Ashley makes her pro debut at Pomona, the first race of the 2007 NHRA season, and John sets a lofty goal for his team: get all four of their cars qualified for the 16-car elimination round. Two members of John's team qualify for the show early, but Ashley and John's struggles have them on the outside looking in. With John's 19 year qualifying streak on the line and Ashley's pro debut about to go up in flames, both must make dramatic runs to make the show.

A new real-life series starring drag racing legend John Force and his three beautiful drag-racing daughters, Ashley, Brittany, and Courtney. It's the start of a new racing season and John pushes his oldest daughter Ashley toward a championship, but a terrible crash on the racetrack throws their world into turmoil. Ashley must look within herself and decide whether racing is what she really wants to do.

Ashley makes her pro debut at Pomona, the first race of the 2007 NHRA season, and John sets a lofty goal for his team: get all four of their cars qualified for the 16-car elimination round. Two members of John's team qualify for the show early, but Ashley and John's struggles have them on the outside looking in. With John's 19 year qualifying streak on the line and Ashley's pro debut about to go up in flames, both must make dramatic runs to make the show.

We meet John Force and his wife and three daughters at the start of a new racing season. John pushes his oldest daughter Ashley toward a championship, but a terrible crash on the racetrack throws their world into turmoil. Ashley must look within herself and decide whether racing is what she really wants to do.

John sets lofty goals for his daughter, Ashley: win rounds, win a race, and one day win a championship. But when Ashley's second pro race ends with disappointing results, she breaks down on national TV. After years of dealing with heartbreak and media, John must try to teach Ashley how to deal with success and failure as the public watches your every move.

John Force gives Ashley Force a tour of her new trailer.

John Hurt stars as John Merrick, the hideously deformed 19th century Londoner known as The Elephant Man. Treated as a sideshow freak, Merrick is assumed to be retarded as well as misshapen because of his inability to speak coherently. In fact, he is highly intelligent and sensitive, a fact made public when one Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues Merrick from a carnival and brings him to a hospital for analysis. Alas, even after being recognized as a man of advanced intellect, Merrick is still treated like a freak; no matter his station in life, he will forever be a prisoner of his own malformed body. Unable to secure rights for the famous stage play The Elephant Man, producer Mel Brooks based his film on the memoirs of Frederick Treves and a much later account of Merrick's life by Ashley Montagu. The film is lensed in black and white by British master cinematographer Freddie Francis. Though nominated for eight Academy Awards, the film was ultimately shut out in every category. ~ Hal Erickson, All M

Ashley Tisdale, Eva Longoria, and John Krasinski talk about their red-carpet dream dates

Detective Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) passes a barroom test issued by fellow police officer John Mills (Samuel L. Jackson).

Female drag car racer, Ashley Force, discusses her historic National Hot Rod Association victory -- over her father, John Force -- and what it's like racing hot rods. WSJ's David Patton reports. (July 30)