Will Smith News

Deadline reports that Sony Pictues has hired Will Gluck to take on directing duties for its upcoming reboot of the Broadway musical ANNIE. While Will and Jada Smith's daughter Willow was in line to take on the title role, she is no longer attached to the project.

'People don't hate being fat enough,' bioethicist,Daniel Callahan wrote in an editorial for The Hastings Center Report. Callahan's 'edgy strategy,' according to The Atlantic Monthly, is to 'shame fat people' in order to combat obesity. He says that since 'diets, drugs and appeals to their health aren't working, they should be 'shamed and beat upon socially.' Karen Kataline, MSW author of FATLASH! Food Police & the Fear of Thin says this not only creates and exacerbates eating disorders and weight problems, but it is Callahan and people like him who ought to be ashamed.

Cartoon Network announced a slew of athletes and celebrity presenters including Jessica Alba, star of upcoming animated film Escape from Planet Earth, Ryan Lochte, Olympic gold medalist in swimming, Mario Lopez, host of EXTRA, McKayla Maroney, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics and NFL Pro-Bowl starters Victor Cruz and JJ Watt for the third annual Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards, premiering Monday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. (ET, PT).

Denzel Washington has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2012 in Quigley Publishing Company's 81st Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors.

AFTER EARTH is coming to theaters June 2013 from Sony Pictures and we've got the first trailer below!

Incredible Crew, is a live-action, half-hour, sketch comedy series from producer and entertainer Nick Cannon premiering on Cartoon Network THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT). Every episode of this high-energy, fast-paced show delivers hilarious comedy bits, outrageous hidden camera pranks, original music videos and commercial parodies all with a distinct attitude - a contemporary blend of internet sensibility mixed with kid imagination. Incredible Crew showcases six up-and-coming young comedy stars featured in diverse roles in every genre: a rap video called "Running Errands with my Mom", a skit about a sensitive Viking named Olaf, a riff on school bus news and an absurd pizza dance.

Today, Cartoon Network announced the first 10 voting categories and nominees for the third annual Hall of Game sports awards show, which returns in February 2013. Airing across several Cartoon Network and Turner Broadcasting platforms, hosts Shaquille O'Neal and Nick Cannon broke the news with a special introduction featuring a brand new Hall of Game nominee's song.

Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY has officially broken box office records, earning an astounding $84.4 million in its first weekend. THE HOBBIT now holds the title of highest debut in movie history for the month of December. Will Smith's 2007 hit I AM LEGEND previously held the record with $77.2 million.

Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, today launched its first original digital video series, THE FRONTRUNNERS, hosted by Fandango's Chief Correspondent and one of the nation's leading movie experts, Dave Karger.

AFTER EARTH is coming to theaters Summer 2013. The action thriller is directed by M. Night Shyamalan and stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith. Get a first look below!

Famous Footwear, a division of Brown Shoe Company, is spreading holiday cheer with their latest campaign, Voices of Victory. The Facebook app is live at Facebook.com/FamousFootwear and will give Facebook fans the opportunity to customize a free singing holiday greeting card to share with friends and family. Participants will also help Famous Footwear attempt to reach its goal of breaking the Guinness World Record for Most Contributions to a Greeting Card. If the record is broken, Famous Footwear will donate $10,000 to the March of Dimes.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company kick-starts the new year with the return of FELA! After a sold-out run in 2011, the hit Broadway musical returns to STC's Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) from January 29 - February 10, 2013. Presented by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and Ruth and Stephen Hendel, FELA! is directed and choreographed by Tony Award® winner Bill T. Jones. Adesola Osakalumi will star as Kuti alongside a cast combining the toast of Broadway and members of the American and European casts.

Today, world-renowned celebrity photography duo, MARKUS + INDRANI announced they will be supporting New York Says Thank You Foundation (NYSTY), a non-profit organization founded to commemorate the love and ongoing support given to New Yorkers by Americans following 9/11. MARKUS + INDRANI, will be supporting NYSTY's Hurricane Sandy First Responder Rebuilding Fund through sales of their exhibition prints. The iconic images will be on display during their December 11th, 2012 ICONS Exhibition & Book launch event at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall as well as available for public viewing on December 12th and 13th at the David Rubenstein Atrium.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2012 season. The winners will be honored at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

Many of the movie industry's biggest names came out to pay tribute to an eclectic group of honorees at the Academy's fourth annual Governors Awards held on December 1 at the Hollywood & Highland Center's Ray Dolby Ballroom. Below, watch Jeffrey Katzenberg accept the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the ceremony.

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing firms, will hold another in its series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway today, Sunday, December 2nd.

Get ready for a groovy, out-of-this-world 3D adventure when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases MEN IN BLACK™ 3 as a Blu-ray 3D™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and DVD -- all with UltraViolet™ -- today, November 30th.

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing firms, will hold another in its series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway on Sunday, December 2nd.

Nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills by country superstar Jason Aldean, Anthony Anderson ('Guys with Kids'), Sophia Bush (PARTNERS), Jason O'Mara (VEGAS), Monica Potter ('Parenthood') and Casey Wilson ('Happy Endings'), along with PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 host Kaley Cuoco

Nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills by country superstar Jason Aldean, Anthony Anderson ("Guys with Kids"), Sophia Bush (PARTNERS), Jason O'Mara (VEGAS), Monica Potter ("Parenthood") and Casey Wilson ("Happy Endings"), along with PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013 host Kaley Cuoco