Showing posts with label Will Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Will Smith. Show all posts

Sunday, December 17, 2006

The Weekend Box Office Belongs to Will Smith

Will Smith knows how to get "Happyness". The brother literally owns the No. 1 spot. "Independence Day", Men in Black and "I, Robot.", " Hitch" and now Pursuit of Happyness are among Will's No. 1 box office openings.

1. "The Pursuit of Happyness," $27 million.
2. "Eragon," $23.45 million.
3. "Charlotte's Web," $12 million.
4. "Happy Feet," $8.5 million.
5. "The Holiday," $8.2 million.
6. "Apocalypto," $7.7 million.
7. "Blood Diamond," $6.3 million.
8. "Casino Royale," $5.7 million.
9. "The Nativity Story," $4.7 million.
10. "Unaccompanied Minors," $3.7 million.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Will Smith, Forest Whitaker, Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson receive Golden Globe Nominations




64TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
LEONARDO DICAPRIO — BLOOD DIAMOND
LEONARDO DICAPRIO — THE DEPARTED
PETER O'TOOLE — VENUS
WILL SMITH — THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
FOREST WHITAKER — THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND


BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICALBORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN One America; Twentieth Century Fox
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox
DREAMGIRLS DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Big Beach/Bonafide Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING Room 9 Entertainment/David O. Sacks Production/Content Film; Fox Searchlight Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
ANNETTE BENING — RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
TONI COLLETTE — LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BEYONCE — KNOWLES
MERYL STREEP — THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
RENEE ZELLWEGER — MISS POTTER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
ADRIANA BARRAZA — BABEL
CATE BLANCHETT — NOTES ON A SCANDAL
EMILY BLUNT — THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
JENNIFER HUDSON — DREAMGIRLS
RINKO KIKUCHI — BABEL

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
BEN AFFLECK — HOLLYWOODLAND
EDDIE MURPHY — DREAMGIRLS
JACK NICHOLSON — THE DEPARTED
BRAD PITT — BABEL
MARK WAHLBERG — THE DEPARTED

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"A FATHER'S WAY" - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESSMusic by: Seal and Christopher BruceLyrics by: Seal
"LISTEN" - DREAMGIRLSMusic & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles
"NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" - BOBBYMusic & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
"THE SONG OF THE HEART" - HAPPY FEETMusic & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
"TRY NOT TO REMEMBER" - HOME OF THE BRAVEMusic & Lyrics by: Sheryl Crow







The Smith's make the cover of Entertainment Weekly



I think this is Will's best flick ever and a monumental Black movie. I'm definitely rooting for him to win an Oscar.