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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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

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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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I didn’t want to believe this, but the drama surrounding Will Smith and Jada Pinkett's marriage is just not looking good.

Rumors have been surfacing that Jada and her HawthoRNe costar, Marc Anthony, have been getting it on. That means banging, in case you needed clarification.

On the show, Jada plays the wife of Michael Vartan, who she is cheating on--with Marc Anthony. As well all know, Marc and Jennifer Lopez recently announced their divorce. Dear god, I hope this doesn’t have anything to do with it.

But In Touch Weekly is now claiming that in early August, Will was becoming suspicious that Jada and Marc were having an affair.
Everyone was upset Tuesday amid rumors that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett were splitting. In fact, that wasn't an earthquake on the east coast yesterday. That was everyone running to their rooms, slamming the door and crying in bed. But Will and Jada squashed the rumors relatively quickly, and we all breathed a collective sigh of relief. The couple released the following statement:

"Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact."

Now, the couple has allegedly met with their legal team. A source close to the situation told RadarOnline:
Two rumors were created and squashed all before lunchtime. Where else can you create a rumor that Jada Pinkett Smith is cheating on Will Smith with Marc Anthony and because of it the Pinkett-Smiths are separating? Hollywood, where else?! Hollywood: Where dreams are born and then go to die.

This morning the rumor circulated that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were separating. We know this is false because Jada's son Trey Smith told us so via twitter. "Did WillandJada split? No They did NOT split!" he tweeted. In the short time it took that rumor to circulate and then die, the tabloid gods also...
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UPDATE: The couple's rep just released this statement: "Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact."

There are a lot of awful things going on in the world right now. Wars, a failing economy, Darfur. But if Will Smith and Jada Pinkett separate, that just might push us over the edge.

Reports surfaced this morning that the hot Hollywood couple has split after thirteen years of marriage. And they had an open relationship, too--so what could've possibly happened? Smith said of their marriage fidelity:

“Our perspective is you don't avoid what's natural. You're going to be attracted to people. In our marriage vows, we didn't say 'forsaking all others'. "If it came down to it, then one can say to the other, 'Look, I need to have sex with somebody. I'm not going to if you don't approve of it - but please approve of it'."
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Woohoo! I'm trending on Twitter! Oh, wait, no, I'm dead.

This morning subjected us to yet another celebrity death hoax. Tuesday night, both Facebook and Twitter were buzzing with the news of Jackie Chan's death. Again.

Good news, Chan is alive and well. Well, most likely. There's been no update to his Facebook or Twitter page since Tuesday, and his reps have not responded to the claims. Probably because they can't keep up with them. Chan was rumored to be dead back in March as well.

Chan is definitely not the first subject of celebrity death hoaxes. In fact, it's been a pretty busy year for them. Here are 10 celebs you might have thought died in 2011.

Hilary Duff: Reports of Hilary's death surfaced on August 11. She apparently fell off of a cliff at a golf course in New Zealand. Well, that's creative.

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