Late tough guy Lee Marvin has topped a new poll naming the biggest movie badasses. Marvin's role as Walker in '60s cult classic Point Blank tops the list in Maxim magazine.

Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, John Cleese and Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai will join Steve Martin, Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer for the star-studded sequel The Pink Panther 2.

Happy Birthday to "Million Dollar Baby" star Hilary Swank (1974), "Dodgeball" actress Christine Taylor (1971), Canadian comedian Tom Green (1971), film director Christopher Nolan (1970), actress Vivica A. Fox (1964), "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow (1963), Food Network host Alton Brown (1962), "The Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne (1961), director Richard Linklater (1960), The Damned drummer Rat Scabies (1957), "Designing Women" actress Delta Burke (1956), singer/actor Frank Stallone (1950), "The Professional" star Jean Reno (1948), "Ghostbusters" actor William Atherton (1947), California Governor/"Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), jazz musician David Sanborn (1945), Canadian singer Paul Anka (1941), director Peter Bogdanovich (1939), blues guitarist Buddy Guy (1936), actor Dick Wilson (1916), actress Wanda Hawley (1895; d. 1963), legendary baseball player/manager Casey Stengel (1890; d. 1975), and novelist Emily Bronte (1818; d. 1848).

As World War I rages in Europe and Allied forces in France, Italy, and England find their resolve quickly diminishing due to the overwhelming force of the German juggernaut, a handful of brave American soldiers volunteer to join their French counterparts in learning to fly and fighting for freedom. Continue summary... Starring: James Franco, Jean Reno, Martin Henderson, Jennifer Decker, Tyler Labine

The best-selling video game Dead or Alive has an interesting feature: you can stop the female characters’ breasts from bouncing if they are too distracting. On Sept. 8, legendary Hong Kong action director and choreographer Corey Yuen brings DOA: Dead or Alive to the big screen in a martial arts extravaganza. The female cast includes Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Jaime Pressly, and Holly Valance.

Happy Birthday to "Million Dollar Baby" star Hilary Swank (1974), "Dodgeball" actress Christine Taylor (1971), Canadian comedian Tom Green (1971), film director Christopher Nolan (1970), actress Vivica A. Fox (1964), "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow (1963), Food Network host Alton Brown (1962), "The Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne (1961), director Richard Linklater (1960), The Damned drummer Rat Scabies (1957), "Designing Women" actress Delta Burke (1956), singer/actor Frank Stallone (1950), "The Professional" star Jean Reno (1948), "Ghostbusters" actor William Atherton (1947), California Governor/"Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), jazz musician David Sanborn (1945), Canadian singer Paul Anka (1941), director Peter Bogdanovich (1939), blues guitarist Buddy Guy (1936), actor Dick Wilson (1916), actress Wanda Hawley (1895; d. 1963), legendary baseball player/manager Casey Stengel (1890; d. 1975), and novelist Emily Bronte (1818; d. 1848).

Acclaimed French filmmaker Luc Besson has ruled out a sequel to hit movie The Professional in a bid to end the countless script offers he's received. The director has been flooded with possible follow-ups to the 1994 smash starring Jean Reno and a young Natalie Portman but insists they've only served to put him off the project for good.

Dan Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's been kept under wraps for thousands of years comes to the screen in this suspense thriller from director Ron Howard. The stately silence of Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading curators is found dead on the grounds, with strange symbols carved into his body and left around the spot where he died.

French actor Jean Reno turned down the role of villainous Agent Smith in The Matrix movies because he didn't like the idea of leaving his native France for months of filming in Australia.

Making The Da Vinci Code was extra special for actor Jean Reno after he learned author Dan Brown had written French cop character Bezu Fache with him in mind. The star was given the news from Brown himself on his first day of filming and couldn't believe he'd inspired a character in a bestseller.