Will Smith is the undisputed king of the July 4 weekend movie blockbuster — and this year is no different.

In his latest film, “Hancock,” Smith plays a superhero with a mysterious past and a bad attitude. The actor refers to the title role as a “bum superhero”

“He is rude. Mean to kids,” he told Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith. “Like that was so bizarre and opposite to, you know, what my natural instincts (are). It actually was difficult for the first couple of weeks, but actually turned into one of those guilty pleasures.” (more…)

Jamie Foxx, Amanda Peet, Chris Daughtry, Queen Latifah and a very pregnant Minnie Driver turned up at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre Monday night to watch Will Smith save the world once again, this time as an ambivalent superhero in Hancock.

But where was Smith’s main man, Tom Cruise, who has turned up at almost every one of Smith’s movie premieres since Cruise and Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, co-starred in 2004’s Collateral?

“He still had some things to do for Valkyrie,” said Pinkett Smith of her friend’s 2009 Adolf Hitler assassination plot drama. “But he let us know, ‘Sorry, I can’t make it tonight.’ ”

Pinkett Smith wowed in a jade Herve Leroux gown, while her husband called himself “aggressive” for turning up in a Tom Ford checkered suit. “I was feeling sexy about myself,” said Smith, 39. (more…)

Will Smith ’s soon-to-open private school is not a Scientology facility, as some reports have suggested, the academy’s director said.

Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have founded the New Village Academy, scheduled to open in September.

The school will use instructional methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard called study technology. And a few teachers belong to the church.

But the couple say they are not Scientologists, and the academy’s director insists the facility has no religious affiliation. (more…)

They say the pen is mightier than the sword.

And in Hollywood, sometimes a Sharpie can be more important than the box office—at least when it comes to Will Smith and his pal Tom Cruise.

The Hancock star tells USA Today about the friendly stars’ long-standing rivalry about who spends the most time signing his, well, John Hancock.

“It’s hard to beat that dude,” says Smith. “He has another gear. He did 2½ hours in France for Mission: Impossible on the red carpet. Now when I go to France, people will say, ‘You know, Tom was out here for 2½ hours.’ ” (more…)

A-List celebrities like Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Oprah Winfrey descended upon London’s Hyde Park Wednesday for a star-studded dinner as part of a week-long celebration honoring Nelson Mandela.

The former South African president is in London for a series of events to celebrate his 90th birthday, including a big outdoor concert at Hyde Park on Friday — with proceeds benefiting his 46664 charity. The show coincides with the 20th anniversary of London’s Free Mandela concert, which called for his release from prison.

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Actor WILL SMITH has warned his wife JADA PINKETT SMITH that her demand he takes time off from acting will leave her exhausted in the bedroom.

Pinkett Smith has begged the 39-year-old to take a break when he ends his world tour promoting new movie Hancock.

He says, “I’ve been working a lot the last couple of years. My wife has said we have to take the next five months off. I enjoy my job, I really enjoy working.

“She might need to be prepared to have lots of sex.”
Source: Showbiz Spy

Will Smith gatecrashed his Hancock co-star Charlize Therons interview after hearing the actress had been lying about him on camera.

The actor had already spoken to a reporter as part of a segment for U.S. TV show Extra show and Theron was talking about her role as Smiths sidekick - when he barged in.

Reporter A.J. Calloway confirmed to Smith that Theron was boasting she was fitter than the Ali star.

The actress is said to have confided: “He (Smith) was incredibly scared because I am so ripped.” (more…)

Box office champ Will Smith has become as synonymous with the Fourth of July as fireworks and backyard barbecues - but the star says he takes nothing for granted as he opens yet another summer holiday blockbuster with his new action film, “Hancock.”

“I feel like I have a relationship with the audience,” Smith told Matt Lauer on the TODAY set, winding his way through a cheering throng of fans. “They agree they are going to go in droves, and I agree that every time they go, it’s going to be better than the last time.”

Smith, 39, has launched such all-time action hits as “Independence Day” and “Men in Black” on Fourth of July weekends past. And now he is an odds-on favorite to add another film financial bonanza to his resume with “Hancock,” in which he plays a boozy comic book-style hero who has a bad attitude and often does more harm than good. (more…)

HANCOCK star Will Smith has told T4’s Steve Jones that he may be about to appear in a Bollywood movie.

Speaking in the Channel 4 show, Smith said: “I’ve made a couple of speculative deals in India. We’ve got some Bolly-Will movies going on!”

There is a little bad news though. It seems that Big Willie may not be about to star in a new BAD BOYS movie anytime soon.

“I probably won’t do that. There have been pitches, and the concept is genius for ‘Bad Boys 3′ but I’ve moved on now.” He said.
Source: The Hollywood News

He may play a disgruntled superhero in ‘Hancock,’ but Will Smith is always entertaining in person. He sat down with our Kevin Frazier to talk about facing off against daughter Willow at the box office, and those crazy rumors about him and co-star Charlize Theron!

WILL Smith is officially the most powerful man in Hollywood. And this is no idle statement: the US magazine Newsweek awarded him the title after almost every one of his movies delivered a first-weekend gross of $US30 million or more.

The 39-year-old commands more than $US20 million per film, with his career to date generating box-office sales of more than $US5 billion worldwide. His last film alone, 2007’s I Am Legend, debuted with a staggering $US76.5 million.

It was a personal best for Smith and set the record for a US December opening for any film, leading one industry insider to declare: “Will Smith is the only thing in this business - the only thing - that represents a guaranteed opening weekend.”

So the producers will be lighting victory cigars again with the release of his new comedy, Hancock, opening on July 3. (more…)

Women who drool over Will Smith should get ready to be bowled over, as the Hollywood hunk claims that he is to get hotter in the years to come.

Speaking at the London premiere for his latest film about a drunken superhero, ‘Hancock’ with Charlize Theron, the soon to be 40 star said that he is going to work on himself in the near future. “I’m going to be in my innovative prime over the next four to five years,” The Daily Express quoted him as saying.

He added: “I have lots of ideas about life and the universe. My tools are sharp and I’m in great health. My life is exactly how I want it to be. I’m hot, hot, hot!” (more…)

Super powers? Sure, they might come in handy, but Will Smith says he doesn’t need ‘em.

“My life is exactly how I wanted it to be,” Smith told reporters on the red carpet at the June 18 London premiere of his new movie Hancock, in which he plays an unmotivated superhero.

“I wake up every day and I wouldn’t change a thing,” he said.

Smith – who recently spoke of his enduring 10-year marriage to actress Jada Pinkett Smith – appeared in a frisky mood, chatting with fans gathered in Central London’s Leicester Square, signing autographs and taking happy snaps of well-wishers. (more…)

Will Smith has revealed that David Beckham will teach him how to play football.

Speaking at the premiere of his new film Hancock, Smith told The Mirror that Beckham had agreed to coach him and his family.

“David Beckham is one of the best soccer players in the world,” he said. “I begged him to teach me how to play and he promises he will. We can’t wait!”

Smith’s Hancock co-star Charlize Theron recently admitted that she was “shocked” when Smith accidentally slapped her on the film’s set.

Hancock is scheduled for release on July 2.
Source: Digital Spy

Hollywood actor Will Smith thrilled fans at the UK premiere of his latest film, Hancock, with a red-carpet walkabout in London’s Leicester Square.

The star, who plays bungling superhero Hancock, spent time posing for photographs and signing autographs.

He told fans: “You guys always take really good care of me… this is a beautiful thing.”

Smith, 39, was joined at the screening by Hancock co-stars Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman. (more…)