One Race, founded in 1995 by writer, director, producer and actor Diesel, has produced the four highest-grossing films in the seven film "Fast" franchise - "Furious 7," "Fast and Furious 6," "Fast Five" as well as "Fast & Furious." The franchise has earned $3.9 billion at the worldwide box-office.
Rapper LL Cool J performs at a tribute concert in Las Vegas to mark the would be 100th birthday of Frank Sinatra. The Recording Academy has chosen the rapper/actor to front the awards ceremony on February 15, his 5th consecutive year.
Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristin Wiig and Leslie Jones are rocking proton packs in a green haze, looking ready for action.
The award - from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists - recognizes a member's career achievements and contribution to Canada's entertainment industry. ACTRA national president Ferne Downey touted Campbell's versatile film and TV career, which includes her breakout role in "Party of Five" and leading roles in the "Scream" film franchise.
For many Christmas junkies, the season is not complete without a viewing of the 1951 film " A Christmas Carol ," featuring Alastair Sim as Charles Dickens' curmudgeonly champion, Ebenezer Scrooge. For audiences wanting a more modern take, there is always " A Christmas Carol ," an animated film which was released in 2009 and which stars Jim Carrey, not only as Scrooge, but several other characters as well.
Ridley Scott will receive the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award for advancing the art and craft of filmmaking, during the The British director's iconic work includes directing the sci-fi classic Blade Runner , which resides in the U.S. Library of Congress' National Film Registry; and sci-fi thriller Alien , which catapulted Sigourney Weaver to stardom and launched a franchise. His latest film The Martian has made $589 million worldwide and has garnered a great deal of awards buzz.
The 1958 cult classic " The Blob ", starring a 28-year-old Steve McQueen, ends with the villainous mass incapacitated, frozen, and dropped into the Arctic Ocean . It seems that humanity is saved.
Every year, the Library of Congress selects 25 films to its permanent collection, which ensures the titles will be preserved for generations to come. For 2015's picks there are some notable classics and popular contemporary movies, including sci-fi comedy Ghostbusters , Reagan-era Tom Cruise vehicle Top Gun , moving prison drama The Shawshank Redemption , and noir crime saga L.A. Confidential .
In "Hitchcock/Truffaut," documentarian Kent Jones builds a celebration - and investigation - of filmmaking around the weeklong interview sessions between a young French director, Francois Truffaut, and Alfred Hitchcock, whose 47th film, "Psycho, shattered both the box office and audiences' minds when it was released in 1960. To hear Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, deconstructing his own work is not only a treat, it's a revelation.