Edward James Olmos

On Monday night the Sci-Fi Channel gathered about 100 TV writers to watch the two-hour finale of "Battlestar Galactica" in a room that was so secret, it might as well have been protected by Centurion guards. And while I signed a waiver that basically gave the network rights to my brain should I spoil anything about tonight's grand finale, I feel safe in telling you that the wrap-up to one of TV's most dynamic series ever is going to blow your frakkin' socks off. Lots of questions are answered and it is one of the best series' finales I've ever seen. But since I ... Read Full Story

Edward James Olmos, who you might know from every movie about Latinos ever, was invited by the United Nations Department of Public Information to speak, along with his fellow Battlestar Galactica co-workers, on the subject of how to get along. Weird? It gets weirder when EJO goes on a rant. (Also Whoopie Goldberg was there.) Okay, okay, some context: It seems the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, recently created the Creative Community Outreach Initiative so that famous people could shed light on human rights issues. This is why Battlestar Galactica , a show which took place in the post-post racial era, was ... Read Full Story

Some of you are familiar with Olmos from his work on Battlestar Galactica as Admiral Adama or from Miami Vice as Lt. Martin Castillo.  His body of work is quite impressive and to know that out of character that he possess such a great anti-racist perspective makes me even a larger fan. Transcript is below the fold . I still find it incredible that we  still use the term race as a cultural determinant.  To this day, you should have never invited me here because I detest what we’ve done to ourselves out of a need to make ourselves different from one another we’ve ... Read Full Story

"WHERE'S MOVIE JERK!?" "WHERE IS HE YOU BASTARD REPLICANT?!!!!" ...I'M RIGHT HERE BABY. STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HOOKER'S PLACE. IT WAS 1982. THE YEAR OF THE MINOE. SEAN YOUNG WAS A SEX SYMBOL. DARRYL HANNAH PATIENTLY TARGETED THE KENNEDYS. EDWARD JAMES OLMOS'S ACNE CLEARED UP ONLY TO DISPLAY SCARS LARGER THAN SMALL CARTELS. AND RONALD REGAN WAS BEGINNING TO FORGET A NATION AFTER BEING RE-INFORMED OF THE INVENTION OF THE COLOR PURPLE: A MIXTURE OF RED AND BLUE, OR POOR TASTE AND NEW MONEY. THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STALLONE DYNASTY ARRIVED THE PRINCESS OF THE KINGDOM: RIDLEY SCOTT. THREE YEARS ... Read Full Story

Actor/activist Edward James Olmos was seen at the annual LA International Latin Film Festival, lending his support and star power.The festival was attended by celebs from Latin American countries. Read Full Story