The documentary film No Impact Man is coming to theaters this September 11th — but as we mentioned last week, a dramatic movie based on a book of the same name is also in the works. The plot line, as described on the site, goes something like this: “A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off [...]
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The LA Times has a great article up on the dearth of cash flow for recently-released environmental documentaries — mostly because audiences are looking for escapism at the theater. However, it was this paragraph that really made me go “huh?”:
It’s not just the call-to-arms message that might be limiting the appeal of some of these [...]
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Reviews of Will Smith’s new film Seven Pounds are rounding the web — with one in particular giving us some potential insight into one theme the producers are trying to communicate. From the review:
Woody Harrelson, showing a sweetness we haven’t seen from him in years, plays an unflappable seller of frozen steaks. (The movie has [...]
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If you’re making millions, you better be giving millions…that’s my motto. Luckily, Will Smith and Jada feel the same way!
The famous duo have donated over $1.3 million to charitable causes in the last year. And just where is that money going? Well according to Fox News (always a reliable source), the cash has been split between [...]
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Will Smith’s new film, Seven Pounds, held a charity screening in Charlotte, North Carolina that benefited the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Admission to the event, for which Smith attended, was some canned goods. “Capitalism always assumes we’ll have big hearts,” he told the crowd before the movie started. “It’s hugely important to get back to the [...]
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As a follow-up sequel to their fantastic “Don’t Vote” video earlier this month, the organization Declare Yourself has just released a new star-studded PSA. Celebrities participating in this one include Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, Sacha Baron Cohen as “Borat,” [...]
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Rosario Dawson didn’t vote for a President until 2004. Not too shocking when you consider just how many young people don’t fulfill this awesome responsibility of adulthood. But Rosario decided to do something about it, and she co-founded Voto Latino to encourage young latino voters to step in the booth and be heard on election day.
Talk [...]
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Grab that tiara and white tie — IT’S PARTY TIME! Yesterday evening Elton John and his partner David Furnish held their 10th annual White Tie and Tiara Ball to raise money for the (aptly named) Elton John’s AIDS Foundation, which has recently been given its third consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator.
About 630 [...]
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Will Smith announcement that he’s invested almost $1 million dollars for a three-year lease of former Indian Hills High School in California has lit blogs on fire with discussion. Mainly because the curriculum contains something called “study technology” developed by none other than the famed Scientologist “L.R. Hubbard.”
But, we’ll leave the religious controversy to others [...]
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