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will smith
NAACP Allows 'Seven Pounds' A Brief Taste Of Awards-Season Love
While Dakota Fanning failed to capitalize last night on her honorary blackness, Seven Pounds co-stars Will Smith and Rosario Dawson indeed felt the sweet if transitory kiss of NAACP Image Awards validation. More »
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will smith
Will Smith Wants To Infect You With His Happiness
An Irish journalist alerted us to his recent interview in London with Will Smith, there promoting Seven Pounds (or the precise amount of £ each local wasted on a ticket). More »
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By SethComment by Grosse-Point-Break: Should they now call it "The Way to Happyness" if Smith is part of them? 2 Responses | Other threads
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will smith
Will Smith Finds American Racism Only Prevalent On Studio Lots
Good news, America! The election of Barack Obama has finally freed Will Smith to say what he's always wanted to: that America is not a racist country. Except when it is? More »
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rants
'Spirit,' '7 Pounds' and 'Revolutionary Road': A Taxonomy of Trash
Though Hollywood reserves the holiday movie season for its annual harvest of ambition, prestige and clout, even the most painstaking Oscar husbandry can often fail. For three much-anticipated films in particular, the damage varies. -
Funny Guy
Bask in Will Smith's Overpowering Fake-Laugh Glow
With Seven Pounds sputtering and stalling right out of the gate, Will Smith had little reason to laugh last night on The Late Show. Fake-laugh, though? Watch and learn from the best.
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seven pounds
Rosario Dawson Concerned Her Breath Smells Like Girl
In the coming days, audiences will emerge from Seven Pounds scratching their heads at its Manojian twists and puzzling over the meaning of its unexplained title. (It's the precise weight of its script's heavy-handedness.) More »
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seven pounds
Will Smith Donates 'Seven Pounds' to Us, Six Figures to Scientology
With the premiere of his new film Seven Pounds just around the corner, Will Smith should be ostentatiously fake-laughing all the way to the bank. So why isn't he?
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the end of ideas
'Karate Kid' Remake To Make Do Without Karate, Miyagi or Valley
Call us 80's purists if you must (it's a fair charge — after all, these Betamax tapes of Space Camp aren't gonna watch themselves), but when remaking The Karate Kid, some things are essential.
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will smith
Critic Reveals Crucial Spoiler for 'Seven Pounds': It Sucks
You wouldn't know it from checking out today's Golden Globe nominations or other recent awards lists, but Sony had big awards-season plans for its Will Smith drama Seven Pounds. What went wrong?
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By STVComment by NoWireHangers: I really hate the poster for this movie: Like the Benjamin Button posters, the Seven Pounds poster uses just the actors... 4 Responses | Other threads
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short ends
Ill-Informed Will Smith's Gloves Come Off for Jay Leno
· We'd lay even odds that Will Smith reclaimed his going-away present to Jay Leno after reading the trades this morning.
· In related news, a noted Hollywood blogger today revealed the source of NBC's internal turmoil: Aliens.
· Film critic-turned-director Rod Lurie remembers the glory days when reviewers went on to helm Robert Redford movies instead of just getting unceremoniously discarded by their former publications.
· "You got no fuckin' idea what it's like to be number one. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing." Who (allegedly) said it: Tony Soprano or disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich?
· Is Steve-O next year's Cloris Leachman?
· A court found that Tyler Perry is singly, solely responsible for the Madea franchise. We mean that as a good thing.
