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first up a conversation with actor and producer don cheadle. this is shaping up to be a busy year for him. in addition to "the guard," he is the star and producer of a showtime series. he signed a deal with showtime for future projects. we will preview our upcoming week devoted to china. i travel to china for a series of conversations about the many complex issues facing the most populous nation. we will stop the week one week from tonight with a panel of chinese americans including john chan. we're glad you joined us. coming up right now. >> every community has martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we know. it is not just a street but a place where wal-mart start -- stands with your community to make everyday matter. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. we're proud to join him in improving front -- financial literacy. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: always pleased to welcome don cheadle t

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. >> don cheadle, zach braff and the amazing kreskin.11:30, 12:35 central time on your local nbc station. >>> your "first look" at entertainment news. "captain america" muscled his way to the top of the box office this weekend. the first avenger opened up number one, stronger than expected, with over $65 million. and a 64% male audience. it was the fifth of five superhero movies this summer. all debuted in the top spot. >>> "harry potter and the deathly hallows" part 2, had $48 million. its audience dropped 72% from its opening last weekend. the other big release, "friends with benefits" starring justin timberlake and mila kunis opened third. and was slightly less than expected at $18.5 million. "no strings attached" a similar comedy debuted just under $20 million. were you one of the men who wanted to be a superhero. >> 64% men. we had 36% female. >> who were dragged to the theater. they were there for their men. >> maybe they collected comic books, too. >> and maybe these men want to be superheros. >> what superheros do we have left? >

joining us now, one of the film's stars, don cheadle. >> shocking. >> my goodness. >> shocking.. >> well, he can talk like that too anybody he wants. >> he goes 240. you're right. >> a fascinating clip to say the least. >> it's a great movie. i'm really proud of this movie. i had a lot of fun. we shot it in conamora, a little town on the coast and gleason plays a pretty unconventional police guard over there, and i'm an fbi agent coming over to track a drug ring and bump into this guy and this guy becomes my sort of de facto partner while i'm trying to bust this ring. >> wow. he's a little skeptical of it? >> he's not, let's say, up to speed on some things. >> you know what? it's great, because he, in the film he seemed probably the most -- he's definitely the most unorthodox cop out there, but he turns out to actually have more on the ball than everybody else. >> kind of like -- i read some pieces about this a couple weeks ago. there's kind of, like, low-level racial commentary throughout the whole thing, obviously, because it's a comedy you get away with that without it being

i was coming back from lake tahoe once and don cheadle was sitting across from me in the aisle, you knowr "hotel rwanda." big hit. maybe about eight months to a year after it. and i had a script that i was reading and on the front of it, i wrote "hotel rwanda 2," and i had it like this so he could see it. like, i was reading it. >> jimmy: did he glance over? >> he did. he went, oh, you -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is unbelievable. "weeds" has been on for seven seasons now. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] you -- i know you do that whole thing. but you guys don't really smoke on the show? >> no -- it's a honey rose herb that we smoke. >> jimmy: for real? >> yeah, it's a real honey rose herb. but it's -- it's not as innocent as it sounds. we get it from the honey rose herb cartel in colombia. >> jimmy: is that right? >> they won't cut your head off or anything if you go back on them. but they will give you a headache. they'll nag you to death. where's the money for the honey rose we sent you? >> jimmy: well, it's great to see you. congratulations. i'm glad everything is going so

only for me. >>> academy award nom-nated actor don cheadle stars in "the guard" a tale of murder, blackmailuggling gang. >> got all that now? >> let's take a look. >> did you go up in the projects? >> what? >> did you go up in the projects? >> no, i did not grow up in the projects. it might surprise you to learn, sergeant boyle, that i actually come from a very privileged background. and by privileged, i mean prep schools, yale. i was a rhodes scholar. you don't even know what a rhodes scholar is. >> i do know what a rhodes scholar is. >> really? enlighten me. >> yes, kris kristofferson. >> this seems a little un-pc, these clips. but you are saying that he's saying out loud what in some cases people are thinking. >> exactly. you know, someone said to me earlier. he said look, if he was really a racist, it wouldn't be funny. he's clearly trying to get a rise out of my character and there's a real affection between them that you come to realize by the middle of the film. >> but there is an ignorance, too, that people have about other people's culture. >> but he's not one of them. >> he's not