VIDEO BLOG: DWTS Karina Smirnoff And Ralph Macchio Let Loose At Lakers Game
Posted on Mar 28, 2011 @ 03:07PM - 4 comments
Dancing with the Stars frontrunners Karina Smirnoff and Ralph Macchio took a break from rehearsals to sit courtside at the Lakers game Sunday night – and RadarOnline.com went along for all the behind the scenes fun!
“We’ve been rehearsing really hard and this is going to be our little time away from the dance floor,” Karina told RadarOnline.com in our exclusive video blog.
PHOTOS: Justin Bieber and Jayden Smith Make ‘U Smile’ Video
Posted on Sep 14, 2010 @ 02:44PM - Add a comment
PHOTOS: Justin Bieber and Jayden Smith Make ‘U Smile’ Video
VIDEO: Jaden Smith Interested In Twilight, Says He's "Team Edward All The Way"
Posted on Jun 17, 2010 @ 06:35AM - 3 comments
Jaden Smith's The Karate Kid remake is top film in the U.S. right now, and the second-generation star seems to be setting his sights on another powerhouse teen film franchise: Twilight.
“You know, I really like the Twilight movies,” Will Smith's precocious son told George Lopez on Lopez Tonight Wednesday.
Karate Kid Kicks The A-Team's Box Office Butt
Posted on Jun 12, 2010 @ 04:00PM - 2 comments
With Jaden Smith in the title role, The Karate Kid is scoring the box office upset of the year, RadarOnline.com can report.
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The action flick produced by Jaden's parents, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, took in an estimated $56 million at the box office this weekend. That's easily $20 million more than predicted.
Jaden, 11, easily toppled The A-Team. Even with A-list stars Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel reviving the 1980s TV series, The A-Team could only pull in $27 million.
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Movie Review: The Karate Kid
Posted on Jun 11, 2010 @ 07:08AM - Add a comment
Wham! Bam! Pow! Filled with kung fu fights designed for maximum pain, bad-ass pre-teens and songs from a smokin’-hot soundtrack, this is not your childhood Karate Kid. More than 25 years after Ralph Macchio made “wax on, wax off” a pop culture staple, Jaden Smith steps up as the underdog hero in this fast-paced remake.
This time, there’s no car wax, but life lessons abound nonetheless. The new Karate Kid follows much of the original’s formula, in which a single mom (Taraji P. Henson) and her son, Dre (Smith), move far from home to start a new life. In a nod to the times, the move is recession-driven: There are no more jobs at local Detroit car factories, so mom takes the leap and heads for China.
The vibrant setting couldn’t be better, nor could the pick of a mentor. Jackie Chan plays Mr. Han, the kung fu master who saves Dre’s butt from getting kicked and teaches him how to fight back. The role is arguably Chan’s best ever in an American movie: the kung fu legend actually gets to act. And yes, even Mr. Han has a little tear-jerker of a backstory.
Of course, no underdog movie is complete without a love interest or a final, epic face-off against the ultimate baddie, and The Karate Kid doesn’t disappoint. Instead of a bubbly, all-American babe like the original’s Elisabeth Shue, we get Wenwen Han, who plays the soft-spoken violin prodigy Meiying. And as for the final face-off? Prepare to cringe with every chop, drop and body slam. The Karate Kid’s little fighters are ruthless -- but that doesn’t mean they won’t warm your heart when the final battle is done.
