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Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reunite on the latest cover of Entertainment Weekly. And rightfully so, their latest Fast & Furious grossed an astonishing $71 million at the box office this past weekend.

“Tom Hanks once told me that it doesn’t matter where you are in your career, you’ll always have highs and lows,” Diesel , 41, says. “This just happens to be a high. I’m just so appreciative and grateful that all these people that I talk to, verbally and nonverbally, through my films all showed up at the theater. They came out in droves—double the amount the studio thought we were going to appeal to. That is such a cool feeling. I’m just high on life at the moment.” Walker, 35, sounds like he has a new spring in his step as well. “We got lucky,” he says. “For some reason, the movie gods weren’t ready to see Vin and me wiped off the face of the earth just yet.”

Paul also explains why he had to come back to the F&F franchise. “I didn’t do the third movie, and the fans let me know how disappointed they were,” he recalls. “They were like, ‘Why didn’t you come back? What—you think you’re too good for Fast & Furious?’ It’s a lousy feeling.”

BTW, there’s already a fifth Fast & Furious in the works already!

Paul Walker joins the rest of the cast of Fast & Furious held at the Vue Cinema, Leicester Square on Thursday (March 19) in London, England.

Fast & Furious is the fourth film in the series, but picks up after the first film with the original cast including Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster.

Last month, a source close to Paul Walker and girlfriend Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell told JustJared.com that the couple was in fact not engaged, contrary to reports.

Fast & Furious will be released on April 3 in the US.

20+ pictures inside of Paul Walker in Fast & Furious…

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Check out this awesomely fan-made trailer for Thundercats: The Movie featuring:

– Brad Pitt as Lion-O
– Vin Diesel as Panthro
– Gigi Edgley (Farscape’s Chiana) as Cheetara
– Hugh Jackman as Tygra (Man)

Best fake ever. And Snarf is awesome!!!! EPIC WIN!!!

If you’re not familiar with Thundercats, it was an 80’s cartoon series. (Check out the real intro here.) Warner Brothers is reportedly still creating a CGI-animated feature film of Thundercats, set for a summer 2010 release.

Vin Diesel and his model girlfriend, Paloma Jimenez, welcomed a baby girl on April 2, reports People.

Diesel, 40, is currently shooting and producing Fast and Furious, due out June 2009.

Congrats to the happy couple!!

Check out these great portraits from the New York Times, their “photographic portfolio of the actors and actresses who defined excellence in the past year.” Celebrities featured include:

• Christian Bale, The Prestige
• Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
• Ken Watanabe, Letters form Iwo Jima
• Cate Blanchett, Babel & Notes on a Scandal
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed & Blood Diamond
• Brad Pitt, Babel
• Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
• Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
• Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
• Annette Benning, Running with Scissors
• Vin Diesel, Find Me Guilty
• Eddie Murphy, Norbit
• Ivana Baquero, Pan’s Labyrinth
• Maggie Cheung, Clean
• Peter O’Toole, Venus
• Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Abbie Cornish, Somersault
• Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
• Gael Garcia Bernal, The Science of Sleep
• Paul Dano, Little Miss Sunshine
• Penelope Cruz, Volver

You can check out the rest of the New York Times portraits here.

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Find Me Guilty Synopsis :: A drama based on the longest Mafia trial in U.S. history, mobster Giacomo ‘Fat Jack’ DiNorscio (Vin Diesel), faced with a series of charges, decides to stand trial instead of ratting out his family and associates. A wrench is thrown into the system when DiNorscio opts to defend himself.

Beverly Hills, California :: Actor Vin Diesel, 38, packed on 30 pounds of flab and underwent two hours of makeup a day to resemble the overweight DiNorscio.  "Find Me Guilty protects the career 20 years from now. Which is why you say, ‘No, I’m not going to do the big action film. I’m going to do this little thing which is all [director Sidney Lumet]. No money, just Sidney. Because what I can get learning-wise, experience-wise will allow me to be a working actor in my 60s and in my 70s.’ …It’s been a passion project.  The whole point of doing an epic auteur picture, directing an epic film, it’s one thing to do the Woody Allen thing. It’s another thing to do Braveheart." Above, Diesel poses at a photo call for Find Me Guilty opening in limited release this Friday, March 17, 2006.  Watch out for Vin Diesel’s guest appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight on CBS @ 11:30pm ET/PT and tomorrow on Late Night with Conan O’ Brien on NBC @ 12:30 ET/PT. More pictures in the gallery including Find Me Guilty production stills!