Will Smith honored for his work at film festival
Will Smith was honored with the Modern Master Award - an honor that says he is a master of his craft - at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Smith is nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his performance in “The Pursuit of Happyness” as a struggling single father in San Francisco who beats the odds and goes from rags to riches.
Asked what it takes to be a good father, Smith said patience, compassion and commitment. He's the father of three in real life, including 7-year-old Jaden, who co-stars in the movie.
“You've got to really want to be a good father,” he told reporters on the red carpet outside the Arlington Theatre on Saturday night.
‘Sopranos' actor honors martial arts grandmaster
On TV, Michael Imperioli honors the godfather. Off-screen, he bows to a martial arts grandmaster.
The 40-year-old actor, who plays the heroin-addicted, hothead mobster Christopher Moltisanti on “The Sopranos,” says he owes his clean new real life to tae kwon do teacher Tae Sun Kang, who also trains Imperioli's wife, Victoria, and children.
“I was in terrible physical shape. I smoked a pack a day,” he said. “Tae kwon do has transformed our family in body, mind and spirit. It has changed us as human beings.”
He gave up cigarettes after taking up the martial art four years ago. His wife, their sons David, 9, and Vadim, 5, and a 16-year-old daughter from Victoria's previous marriage, Isabella, take classes from Kang at his school in Tribeca, the Manhattan neighborhood where the Imperiolis live.
Bacon uses ‘six degrees' notoriety for charity
Kevin Bacon says he used to think the “six degrees of Kevin Bacon” game was a joke that would die out, but since it hasn't, he is using the notoriety for charity.
“I thought it was definitely going to go the way of eight-track cassettes and pet rocks. But it's a concept that has sort of hung around in the Zeitgeist,” Bacon told George Stephanopolous on ABC's “This Week” in a show that aired Sunday.
Bacon said he was “kind of horrified at the idea” that he could be connected to any actor in the universe in six steps, but then he started asking people what could be done with the notion.
Bacon and the nonprofit Network for Good started a Web site, Sixdegrees.org. The site includes a feature to search more than 1 million charities.
Visitors also can see which charities celebrities are supporting financially. And there's a link to an eBay site where people can bid on “celebrity swag” from the Sundance Film Festival.
- From wire reports
Smith is nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his performance in “The Pursuit of Happyness” as a struggling single father in San Francisco who beats the odds and goes from rags to riches.
Asked what it takes to be a good father, Smith said patience, compassion and commitment. He's the father of three in real life, including 7-year-old Jaden, who co-stars in the movie.
“You've got to really want to be a good father,” he told reporters on the red carpet outside the Arlington Theatre on Saturday night.
‘Sopranos' actor honors martial arts grandmaster
On TV, Michael Imperioli honors the godfather. Off-screen, he bows to a martial arts grandmaster.
The 40-year-old actor, who plays the heroin-addicted, hothead mobster Christopher Moltisanti on “The Sopranos,” says he owes his clean new real life to tae kwon do teacher Tae Sun Kang, who also trains Imperioli's wife, Victoria, and children.
“I was in terrible physical shape. I smoked a pack a day,” he said. “Tae kwon do has transformed our family in body, mind and spirit. It has changed us as human beings.”
He gave up cigarettes after taking up the martial art four years ago. His wife, their sons David, 9, and Vadim, 5, and a 16-year-old daughter from Victoria's previous marriage, Isabella, take classes from Kang at his school in Tribeca, the Manhattan neighborhood where the Imperiolis live.
Bacon uses ‘six degrees' notoriety for charity
Kevin Bacon says he used to think the “six degrees of Kevin Bacon” game was a joke that would die out, but since it hasn't, he is using the notoriety for charity.
“I thought it was definitely going to go the way of eight-track cassettes and pet rocks. But it's a concept that has sort of hung around in the Zeitgeist,” Bacon told George Stephanopolous on ABC's “This Week” in a show that aired Sunday.
Bacon said he was “kind of horrified at the idea” that he could be connected to any actor in the universe in six steps, but then he started asking people what could be done with the notion.
Bacon and the nonprofit Network for Good started a Web site, Sixdegrees.org. The site includes a feature to search more than 1 million charities.
Visitors also can see which charities celebrities are supporting financially. And there's a link to an eBay site where people can bid on “celebrity swag” from the Sundance Film Festival.
- From wire reports
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