News: Mr. & Mrs. Smith Take Fight To The Street
Will Smith is putting in time to fight his latest foe. This time the actor isn't battling on the big screen, but rather a sort of street fight.
Saturday, Smith, along with wife Jada Pinkett, hit the streets in his hometown of Philadelphia to participate in a march against violence in the city.
The city had 350 killings in 2005 and is expected to best that in 2006. The violence that erupted last week caused the Philadelphia Daily News to call out for the National Guard to patrol the streets.
Smith said he wanted to do something about the violence, so he took crime fighting to the streets.
"We're going to take this walk, hopefully draw a little attention to the problem and get some solutions," he said Saturday while journeying through West Philadelphia.
The state government has given a $7.5 million grant to the city for 166,000 hours of police overtime to help deal with gun violence until state police free up 70 city officers by taking over highway patrols.
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Museum of Moving Image honors Will
On the same day that news of Will Smith's upcoming honor by the Museum of the Moving Image hit the streets, his wife Jada's announcement of a Suri Cruise sighting threatened to take away his thunder.
Smith, whose hip hop run in the 80s gave way to a successful and lucrative Hollywood career, will be saluted by the Museum of the Moving Image on Dec. 3 during its annual black-tie event at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
The entertainer will be honored for his film work via presentations given by his friends and colleagues. The evening will be videotaped to air later on Bravo.
In announcing the honor, Herbert Schlosser, chairman of the Museum's board of trustees, said: "Will Smith emerged on the entertainment scene in the late 1980s when he recorded his first album as a high school senior and then followed this up with a successful career in the music business. ...He's become one of the film industry's most sought-after stars. His motion pictures have grossed over $4 billion since 1996. He has received countless awards and honors for his work."
Proceeds from the evening will benefit the museum's education programs that serve more than 25,000 intermediate and high school students each year, museum director Rochelle Slovin said.
Meanwhile, Will's wife Jada Pinkett Smith claims she and her husband have twice seen Suri Cruise, the newborn daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes who has not yet been seen in public and is rumored to be non-existent.
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