seven pounds
NAACP Allows ‘Seven Pounds’ A Brief Taste Of Awards-Season Love
2:48AM STV | While Dakota Fanning failed to capitalise last night on her honourary blackness, Seven Pounds co-stars Will Smith and Rosario Dawson indeed felt the sweet if transitory kiss of NAACP Image Awards validation. More »
Will Smith Finds American Racism Only Prevalent On Studio Lots
7:30AM Kyle Buchanan | Good news, America! The election of Barack Obama has finally freed Will Smith to say what he’s always wanted to: that America is not a racist country. Except when it is? More »
Defamer Talks To The Razzies Founder About The Shocking ‘Spirit’ Snub
5:30AM Kyle Buchanan | How, we wondered yesterday, could the Razzies have overlooked the tailor-made star bomb The Spirit for inclusion on their annual dishonor roll of nominees? We went straight to Razzies founder John Wilson for the scoop. More »
‘The Spirit,’ ‘Seven Pounds’ and ‘Revolutionary Road’: A Taxonomy of Trash
1:45AM STV | Though Hollywood reserves the holiday movie season for its annual harvest of ambition, prestige and clout, even the most painstaking Oscar husbandry can often fail. For three much-anticipated films in particular, the damage varies. More »
‘Yes’ He Can’t
2:10AM Seth | Studios found no happy surprises beneath the Chrismukkah bush today, as snowed-in US audiences opted out of Will Smith’s messianic broodiness and Jim Carrey saying “yes” more times than Tara Reid at the Promises buffet line.
Bask in Will Smith’s Overpowering Fake-Laugh Glow
4:44AM STV | With Seven Pounds sputtering and stalling right out of the gate, Will Smith had little reason to laugh last night on The Late Show. Fake-laugh, though? Watch and learn from the best. More »
Jim Carrey Battles Will Smith For Holiday-Fiasco Heavyweight Belt
1:50AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or potentially toxic at the US movies. This week: Will Smith is bad, Jim Carrey is affirmative, and Mickey Rourke takes a beating for Oscar.
Rosario Dawson Concerned Her Breath Smells Like Girl
8:10AM Seth | In the coming days, audiences will emerge from Seven Pounds scratching their heads at its Manojian twists and puzzling over the meaning of its unexplained title. (It’s the precise weight of its script’s heavy-handedness). More »
Will Smith Donates ‘Seven Pounds’ to Us, Six Figures to Scientology
7:15AM Kyle Buchanan | With the premiere of his new film Seven Pounds just around the corner, Will Smith should be ostentatiously fake-laughing all the way to the bank. So why isn’t he?
