Posted in Will Smith on Dec 12th, 2009
Willow Smith, the daughter of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, made a splash in Norway on Friday when she participated in Nobel Peace Prize festivities with her parents.
Posted in Will Smith on Nov 29th, 2009
The boy’s got chops!
Learning the moves of a true martial arts fighter, Will Smith’s youngest son Jaden Smith is proving he has what it takes when he stars opposite Jackie Chan in a remake of the 1984 classic, The Karate Kid, due in theaters June 11.
Posted in Jay-Z, Will Smith on Nov 16th, 2009
It’s official: After weeks of speculation, Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have joined the producing team of the Broadway musical “Fela!” (feh-LAH’)
Posted in Will Smith on Nov 12th, 2009
Will Smith has reportedly signed on to star in and produce an adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ classic 1959 novel “Flowers for Algernon” for his own Sony-based Overbrook Entertainment production company, reports Pajiba. Â
Posted in Will Smith on Sep 30th, 2009
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith will co-host the 16th annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on Dec. 11 in Oslo, Norway, PEOPLE has learned.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose Peace Prize is given annually to the person or group whose work best promotes global peace, has also announced that Wyclef Jean, Toby Keith and Donna Summer [...]
Posted in Will Smith on May 21st, 2009
Sony Pictures announced in a Wednesday Twitter that Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment will produce the Hurricane Katrina drama “The American Can,” written and directed by John Lee Hancock.
       The story tells how ex-Marine John Keller orchestrated the rescue of hundreds of his neighbors during the deadly storm.Â
Posted in Will Smith on Apr 27th, 2009
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*Will Smith and Samuel L. Jackson will join “Good Morning America” financial contributor Mellody Hobson and others to discuss money tips amidst the world’s current economic crisis in a new ABC special.
      “Unbroke: Everything You Need to Know About Money,” to premiere May 29, will feature the actors joining fellow celebs Seth Green, the Jonas [...]
Posted in Will Smith on Apr 21st, 2009
Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment has produced a new crime drama for the Sci Fi Channel.
      “Unfinished Business,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, is about an ex-cop who starts seeing flashes of memories from the recently deceased. The visions compel him to help wronged souls resolve their unfinished business.
      The network, which changes its name to [...]
Posted in Will Smith on Apr 14th, 2009
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The tabloids are reporting that three-year-old Suri Cruise may be attending the school founded by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.
      The daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, according to the National Enquirer, may enroll at New Village Academy in Los Angeles, which uses the Scientology-based “study technology” as a key curricular focus.
       “The children [...]
Posted in Rihanna, Will Smith on Feb 13th, 2009
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Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith say they’ll do anything for Chris Brown and Rihanna – even if it just means leaving them alone.
“Jada and I reached out to both of them,” Smith, 40, tells Extra. “If it’s help they need, then let’s get it right.”
Smith says that the best support right now may [...]
Posted in Will Smith on Feb 11th, 2009
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Posted in Obama, Will Smith on Jan 16th, 2009
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama famously stated that he would prefer Will Smith to play him on the big screen should a movie ever be made about his life.Ă‚Â
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Posted in Will Smith on Jan 5th, 2009
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Will Smith has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2008 in Quigley Publishing Company’s 77th Annual Poll and is the second African American to win since Sidney Poitier was first in 1968.
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Posted in Will Smith on Dec 19th, 2008
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have deep pockets when it comes to charities. Tax returns for their foundation show the couple gave $1.3 million in donations last year to a variety of religious, civic and arts groups, reports Fox411’s Roger Friedman.
The columnist wrote Wednesday: Smith’s biggest single contribution was, as usual, Yesha Ministries of [...]
Posted in Will Smith on Dec 13th, 2008
Will Smith is bringing the message of his new movie “Seven Pounds” to the Midwest with a promotional tour that also turned into a fundraiser.
In the film, which opens nationwide Friday, Smith portrays a suicidal man determined to change the lives of several strangers.
“If there’s a message, it’s ‘you gotta help somebody.’ Even if it’s [...]
