Will Smith

25 Actors Who Turned Down Amazing Roles

Julia Roberts could have done Blind Side, but opted for Valentine's Day instead. Jack Nicholson was offered the role of Michael Corleone, but felt it was an offer he could refuse. Michelle Pfeiffer didn't want to be Clarice Starling, and Jeremy Irons pooh poohed the part of Hannibal Lecter, both t ... More >>

We Interviewed the Guys Behind the Fresh Prince Google Translated Video

By now you've no doubt seen the YouTube video wherein the theme from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is pushed through 64 languages of Google Translate and back into English. The collective known as CDZA--who make experimental music videos--are responsible for the inventive clip. We spoke to CDZA co-fou ... More >>

The Top 13 Hip-Hop Songs For Summer

Free lunch, fire hydrants on full blast and beach chairs on the sidewalk—yep, the summer's here Need a hand composing a playlist to go along with a hot and lazy day's activities? Just in time for the official start of summer (and today's 90-plus temperatures), SOTC has put together a list of t ... More >>

Will Smith's Violence With Male Kisser Is Sad!

As you know, Scientologist Will Smith was greeting the press at the Moscow premiere of the esteemed Men In Black III the other day when he was approached by a male reporter who double kissed the star on the cheek, which is apparently the guy's shtick. At first, Will smilingly went along with it and ... More >>

LONDON GIRL

Estelle returns stateside 
with a new album in tow

Sound Of The City's 11 Clickiest Posts Of 2011

We're about to close up shop here until 2012, and what better way to send out the year that birthed trollgaze than to run down the 11 posts on Sound of the City that generated the most pageviews over the course of the past 52 weeks? Enjoy this look back on the psyche of our readers, and have a happy ... More >>

Beyond Jay And Kanye's Throne: Ten More Regal Seats In Hip-Hop

Coming to an arena near you this weekend: Jay-Z and Kanye West. ​Kanye West and Jay-Z's grandiose Watch The Throne tour comes to the New York City area tomorrow, and sticks around through next week—the pair perform at the Izod Center on Saturday and Sunday, and at Madison Square Garden o ... More >>

12 Supporting Characters From Music Videos Who You Can Use As Quick (And Cheap) Inspiration For Halloween Costumes

Picturesque Americana or pop-cultural moment waiting to be ripped off? It's your call! ​Halloween is coming! In case you're someone who doesn't have the time or money—or patience—to head out to the costume shop and figure out what alter ego you're going to take on during this weeke ... More >>

'Summerstage Family Day: the Verve Pipe'

Q&A: DJ Jazzy Jeff On The Enduring Appeal Of "Summertime"

"Drums, please!" 20 summers ago, Jazzy Jeff's opening command in the hip-hop classic "Summertime" kickstarted countless barbecues, picnics and long nighttime drives. Little has changed since. In 1991, as producers K. Fingers and Hula were lifting Kool & the Gang's leisurely dulcet "Summer Madness" ... More >>

Will Smith: Not Dead

He can hear you spreading those rumors, you know. ​Meanwhile, on the other side of the fake stories about celebrity mortality spectrum, Will Smith has been killed by the Internet--specifically by a story from FakeAWish.com that claimed the former Fresh Prince had fallen to his death from a cli ... More >>

Robots Have Their Own Language Now

​In all of our robots-take-over-the-world fantasies, there's usually one last conversation between "us" and "them." The robots always speak English, of course! But what if the robots didn't speak English at all? What if robots had a language of their own composed of bleeps and bloops? Scenes o ... More >>

Reimagining The Will Smith Catalog In Honor Of His 53-Foot Trailer That's Taking Up, Like, Half Of Soho

A snapshot from a more innocent, less street-clogging time. ​You'd think that the dire prospects of Men In Black 3 would have Will "No Longer The Fresh Prince" Smith trying to make friends wherever he goes, but he's apparently getting people annoyed in Soho with the big-ass movie-star trailer ... More >>

Willow Palin To Star in Annie!

