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By Michael Lopez

Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Don Omar…Yup, you heard right. Once the posters start popping up for next year’s highly anticipated Fast & The Furious sequel (called Fast Five), expect to see El Don, right there on the cast list.

Any fan of the King Of Kings knows that he’s no stranger to The Fast & The Furious franchise. His songs "Los Bandoleros" and "Conteo" were both featured in the third movie, Tokio Drift, and he had a brief role in the fourth film, Fast & Furious. But now, in addition to five soundtrack songs in Fast Five, Omar snagged a major role as part of Vin Diesel’s racing gang.

When talking to Billboard.com, El Don expressed quite a bit of excitement about breaking into the acting game,

"I love it. I prepare every day for it. I pay for my own acting coach. Now I'm also a drag racer, and I got my license as a drag racing driver. I'm really enjoying everything about this."

Interestingly, this film series seems like a perfect representation of El Don’s career right now. Literally blasting out at 100mph, his last record, I-DON, hit #1 on the Latin Album Charts, and his new project, Meet the Orphans, is getting TONS of hype in the reggaeton community.

Even though we may have to wait until June 2011 for Fast Five, Meet The Orphans (featuring that awesome “Danza Kuduro” track) is set to hit shelves November 2. Viva El Don!

Source: [Yahoo]

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Dare to exhilarate...

Vin Diesel and fast-racing original co-stars Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez are ready to race into theaters on April 3rd. The fourth installment of "Fast & Furious" was filmed thanks to a hefty $80 million budget that promises to make us forget about la recesión while flagging nuevo four wheel toys and top-of-the-line stunts. It's all about 'new models with original parts' and it's going...going...gone.

Watch Mr. Diesel and Michelle talk about their fave rides and more right below. Are you ready for the ride? [MTV News]

Photo via Getty Images

Tags Chisme, Fast and Furious, Michelle Rodriguez, Movies, MTV, MTV NEws, Tr3s, Tres, Vin Diesel

It seems like it's back to smooth sailing these days for el Rey Don Omar. Despite recent legal troubles, he still has time to focus his energy on things like, oh say, acting?!

For those of you who can't get enough of him, now you don't have to stand outside a court room or in a concert hall to get a glimpse of el rey de reyes. Ahora, you can see him on the silver screen. He has a part in the new Fast and Furious film alongside actor Vin Diesel. Some of the scenes with him and Vin together are currently being filmed in the Dominican Republic.

But that doesn't mean he has forgotten about his music. Just a few months ago the reggaetonero performed a sold out show in Puerto Rico:

Un evento que no me va a marcar a mí, va a marcar la música. Un evento familiar en Puerto Rico que me va a dejar la oportunidad de presentarme a todos tal cual soy.

Wow, we wonder what other tricks Don has up his sleeves! [MTVTr3s Radio Noticias]

Photo via Getty Images

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