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  1. Willow Smith: Whipper Snapper Justin Bieber, Jay-Z, and more than 34 million YouTube users are already fans. Get ready for pop's newest star, Willow Smith. (Oh yeah, and she's only ten.) by Amanda Fitzsimons Asked if she can relate to most ten-year-olds, Willow Smith doesn't miss a beat. "Of course—I am one!" she says, stopping just short of letting out a giant "duh." But it's not exactly the stupidest query in the world, since, at least on the outside, Willow has the kind of life most fifth graders don't: movie-star parents (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith), a famous big brother who's BFFs with Justin Bieber (The Karate Kid star Jaden), a film career of her own (Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and I Am Legend), and, of course, one megahit song. Unless you don't have a radio, TV, or Internet connection, you've probably heard the übercatchy "Whip My Hair," which, since its release this fall, has scored more than 34 million hits on YouTube and a number eleven slot on the Billboard Hot 100—a milestone no other ten-year-old has reached. Willow, who joins Justin on his European tour this month, admits that even she's still getting used to it all. "When I first put ['Whip My Hair'] out, everyone was like, 'Willow, Willow, I love your song!' And I was like, 'Really?'" recalls the singer. She credits the incredible popularity of the single, in part, to its positive message. "Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself," Willow explains. "If people don't like you, then bunck them, you know?" That certainly sums up Willow. While pop stars double her age (and size) have opted for no pants and lots of cleavage, she's cultivated a unique look that consists of outrageous updos (she rocks a particularly memorable heart-shaped bouffant in the "Whip My Hair" video) and baggy neon streetwear. "I wear anything I feel like," says the singer, who masterminds her outfits with a team of fashion stylists and hairdressers that she refers to as "my crew." "If I want to put on a pair of Converse with a pencil stuck through them, I will." She's also developed an interest in fancier attire, attending the Dolce & Gabbana spring show with her mom. "Their designs are really cool," she says. She counts Billy Idol among her style icons, but if her getups bear any resemblance to her dad's wacky clothes from his Fresh Prince days, it's purely a coincidence: "I've never even heard that before," she says. Not that her parents aren't an inspiration. Willow believes they're the reason she got interested in music in the first place. "I used to go on tour with my mom and dad and see what they were doing, and I'd tell them, 'Oh, I wanna do that, I wanna do that,'" she recalls. A year ago her parents gave in and sent her "Whip My Hair" demo to their friend Jay-Z, who was reportedly so shocked the singer on the track was only nine years old—not to mention the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith—that he insisted on signing the young talent to his Roc Nation label immediately. Though a music career may have been her idea, she adds that mom and dad still push her to keep up her end of the bargain. "Whenever I don't feel like working, they say, 'You don't want that career? You have to work hard,'" says Willow, who plans to also continue acting. "They think I should keep working harder and harder." Still, she insists they're by no means stage parents. "It's pretty much a regular family," Willow says. "At dinner we talk about 'What did you do today? What did you wear today?' Not anything about work." And even though she notes that her favorite song of her dad's is "Parents Just Don't Understand" ("because sometimes they don't"), Willow says her relationship with her parents, for the most part, is smooth sailing. "They aren't strict. They won't be like, 'Willow, clean up your room!' They'll be like, 'Willow, will you please clean up your room?' And I'll be like, 'OK,' and do it." She also maintains she has a solid friendship with her future tour mate. "Justin's like my big brother. I don't have a crush on him," she says. And for someone who preaches about being yourself in the face of haters, Willow says she actually encounters very few. Though she's now homeschooled part-time, she says that when she does return to the classroom, there aren't any Mean Girls antics. "Whenever I've been gone from school for a long time and I come back, everyone's like, 'Willow!' and I'm like, 'Hiiiii!'" In the end, she says, these past few months have been worth it. Although she's aware fame has its drawbacks ("I have no privacy . . . even when I'm skating"), she doesn't seem deterred. "You can pick how famous you want to be," she says. "If you don't work hard, then you aren't going to have the success that you want. But if you work hard and dig in, then you are going to have the success that you want." Does that mean Willow wants to be the next Lady Gaga? "Oh yes." http://www.teenvogue.com/industry/2011/01/willow-smith-teen-vogue-march-2011 Video: Willow Smith in Teen Vogue Go behind the scenes of Willow Smith's shoot and watch a bonus interview with her. http://www.teenvogue.com/industry/video/2011/01/willow-smith-teen-vogue-march-2011
  2. Tatyana Ali Remembers 'Fresh Prince' Q: Any chance of a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion?--Catherine Merriman, Loudonville, N.Y. A: "I think we'd all be into it," says Tatyana Ali, a.k.a. Ashley Banks. "We've actually talked about what would've happened to our characters after all this time." Ali, 32, currently plays a divorcee on TV One's Love That Girl! "I'm definitely a lot more sophisticated than I was on Fresh Prince," she says. http://www.parade.com/celebrity/personality-parade/2011/01/30/tatyana-ali-fresh-prince.html
  3. Jaden Smith's Charitable Gift The talented Jaden Smith stopped by on Ellen's birthday to deliver a special gift from his family -- a donation in Ellen's honor to Charity: Water. The organization will build a well that will provide water to a village for 20 years. Find out how you can donate right here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd_pbKaPD_Q Jaden's voice has changed a lot since the last time I saw him!
