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Monday, January 21, 2008
I Am Legend Debut
 Will Smith's newest and highly anticipated film, I Am Legend, makes it world-wide big screen and IMAX debut today!
The action thriller based on Richard Matheson's novel, stars Smith as Robert Neville, the last man on earth who has survived a terrible plague that has wiped out the rest of the world. Neville, a brilliant scientist who is immune to the virus now faces the challenge of reversing the effects of the disease he created.
I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. Smith plays virologist Robert Neville, who thinks he may be Earth's only surviving human not affected by a man-made virus. He works to create a cure while living in a city inhabited by mutant victims of the plague. It is the third feature film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend, following 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man.
Warner Bros. Pictures began developing I Am Legend in 1994, and various actors and directors were attached to the project, though production was delayed due to budgetary concerns related to the script. Production began in 2006 in New York City, filming mainly on location in the city, including a $5 million scene at the Brooklyn Bridge, the most expensive scene ever filmed in the city at the time. Warner Bros. launched a tie-in comic and an online multiplayer game on Second Life as part of its marketing campaign. I Am Legend was released December 14, 2007 in the United States. It opened to the largest ever box office for a film released in the U.S. during December.
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Monday, December 3, 2007
Smith to be Honored on Grauman's Cement
Will Smith has been asked to leave a permanent mark outside the world-renowned, Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. Joining Hollywood icons, Sidney Poitier, Eddie Murphy and more, Smith will be leaving an imprint of his hands and feet on the theater's pavement.Smith is being honored for his box-office success in several of his films including Men in Black, Independence Day, Ali, and his most recent, The Pursuit of Happyness. The hand and footprint ceremony is scheduled to take place on December 10, 2007 at 11:30 a.m., just four days prior to the release of his upcoming film, I Am Legend.
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Will Smith Bringing Hit Movie Hitch to TV
Proven to be a hit movie in the year 2005, Will Smith is bringing "Hitch" into TV.
The Golden Globe and a two time Academy Award-nominated actor has reportedly signed on to executive produce the television version, but unfortunately won't take a staring role.
The show is set up at Smith's production company, Overbrook Entertainment, and they will begin pitching the concept of the sitcom to the networks shortly.
As of the big screen version, "Hitch" sees Smith starred in as a professional matchmaker, who makes a living teaching men how to woo women.
The movie was a box office success and, according to Wikipedia, taking in $179,495,555 domestically, making it the tenth-highest grossing film of 2005. Let's just hope the TV version will do at least as good as the big screen version.
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The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood According to Entertainment Weekly
When it comes to acting skills, needless to say that Hollywood has many experts in the one particular field. But when it comes to "power," who actually is in charge? Digging deep into the issue, Entertainment Weekly has conducted a search of the people who are rocking the industry's world this year, "the people with ideas - innovative, creative, dangerous, renegade ideas - who are changing the way movies are made." The data, which took three months of constant research, are concluded in its list of 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
Rounding out the Top 10 of the list are people from different areas of business, ranging from director/writer/producer to actor. Seized the top spot is Judd Apatow, followed close behind by Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, who both ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Prominent talent agent and founder of the Endeavor Talent Agency Ari Emanuel, meanwhile, is the 4th Smartest in Hollywood, whereas the 5th is multiple Grammy Award-winning hip hop artist . is ranked 6th on the poll, just one place ahead of president of Fox Searchlight, Peter Rice, at number 7.
Some other Hollywood celebs counted among Entertainment Weekly's 50 Smartest People in Hollywood are , , , , , , , and just to name a few.
has the full list of the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood, plus their pictures and the articles on what make them being chosen, with 5th entry Will Smith on the cover, on newsstands this week.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Smith Wins Teen Choice Awards
While he's no longer a teenager, Will Smith was definitely a hit at last night's Teen Choice Awards where the actor took home three different awards. Smith won the 'Choice Movie Actor' award for his performance in his most recent film, The Pursuit of Happyness. He also shared the 'Best Chemistry' award with Jaden Smith, who played his on-screen son in the same film. Last but definitely not least, The Pursuit of Happyness was awarded the 'Choice Movie' award for best drama.
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