A year-by-year "what if" filling in a century-long gap of Academy Awards recognition for noteworthy stunt artistry and design in Hollywood movies.

The distinction between kitsch and cool can be as blurred as a party clown’s twisted pink balloon poodle and a Jeff Koons ...

Martino, 85, had planned to meet Reynolds at a festival in Georgia last year to mark the 40th anniversary of "Smokey and the Bandit," but she came down with an illness and was unable to attend the ...

Do you have a list of your favourite iconic cars from the history of movies and TV? So do we, and here are our picks.

There are many movies that feature the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, but the one at the top of most people's lists is likely "Smokey and the Bandit." Burt Reynolds plays Bo "Bandit" Darville ...

We’re always on the lookout for memorabilia from Smokey and the Bandit, the famous Burt Reynolds movie that also featured the iconic 1977/1978 Pontiac Trans Am.

The Bandit Run is a group celebrating the 1977 Smokey and the Bandit movie. After driving across Michigan, the group joined the Cheboygan community to watch the movie that sparked it all.

AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 12: The 1977 Pontiac Trans-Am from the TV show “Smokey and The Bandit” is displayed during the screening of “The Bandit” during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive ...

It was this Pontiac Trans Am LE—or more specifically, a photo of it—that convinced Reynolds and director Hal Needham that this would be a good buddy for Bandit.

While Bandit never actually drives a truck in the film, he does escort his buddy played by country star Jerry Reed, who wrote and recorded the theme song, in a fresh and shiny 1977 Pontiac Trans ...

And Trans Am sales collapsed as the 400 V-8 was replaced by a crappy turbocharged 301 in 1980 and the Firebird was cursed with an ugly beak. The two Smokey sequels were, uh, not so good and not so ...

Built in just under a year, this 1991 Chevy S-10 sport truck was never supposed to be a Trans Am pickup. All owner Jamie "Duke" Stafford wanted was to recreate the first-gen, V-8-swapped Chevy S ...