  4. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Cool 3D Cover Art Revealed for the Final Season of the Fresh Prince! The Complete 6th Season comes to DVD on April 19th A couple of weeks ago, Warner announced that the long-awaited final year of the Will Smith series was coming to DVD at last: April 19th sees the streeting of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - The Complete 6th Season! Now the studio has sent out the package art for this 3-disc set, and we've got it for you right here. Check it out: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fresh-Prince-Bel-Air-Season-6/14967 Buy from Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JAHSAK?tag=tvshowsondvdcom&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=B001JAHSAK&creative=373489&camp=211189
  5. Happy Birthday to our most active member! Enjoy your day Vis. All the best! :clap:
  6. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1945964
  7. http://www.killerfilm.com/articles-2/read/matrix-director-larry-wachowski-now-walks-as-a-woman-in-la-6836
  8. Will Smith 'Annie' remake with Sony confirmed As Variety reported last week, Overbrook Entertainment's Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz will be teaming with hip-hop star Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to form a new joint venture to develop and produce feature films. As reported by Variety last week, one of the label's first projects being considered is a re-imagining of the musical "Annie" at Sony, with Smith's daughter, Willow, in talks to star. "Annie" re-boot will be produced by Overbrook and Carter. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030953
  9. BEST PICTURE: * Black Swan * The Fighter * Inception * The Kids Are All Right * The King's Speech * 127 Hours * The Social Network * Toy Story 3 * True Grit * Winter's Bone DIRECTING: * Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky) * The Fighter (David O. Russell) * The King's Speech (Tom Hooper) * The Social Network (David Fincher) * True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: * Javier Bardem (Biutiful) * Jeff Bridges (True Grit) * Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) * Colin Firth (The King's Speech) * James Franco (127 Hours) ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: * Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) * Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole) * Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) * Natalie Portman (Black Swan) * Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: * 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) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: * Amy Adams (The Fighter) * Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech) * Melissa Leo (The Fighter) * Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) * Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: * 127 Hours (Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy) * The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin) * Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich) * True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) * Winter's Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini) ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: * Another Year (Mike Leigh) * The Fighter (Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson) * Inception (Christopher Nolan) * The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg) * The King's Speech (David Seidler) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: * Biutiful (Mexico) * Dogtooth (Greece) * In a Better World (Denmark) * Incendies (Canada) * Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Algeria) ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: * How to Train Your Dragon * The Illusionist * Toy Story 3 ART DIRECTION: * Alice in Wonderland * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 * Inception * The King's Speech * True Grit CINEMATOGRAPHY: * Black Swan (Matthew Libatique) * Inception (Wally Pfister) * The King's Speech (Danny Cohen) * The Social Network (Jeff Cronenweth) * True Grit (Roger Deakins) COSTUME DESIGN: * Alice in Wonderland * I Am Love * The King's Speech * The Tempest * True Grit DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: * Exit through the Gift Shop * Gasland * Inside Job * Restrepo * Waste Land FILM EDITING: * Black Swan * The Fighter * The King's Speech * 127 Hours * The Social Network MAKEUP: * Barney's Version * The Way Back * The Wolfman ORIGINAL SCORE: * How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell) * Inception (Hans Zimmer) * The King's Speech (Alexandre Desplat) * 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman) * The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) ORIGINAL SONG: * Coming Home (Country Strong) * I See the Light (Tangled) * If I Rise (127 Hours) * We Belong Together (Toy Story 3) SOUND MIXING: * Inception * The King's Speech * Salt * The Social Network * True Grit SOUND EDITING: * Inception * Toy Story 3 * Tron: Legacy * True Grit * Unstoppable VISUAL EFFECTS: * Alice in Wonderland * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 * Hereafter * Inception * Iron Man 2 DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: * Killing in the Name * Poster Girl * Strangers No More * Sun Come Up * The Warriors of Qiugang ANIMATED SHORT FILM: * Day and Night * The Gruffalo * Let's Pollute * The Lost Thing * Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: * The Confession * The Crush * God of Love * Na Wewe * Wish 143 http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=20439&count=0
