Will Smith

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Birthday: September 25, 1968
Age: 43
Sign: Libra
Birthplace: West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA
Big Break: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Biography

American actor, producer and rapper Will Smith was born on September 25, 1968 in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While in high school, Smith and friend DJ Jazzy Jeff began collaborating musically. They won critical acclaim and earned a Grammy in 1988. After near bankruptcy, Smith signed on to star in NBC show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show was a success and helped launch his movie career.

Smith's first notable role came in Six Degrees of Separation. He starred alongside Martin Lawrence in the action film Bad Boys in 1995. Smith followed with blockbuster hits Independence Day and Men in Black.

Smith won Best Actor for his portrayal of Muhammad Ali in 2001. He received another Academy Award nomination for his work in The Pursuit of Happyness in 2006. Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997 and they have two children. He has a son from a previous marriage as well. Most recently, Smith has starred in I Am Legend and Hancock.

Did you know…
  • He could bench 385 pounds while filming I, Robot
  • He enjoys playing chess
  • He speaks fluent Spanish
  • He turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix
  • He turned down MIT to pursue a music career
  • He wrote the children's book Just the Two of Us
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The Smith family isn’t just oozing with talent, they’re apparently really supportive too.

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith will be celebrating their 15-year wedding anniversary this year. According to Smith, it’s putting family before business that’s kept the couple close all these years.

The actor spoke with People magazine about their successful relationship, putting an end to rumors that their marriage could be on the rocks.
He’s been called many things… “The red carpet kiss bandit,” “The reporter who was slapped by Will Smith,” and probably a heck of a lot of “f***er”s and “a**hole”s by Smith himself. But after all the press attention, Vitalli Sediuk now goes on the record as “apologetic.”

Sediuk made all sorts of headlines last week when he moved in for a kiss with Smith at a red carpet event in Moscow. Smith reacted by shoving him away. But the Ukrainian reporter says the whole incident was blown out of proportion.

In an interview with Hip Hollywood, Sediuk said he was not trying to kiss Smith on the lips.
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Will Smith doesn’t just throw down in action movies. He does it in real life too!

The actor pushed and slapped a Ukrainian reporter on the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of Men In Black 3 after the reporter leaned over a barrier and tried to kiss Smith on the lips.

Smith initially embraced the reporter in an unexpected hug. The reporter then continued to kiss Smith on the cheeks and then tried for a shot at the lips before Smith pushed him away.

“Hey man, what the hell is your problem?” Will said.
Several months ago, it was rumored that there was trouble in paradise for Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and that they were getting a divorce.

They shot down the rumors and we all breathed a sigh of relief. Then, like once every two months since then, this couple will pop up in the tabloids with heading likes “Will and Jada Smith don't sleep in the same house” or “Will Smith cheating on Jada with Tom Cruise” or whatever.
Selena Gomez was the big winner last night at the 2012 Kids Choice Awards.

Selena, who was rocking a Dolce & Gabbana look very similar to Katy Perry’s took home 2 awards, one for Favorite TV Actress for the now defunct ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ and a second gong for Favorite Female Singer at the ceremony in which over 220 million votes were cast.

She said: "After no longer doing my show, knowing you guys still watch it means so much."
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Earlier this week Jennifer Hudson admitted that she was the first choice to play Precious in the gritty Oscar winning film "Precious," but turned down the role because she was afraid to gain all that weight. "I had gained weight with Effie [her role in "Dreamgirls"] and as much as I was moved by this film, I wanted to try a role that had nothing whatsoever to do with my weight."

So she then went and appeared in the "Sex and The City" movie instead, because that was a great movie! Same caliber as "Precious" and everything!

So anyways, what other actors were "almost" in a movie. Or turned down a role at the last minute?

Will Smith: Will Smith was THIS close to playing Keanu Reeve's part in "The Matrix." You know, I could see "The Matrix" starring Will Smith instead, too bad Will choose the blue pill. Or the red pill? Whichever one is the wrong one, he chose that-ok, this Matrix reference is not working out.

Here we go again. Welcome to Round 2 of the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith divorce rumors, folks. And I really hope they’re just rumors, because I don’t think I can handle another split. I barely got out of bed for Katy and Russell.

Jada Pinkett has reportedly met with high-profile divorce attorney Laura Wasser. Wasser is a powerhouse lawyer who has repped stars like Britney Spears and Kim Kardashian. So it looks like her specialty is world’s shortest marriages.

According to In Touch Weekly, a source says the couple has

Not to be outdone by his superstar daughter, Will Smith is making a huge return to Hollywood. Smith stars in the upcoming sequel, Men in Black 3, and the first official trailer from Sony Pictures has just been released.

The third movie in the series looks just as entertaining, and possibly even more action-packed, than the first two movies. And you know, we’ve been asking stars like Alessandra Ambrosio and Karina Smirnoff what they do to stay young, but as it turns out, we should’ve been asking Will Smith all along. Because the man has not aged. He could do a remake of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and it would still be totally believable.

Men in Black 3 has been highly anticipated for a while now, with the original flick hitting the box office 15 years ago. The sequel has Will Smith’s Agent J reuniting with Agent K, played by Tommy Lee Jones. The two team up for their usual alien-fighting adventures.
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Somebody get this motherf-ckin' money in my motherf-ckin' pockets!

Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in over 100 movies, which have raked in a total of $7.4 billion. This is according to the Guinness World Records. So I guess his saying yes to every role paid off. Literally. He has officially been named the highest grossing actor of all time.

Jackson beat out Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Matt Damon. The honor comes from Jackson making movies like Jurassic Park, which made $914 million. And he knew better than to say no to Star Wars. His portrayal of Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels helped the franchise rake in $2 billion. Star Wars nerds helped, too.

In comparison, Matt Damon's movies have grossed 2.062 billion, with his highest grossing being
Proving that there’s no funny business going on between Marc Anthony and Jada Pinkett Smith, Marc and Will Smith snapped a photo together at the Miami Dolphins New England Patriots football game last night.

There, that proves it. How can you cheat on your wife with someone else’s wife and then pose all chummy with the other woman’s man? Unless there’s some weird wife-swapping going on, but this isn’t a TLC documentary, so I think we can rule that out.

Marc and Will took the photo where they sat together in the skybox. Will has his arm around Marc and Marc is throwing up a peace sign, which is the universal sign for “I’m not screwing this dudes wife.”

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