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the karate kid
Nicolas Cage In Yellowface And Other Mr. Miyagi Suggestions For The 'Karate Kid' Remake
Hollywood's steady death march to the Idea-Killing Fields continues with news today that Jaden Smith—smarmy hatchling of the dangerously in black love super-couple Will and Jada Pinkett Smith—will star in a re-imagining of sacred 1980s cinematic text, The Karate Kid. Set to shoot next year in Beijing and other locations, the film won't be a straight-ahead remake, but will rather "borrow elements of the original plot, wherein a bullied youth learns to stand up for himself with the help of an eccentric mentor." With no word on who will play the pivotal role of handyman mentor Mr. Miyagi, we thought we'd offer some casting suggestions to go along with the logical "Ralph Macchio : Jaden Smith" equation: More » -
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Steven Spielberg, Will Smith Make Historic Pact to Dilute Bloody Korean Masterpiece
We think we might have found Bad Lieutenant's successor for Unholiest Hollywood Remake: Steven Spielberg and Will Smith may partner to adapt the ultraviolent Korean revenge flick Oldboy for American audiences. DreamWorks will produce, Universal will distribute and Smith will reportedly star as a man seeking payback after 15 years of kidnapped captivity. And we will reserve judgment, though we have at least three good reasons not to. More »
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By STVComment by djjamestaylor: Am I the only one excited by Nic Cage in a Herzog remake of Bad Lieutenant? 1 Responses | Other threads
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will smith
Will Smith Squanders Chance At 'Legal Cheating'
· Today on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Will Smith joined Seven Pounds co-star Rosario Dawson to describe losing his movie-sex virginity. Shocker: It sounds like he enjoyed it! More »
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By STVComment by goldfarb: "PS: I read a very creative rumor this morning saying I'm pregnant, which is the most IMPOSSIBLE thing on the... 2 Responses | Other threads
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short ends
Say Hello To The Dumbest Batch Of 'Wheel' Contestants In History
· This recent round of Wheel of Fortune is the most excruciating thing we've sat through in quite some time. "Hmmm....'blank-O-O-D BURNING STOVE.' Jeez, I'm stumped, Pat. Mood? Mood-burning stove? No? Fiddlesticks!" More »
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By SethComment by SugartitsMcFirecrotch: It's a well-known fact that Wheel of Fortune is the show for folks who haven't had the clue truck stop... 1 Responses | Other threads
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tyler perry
Are Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey and Other Tyler Perry Guests Hollywood's Hottest New Scabs?
Tyler Perry's crisp white tuxedo was a bold choice of attire at the opening of his new studio Saturday night, when the mogul was dodging the worst of his fired former writers' union-busting accusations reported here last week. The WGA came through with its picket line on behalf of Kellie Griffin, Christopher Moore, Teri Brown-Jackson, and Lamont Ferrell — the House Of Payne Four whom Perry allegedly let go for their attempts to unionize the show's writing staff. One reported list of attendees had Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier and several illustrious others crossing the picket line Saturday night, while the WGA sent word late Saturday that a second protest was planned for another, smaller event at Perry's Atlanta mansion on Sunday morning. So what does it all mean besides Oprah scabbing her way to free drinks and having a drunken Madea-Off with Poitier and Ruby Dee? More »
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By STVComment by ninepeoplesfavorite: They aren't scabs. And this wasn't the opening of Tyler Perry's "studio." It was a secret meeting of... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Losin_it: He's still puffing on that cigar from the end of Independence Day...but this time, it's invisible. more » | Other threads
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anne hathaway
Resurgent Anne Hathaway Back in 'Love'
· In her first film since her split with Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway will topline The Opposite of Love as an attorney whose life collapses when she rejects her boyfriend's marriage interests. That kind of thing will happen when you say "No" to a Vatican wedding. [Variety] More »
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By STVComment by Taigan: Anne Hathaway has finally cleared up for me why people are so into sideboob. I am mesmerized. Once I finally... 1 Responses | Other threads
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will smith
Will Smith Interrupts Dinner to Fend Off Latest Scientology Rumors
The revelation that the Will Smith-funded New Village Learning Academy will offer a uniquely Hubbardian curriculum came as little surprise to us last May, back when the star couldn't go a week without some new Scientology-related scandal consuming his painstakingly OT-free public persona. Finally, after taking a summer off, the NVLA controversy crept back into view last night when Smith attended the premiere for Lakeview Terrace, which he co-produced; despite his bodyguard's best efforts at suppertime interference, Smith confronted the issue head-on with Fox gossip Roger Friedman: More »
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trade roundup
Will Pharaoh
· Will Smith will star in The Last Pharaoh, playing Taharqa, the actual pharaoh who fought off the Assyrian invasion of Egypt in 677 B.C. Didn't Eddie Murphy play that guy already in the "Remember The Time" video? [Variety] More »
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By SethComment by Decebal: Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, to be exact. And she was Greek to boot. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Leviticus_71: I heartily Protest her indoctrination as the Ultimate Cougar! Heartily! Cindy Mccain is WAY hotter. I tend to hang to... 3 Responses | Other threads
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polls
So Really, Which Actor Raped His Gay Lover?
