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According to the article, he's not gonna perform, he'll be a presenter.

Willow Smith to Perform at Kids' Choice Awards Get ready to whip your hair back and forth. Willow Smith will join the Black Eyes Peas and Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush as a performer at this year's Kids' Choice Awards. "I'm so excited to be performing at the Kids' Choice Awards," Smith says. "Really hoping I don't get slimed!" It's safe to say the show will include lots of slime – and big stars. Presenters include Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Josh Duhamel, Jaden Smith, Sofia Vergara, Nick Cannon, Miranda Cosgrove, Cory Monteith and, PEOPLE confirms, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian. Even Britney Spears is set to make a special appearance and funny man Jack Black is hosting for a third time. Record-breaking numbers of fans – 140 million and counting! – have been voting for their favorites at Nick.com and will find out who walks away with a coveted Blimp when the ceremony airs live from Los Angeles on April 2. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20476559,00.html

Carlton Banks, cousin of the Fresh Prince, has confirmed rumors that he will no longer dance to Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual." At a press conference outside of his parent's Bel-Air mansion, Banks approached the podium in a steadfast manner. Standing at a bite-sized 5'6", for which his cousin has slighted him on numerous occasions, Banks said with absolute disgust that Jones and he "…will never dance to the same beat again. Done! Jones can't stand by what he proclaims." Asked what Banks meant by this, he responded "He changed EVERYTIME!" This statement left thousands gathered outside the mansion perplexed because Banks never provided a reason for his decision. While some wondered what the impetus was, others could be heard crying at the foot of the podium. To break the silence standard and familiar to inconceivable surprises, one bold reporter whimpered, "But Carlton, what will you dance to now?" Banks admitting that he felt his affinity for Jones' "It's Not Unusual" was unrequited by the songwriter, proceeded to look the reporter dead square in the eye revealing, "I'll never dance again." Immediately after this statement, a fan close to the podium claimed he overheard Banks say underneath his breath "Oh, I wanna die…" in a somber tone. For those not aware, this is the fifth line of Jones' hit song. The press wondered about this contradiction, but decided it was best not to investigate. Needless to say, the dismal and disheartened crowd quickly changed its face to a rambunctious one. As soon as Banks finished his emphatic speech, Unusual Jones Radicals (UJR) rushed the podium screaming the words to "It's Not Unusual." In an unsuccessful attempt to calm the crowd, Judge Phillip Banks could be heard bellowing, "Order! Order!" http://www.chicagoflame.com/news/carlton-banks-drops-tom-jones-1.2126501

Whipping up a new look: Willow Smith sports pink & orange hair as she returns from Europe tour http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1370246/Willow-Smith-sports-pink--orange-hair-returns-Europe-tour.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDDAh5ARTo4

'Glee's Ryan Murphy No Go For 'Annie' Glee's Ryan Murphy, who was Sony Pictures and Will Smith's choice to direct Willow Smith in the re-imagining of the Broadway musical Annie, has dropped out of contention. Talks broke off and he's not doing the film, I'm told. The project was recently set at Sony Pictures by Overbrook Entertainment partners James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith in the joint venture they formed with Jay-Z to generate films. Willow, who is Smith's daughter, will play the lovable orphan. http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/glees-ryan-murphy-no-go-for-annie/

Haha, another great video man. Apart from making us laugh, it's cool to see you're having fun doing them too!

‘Men In Black 3′ Open Casting Call in NYC There will be an open casting call next month for Men In Black 3, which is currently gearing up to begin filming again in NYC. They are looking for several different ‘types’ of extras, check out all the details below: Grant Wilfley Casting will be holding an open casting call for Men in Black 3 on Wed, April 6 at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 405 w. 59 St. NY. Current Casting Notices for Grant Wilfley Casting: Grant Wilfley Casting is holding an open call for Men In Black 3, which will be filming in NYC from end of March-June 2011. Casting for the following: * 1969 New Yorkers (hippies, beatnik poets, 60s celebrity look-a-likes, bikers, models, etc…); * people who are less than 4′10 for more than 6′5; * plus-sized people; * men and women with character faces. Most scenes take place in 1969 and men and women must be willing to get a hair cut and to work around smoke. Open call will be held on Wed. April 6 at Church of St Paul the Apostle, 405 W 59th Street in Manhattan. 10am-noon for SAG; 1p-4p for NONSAG. If you attended our open calls on Aug. 16, 2010 or Feb. 7, 2011, you should not attend this open call. THERE WILL BE NO OPEN REGISTRATION AT GWC’S OFFICES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2011/03/25/men-in-black-3-open-casting-call-in-nyc/

Yeah! Tim Dowling rewriting 'Uptown Saturday Night' Warner Bros. remake eyed as vehicle for Will Smith and Denzel Washington Exclusive: Warner Bros. and Overbrook Entertainment have brought on comedy scribe Tim Dowling to rewrite "Uptown Saturday Night," a long-in-development remake of the 1974 buddy comedy that David Dobkin ("Wedding Crashers") is attached to direct and exec produce. Overbrook partners Will Smith, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jada Pinkett Smith will produce the remake, which has been in development since 2002 and was originally scripted by Mark and Robb Cullen ("Cop Out"). The original film, penned by NYU professor Richard Wesley and starring Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier, followed two estranged friends who have their wallets stolen at a nightclub. The next morning, they learn that one of their wallets contained a winning lottery ticket, and together, they set out to find it. New pic will likely diverge from the original storyline, and is being eyed as a starring vehicle for two A-list leads such as Smith and Denzel Washington, two thesps Hollywood's rumor mill has long associated with the project. Dowling was named one of Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2010. Scribe previously wrote the hit comedies "Role Models" and "Just Go With It." Lately, Dowling has added action to his resume, having penned the upcoming Chris Pine-Tom Hardy pic "This Means War," as well as the "Midnight Run" sequel for Universal. Dobkin's next film is the Ryan Reynolds-Jason Bateman body-switching comedy "The Change-Up," which Universal releases Aug. 5. He recently became attached to direct "The Judge" for WB, and serves as a producer on the studio's fantasy epic "Jack the Giant Killer." CAA reps Dobkin and Dowling, who is also repped by Mosaic and attorney Rick Genow. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034362?refCatId=13

More pics of Will in NY http://bossip.com/359876/which-one-would-you-hit-boris-kodjoe-vs-will-smith/ http://theybf.com/2011/03/23/candids-meagan-good-craig-david-will-smith-out-about?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YoungBlackAndFabulous+%28Young%2C+Black%2C+and+Fabulous%29

Elizabeth Taylor: A Force on Screen Between the violet eyes and indescribable beauty, the stormy marriages and tabloid headlines, what gets mentioned far too rarely in conversations about Elizabeth Taylor is her talent. When she chose to be – when the material was her equal – she wasn't simply mesmerizing, holding the screen like so few can. She was a force. Taylor became an international sensation in 1944's National Velvet, when the 12-year-old played plucky horse lover Velvet Brown, but it wasn't until 1956's Giant that she came into her own. As the bold, beautiful wife of a Texas ranch owner (Rock Hudson, a close friend until he died), she set the pattern for her career: She would always be at her best playing steely dames, like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's mouthy, sexually frustrated Maggie the Cat, for which she was nominated for an Oscar in 1959. She didn't win until two years later, with a starring role as a woman with a string of illicit affairs in Butterfield 8, a part that coyly toyed with her tabloid persona as a temptress. Though she eventually starred in more than 50 films – some decidedly better than others (1963's Cleopatra is still regarded as one of the greatest fiascos in the history of cinema) – Taylor's greatest work came in the middle of her career with Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (1967). The actress won her second Oscar as the ferocious, boozy Martha, wife of an equally vicious and alcoholic professor, George (Taylor's real-life husband Richard Burton). Her performance is as operatic as they come, one of the greatest examples of venom and vengeance onscreen. The pair were so good, in fact, it's entirely forgivable to imagine that their storied real-life fights looked a little something like Virginia Woolf. In her later years, Taylor was more of an icon than actress, but then she'd earned the right. Sure, she sold perfume and did cartoon cameos (The Simpsons; God, the Devil and Bob), but she also brought enormous awareness to HIV and AIDS starting in the 1980s, a time when few celebrities – much less anyone else – would even mention the disease. She endured marriage strife with a humor few of us would possess, and remained a loyal friend to stars like Hudson and Michael Jackson, even at the height of the gossip frenzies surrounding them. In 1999, when the British-born actress was named a Dame of the British Empire, it was only the formal declaration of something the world already knew: Elizabeth Taylor was a dame of the first order. http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20261725_20465873,00.html ----- RIP Liz Taylor.

Willow Smith Swarms the Stage in Style Willow Smith whipped it good while opening for Justin Bieber on his international “My World” tour. Taking the stage at the Manchester Evening News Arena in England with her Warrioretes crew, the “21st Century Girl” had her futuristic swag down pat—rocking yellow and orange braids over a remixed version of adidas’ classic tracksuit in red and violet with sharp-angled cuts. Check out pics of the pint-sized singer performing across the pond. http://www.rap-up.com/2011/03/21/willow-smith-swarms-the-stage-in-style/

A nice suprise mix of interviews and extras from the hip hop world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HB7kj5Q3Uo

So yeah, I was wrong.. Will Smith emerges in New York Ready to get back to work on the latest installment of the Men in Black franchise, Will Smith made a his arrival at the Trump hotel in Soho, New York on Sunday, March 20th, 2011. The father of three looked a bit camera shy as he tried to make his way in go unnoticed, but always the nice guy, he threw up a peace sign to photographers. http://www.accidentalsexiness.com/2011/03/20/smith-emerges-york/

Voted!

Same! Wish him all the best.

More pics! http://bossip.com/358674/color-me-bad-willow-smith-brings-her-braided-bliss30346/

Willow in Manchester Pics! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1367953/Willow-Smith-reveals-new-waist-length-neon-hair-braids.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Cool article. Thanks for sharing :) Gotta love the picture, by the way! http://media.philly.com/images/600*894/20110317_dn_g1fjen17f.JPG

DJ Jazzy Jeff understands DJ Jazzy Jeff is best known for his role as Will Smith’s lovable sidekick on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and behind the scenes, the pair was just as close. Twenty-five years later, he’s surprised to find himself still working as a full-time DJ. This Friday, he’ll share a bill with Miami’s DJ Irie at the W Fort Lauderdale hotel. He called City Link from his home in Philadelphia to discuss how he became Smith’s BFF, his bond with DJ AM and what happened to the wild wardrobe he wore on TV in the ’90s. Do you remember the first record you ever bought? No, but it was probably something from one of my brothers or sisters. We used to listen to a lot of classic funk and soul. There was a store in Philadelphia that had a sale: three 45s for $1.50. You would go down the list and pick your favorite 45s until you got them all. How did you meet Will Smith? I didn’t grow up with him, but in the early ’80s, instead of everybody wanting to be in a band, everybody wanted to be a DJ. There was an aspiring rapper on every street. We’d have these big parties in the neighborhood and at the YMCA, and Will was just in another rap group in the neighborhood. We knew of each other but we weren’t formally introduced. You kind of knew all the guys from mixtapes or seeing them at parties. Someone asked me to do a party on his street, and the guy I used to have emcee for me was sick that night. When I got there, Will came down and it was the mutual, “Hey, how’s it going?” He asked, “Do you mind if I get on the mike?” I said, “No,” and it was just a really huge bond and a lot of chemistry that night. We had a ball, so the next night, I had another party, and he gave me his number. It was a partnership that kind of just formed without even saying anything. We had a good time and I felt like he read my mind and I read his, and it just kept going on and on and on. Did you get on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air together? No. When we started, his goal was to be on television. At 16, he was saying, “I wanna do TV and music.” We used to joke I could do the music for the TV show. So that’s why even until today, we still look at each other and he’ll say, “Do you believe this?” The only people that really understand what he’s talking about is him and I. To kind of will it into existence is still mind blowing to both of us. Do you ever catch reruns of the show? Sometimes. But I’ve always gone through a weird little thing where it’s so hard for me to watch them. I don’t know why. It’s funny because my oldest son could never watch The Fresh Princewith me in the room. It was just something that was weird to him. He’d say, “I can’t watch you here and right next to me at the same time.” Every once in a while, I’ll watch it and chuckle remembering the behind the scenes and what went into filming those. But I’ve never really sat down and just watched. You used to wear some wild clothes. Did you keep any of the clothes you wore on the show? I tried to keep as many of the clothes as I humanly, possibly could. It was funny because I had a little scheme going. I never relocated to the West Coast, so I commuted when I did the show. My flight out was always a Friday-night-red-eye flight right after we finished taping. As soon as I finished my last scene, I’d race to the car and leave. A lot of times, I never had a chance to change my clothes, which was by design because I wanted to keep some of the clothes. They really had some cool clothes. Are you working on a new album? I just finished a new album with a young lady from Toronto named Ayah. We’re going to try to put it out later this year. She’s an R&B artist. I’m doing the music production. Have you DJ’ed with Irie before? Oh, yeah. A bunch of times in Miami and Vegas. Have you ever battled one another? Oh, no, no. I’m so far from that. Now, I just want to get up there and make sure everybody has a good time. What was it like working with the late DJ AM, and do you have a favorite memory of him? One of them was in Miami at Mansion. We did a show there that was incredible. It was probably the first time him and I played together. We played two records a piece at the same time and we’d go back and forth and do routines together. People really, really loved it. It was during Winter Music Conference and it was a packed house. I actually have a live recording of that set. It kind of started the whole ball rolling that we would do that a lot. [Losing him] was really bad. It sucked. Do you plan to release the recording? I got it from someone who sent it to me on the Internet. The Internet is a very interesting place because it allows shows and recordings to never die. Someone is always posting somewhere to keep the memory out there. It’s amazing to see pictures and videos from stuff Will and I did early on that we lost. People have found it and posted it on the Internet, and we’re sitting there saying, “Oh, my God, thank you.” We have an unofficial DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Web site a guy from Australia started. It was so funny when I found it. He had the best accounting of everything Will and I had done together and separately. Will you ever do more acting? Possibly. I’ve been hounding Will for a part in Men in Black 3. Almost every movie he has made, he’s asked me to come to the set and do something, and I hadn’t. So I think when I told him I wanted to do something in Men in Black 3, he didn’t believe me. They started shooting in December and took a break and they’re supposed to start shooting again later this month. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/citylink/music/sfl-dj-jazzy-jeff-understands-20110317,0,1852320.story ----- Awesome. Someone must be proud!

Never too old: Justin Bieber joins Willow Smith hitting up Hamleys toy shop http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1366767/Never-old-Justin-Bieber-joins-Willow-Smith-hitting-Hamleys-toy-shop.html

Willow Smith Entrance - London o2 Arena My World Tour 16th March

Hmmm.. I'm not sure if these pics are new or not, but I really don't think so. The only site that has posted them is PerezHilton.com (ewww!) and their source is: http://www.buzzfoto.com/2011/03/will-smith-hires-private-jet-after-refusing-to-sit-in-economy-for-bieber-tour/will-smith-hires-private-jet-after-refusing-to-sit-in-economy-for-bieber-tour/ So it's strange, but if they were recent pictures there would be many more sources and that's not the case. I think these pictures were taken on November 2010 like the others we posted before. Probably I'm wrong though. Let's wait and see :)

RIP Nate