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  1. Will Smith is a caped (Tom) Cruise aider

    Sunday, November 18th 2007, 4:00 AM

    Will Smith stands up for his buddy Tom Cruise - and Scientology - in next month's issue of Men's Vogue.

    "We push one another to be better," Smith says of Cruise.

    "There's a comprehension of what each of us goes through that everybody else can't understand.

    "I've studied Buddhism and Hinduism, and I've studied Scientology through Tom. And nobody's saying anything different! ... I don't think that because the word someone uses for 'spirit' is 'thetan' that the definition becomes any different."

    The magazine also reports that the actor's not exactly a he-man boozer.

    "Will literally takes three sips and he's buzzed," says his "Hitch" co-star Eva Mendes. "It's not even like three sips of whiskey; it's literally a piña colada or a daiquiri - he loves girly drinks - and he's down."

    Smith's new movie, "I Am Legend," opens next month.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/11/...se_aider-3.html

  2. Jason Bateman talking about Will

    Q: Anything you can say about Will Smith and "Hancock"?

    A: He plays a suicidal, alcoholic superhero who saves my life and to reciprocate I tell him I'm going to help him with his public image.

    So I'm trying to rehabilitate him and then he starts to fall in love with my wife, played by Charlize Theron.

    I would put Will in the same category as Dustin and Natalie as far as being the kind of person you dream about being the star of your film. Not only does he have the talent, he's an incredible leader. He's incredibly professional without being a stiff. He's incredibly kind and affable without being insincere or phony.

    On the first day of shooting he had these two huge motorhomes on the set for Charlize and me to use as our dressing rooms with huge ribbons tied around them. . . . I'd negotiated for a trailer and he picked up the difference.

    I was going to be one of those guys waiting in line for the iPhone. I had my little folding chair and my sack lunch and then the production office called a rehearsal for the day.

    So when I got to the rehearsal, they said, 'Sorry, hope you didn't have any plans,' and I said, 'No, I was just going to be one of those losers down there in line for an iPhone.' Will picks up the phone right there in front of me, dials some secret number and says, 'Get me three iPhones.' There was an iPhone on my doorstep when I got home from rehearsal.

    http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/2..._good_year.html

  3. Posted Nov 16th 2007 12:37PM by TMZ Staff

    Filed under: Wacky and Weird

    Alfonso Ribeiro was leaving Hyde last night, when a fan asked to take a picture with him. Watch the fan's reaction to Alfonso's strange response! No, it wasn't the Carlton dance!

    As Alfonso finally got into his car, the annoyed fan yelled, "You're not Will Smith!" What gave that away?

    Video!

    http://www.tmz.com/2007/11/16/alfonso-ribe...-no-will-smith/

  4. Reshoots on I Am Legend?

    Source: CHUD.com

    November 15, 2007

    Next to Frank Darabont's The Mist, Warner Bros.' upcoming I Am Legend adaptation could have boasted one of the second bleakest finales in horror this year. Could have. Word through the grapevine is that director Francis Lawrence strayed from Richard Matheson's source material (big surprise) - for what, we're not sure.

    CHUD's Devin Feraci has confirmed that reshoots on "Legend" wrapped as late as last week...less than a month before the film is shown to us press fiends. Sources tell Feraci that the ending was re-shot, one more thing to add to the grocery list of problems we've heard this film has faced over the last year.

    There have been rumors of multiple FX houses being hired and dumped to the point where one crew shirt listed all of the teams involved on back like some concert city listing. Except some names were crossed off to mark fallen comrades whose work went unused or abandoned.

    http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=3615

  5. I AM RESHOOTS
    11.15.07
    By Devin Faraci

    Just the other day I got the invite for the I Am Legend junket here in Los Angeles at the end of the month. They'll be showing us the film, obviously, but it sounds like they're going to have to go double time in the editing room to get it finished: I have confirmed that there were reshoots on the movie as late as last week.

    What's not confirmed is what has been reshot. My source tells me that the ending was redone, as the studio wasn't happy with the finale that director Francis Lawrence had. Since I know that Lawrence's ending was already unfaithful to Richard Matheson's original story, I can only imagine that the new ending is more action packed and even more upbeat than before.

    This is the kind of thing that makes me look forward to the eventual book about the making of the film or Lawrence's life; we won't get the full story as to why the ending had to be changed or why it had to be changed so late in the game during the upcoming press deluge for the film, and nobody will go on the record with the truth for a good long time.

    http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=12571

  6. Pinkett Smith writing own 'Contract'

    Actress makes directing debut with comedy

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    Jada Pinkett Smith is making her directorial debut with the romantic comedy "The Human Contract." Pinkett Smith wrote the script, and husband Will Smith will exec produce.

    Pic will star Jason Clarke ("Brotherhood"), Paz Vega, Ted Danson and Idris Elba ("The Wire").

    A highly successful but personally tortured businessman (Clarke) has his life turned upside down after meeting a free-spirited, mysterious beauty (Vega), who tempts him to explore reckless love.

    Pic, which begins production this week in Los Angeles, is a co-production among Overbrook Entertainment, Tycoon Entertainment and Pinkett Smith's shingle 100% Womon. Tycoon is financing.

    Dawn Thomas, Miguel Melendez and Mike Jackson are producing. In addition to Will Smith, Overbrook's James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz are exec producers, along with Tycoon's David Grasso and David Dinenberg.

    Pinkett Smith recently wrapped the Diane English-directed "The Women," and Clarke completed the Paul W.S. Anderson-directed "Death Race" with Jason Statham.

    http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797583...yid=13&cs=1

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    You know how in comic-book team-up stories, the good guys always get in a big fight as a result of some misunderstanding but then realize that they need to band together to stop some crazy villain? It turns out that in the clash between the Writers Guild and the major studios, the villains may actually be Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and every other enormous star capable of commanding revenue-draining participation deals. According to a report by Global Media Intelligence and Merrill Lynch, the executives at the major studios may be speaking some truth when they insist that there's not much money left to share with the striking screenwriters. In fact, given just how much money ends up lining the pockets of A-list stars even when their films tank at the box office, we should all be grateful that there's any cash left in circulation at all. —Matthew Perpetua

    http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/...completely.html

  8. OH MY GOD!!!!! I can't believe Concha Velasco met Will and Jeff hahahahahaha I knew they went to 'antena 3' (the TV channel ) but never saw this, I was like 9 or 10. This is been the surprise of the day!! I think they were promoting code red and the tv show ' coz it aired in this channel. Seems Will already spoke a lil spanish. LOve to see them performing in España!!

    thanks so much for this!!

    Hehehe...you're welcome Sandy! :thumbsup:

  9. A class act in Lambertville

    Friday, November 09, 2007

    LAMBERTVILLE -- Though education conferences closed schools yesterday, activity bustled at South Hunterdon Regional High School, where actor Will Smith was shooting scenes for his upcoming movie "I Am Legend."

    Once police shut down part of the road adjacent to the school, word quickly spread about the star's arrival to the rural high school. Principal Don Woodring said nearly 100 locals gathered to watch the filming and many were taken aback by Smith's warm personality.

    "He was great. Students got to take pictures with him and get autographs; the whole experience was wonderful," Woodring said. "It's so nice when someone of that caliber is completely down to earth, and treats everyone with such respect and kindness."

    The upcoming film, a post- apocalyptic horror film, is based on Richard Matheson's 1954 novel for which the movie is named. Smith's character, Robert Neville, is a survi vor of a man-made virus who works to create a cure while being stalked by mutant survivors of the plague.

    Scenes from the school's parking lot and nearby roads were used in yesterday's shoot. Woodring said it's possible the high school will be visible in the scenes when the movie releases in December.

    http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/inde....xml&coll=5

  10. Movie in Mt. Airy features actor Will Smith

    Thursday, November 08, 2007

    By Renée Kiriluk-Hill

    WEST AMWELL TWP. -- Film star Will Smith is expected in Mount Airy today, trying to learn if he truly is the last human survivor of a man-made virus that wiped out his hometown of New York City. Starting at daybreak, crews will shut down roads to shoot a final scene of the action-thriller I Am Legend, scheduled for a Dec. 14 release in theaters.

    As long as residents are respectful of the work that needs to be squeezed into the short daylight hours they're welcome to watch the crew filming, said a studio spokesman who declined to be identified. He wasn't sure where he could put spectators, but said, "We'll be as accommodating as possible." He cautioned that spectator cameras in an actor's peripheral vision can break their concentration on the set.

    As for residents impacted by the filming, he said, "We'll try to cause as little inconvenience as possible. They can just go about their daily lives."

