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These are 10 great movies and performance from the first half of 2018 we hope won’t be forgotten during awards season.

Jay Roach’s Fox News film about the Roger Ailes scandal will star Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly.

From Brad Pitt to Marilyn Monroe, these movie stars got their start as extras or in bit roles.

James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli is keeping her options open for the next 007, who might be less white or a woman.

Emma Stone earned an Oscar this year. And we do mean 'earned.'

'I always say to studios, 'Make more female-driven movies,' Theron said at San Diego Comic-Con.

Years ago, when The Fast and Furious franchise first began, there’s no way we could’ve fathomed the myriad ways Universal would rework the words “fast” and “furious” into sequel titles. “No,” they said, “We will not simply call these movies The Fast and the Furious 1 - 8. We are creatives!” That creativity peaked with 2 Fast 2 Furious, (prayer emoji hands for whoever originally came up with that one), then along the way they sort of lost their mojo. But now, finally, with the eight installment we’re back on track with a brand new f-word added to the title. So long “fast,” this movie is all about fate!

For the second year in a row, J-Law tops Forbes' list of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses.

The Huntsman: Winter’s War is a prequel, a sequel, a spinoff, a mashup, a bit of a remake, and almost a movie. It contains many recognizable elements from actual films — plot, characters, scenes, imagery, music — almost all of them inspired by (if not outright stolen from) other far more original movies and television shows. There are bits and pieces shamelessly swiped from Frozen, Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, plus a few odds and ends from the production it is ostensibly following, 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman. It’s almost like the movie version of a pod person from Invasion of the Body Snatchers; superficially indistinguishable from the real thing, but lacking any semblance of a soul.

The death of Paul Walker left some mighty big shoes to fill in the Fast & Furious franchise. Some film series might have packed it in after the death of one of its biggest stars, but the Fast-verse is a little bit different than your average blockbuster property. For one thing, characters have been coming and going from its ever-expanding storyline from the very beginning. For another, Furious 7 was the biggest movie in the series to date by a very large margin; it’s worldwide box office total was almost double that of Fast & Furious 6. So these movies aren’t going anywhere. But they do need some new stars.

“How many roles are out there for the gorgeous, f—king, gown-wearing eight-foot model?," she asked, seriously.

See all of our favorite looks at the 88th annual Academy Awards.