So, remember that blind item from Monday about the "hunk in a summer movie" who is secretly gay and violent and awful and sneaked into his boyfriend's house and raped him? It's one of the crazier blind items we've read, and has been the Talk of the Internet (the whole internet! even Alex Balk is intrigued!) this week, with people desperately trying to figure out which star is Just Like Us. I mean, not like us. The opposite of us. Out of the dense fog of speculation, three clear candidates have emerged: Christian Bale, Will Smith, and (gasp!) James Franco.
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Help Us Cast 'The Michael Phelps Story'
Now that Michael Phelps has finally won more gold medals than Geena Davis, we can get down to the real business at hand: the swimmer's showbiz future. Sure, there's bound to be an awkward SNL-hosting stint yet to come, but as the boys at THR note today, most Olympians have to reconcile themselves to appearing in Duracell commercials or baring their midriffs opposite the Village People. Thus, let's focus on more positive matters, like casting the Michael Phelps Movie of the Week: More » -
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Vaguely Racist 'Hancock' Subtitles Prompt Fledgling Fan Revolt
The Dark Knight may have its curse, Transformers 2 may have its star's busted hand and Terminator 4 may face the opprobrium of its own franchise anchor. But another summer blockbuster faces an unfortunate — if totally foreseeable — development of its own. Those viewers who remember Hancock's introductory action sequence may have been too rattled/busy/overwhelmed to have been paying attention to the subtitled conversation of its Asian bad guys, but nothing got past an eagle-eyed blogger who caught the slightly insensitive translation pictured here. Follow the jump for an enlarged image and a summary of one man's! total! outrage! More » -
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Don Tom Cruise Named as Godfather in Landmark Racketeering Case Against Scientology
A new kind of crisis recently befell the Church of Scientology, accusations serious enough to reduce those Suri-sippy-cup and Will Smith Brainwash Academy rumors to mere enturbulatory afterthoughts: An ex-member has filed a $250 million suit against the Church in Florida, invoking federal racketeering statutes generally reserved for the Mafia and other crime syndicates. Even more ambitiously, the suit reportedly names Tom Cruise as a primary conspirator in Scientology's global scheme, which plaintiff Peter Letterese claims to have encompassed threats and harassment of himself and his attorney. More » -
defamer
Will Smith Up, Ladies Down on Forbes's Annual List of Stupid-Rich Stars
It's that time of year again, when Hollywood's biggest stars harvest their multiplex crops, drop the hammer on their mums and size up their places among Forbes's annual list of highest-paid movie stars. As we've come to expect, it's Will Smith's world, with the megastar and noted Scientology-school patron raking in $80 million since last June; the remainder of the list comprises mainstays like Johnny Depp ($72 million) and Leonardo DiCaprio ($45 million) along with slip-sliding shockers including Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers, each tied at $55 million thanks in large part to the Shrek franchise's enduring success. More »
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monday morning box office
'Hancock' Parks It At First
Has clicking your mouse become something of a chore ever since you lost your thumb and forefinger in a spectacular illegal-fireworks demonstration on your front lawn? Fret not: Thanks to TetraMouse—the "lowest priced mouth-operated mouse on the market," access to your weekend box office numbers is just a glottal stop away: More »
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By SethComment by aspiringexpatriate: @Thassodar: Cause it's only OK for commoners to laugh at Will Smith being an asshole. more » | Other threads
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defamer
The Lost Boy
· Corey Haim spent an entire segment of The Two Coreys surfing the Defamer comment section and walked away emotionally damaged. But darker days are looming ahead. More »
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hancock
Is 'Hancock' Half-Cocked?