  10. Hilarious! I love the chemistry between Will and Adal Ramones :laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdKye_nwBQ
  11. Many more pix here! http://www.accidentalsexiness.com/2011/01/24/smith-jackie-chan-support-willow-smith http://modoration.com/2011/01/24/willow-smith-shoots-music-video-for-new-song-21st-century-girl http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1350031/Willow-Smith-whips-new-music-video-21st-Century-Girl.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
  12. Video Shoot & Song Preview! Willow Smith shoots the music video for “21st Century Girl,” her upcoming second single, at a private location in California on Saturday (January 22). Later in the day, the shoot moved to a location in Los Angeles where the 10-year-old pop sensation was joined by her dad Will, mom Jada, and brother Jaden. Jaden’s Karate Kid co-star Jackie Chan was even on hand for a cameo in the video! Willow told her fans on Facebook that she is “so excited for my next single!! Are you? It’s a dance record. I know you love to dance, don’t cha’……” Listen to a quick preview of “21st Century Girl” below… http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/01/23/willow-smith-video-shoot/
  13. Source: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48199
  14. Will appears at 11:00! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izH0QBalcsQ
  15. Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Muse Added To Grammy Show Usher, Jaden Smith, B.o.B, Janelle Monae and Lady Antebellum will also perform on February 13. While Willow Smith is the one who made music headlines with "Whip My Hair" last year, it's her brother, "Karate Kid" actor Jaden Smith, who will take the stage at the upcoming 53rd Grammy Awards in a special performance alongside Usher and Justin Bieber, with whom he collaborated on the song "Never Say Never" last summer. The trio joins a list of new performers added to the show on Thursday (January 20) that will also include another power trifecta made up of B.o.B, Bruno Mars and Janelle Monáe, according to a press release from the Recording Academy announcing the additions to the February 13 telecast from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Also taking the stage next month will be nominees Muse and Lady Antebellum. They will join a roster of previously announced performers that includes Eminem, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green and Miranda Lambert. It will be the first time on the Grammy performance stage for Bieber, B.o.B, Lambert, Mars, Monáe, Muse and Smith. Eminem, Green, Gaga, Perry, Usher and Lady Antebellum will be making return visits for the occasion. While 11-time Grammy winner Eminem leads the pack in nominations this year (with 10 nods), Mars has seven nominations, and Gaga and Lady Antebellum are not far behind with six nods each. B.o.B has notched five, Perry and Green are each up for four, and Arcade Fire and Lambert are vying for three awards. Bieber, Muse, Usher and Monáe are each nominated for two Grammys. No details of the collaborative performances were released, but the Grammy announcement promised a rare, never-before-seen event for the Mars, B.o.B and Monáe segment. With the addition of Antebellum, all five Album of the Year nominees (Eminem, Arcade Fire, Gaga, Perry) are now scheduled to perform on the show. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1656279/justin-bieber-bruno-mars-muse-added-grammy-show.jhtml
  16. This 20th Anniversary box set has some great clips and commentary from Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL4AUc89SLU EDIT: I just saw gosia had already posted this :laugh:
  17. Not sure if this has been posted before, but I can totally say that this is one of the best JJFP videos I've EVER seen, if not the best. Great footage of Will, Jeff & Ready Rock C showing some clips of their concerts and backstage interviews. Also featuring Will's parents. GOTTA LOVE IT! Part 1
  18. M. Night Shyamalan Says 'One Thousand A.E.' Won't Be 3-D, But May Feature The Whole Smith Family! Video! http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/01/14/m-night-shyamalan-one-thousand-ae-3-d-smith-family/
  19. Great! Thanks 4 sharing Tyrailius! This is the link: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fresh-Prince-Bel-Air-Season-6/14914
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