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24 May 2011 1:55 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actor Edward James Olmos joins recently announced special guest stars, Colin Hanks and Mos (formerly Mos Def) in the cast of the Emmy nominated Showtime drama series Dexter for Season 6. Olmos will play a brilliant, charismatic professor of religious studies. Olmos joins a distinguished list of seasonal guest cast that has included Jimmy Smits, John Lithgow and Julia Stiles. Production on Dexter begins May 25 in Los Angeles and will premiere on Showtime this fall.

Edward James Olmos is an acclaimed actor, director and activist. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand And Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. His first big break was a starring role in Luis Valdez's play, »

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5 May 2011 10:16 AM, PDT | Spout | See recent Spout news »

Happy Cinco de Mayo! As it turns out, the holiday isn’t all that celebrated in Mexico. Not that this should stop any Americans from going out and getting their margarita on, but it’s kind of funny to think about. In light of the oddly Us-centric form this celebration of Mexican victory has taken in recent years, I thought I’d take a look at some of the brilliant contributions the Mexican-American community has made to cinema. Here are 5 close-ups of particularly noteworthy films and filmmakers, from the earliest days of Hollywood to just last year. 1981’s “Zoot Suit” Director Luis… »

28 March 2011 6:08 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Unspeakable things happened on Celebrity Apprentice last night, and I’m not talking about Gary Busey’s sentences. I’m referring to a challenge about stupid commercials, Jose Canseco’s “risque humor,” (which must be Trump code for “homophobia”), and the firing of a first-rate buzzard. Tragedy all around. Plus, Busey told us his johnson is nicknamed “Big Wednesday,” and he meant it. Because this show? Is kind of hell, for sure. But a fresh hell! Let’s relive and re-love it.

The Challenge: Since last week when Trump fired Niki Taylor and presumably fed her to a timberwolf (Mark McGrath), the ladies’ team (A. »

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3 items from 2011