I'll admit it, I thought Hancock looked pretty cool. It's got a fun premise, a great trailer, good effects, Will Smith in full-on superstar mode, and even Jason Bateman. In short, it seemed like the perfect summer entertainment. Then, a few weeks ago that Variety review came out, and all was not well. Todd McCarthy said "this odd and perplexing aspiring tentpole will provide a real test of Smith's box office invincibility." Suddenly Hancock seemed a little shaky. If Hollywood's hometown paper didn't love it, who would? Well, opening day has finally arrived, the rest of the critics have weighed in, and it seems that Hancock is not just bad, but a big steaming pile of shit. It managed to scare up a scant 34% at Rotten Tomatoes and that's only slightly better than Drillbit Taylor! Stick around after the jump to read a collection of the prickliest critical barbs. More »
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By nickmComment by fractal_elves: wait... both NY Times and New Yorker gave it a decent to pretty good review, as well as the Globe.... more » | Other threads
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will smith
Is Will Smith Training Your Kids To Build An Army Of Evil Robots?
You know that school Will Smith opened up in Calabasas? The one people are saying is a big front to indoctrinate children into the ways of Scientology? Well, we here at Defamer hate to pass judgment without at least a tiny bit of research. That's why I spent a few minutes skimming the New Village Academy's website. Surprisingly, there were no classes called "Worshiping Overlord Xenu" or "Releasing Your Inner Engram." But they do really stress building robots. In fact, the Educational Philosophy section of the site mentions robots no less than 4 times! More »
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By nickmComment by MonstrousCosmos: Wow - this school really is a Young Scientology recruitment center. They start with the stupid obsession over defining... more » | Other threads
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L. Ron Hubbard Middle School Not An Indoctrination Center, Says Scientologist Founder Will Smith
As we noted last month, the New Village Academy is a private school in Calabasas set to open its doors Sept. 3, founded by Will Smith and wife/appearances-upholder Jada Pinkett Smith. It has become a source of much controversy for having several Scientologists on its staff, who espouse a number of L. Ron Hubbard-advanced learning concepts in the curriculum: among them, the meaninglessly designated "study technology" programme for effective and complete child mind-absorption. The Smiths—still not public with their Scientology affiliations—claim to only be committed to creating "an ideal educational environment." But Carnegie Mellon University professor David S. Touretzky, who has dissected study technology like a rusty E-meter and found it to be about as useful, warns parents away from this particular learning institution, lest they want to find themselves helping with homework essays entitled, "What I Did on My Billion-Years of Servitude Vacation." From the LAT: More »
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By SethComment by ArtfulSlinger: @LLH: I was wondering how they were going to pull in the next generation of poor people to swab their... more » | Other threads
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will smith
Will Smith And Dave Letterman Finally Break The Sexual Tension
As nestled as Will Smith is in the so-called "Fluke Zone," where his stardom is bulletproof and his films are fail-safe, he wasn't taking any notoriety for granted last night on The Late Show. There, in a tender promotional moment for Hancock, the actor warmed to David Letterman's compliments by leaning in for a kiss that quickly escalated into a brave new world of gay, interracial sex overtures. It wasn't always this easy for Smith, of course, who over a decade ago was talked out (by Denzel Washington, no less) of his man-kiss with Anthony Michael Hall in Six Degrees of Separation; such newly open-minded gateway intimacy augurs great things for future late-night trysts sure to culminate, as all self-reinvention must, in sex with Jimmy Kimmel. [CBS]
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By STVComment by NoWireHangers: "Hanging out" with Tom Cruise is way gayer than kissing David Letterman. more » | Other threads
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knights of hubbard
Tom Cruise And Katie Holmes Throw Bash For Everyone In Hollywood Who Secretly Hates Them, Including Suri