    The longtime film veteran had nothing but high praise for Mr. Smith, a two-time Oscar nominee. "He is terrific, the most accommodating and professional guy you'd want to come to your town. This guy is absolutely amazing, he is beyond genuine."

    The director's not looking for any extras; union rules mandate that the first 85 be members of the Screen Actors Guild, and since only 30 will be used in the Mount Airy scene they're being bused from New York with the crew.

    Mount Airy was chosen after an extensive search that stretched from northern New York south to Delaware. According to the spokesman, "We happened to fly over it," he said of the village, "we needed one countryside shot and we all kind of fell in love. It is absolutely magnificent and gorgeous, a quaint, wonderful town."

    That's not a guarantee that the locals will recognize their town in the movie. "I want to say yes" they will, but "truly can't answer that" unless the final film cuts are made, he said.

    A helicopter touched down on the Holcombe farm at the edge of the village on Sunday with location scouts, said police Lt. Steve Bartzak, who was asked about closing Route 179 for a day. He denied that request. Since the teachers convention closes schools today and tomorrow both sides agreed upon Mount Airy-Harbourton Road between the village and South Hunterdon High School. Mount Airy Village Road will be closed intermittently and the highway, between the village and West Amwell School, for a short period.

    Yesterday a crew planned to build a set piece along Mount Airy-Harbourton Road to be used today.

    "It's working out well," said the lieutenant. He will oversee eight officers who will direct pedestrian and vehicle traffic, their wages covered by the movie's budget.

    In the film, Mr. Smith is brilliant scientist Robert Neville, who is somehow immune to a man-made virus that wiped out human life (except for him) as we know it. For three years he sends out daily radio messages, as desperate to find other survivors as he is to avoid "the infected" -- mutant plague victims. He's driven to reverse the effects of the virus, utilizing the blood that's given him immunity.

    While Mr. Smith is the star, the Hollywood insider offered an inside tip to watch "Alice Braga. You'll know who she is in a few years. She's a big star in Brazil."

    The most unusual thing residents and motorists are likely to see today is a camera mounted on the nose of a helicopter, following a car down the road.

    After the crew has packed up and returned to New York City, where most of the film was shot, the studio spokesman hopes that people here will have had fun. "Most places that I've been to, they enjoy it and talk about it at church on Sunday."

    Warner Bros. Pictures has posted shots of the filming to date, along with a preview, at myspace.com/iamlegendmovie.

    http://www.nj.com/news/hunterdon/index.ssf...oll=12#continue

  11. I AM LEGEND Still Shooting??

    By: Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor

    Source: Scooper 'D'

    Date: Friday, November 9, 2007

    The Warner Bros. production of I AM LEGEND, based on the best selling Richard Matheson novel, seems to be a high profile project for the parties involved here. So, why have we seen only two trailers for this film and little information about it compared to other productions? Well, apparently they're still shooting the film even if it comes out just a month and a week from now...

    Here's what an inside source has to say on the project:

    Will Smith has been filming the ending to "I Am Legend" in New Jersey this week. He's in Mt. Airy, a small Hunterdon County village set amid the rolling farms and hills of Central New Jersey. The local school parking lot just down the road is full of trailers and equipment. And some of the local folks are serving as extras.

    Apparently the film crew showed up pretty suddenly, not a whole lot of warning to the locals. When they finish up in Mt. Airy, they'll be going to South Carolina for a bit more filming.

    I AM LEGEND hits theaters December 14, 2007.

    http://www.mania.com/56587.html

  12. 2007-11-08 13:57:12 -

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    SPIKE LEE, KANYE WEST and WILL SMITH are among the stars nominated for the first ever award ceremony in memory of slain hip-hop star JAM MASTER JAY.

    The J.A.M awards, which will take place on 29 November (07) in New York City, aims to recognise outstanding efforts in promoting social justice, arts and music.

    The Run DMC DJ, real name Jason Mizell, was gunned down in his Queens, New York, studio in October 2002.

    Chuck D, Dr Cornell West and Smith are up for the Justice Award, while Lee, Robert L. Johnston and Lee Quinones are nominated in the Arts Award category.

    West, Nelly and Wyclef Jean will battle it out for the Music Award.

    The awards seek to promote music and arts education among urban schools.

    http://www.pr-inside.com/lee-west-and-smit...for-r290455.htm

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