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Following the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' unanimous final approval of the new building project and its future museum home at Millennium Partners' 706 Mission Street in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Arts District, The Mexican Museum is proud to announce the latest additions to the Museum's esteemed Arts & Letters Council. The Mexican Museum, the premier West Coast museum of Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano and Latino art, culture and heritage, introduced its Arts & Letters Council and its Honorary Chair, renowned Mexican American film actor, director and producer, Edward James Olmos, in June.

Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington stopped by this morning's TODAY show on NBC to talk about their latest film '2 Guns.' Check out their appearance in full below!

TP Rewards, LLC, which publishes culturally sensitive books that educate and inspire people of all ages, is proud to announce that one of its first books, Dulcified: Sweetened by the Education of Life by Dr. Lisa Ramirez, has been awarded three International Latino Book Award recognitions:

The Mexican Museum, the premier West Coast museum of Mexican, Chicano and Latino art, culture and heritage, announces its new Arts & Letters Council. The council, whose Honorary Chair is the highly-acclaimed Mexican American film actor, director and producer, Edward James Olmos, currently comprises 51 accomplished arts and letters professionals found across the United States and Mexico, all of whom stand firmly in support of the development and construction of The Mexican Museum's new home at 706 Mission Street in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Arts District.

Universal Pictures has released two new TV spots for 2 the upcoming action thriller GUNS, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg ,Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Edward James Olmos and James Marsden. The film hits theaters on August 2. Get a first look below!

Award- winning producer and network executive David Janollari, who has shepherded hit shows ranging from FRIENDS and SIX FEET UNDER to SUPERNATURAL and AWKWARD, is setting up a new production company in an exclusive deal with Universal Television, it was announced today by Bela Bajaria, Executive Vice President of Universal Television.

Telemundo Studios heads to Los Angeles to kick off production of 'Dama y Obrero,' a new original telenovela starring Ana Layevska, Jose Luis Resendez and Fabian Rios

From the mesmerizing glamour of the red carpet to spectacular performances and heartfelt acceptance speeches, the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards

From the mesmerizing glamour of the red carpet to spectacular performances and heartfelt acceptance speeches, the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards, presented by State Farm and produced and broadcast by Telemundo, celebrated the best in Latin music reaching millions of viewers in the US and around the world.

FILLY BROWN is an inspiring and gritty portrait of a young artist's striving to find her voice and seize her dreams without compromise. Majo Tonorio, a.k.a. "Filly Brown," is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits rhymes from the heart. With an incarcerated mother, and a father struggling to provide for his daughters, a record contract could be the ticket out for her family. But when a record producer offers Majo a crack at stardom, she is suddenly faced with losing who she is as an artist and the friends who helped her reach the cusp of success. Directed by Youssef Delara and Michael Olmos, fused with a fierce hip-hop score, and propelled by an exceptional cast which features Lou Diamond Philips, Edward James Olmos, and the legendary Jenni Rivera in her final on screen performance, FILLY BROWN heralds the arrival of Gina Rodriguez in the electrifying title role.

mun2, the leading Hispanic Entertainment cable network for millennial Latinos, will air WE LOVE JENNI, a new, one-hour special celebrating the life of network star, Latin entertainment Icon, Jenni Rivera, tonight, April 7 at 9 p.m. EST.

mun2, the leading Hispanic Entertainment cable network for millennial Latinos, will air WE LOVE JENNI, a new, one-hour special celebrating the life of network star, Latin entertainment Icon, Jenni Rivera, on Sunday, April 7 at 9 p.m. EST.

The first trailere for 2 GUNS, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, has just been released. Check it out, via The Hollywood Reporter, below! In 2 GUNS, A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

Legends Harrison Ford (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Phil Molyneux (President & COO, Sony Electronics), Chris Cookson (President, Sony Pictures Technologies) and Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children) received Maverick Spirit Awards

In honor of Jenni Rivera, mun2 will present the original special, "We Love Jenni," on Friday, December 21 from 8 p.m. EST to 9 p.m. EST with an encore presentation at 10 p.m. EST.

Following the passing of Mexican-American singer/songwriter and actress Jenni Rivera, collaborators on her last film, FILLY BROWN, have released statements on her death.

This fall, the New York International Fringe Festival hit Unspeakable - described as 'a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic icon Richard Pryor' - will come to Chicago on the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Halsted, in a limited eight-week engagement beginning tonight, October 2, 2012. The official opening night performance is Monday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m.

This fall, the New York International Fringe Festival hit Unspeakable - described as 'a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic icon Richard Pryor' - will come to Chicago on the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Halsted, in a limited eight-week engagement beginning Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The official opening night performance is Monday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m.

Principal photography has begun on "Very Good Girls," written and directed by Naomi Foner, with Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Boyd Holbrook, Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin, Richard Dreyfuss, Clark Gregg, Kiernan Shipka and Peter Sarsgaard. Norton Herrick's Herrick Entertainment is producing and financing the project with Michael London's Groundswell Productions producing. "Very Good Girls" will shoot on location in New York.