When the Count and Countess of Scientology throw a party, they do not set out plastic lawn chairs and serve crustless honey-drenched finger sandwiches. No, when TomKat decide to invite all of their friends and frenemies (and even some enemies!) over for a daytime soirée, the Knights of Hubbard throw the kind of party that puts everyone from the Royal Family to Donatella Versace to shame. On Saturday afternoon, TomKat decided to congratulate themselves on purchasing yet another of their manytorture chambersloving households in Beverly Hills by hosting the likes of Kirstie “I Should Be Dead” Alley, Oprah “Never Forget” Winfrey, Victoria “Posher Than Katie” Beckham, and Jennifer “Marc Is Sick Again” Lopez. And putting aside Suri’s adorably Croc-like sandals and her ongoing tendency to appear just as frightened of her father as the rest of the world, this A-list party’s most impressive attributes were the pimped out rides. After the jump, a collection of the invitees in their modes of transportations, and a sampling of just how much security goes into protecting their Friends and Foes from Xenu’s ominous Orwellian eye: More »
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defamer
Little French Comedy To Be Drained Of All Charm By Will Smith
· Will Smith will produce the U.S. version of Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, a little French comedy sleeper about a post office manager banished to the boonies. "There are only 65 million people who live in France, and $191 million seemed to defy all logic," explained producer Ken Stovitz, his eyes rolling to the back of his head and passing clear out as he did some quick calculations and came up with an opening weekend domestic total of $1.2 billion. [Variety] More »
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scientology
At Will Smith Learning Academy, Nothing Can Hold Your Child Back Except Their Stupidity-Thetans
What would a week at Defamer HQ be without a Scientology scandal? To wit: What do you get when you cross closet case Will Smith and an old high school in Calabasas? Try the New Village Academy, which the star reportedly underwrote this week with an $890,000, three-year lease of the former Indian Hills High School and a curriculum comprising a little bit of everything — Montessori here, constructivism there, and a liberal dollop of something called "study technology" developed by none other than education pioneer "L.R. Hubbard." More » -
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Katie Holmes' Attempt To Flee The Scientology Kingdom: A Tragedy In Three Parts
Looks like it’s time to reopen the case of Suri Cruise and the Toxic Scientology Bottles. After seeing this photo of Katie Holmes and her tiny dancer, we couldn’t help but notice the presence of an actual sippy cup. Why is this news so glorious? You see, most babies tend to go from nipple to bottle to sippy cup to the wine glass you’re currently holding. But Hubbard's Parenting Book tells Scientology moms like Holmes to rot their kids' teeth with honey instead, a method Holmes had been following obediently. But before we could celebrate Suri's freedom and Katie's long-awaited rebellion against Overlord Tom and his disco-dancing minions, Cruise suddenly descended on their escape attempt clutching an asbestos-stuffed rabbit that made Suri cry. The dramatic series of events, in pictures, after the jump. More »
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defamer
One-Woman Protest Dares Will Smith To Crap On His Own Damn Street
When it comes to location shooting, Angelenos endure an uneasy relationship: This is, after all, Hollywood, and if you don't work in the industry, chances are someone on either side of you does. But productions have a way of pushing their luck—say, for example, by pounding on the door of your Echo Park home at dawn, demanding you move your car so that Val Kilmer can take a dump. Well, Dresden Graham—a 65-year-old retiree and innocent victim of Will Smith and his Seven Pounds-crew's own dump-taking needs—is mad as hell, and she's not going to take this anymore! Reports THR.com: More »
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By SethComment by distractedbyshinyobjects: Dude. If you don't like people shooting movies, move the hell out of LA! Or at least the... more » | Other threads
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defamer
By Sheer Coincidence, Tom Cruise's Son Lands Role In Will Smith's Next Movie
The last time we were allowed a brief glimpse into the mysterious lives of Tom Cruise's "other" kids, the news wasn't pretty. Harvey Levin and his TMZ minions were pointing out their awkward adolescence and homelessness, even going as far as to making a crack about their "frizzy" hair. But following in his defiant father's footsteps, 13-year old Connor Cruise is fighting back against all those media meanies by reportedly scoring a plum role in the upcoming Will Smith vehicle, Seven Pounds. And as happy as we are that Connor finally realized playing soccer while surrounded by paparazzi wasn't likely to turn into a full-time career, we're somewhat suspicious of Tom's claims that Connor scored the part of potential Scientologist/Cruise buddy Smith "all on his own"... More »
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