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Will Smith

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July 2008
- Scientology sect claim just science fiction: Will Smith | The Australian
  
  The Australian | Jul 2, 08
  
  Reports that 39-year-old Smith - perhaps Hollywood's biggest box office draw - has joined the sect surfaced after it was revealed the star and his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, 37, were funding a new private primary school in Los Angeles that uses Scientology teaching methods and has several Scientologists on staff.
- So What If Will Smith's School Preaches Scientology?
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 1, 08 12:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Will Smith denies he, wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, or the school they founded are affiliated with the Church of Scientology, writes the LA Times in an opinion piece , but who cares if L. Ron Hubbard himself is teaching Scientology 101? The school, set to open in September amid rumors that it uses Scientologist-developed teaching methods, is being funded on the Smiths' dime and should be subject to the Smiths' beliefs. More »
- People Don't Like You, Hancock
  
  Rotten Tomatoes | Jul 1, 08 11:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Everyone wants to like Hancock . The idea of a slovenly, booze-swilling superhero screwup is undeniably priceless. But “the finished product is so poorly conceived and misguided that even Will Smith… can't save it,” writes Claudia Puig of USA Today . The movie starts out irreverent and fun, then veers sharply into a melodrama “trying to be a heavier, larger-than-life romance with historical, spiritual, and sci-fi implications." More »
February 2008
- Will Smith Wins Libel Suit Over Hitler Slur
  
  E! Online | Feb 22, 08 4:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A London news agency must pay undisclosed damages and apologize to Will Smith for publishing a story that erroneously quoted the actor as saying Adolf Hitler was a “good person.” E! Online reports that the World Entertainment News Network picked up and greatly distorted quotes from Smith’s interview with Scotland’s Daily Record to create its gossip piece, which received worldwide media attention. More »
December 2007
- Smith Too Jiggy With Hitler, Say Irate Jews
  
  TMZ | Dec 25, 07 8:39 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Will Smith finds himself in some hot water with the Jewish Defense League after telling a Scottish newspaper that Hitler didn't mean to do evil, but rather, using "a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'" The JDL denounced Smith's remark as "ignorant, detestable, and offensive," while the not-so-Fresh Prince quickly backtracked on the "ludicrous misinterpretation," TMZ reports. More »
- Legend Science a Little Shaky
  
  Popular Mechanics | Dec 19, 07 11:38 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A man-made virus has turned people into mutants and killed off the rest. Downtown New York City looks like a jungle, and the only man left on the planet is trying to reverse the plague using his immune blood. So how realistic is the premise of Will Smith’s new blockbuster I Am Legend? Surprise! Not very, experts tell Popular Mechanics . More »
- Smith Carries Legend
  
  Metacritic | Dec 14, 07 8:31 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - I Am Legend , a tale of the last man on Earth, who, through some freak of immunity, avoids a killer virus, isn't a perfect film. But despite its lack of surprises and its ending, which feels like "a studio-sanctioned reshoot," writes Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips, "you’re willing to cut the movie a break." More »

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Scientology sect claim just science fiction: Will Smith | The Australian

So What If Will Smith's School Preaches Scientology?

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