In the minds of most Americans, Labor Day weekend marks the end of the summer. Schools start back up, summer Fridays come to an end, you supposedly can’t wear white anymore and all the beaches begin to empty out. It sucks, we know. But at least you can go out with a bang by running through a bunch of BBQ’s this weekend. If you haven’t been to a BBQ this summer, you either need some new friends or you need to buy yourself a grill. We don’t see why you would, but If you need any incentive to scarf down free food and beer this weekend, check out our 10 favorite BBQ-themed rap videos…
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This season, the velvet jacket has proven to be a key player in design. Celebs like Kanye (during Paris Fashion week), Will Smith (at the Seven Pounds premiere) and Mark Ronson have all taken an liking to the soft-to-the-touch material. Unlike your regular yacht club-ready blue blazer, the velvet jacket adds an air of casual luxury to any formal situation.
Check out how some of fashion’s heavyweights'like Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, and Salvatore Ferragamo'are tackling the trend, and then vote on whether you HUMP or DUMP the style…
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Right now we’re in the thick of that always fun holiday lull between Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa/Festivus/Goat Stoning Day and New Year’s where, if you’re lucky, you’ll be sitting around without a whole lot do to. And whether you’re in the Midwest with the extended fam or at the crib catching cabin fever with wifey, there’s a good chance you’re gonna get dragged to some shitty kids/date/old folks movie that you had zero interest in seeing.
But just because you’re bound to piss away two hours of your life that you’ll never see again doesn’t mean you can’t take steps to ease the pain. We’ve studied the five schlockiest flicks of this holiday season to help prepare you for the cinematic torture. Read on for our tips on surviving Marley & Me, Bedtime Stories, Doubt, Revolutionary Road and Seven Pounds…
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Rosario Dawson…on a red hot rod!
This Friday, the voluptuous Rosario “they should spell her name with DDs” Dawson returns to theaters in the ambiguous new Will Smith movie, Seven Pounds. (We’d give her seven pounds'eight, if we concentrated really hard and thought about Linda Tripp.) Millions of people will watch anything the Fresh Prince is in, but she’s the reason we’ll pay to see it (especially because we still have no idea what the hell the movie is about, even after repeat viewings of the extremely vague trailer).
Rosario has been killing it since she was 15 and launched her career in the Larry Clark filth film Kids. The Puerto Rican/Cuban/African-American/Irish/Native American dime is a natural fit for multi-culti Complex (we gots the slash on smash, y’dig), so it’s about time we asked: Is she wifey or is she trifey?
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So Variety is reporting that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in talks to remake South Korean film Oldboy, a.k.a. the greatest mind-fuck movie ever. We’ve already shown you how Korea’s fast becoming the new Japan for cars, girls and tech, so it should be no surprise that Hollywood’s pilfering ideas from the Land of the Morning Calm.
The rumored Oldboy project won’t be the first (or last) time that a Korean flick has gotten the ol’ Hollywood whitewash. Luckily for you, we at Complex are certified Korean cinema experts. Here’s a look at American remakes of Korean movies from the past, present and future.
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Over the weekend, comic-book legend and Early-Bird-Special Advantage-Taker-Of Stan Lee addressed casting rumors by saying he’d love for Will Smith to play Captain America in the planned 2011 movie adaptation. “If Barack Obama becomes President,” he said, “who knows…suddenly a lot of our characters will be black!”
Not sure how he figured that leap of logic out, but it did get us thinking: if Captain America was black, that would change his origin story in a bizarre way. Specifically, the Super Soldier program could be seen as some ill Tuskegee Experiment ish, politicizing the story in a whole new way. And if a black Cap fucks your head up, what if other Marvel characters changed races? Let’s examine the possibilities…
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You’re probably wondering why we’re showing you this image of what looks like a burnt corpse on the streets of Manhattan. It's from a new vampire movie being filmed called “I Am Legend” starring, who else, but Will Smith. It won't be out for a bit, but then again who's in a rush to see anything Will Smith is starring in lately? Plus it’s a bit unrealistic since you’re chances of being bled by a NY’er far outweigh the threat of a vampire.