​Kidding. That was just another attempt for me to get the Palin name into print so the whole family can become even more overexposed and hopefully implode. It's actually Willow Smith--the little daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith--who looks ready to play Little Orphan Annie in a screen m ... More >>

Q&A: Soul Singer Syl Johnson Prefers Money To Women, Loves Being Sampled By The Wu-Tang Clan, And Is Sorry He Had To Sue Cypress Hill

"I've met RZA, Raekwon, and Ghostface. They were cool, man, but it was a lot of cursing!"​"I'm sitting in the house now that was built with the Wu-Tang money," says Syl Johnson from his home base on Chicago's South Side. Johnson began his career working under blues folklore heroes Howlin' Wolf ... More >>

Twitter's #famouscheese List Heats Up, Turns Into Fondue, Disappears

ilovecheese.com​Eight hours ago, I received the first of a massive wave of tweets adding to a list called #famouscheese. The first one was from Jonathan Gold (@thejgold), but I can't be sure he started it. The purpose of the list was to pun by merging cheese and celebrity names, and soon the t ... More >>

The 10 Greatest Rap Songs About Video Games

​Def Jam Rapstar is the latest attempt to merge the worlds of hip-hop and video games. In the past, this has involved shoehorning playable rapper characters into cliched genres -- a Wu-Tang Clan beat-'em-up! 50 Cent's first-person shooter! -- or rappers licensing a few throwaway songs to the l ... More >>

Will & Jada's Son Under Wraps

The Smiths in The Pursuit of Happyness​Jaden Smith is the talented star of the Karate Kid remake, and obviously his folks, Will and Jada Smith are OK with him doing that. In fact, Will produced the movie and reportedly nabbed him the part. And the kid previously starred with dad in the well r ... More >>

Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Borat Sign On for Men in Black 3-D

The good news: After months of uncertainty from the Tommy Lee Jones half of Men in Black's brilliantly deadpan duo, Agent Kay is officially signed on for the third installment of what we're hoping will be the final film in the MIB trilogy. Will Smith has reportedly been on board for quite some time. ... More >>

Black Celebrities on the Down Low

​A regular on Datalounge.com has posted his list of black male stars on the down low! Someone else on the site responded that a lot of it is just wishful thinking, and someone else chimed in that a lot of these guys are more likely bi, but I'd have to say a lot of this is pretty spot on too. ... More >>

Good Afternoon, Vintage Photo Of Will Smith Playing RBI Baseball

​Titled "World's Most '90s Pic," here we have the Fresh Prince playing the best baseball video game of all time, with some Mariah Carey jams lurking nearby. Also: nice pants. [Thanks to SFJ.]

Charlayne Woodard Coddles Kids and Teens in The Night Watcher

The Slightly Wayward Sexual Advances of Common

Vigilante Daze: The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards

Will Smith Likes 'Mo 'Hos?

Will Smith Shows Off Scientology Brainwashing

Hancock: Superzero

Super-flick squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero

RUMP SHAKERS

It ain’t nothin’ but a G-string thing

Legend Has It

That old 'last man on earth' setup? It really works.

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince to Reunite?

Where is Jamie Foxx?

Rich Man, Poor Man

Rags-to-riches flick declares: Money does indeed buy happi(y)ness

Lips Inc.

Hip-hop disrespects them. Subway patrons love them. Beatboxers make some serious noise.

The American Music Awards: A Running Diary

Letters

Signifying Nada

Mr. Smith violates an immutable celebrity-universe law

The Ladykiller

The man who screwed too much: Will Smith charms in faux-cynical V-Day romantic comedy

Jumping the Shark

DreamWorks creates stereotype-heavy, pop-culture–addled society—like ours, only wetter

System Failure

Do androids dream of electric sheep crap?

Film

Family Men

Y2Care

Millennium Movies Get a Second Chance

The Fresh Prince of West Philly turns hip hop into a love rollercoaster

Gettin’ Disney Wit It

Sex and the Singles Girl

Pubescent Genie Tops Pop Chart; No New Zapp Remixes This Month

NY Mirror

Lisa Kudrow supposedly got jewelry worth $5000 to host the MTV Movie Awards, and Adam Sandler was gifted with a $15,000 flat-screen TV.

Journey Men

Livin’ for the City

MEA CULPA!

Records We Overlooked That Made a Splash in 1998

Bugging Out