Ed Burns sells crime drama pilot to TNT
Ed Burns, who will star in TNT’s upcoming series “Mob City,” has sold a crime drama pilot to the cable network. Burns will direct and star in “Public Morals,” which will be set in 1967 New York, in the...
View ArticleDe Niro, Streep and others come together to push NY tourism
ALBANY — The A-listers are vouching for New York state. In a new $45 million push to promote tourism, seven well-known celebrities who are state residents will appear in commercials touting the...
View ArticleColumbia University business class gets celebrity insight
It’s an unlikely mix, but some boldface names have been spotted at Columbia University’s business school, where the likes of entertainment exec John Sykes, actress Drew Barrymore, TV news exec Jeff...
View ArticleCops get cozy with criminals in Ed Burns’ period cop drama
Edward Burns was a young and seriously charming filmmaker who took the indie world by storm in 1995 with his Sundance film hit, “The Brothers McMullen,” an irresistibly fresh comedy about the romantic...
View ArticleEd Burns’ real-life cop father inspired his new police drama
Ed Burns’ new crime drama, “Public Morals,” is a gritty valentine to his police-sergeant father. Growing up on Long Island and in Queens, Burns was regaled by his father, Edward J. Burns, with stories...
View ArticleWhat a week: Cops on the take, narcs and Miley Cyrus
“Public Morals” Tuesday at 10 p.m. on TNT Queens native Edward Burns creates, writes, directs and stars in this new 1960s-set drama as NYPD Officer Terry Muldoon, head of the Public Morals Division,...
View ArticleHow ‘The Crown’ inspired a sexy ‘Bridge and Tunnel’ flashback
Ed Burns reveals unlikely inspo for new series about hot college grads in '80s Long Island.
View ArticleEd Burns is doing it all in new film ‘Summer Days, Summer Nights’
“Look, I live, work and love New York," Ed Burns says. "My first passion was writing. In Hunter College, I wanted to be a novelist. Then, in film school I wanted to direct. I love what I do.”
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