Willard Christopher Smith Jr. was out and about looking more Fresh Prince than Independence Day filming a crowd scene for his newest, Seven Pounds.

Here’s what we know about the flick:

Ben (Will Smith) is an IRS agent who is deeply depressed after the death of his wife, and guilt-ridden for mistakes from his past. He decides to kill himself, but to also help seven struggling individuals before doing so. When he meets Emily (Rosario Dawson), a beautiful woman with an heart condition, he falls in love with her, complicating his plans of suicide. Woody Harrelson also appears as a blind pianist who befriends Ben.

Seven strangers? Seven sins? Pound of flesh?…Se7en?

Jennifer Lopez has been developing something over at TLC for a little bit, and most assumed that we would be seeing a reality show about how “Jenny From The Block” kept it “real” while raising “children” with her husband Marc Anthony.

Even though this seems like a bad idea to us as people who watch television, we let it slide because we don’t find our dial turned to TLC all that often (that acronym stands for The Learning Channel, by the ironic way). Some people seemed really into the idea because celebrities raising twins…well, it seems like the plot to a really stupid chick flick.

But some chick flicks make money.

That was until Lopez’s manager, with one single statement, killed a tremendous amount of buzz about the JLo show in development:

“The recent show Jennifer Lopez plans to produce for TLC is not a reality show. It’s a show that will track the creation, production and eventual launch of a new fragrance. Jennifer will appear in a creative, entrepreneurial capacity and will absolutely not feature her children and family life.”

Sounds riveting, right?

If the first Newlyweds with Jessica Simpson and that guy no one cares about anymore taught us anything it was that the Simpson family is controlled by a fame-hungry patriarch that uses his daughters as puppets regardless of the reality TV fact that couples cannot withstand the scrutiny of having to manufacture a sitcom structure in their everyday lives (this week Jessica visits a zoo!).

Did you guys see that was one long sentence? Boo-yah!

Cashing in once again on the formula that his daughters saying stupid things equals money is Papa Joe Simpson, who is rumored to be “in talks” with MTV to revive Newlyweds, this time with Ashlee and Pete Wentz.

We an see the pitch now: “It’s like Newlyweds, but these two are actually still making relevant music!” The joke not being that even her own father recognized Jessica’s fall from musical grace followed her rise to reality TV stardom, but rather that MTV probably sees Ashlee Simpson’s new album and the continuing tour of Fallout Boy to be especially relevant.

Point being, even if OK! Magazine is making this rumor up, the chances of someone reading it and thinking it’s a good idea will probably lead to talks between MTV and the Simpson camp.

It’s the same school of thought that something isn’t real until you recognize it.

And, yes, we’re shying away from the fact that the Simp/Wentz union has been doomed to end by the bride’s father. If he doesn’t have to treat them like real people, why should we?

Ha! We knew it!

When we mentioned that Tom Cruise had lunch with Sumner Redstone AND had met JJ Abrams on set, we called this bitch!

Tom Cruise is in the market to make Mission: Impossible 4, and will do so as soon as possible in hopes of overshadowing the hellish buzz around United Artists and Valkyrie.

A source says: “Tom will make M:I 4 once Paramount greenlights the script.”

Yeah, suddenly Viacom isn’t the huge media giant squandering your talent, right Tom?

In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the release of Return of the Jedi, comedy group Runaway Box and Lando remind us about the native teddy bears of Endor.

Nothing like a sure thing, eh boys?

For the past few months, maybe even years, Ian McKellen has been the only Lord of the Rings actor who was pushing for The Hobbit to be made and for Ian McKellen to be a part of it.

When Peter Jackson was supposed to be directing it: Ian wanted in as Gandalf.

When Peter Jackson got kicked off The Hobbit: McKellen wanted to come back as Gandalf, but only if Peter gave his blessing.

When it was rumored that Guillermo Del Toro was going to take the reigns: Ian blogged about how he wanted to be Gandalf and was waiting to speak to Del Toro when things were confirmed.

Well, things were confirmed and McKellen’s non-stop poking worked out in his favor.

“Yes, it’s true,” McKellen told Empire magazine.

“I spoke to Guillermo in the very room that Peter Jackson offered me the part and he confirmed that I would be reprising the role. Obviously, it’s not a part that you turn down, I loved playing Gandalf.”

Was it the bathroom? It was the bathroom wasn’t it? Were you on the phone in the bathroom? Can we talk to you about being on the phone in the bathroom? Can you at least tell us what room you were in? Was Del Toro actually there with you? Was he in the bathroom?

See how annoying that is Ian? Did you really think that you needed to keep making a stink to get the role that your name is basically synonymous with?

Whatever, all that drama is over.

David Blane did it, just now.

Fresh from the AP wire:

David Blaine set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding, 17 minutes and 4 seconds.
The feat was broadcast live during “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and the studio audience cheered as divers pulled the 35-year-old magician from a water-filled sphere.
Blaine looked relaxed afterward and said the record was “a lifelong dream.”
The previous record was 16 minutes and 32 seconds, set Feb. 10 by Switzerland’s Peter Colat, according to Guinness World Records.

The guy finally did it, even after he failed so horribly with that fish tank in the Lincoln Center Plaza. Maybe he’ll go back to actually doing magic now.

Or is that too much to hope for?