Will Smith's Big To-Do's
Forget being a prince -- a Fresh Prince, that is -- that's sooo passe. Will Smith wants to be the president. Yes, of the United States. (Watch out, Hillary.)
While overseas promoting his latest romantic comedy, "Hitch," the rapper-turned-TV-star-turned-movie-star blustered: "I really, truly believe I could be the president of the United States if I wanted to," according to several news outlets, including the Herald Sun of Melbourne. "Now, somebody could probably lay out all of the reasons for me why that will never happen, but there's a weird naivete that I have that I truly believe it."
Will Smith, U.S. president or world's biggest movie star? No problem, he believes.
(Luca Bruno -- AP)
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While he's at it, Smith notes that being the biggest movie star in the world wouldn't be so bad, either. "I think that childlike belief is why I even try the things I try. . . . Hey, I want to be the biggest movie star in the world. All right well, who's the biggest movie star in the world? Okay: Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks. Give me a list of all of their movies," Smith explained. "I want to know what they did, I want to know what order they made their movies, I want to know who their co-stars were. I want to know all of that stuff because I want to be that. And it never even crosses my mind that, no, you can't do that."
He Still Feels Good
James Brown is showin' no signs of slowin' down.
In Indonesia performing for tsunami victims, the 71-year-old Hardest Working Man in Show Business brushed off the idea of -- gulp -- retiring.
"Retire for what?" he told the Associated Press. "What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business."
Also, in case you're curious about the state of his marriage to Tommie Rae (remember: Rae accused Brown of domestic abuse last year). Now, everyone's feelin' good. "My wife and I have suffered enough," he said. "If you're going to be big and popular, you're going to have to take the fall if there is fall to be taken. I can take it. Let them say what they want. Whatever they say, she is mine and I'm hers."
Norville's Ordeal
We hear Deborah Norville underwent voluntary house arrest for 24 hours in order to give her "Inside Edition" viewers an idea to what Martha Stewart is currently going through.
So what'd she think? "I never thought going out to pick up a newspaper would seem so alluring, but I heard it land on the path and my dogs are too stupid to fetch," she told us through the show's spokesman. Luckily, her camera crew was nice enough to bring her the highly anticipated paper -- which was probably all about Martha.
Noted . . .
Spotted: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee with his two kiddos (mom is Pam Anderson) touring the International Spy Museum Sunday afternoon. The band played MCI Center Sunday night . . . Sixth time's the charm? Brigitte Nielsen, 41, said "I do" for the sixth time, to Italian fiance Mattia Dessi, 26, over the weekend . . . EdMcMahon was hospitalized after he fell Friday afternoon in his Beverly Hills home. The 82-year-old former "Tonight Show" sidekick is said to have suffered a mild concussion and needed stitches, but otherwise is all right and expected out in the next few days . . . Former Paris Hilton paramour (and Backstreet Boy) Nick Carter was arrested for alleged drunken driving in Huntington Beach, Calif., Saturday. "Nick Carter deeply regrets the current situation. He is on doctor-prescribed medication and was unaware of its interaction possibilities," Carter publicist Juliette Harris said in a statement yesterday.
. . . and Quoted
"What can I say, I'm hotter than ever!"
-- Regis Philbin, joking to Us Weekly after he accidentally ignited his menu at Entertainment Weekly's Oscar bash at Elaine's in New York.
-- Compiled by Anne Schroeder
from staff and wire reports
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