The very first Speed Racer movie stills have been released courtesy of USA Today.

Speed is a live action cartoon and is a much-anticipated adaptation by the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix trilogy, V for Vendetta).

“The effects are beyond belief,” says producer Joel Silver. “We called it ‘car fu,’ because it was like kung fu with the cars. We couldn’t have made this movie until right now… It obviously has a present-day aesthetic to it but it’s still a great yarn about family and not selling out. That’s an important message to the (Wachowskis) and why we all connected to the show.”

Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer, Christina Ricci as Trixie (Speed’s girlfriend), John Goodman as Pops Racer, Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer, Matthew Fox as Racer X (Speed’s rival) and Korean pop star Rain as rookie racer Taejo Togokhan.

Speed Racer drives into theaters nationwide on May 9th, 2008. The trailer runs tonight on Entertainment Tonight. More movie stills inside… More Here! »

Check out this awesome clip from Entertainment Tonight featuring an interview with Speed Racer star Matthew Fox as Racer X (Speed’s rival). You can also peep a bit of Emile Hirsch’s casual costume as Speed!

Watch the clip below! Speed Racer, out May 9, also costars Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman. Go, Speed Racer, Go!

ROAR, LIONS, ROAR!

Lost star Matthew Fox returns to Low Plaza at his Alma Mater on Tuesday to deliver the keynote address during Columbia College Class Day at Columbia University.

(You can watch the video feed here but you need to download Real Player.)

Fox, 40, introduced himself and joked that while Harvard got Bill Gates, “The only difference is I actually graduated.”

“You may have an idea where you want to be in 20 years and some of you will get there. But if you do, I guarantee you won’t have let yourself take chances. 18 years ago sitting in these seats, as hung over as I was, I remember a sense of accomplishment & a sense of fear. In defining the future for yourselves, the safest choice may not be the best choice.”

Fox concluded: “Live for your own passion, not the aspirations or expectations others have for you. Trade fear for trust. Allow yourself to find that area either of your excellence or your excitement that motivates you to apply the same focus and energy that got you through Columbia. Whatever that area is, there is value in it simply because it is the area of your passion.

“Finally and most importantly, do not apologize. One of the most beautiful things you can see is that moment of which a person stops apologizing for who they are and what they want to do and who they want to be and they drop being themselves. That’s it, that’s all the wisdom I’ve got to offer.

“As of tomorrow you are the author of your own life. I’m excited about what I get to do. I get to tell stories but equally as exciting as that to me is the story each one of you is yet to write. The first chapter is coming to a close, where the story goes from here is up to you. Congratulations class of 2007!”

Fox, who received a standing ovation at the end of his speech, graduated with a B.A. in economics (CC’89) and played wide receiver on the Lions’ varsity football team.

UPDATE: Here’s the actual video of Matthew Fox’s speech thanks to JJ reader Johanna! The recording was taken from one of the side tents. Foxy is quite charismatic and more importantly, funny! Great Class Day speaker…

Fox even addressed the seniors’ reactions published in the Columbia Spectator. “I’ve never heard of this guy. The years before got a Pulitzer Prize-winner and a potential presidential candidate,” Julia Kite, CC ‘07, said. “I suppose that after what happened last year, they wanted someone less controversial.” Watch the video below!

Colleges are feverishly trying to enlist celebrities left and right to deliver speeches at their commencement ceremonies. And why not, it brings in lots of good press. Columbia University is no different.

Lost star Matthew Fox is returning to his Alma Mater this year to deliver the commencement speech at Columbia College Class Day. Fox, 40, graduated CC’89 with a B.A. in economics and played wide receiver on the Lions’ varsity football team.

Fox will be giving the commencement speech on Low Plaza on Tuesday morning, May 15. Most Columbia students and alumni are livid by this announcement and you can read those comments here and here.

Other notable commencement speeches given by celebrities include Will Ferrell (Harvard class of 2003), Jon Stewart (William & Mary class of 2004), Bono (UPenn class of 2004), and Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Ali G (Harvard class of 2004).

We Are Marshall Synopsis :: The story, of course, is about the emotional impact of the November 14, 1970, plane crash near Tri-State Airport that killed all 75 aboard a chartered jet and the resurgence of Marshall’s football program. The crash killed nearly the entire Marshall football team and coaching staff, supporters from the community and the flight crew.

40+ new We Are Marshall stills starring Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox. Both Matthews looks like studs!! We Are Marshall is out Dec 22. View 40+ all new ‘We Are Marshall’ stills here.

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Seems like biking and running are the choice sports for Hollywood’s leading men. 40-year-old Lost actor Matthew Fox was spotted getting his sweat on during a film break in Hawaii. Foxy looks pained in more than half of these pictures but the results definitely show on Lost! Many more pictures in the gallery…

Matthew Fox’s upcoming football drama We Are Marshall co-starring Matthew McConaughey will be released just in time for the Christmas season, Dec. 22.

Atlanta, GA :: More pictures of Matthew Fox and Matthew McConaughey filming We Are Marshall (those are dummies sitting in the stands!).  Matthew McConaughey will star as Coach Jack Lengyel of the Young Thundering Herd football team for four years following the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people. Matthew Fox will play Red Dawson (check out his dyed red hair), a Huntington businessman and an assistant to Lengyel. Andy Nameth (defensive line coach during Lengyel’s tenure at Marshall) was on set for the filming: "The stadium was filled….with dummies instead of real people. It’s unbelievable (how they) had each one made up. From a distance, no one could tell the difference." Check out the larger pictures in the gallery.  Be sure to spot the dummies! We Are Marshall is scheduled for a October 2006 release.