talking-head moments are extremely touching as the real men of Easy let us know just how horrifying their experiences in the forests near Foy were. Death was all around them, wherever they looked there was a dead soldier, and they had no time to look after their fallen friends when the worst came to pass. As one tearful veteran points out, the things he saw there...

Review Robert Keeling 25 Feb 2014 - 07:00

Rob's 10-part Band Of Brothers look-back continues with episode 2, Day Of Days...

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After Currahee provided an initial introduction to the men of Easy Company, Day Of Days was a jolting wake-up call. The veterans at the episode’s start remind us of just how many men they lost on that first jump. Judging by the opening few minutes of confusion and carnage, you begin to wonder why it wasn’t so many more.

This episode revolves around Operation Overlord which took place on the 6th of June 1944. This was the military codename for the Battle of Normandy which famously included the vast D-Day beach landings. Easy’s job, along with that of many other paratrooper companies, was to land behind enemy lines and secure the causeway leading off the beach.

At the episode’s outset, as...

It’s now been twelve years since Band of Brothers hit our screens, yet HBO’s miniseries remains a timeless classic. Devised by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks in the wake of their success with Saving Private Ryan, the show was an adaptation of the book of the same name by historian Stephen E. Ambrose (who had served as Saving Private Ryan’s military advisor), which told the story of Easy Company, part of a parachute regiment from the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II.

The series tells the true story (though some dramatic licence is taken) of the unit and the men within it, who are shown participating in a number of major battles and events from the last year of the War in Europe, ranging from D-Day and Operation Market Garden to the liberation of Landsberg Concentration Camp and the capture of...

Twelve years ago, HBO put to screen a miniseries that was one part Television event, one part historical drama, which had the considerable backing of executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and the hype of being something of a spiritual successor to their highly acclaimed war film Saving Private Ryan. Through ten one hour long episodes, essentially using TV as a medium to explore a vast and epic journey through the Second World War that would simply be impossible to map on the big screen, and with Stephen E Ambrose’s critically acclaimed non-fiction book as source material and a huge cast representing a collective of real world heroes, one of the most ambitious storytelling exercises the small screen has ever mounted was brought to life. The result was much fanfare, both critically and among the masses, a recurring trope that continues to this day, and the fledgling start...