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  1. 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/
  2. More pics! http://bossip.com/358674/color-me-bad-willow-smith-brings-her-braided-bliss30346/
  3. 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
  4. Cool article. Thanks for sharing :) Gotta love the picture, by the way! http://media.philly.com/images/600*894/20110317_dn_g1fjen17f.JPG
  5. 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!
  6. 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
  7. Willow Smith Entrance - London o2 Arena My World Tour 16th March
  8. 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 :)
  9. More pix from Will on the set: http://perezhilton.com/2011-03-15-will-smith-new-york-city-men-in-black-three-set-soho-hotel
  10. Justin Bieber's UK Dinner with the Smiths Enjoying some downtime with her kids, Jada Pinkett Smith escorted daughter Willow and son Jaden to meet Justin Bieber for dinner in London, England on Tuesday night (March 15). As you can imagine, the gang drew in a plethora of fans and paparazzi as they made their way into the swanky UK restaurant. Being the involved mother she is, Jada recently spoke on Willow’s behalf regarding her daughter’s upcoming movie role in the remake of “Annie.” “We’re still putting the project together putting our feelers out there and figuring out what our team is going to be. But what I will say is that we're really excited about it and were working very hard,” the “Reign Over Me” actress told. As for the trip to the UK, Willow is currently the opening act for Justin's My World tour efforts. Pics! http://celebrity-gossip.net/justin-bieber/justin-biebers-uk-dinner-smiths-487432
  11. Alec Baldwin Won’t Star in Men in Black III http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/alec_baldwin_wont_star_in_men.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Fvulture+%28Vulture+-+nymag.com%27s+Entertainment+and+Culture+Blog%29
  12. Jada Pinkett Smith Says U.S. TV Shows Aren’t Given Chance To Succeed Pinkett Smith, in London on Monday promoting the launch of Sony Entertainment Television, the studio’s first branded UK channel, says the economy has made the U.S. TV marketplace even more brutal. “Shows are not being given enough time to find their feet,” says the star and executive producer of TNT's Sony TV-produced Hawthorne. “The economy has hit the TV industry very hard; lots of people have lost their jobs.” Pinkett Smith admits she finds both starring in and producing Hawthorne a strain. But she wanted to earn her producer chops quickly, which is why she was attracted to doing a weekly TV show. On a big movie like Karate Kid -- which she also produced -- everything moves slowly by comparison. “I felt that I wasn’t acquiring the skills that I wanted to," she says. "Moving to TV, my skills got tight very quickly. On a television show you’ve got seven days to make it happen. We’re making a movie every single week.” Husband Will Smith is very involved in Hawthorne, Pinkett Smith says -- he’s just given script notes on the first three episodes of the current season, which TNT will kick off in the U.S. in June. “Will is a master when it comes to structure as far as story is concerned, there’s nobody better in the business,” she says. “It’s not easy working with your husband.” The Smiths are still in negotiations with Ryan Murphy for him to direct a remake of Annie, starring their daughter Willow. There is not a start date. SET launches in the UK on April 7, with Hawthorne as the central plank of its schedule. Aimed at women ages 25-54, the channel will feature movies both old and new, plus U.S. imports such as 'Til Death and Huff. http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/jada-pinkett-smith-says-u-s-tv-shows-aren%E2%80%99t-given-chance-to-succeed/
  13. Will spotted leaving the Trump Soho hotel last night http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2011/03/13/will-smith-willow-smith-jaden-smith/
  14. Justin Bieber, Willow Smith Play Liverpool Echo Arena Pics! http://www.gigwise.com/photos/61936/Justin-Bieber-Willow-Smith-Play-Liverpool-Echo-Arena
  15. HawthoRNe: Season Three of TNT Series Coming in June TNT's medical drama, HawthoRNe, which stars Jada Pinkett-Smith, will be back for a third season this spring. The first of 10 new episodes will debut on Tuesday, June 14th - paired with the kick off of the second season of Memphis Beat. http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/hawthorne-season-three-19313/
  16. Thanks for sharing FFS! Never seen this before
  17. Willow Smith and her daddy, Will Smith were seen leaving The Merrion Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Will thanked the doorman for putting up with all of her fans outside of the hotel over the past week. http://en.terra.com/music/pictures/willow_smith_in_ireland_with_her_daddy/63302
  18. More pics of Willow! http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2011/03/08/willow-smith-21st-century-girl-in-dublin/
  19. Posted by Justin Bieber on Twitter: My boy @officialjaden looks the same as he did when he was 6 hhaha (photo shot by me)
  20. Willow performing in Dublin! Pics! http://x17online.com/celebrities/justin_bieber/justin_bieber_and_willow_smith_sing_their_hearts_out_dublin_uk_tour_o2_arena_030911.php http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1364558/Justin-Bieber-moves-Willow-Smith-Fever.html?ito=feeds-newsxml http://www.showbiz.ie/news/march11/08-bieber-and-willow-take-the-o2.shtml
  21. Scherzinger teases 'Men In Black 3' role Nicole Scherzinger has revealed that she plays a "badass" in Men In Black 3. It was previously confirmed that the Killer Love singer will join the cast as Lilly, who Scherzinger describes as a "futuristic vixen of a villain". "I play Lilly, the girlfriend of the lead character, Will Smith," she told The Sun. "She is a futuristic vixen of a villain. Oh, and I get to carry a rocket launcher. I am kinda badass in the movie, I'm not going to lie." Speaking about her time on set, she added: "Will Smith made me feel like family and Emma Thompson is lovely. Tommy Lee Jones was cool too." Scherzinger joked that the role could lead to her eventually winning an Oscar. "Because of the Pussycat Dolls people forget I am actually an actress first before anything," she said. "Let me get my Grammy first, then a Brit of course, then who knows? An Oscar one day?" http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a307993/scherzinger-teases-men-in-black-3-role.html
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