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In 1990 'House Party' became one of the first hip-hop buddy comedies ever and a benchmark in film for urban Gen-Xers. Written and directed by Reginald Hudlin this coming-of-age flick starred rappers Christopher "Kid" Reid and Chris "Play" Martin as two high school friends trying to pull off the ultimate house party while Play's parents were away. While the concept was not totally new, the execution and style was unlike anything attempted before. Where their big screen predecessors were either raw ('Wildstyle,' 'Breakin,' 'Krush Groove') or just goofy ('Disorderlies') 'House Party' had the right balance of emotion and humor. Before Eminem earned accolades for his verbal confrontations in '8 Mile,' Kid-N-Play had their own rap battle right in their living room, complete with choreographed dance moves! The late Robin Harris as the loveable "Pop" and comedian Martin Lawrence as "Bilal," the reluctant DJ with a halitosis problem, buoyed the fledging rappers turned actors. 'House Party' grossed a respectable $26M during its box office run and spawned three sequels. A little known fact is that the starring roles were originally meant for an actual rapper and DJ named The Fresh Prince, (aka Will Smith) and his partner DJ Jazzy Jeff. So what happened? During a red carpet event for TV One, Christopher "Kid" Reid explained how he and Play were ultimately offered the movie and how they inadvertently returned the favor by turning down what became 'Fresh Prine of Bel-Air.' WATCH VIDEO HERE: http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/02/28/will-smith-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-house-party/

I'm with Lerkot. I just can't understand why so many people find 'The Social Network' so special. It was just an average movie. Glad it didn't win the most important awards of the night. And the show was pretty boring in my opinion. Again.

WILLOW SMITH – “21ST CENTURY GIRL” – LYRICS Give me an inch, I promise I’ll take a mile Danger is beauty, I’ll face it with a smile I’m on a mission with no restrictions Don’t second guess myself, I’m born to be wild I’m the type of chick who likes to rock the beat, I like to rock the beat, I like to rock the, rock the beat CHORUS 21st century girl, I do what I like I’m takin’ you for a ride Yeah, I’m gonna live it up, just live it up 21st century girl, a beautiful life 21st century girl, us girls side by side 21st century girl, yeah, I’m gonna live it up, just live it up Step on the brakes, then I’ma step on the gas I am a rebel, but I do it with class I set the boundies, the rules don’t own me I’m livin’ life on the edge, I choose my path I’m the type of chick who likes to rock the beat, I like to rock the beat, I like to rock the, rock the beat I’m the kind of chick that knocks you off your feet, that knocks you off your feet, that knocks you off your, off your feet CHORUS 21st century girl, I do what I like 21st century girl, I’m takin’ you for a ride 21st century girl, Yeah, I’m gonna live it up, just live it up 21st century girl, a beautiful life 21st century girl, us girls side by side 21st century girl, yeah, I’m gonna live it up, just live it up I feel like I can take over the world if only if I get my dreams out Pull gold from my soul, pull diamonds from my heart It’s that new girl thinkin’ and this song is just the start! CHORUS 21st century girl, I do what I like 21st century girl, I’m takin’ you for a ride 21st century girl, Yeah, I’m gonna live it up, just live it up 21st century girl, a beautiful life 21st century girl, us girls side by side 21st century girl, yeah, I’m gonna live it up, just live it up http://ryanseacrest.com/2011/02/28/world-premiere-listen-to-willow-smiths-second-single-21st-century-girl-audio/

The 83rd Academy Awards belonged to The King’s Speech, which won four Oscars from its 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper), and Original Screnplay (David Seidler). The complete winners list below: BEST PICTURE 127 Hours Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right WINNER: The King’s Speech The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone BEST ACTOR Javier Bardem, Biutiful Jeff Bridges, True Grit Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network WINNER: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech James Franco, 127 Hours BEST ACTRESS Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone WINNER: Natalie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit David Fincher, The Social Network WINNER: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech David O. Russell, The Fighter BEST SONG “Coming Home,” Country Strong, Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey “I See the Light,” Tangled, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater “If I Rise,” 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong WINNER: “We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman BEST EDITING 127 Hours, Jon Harris Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum The Fighter, Pamela Martin The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar WINNER: The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Alice in Wonderland, Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi Hereafter, Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell WINNER: Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick BEST DOCUMENTARY Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic WINNER: Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynley BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT The Confession, Tanel Toom The Crush, Michael Creagh WINNER: God of Love, Luke Matheny Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Killing in the Name (Nominees TBD) Poster Girl (Nominees (TBD) WINNER: Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lenno BEST COSTUME DESIGN WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi The King’s Speech, Jenny Beaven The Tempest, Sandy Powell True Grit, Mary Zophres BEST MAKEUP Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot The Way Back, Eduoard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng WINNER: The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey BEST SOUND EDITING WINNER: Inception, Richard King Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers TRON: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger BEST SOUND MIXING WINNER: Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell Inception, Hans Zimmer The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat WINNER: The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WINNER: Christian Bale, The Fighter John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone Jeremy Renner, The Town Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria) Incendies (Canada) WINNER: In a Better World (Denmark) Dogtooth (Greece) Biutiful (Mexico) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Another Year, written by Mike Leigh The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; 
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson Inception, written by Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg WINNER: The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy WINNER: The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin Toy Story 3, Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich True Grit, written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Winter’s Bone, adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini BEST ANIMATED FILM How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist WINNER: Toy Story 3 BEST ANIMATED SHORT Day & Night, Teddy Newton The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe WINNER: The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams, The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech WINNER: Melissa Leo, The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Black Swan, Matthew Libatique WINNER: Inception, Wally Pfister The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth True Grit, Roger Deakins BEST ART DIRECTION WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart, Judy Farr True Grit, Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/02/27/oscars-winner/

Word! These are the best ideas for me too.

It's a pleasure ;) Welcome 2 the board, BTW! Another catchy song. I don't like it :laugh: This kid is gonna be a superstar though!

We are still over a year away from the May 25, 2012 release of Men in Black III, the official end to Will Smith’s three-and-a-half year hiatus from movies following Seven Pounds. Smith is attached to about a dozen projects that could be his next: an Annie remake with daughter Willow, the epic-sounding The City That Sailed (we were this close), the Wachowski Robin Hood re-imagining Hood. Two other candidates suggest his Smith has kept his nose in the Good Book. There’s The Legend of Cain, a vampiric take on the story of Cain and Abel, and Joe, a modern version of the harrowing tale of Job. Screenwriting team Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Fighter) sold Joe to Sony Pictures and Smith’s production company Overbrook Entertainment; Smith is attached to star. In a recent interview, Tamasy spoke about their approach to updating the Biblical story, and revealed the studio wants to sign The Fighter director David O. Russell to helm Joe. Read what Tamasy had to say after the jump. Eric D. Snider and Jeff Bayer brought Tamasy on to their Movie B.S. podcast to talk about The Fighter and tonight’s Oscar ceremony. (And lots about Air Bud, which Tamasy also wrote.) But the writer was very open when the subject of Joe came up: http://collider.com/will-smith-joe-job/78131/

I guess both :laugh: Thanks 4 sharing lena!

Bieber excited about Willow support slot Source: http://www.etonline.com/news/108035_Justin_Bieber_Reveals_Big_17th_Birthday_Plans_Just_Relax/

Now I can't get this Warsaw Radio Mast song outta my head! :shocked: :faint:

A thank you from Will and Jada Pinkett Smith

Willow Smith Hosts Skating Party For Fans “Whip My Hair” singer Willow Smith hosts a V.I.P skating party at Fleetwood Roller Rink on Monday (February 21) in Summit, Ill. The 10-year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith met her pint-sized fans and advocated her “I Love Me” campaign, which encourages kids to love themselves and each other. Willow will soon release her new song, “21st Century Girl“. She shot the video last month in California. http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/02/23/willow-smith-skating-party/

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Jay-Z on Willow & Justin http://www.rapbasement.com/jay-z/022211-jay-z-and-lebron-james-talk-boys-and-girls-club-charity-and-new-artist-willow-smith-watch-now.html

HawthoRNe - DVDs Announced for 'Season 2' of TNT's Series Starring Jada Pinkett Smith 3-disc set, filled with extras, will be available in earl May Jada Pinkett Smith stars as Director of Nursing Christina Hawthorne. In Season Two, when cutbacks close Richmond Trinity, Christina and several of her fellow doctors and nurses join the struggling James River Hospital. She defies enormous odds to rescue a heroin-addicted mother, confronts angry protesters to save a death row patient, and takes on the entire review board to keep the new hospital open. On the home front, Christina also fights to raise her rapidly maturing daughter, while deciding if Christina herself is ready for a closer relationship with the Chief of Surgery Dr. Wakefield (Michael Vartan, TV's "Alias"). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced today that HawthoRNe - Season 2, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, is coming to DVD on May 3rd. The 3-disc set running 425 minutes will be presented in anamorphic widescreen video, with English 5.1 audio and closed captioning. Bonus material includes the Featurettes "A New Season", "Fresh Faces", "Advanced Medicine", the "I Run This" Photo Shoot, and a Cast Photo Shoot. Cost is $29.95 SRP, and here is the package art: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hawthorne-Season-2/15046

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Video: Katy Perry Covers Rihanna, Jay-Z, Willow Smith At ‘California Dreams’ Tour Kick-Off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp6UBHcb-HU

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I liked 'Joey' too, and I hated it when they cancelled it!

I'd LOVE to see this happen since Clint Eastwood is one of my all-time favorite directors.

- 'Dexter' - 'House MD' - 'The Mentalist' - 'The Walking Dead' - 'Boardwalk Empire' - 'Fringe' And I'm re-watching 'Seinfeld'. My favorite sitcom right after 'Friends'.

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Alice Eve Recruited For MIB III She'll play a young Emma Thompson Most of the recent news about Men In Black III has been distinctly dodgy, with reports in just the last couple of days about studio clashes, shifting shooting schedules and script rewrites by Catch Me If You Can’s Jeff Nathanson. So everyone involved is probably relieved that the latest word is some casting info, with Alice Eve signing on. Last seen in She’s Out of My League and a small role in Sex and the City 2, Eve is on to play Olivia, hired by the MIB agency in 1969 as a secretary. Despite jealous claims she got the job because of her looks, Agent Oh proves to be a smart cookie, and, in the present day, she’s played by Emma Thompson and running the joint. We’re assuming here that MIB boss Zed, who in the first two movies was played by Rip Torn, may only be a cameo this time around. The movie starts in the present day, and then sees Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) time-travelling back to the 1960s where J will team up with a younger version of K, played by Josh Brolin to – as usual – save the planet. Despite the apparent script problems, director Barry Sonnenfeld has cobbled together an early version of the film’s first act (the modern-day scenes, which were filmed before Christmas) and convinced Sony to let him take some downtime to tweak the period sections with Nathanson and original scribe Etan Cohen. Hopefully it’ll make for a better film, with the 3D release still set for May 23 next year. James White http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=30199

'Men in Black III' production pushed back again EXCLUSIVE: The theme song goes, “Here come the Men in Black.” But they’re not coming so fast. After a hiatus of nearly two months, "Men in Black III," the third installment in the sci-fi/comedy franchise, was to resume production this week in New York. But studio Sony and the film's producers have pushed back the production date again. Shooting is now delayed to March 28 owing to ongoing script issues, according to a person close to the 3-D production who was not authorized to speak about it publicly. The delay comes on the heels of a previous postponement and hiatus. The Will Smith sequel was initially set to start shooting in October. But producers delayed the start date by nearly a month (a New York Post report at the time noted creative disagreements between Smith and filmmakers, a report that Sony denied). About a month later, producers opted to break production of the film into two phases: the first part, set in the present, would begin in November and wrap before the holidays (it in fact did that), but the second part, set in 1969, would not begin shooting until mid-February. In the meantime, "Catch Me If You Can" screenwriter Jeff Nathanson was brought in to do new work on the script, working off a previous draft by "Tropic Thunder" writer Etan Coen. It's very unusual for a production of such scale to take a holiday break of nearly two months. At the time, producer Walter Parkes and a Sony spokesperson said that a mix of seasonal concerns and tax incentives, not creative disagreements, were responsible for the break. "We had to start shooting this year to take advantage of New York State tax incentives, but we also needed to be able to shoot certain exteriors in warmer weather," Parkes told 24 Frames last year. "So back in July we had the idea to keep the start date but build in a hiatus so we could essentially extend the production to late spring.” The person close to the production said that although producers had hoped they could begin shooting this week, the lack of a ready script made that impossible. Parkes and a Sony spokesman were not immediately available for comment. The plot for the new film, which is being directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (helmer of the first two installments), takes the franchise further into whimsical territory. In addition to Smith as Agent J, Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role as the wisecracking Agent K in the present (the part already shot). Josh Brolin, through a time-travel twist, plays a young Agent K from 1969 who encounters countercultural figures such as Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono, according to a person who read a version of the script in November. It's unclear if the delays will affect the movie's planned May 2012 release date. After years of rumors, "Men in Black III" began to come together in 2009, as Sony looked to reprise the magic that made the franchise a global blockbuster. The initial two movies -- the first of which was released in 1997 and the second in 2002 -- tallied a whopping $1.03 billion in combined worldwide box office. In a recent interview, Brolin told 24 Frames that the delays were making him a little impatient. "It’s one of those things where they say, 'OK, I’m going to go in a week' and then they say, 'Actually, it’s going to be two weeks.' OK, that’s all right. And then they go, 'OK, it’s going to be three,' " he said. "I mean, come on already." http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/02/men-in-black-3-delayed-again-march-will-smith.html

Love this 1, man! You make me laugh :laugh: