Emmy-worthy drama actors revel in the unflattering complexities of their characters.

Gone are the days when being a leading man on television meant being the most likable guy onscreen. TV actors now get to show their skills with dark, complex characters — even on broadcast network shows. The Hollywood Reporter’s Ray Richmond and Matthew Belloni gathered six fine examples of TV’s new actor elite — Simon Baker (CBS’ The Mentalist), Bryan Cranston (AMC’s Breaking Bad), Laurence Fishburne (CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Michael C. Hall (Showtime’s Dexter), Denis Leary (FX’s Rescue Me) and Bill Paxton (HBO’s Big Love) — to discus the grind of series work and the good fun in playing bad guys.

Three months after Amazon.com started taking advance orders for the season 3 DVD – both for standard DVD and high-def Blu-ray Disc formats – of hit Showtime series Dexter, the cable company has finally pegged a release date for the heavily anticipated season – August 18th.

Showtime and Paramount Home Entertainment have officially informed retailers that the DVD for Dexter’s third season will be available in mid-August for $42.99 for the standard DVD and $59.99 for Blu-ray. While the extra features and add-on’s haven’t been revealed thus far, the running time is reportedly approximately 600 minutes.

Really exciting news hit the press today. Reports say that John Lithgow will be joining the cast of Dexter! Lithgow will appear in all 12 episodes of the show’s upcoming fourth season, playing Walter Simmons.

For more info about his character read on after the cut, but beware of spoilers.

I have added Michael’s 2004 Advocate magazine photoshoot to the gallery and also one more pic to the Blackbook outtakes from last year. I really love both shoots!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Photoshoots: Advocate (2004)
- Photoshoots: Blackbook (2008)

This is a small update but I wanted to post quickly and say that the Gamer trailer is now available in HD on Apple. I’ve replaced the captures with HD ones so be sure to check those out.

I’ve also finally added the missing pictures from the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards back in January.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Gamer: Trailer Captures
- Public Events: 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards