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“October turned out to be a milestone month for the City of Miami. For the first time in more than 40 years, there were no murders in the city’s limit for an entire month. The last time the city experienced no homicides for an entire month was in 1966. “I’m 45 and born in Miami, so that’s big news to me,” said Peter Fullerton. As a husband and father, he’s very encouraged by the milestone.”

Somewhere Gloria Estefan is wiping a tear away from her cheek.  On another note - is it weird that when I tried to come up with a celebrity loosely associated with the City of Miami the only two i could come up with is Will Smith and Estefan and that I choose Estefan?

Delayed reaction.  After inserting the photo I just screamed out Don Johnson!  Mentally, this is where I’m at.  Thought you should know.  It took me a good 20 minutes to realize Don Johnson is the punchline.

Seems Will Smith can save the world, but he can’t defend himself against Tom Cruise and Scientology. One more super-duper celebrity down 5,000 more to go for L. Ron Hubbard’s biggest disciple.

Smith tells Men’s Vogue, “I’ve studied Buddhism and Hinduism, and I’ve studied Scientology through Tom [Cruise].”

Apparently his wife Jada is into it to. “She’s more gung-ho about Scientology than Will,” says a source closes to the couple.

Smith continued, “Ninety-eight percent of the principles [in Scientology] are identical to the principles of the Bible. . . . I don’t think that because the word someone uses for spirit is ‘thetan’ that the definition becomes any different.”

A little bit of me just died inside.

That’s a saying that both Rambo and Robert Neville can get behind. We’re still holding our breath for both of these projects and the new trailers for both of them sorta makes us think that they will turn out to be full of ass-kickery.

So without further ado, we bring you a few minutes of goodness.

Rambo

I Am Legend

Another year, another Will Smith blockbuster.� This December he takes on the undead of New York in the adaptation of I Am Legend.�

Despite the movie’s pedigree including Will Smith (hard to hate on him), the source material and even director Frank Lawrence (his debut Constantine is waaaaay more enjoyable than it has any right to be and we think that has something to do with the director himeself) we’re still having a hard time getting amped about this project.

Is it the location shift from San Francisco to New York?� I dunno.� Maybe it’s the lackluster promotional efforts.� This new one sheet kinda leaves us limp and feeling depressed.� Ho-hum.

I Am Legend will suck your blood on Dec. 14 at theaters everywhere.

Let’s be honest who doesn’t love vampires?� Looks like we could have two cool vampire movies coming out, one a horror movie at the tail end of the summer and the other a survivor flick starring Will Smith coming out around Christmas.

The first is 30 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Ben Foster.� Directed by David Slade, who crafted the creepy and intense thriller Hard Candy, this one takes place in an Alaskan town above the Artic Circle where it is nighttime for 30 days.� Vampires come out at night, so you get the gist.� Looks like the people will have to survive the month.� Always important is the look of the vampires and it seems they did a fantastic job.� Utterly scary.

It’s based upon a comic book by the same name from writer Steve Niles and illustrator Ben Templesmith.

Not to be out done, Will Smith is finally bringing the oft-delayed I Am Legend to the big screen.� Directed by Francis Lawrence, and based upon the book of the same name by Richard Matheson, this is a heavily anticipated flick.� For several years a script from Mark Protosevich had been floating around and it was really, really great.� That script got ditched when Lawrence hopped on board.� And unfortunately the new script was penned by the utterly urbane Akiva Goldsman.

But it’s got Will Smith and the source material is dynomite.� The story centers around Robert Neville, the last man alive after the world succumbs to a vampire plague.� The story is more about the survival of Neville and the lengths he goes to stay alive, scrounging for food, scavanging medicine from deserted hospitals.

Though there are vampires in Matheson’s novel, it’s not really about vampires and it’s not really a Will Smith action story.� It’s considered the granddaddy of modern horror.� We won’t give away much of the story since it’s a quick read and worth doing so before the film version comes out.� Based upon the trailer, it seems the studio decided to make lots of alterations to the story.� Hopefully, they’ll have kept enough of the book to make this one truly special.� I highly doubt it though.� Can you say I, Robot?

I guess I’m not surprised by Will Smith being voted as Hollywood’s Most Powerful actor. Ever since The Fresh Prince dropped the little seen science fiction film Six Degrees of Seperation he’s been on the fast track. The dude has ruled the summer box office for almost a decade. Not to mention that he’s also racked up two Oscar nods for turns as real life peeps Muhammed Ali and Chris Gardner. Any idiot could see this one coming from a mile away.

But Newsweek, which conducted the poll, seems a bit surprised by this. Maybe cause he’s black, maybe cause he’s not names Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise or “Crazy” Mel Gibson. Either way, the new generation of Hollywood actors has assumed the mantle.

An actors power is determined by opening weekend gross. Since that’s the only time movies make any money these days. Smith was the unanimous selection. According to the piece, he’s bankable in everything he does.

At 38, Smith’s worldwide box office is more than Adam Sandler’s and Will Ferrell’s combined. He’s bankable in every genre, whether sci-fi (”I, Robot”), action-comedy (”Men in Black”), romantic comedy (”Hitch”) or drama (”The Pursuit of Happyness”). It was “Happyness,” a downbeat film that grossed an astounding $298 million worldwide, that opened the industry’s eyes to Smith’s reach. “He can do anything,” says one top studio exec. “The audience has enormous affection for him�we’re talking a Tom Hanksian level of likability.” His appeal is so universal that it transcends race. “He’s the black Jimmy Stewart,” says an industry insider. “He invites the white community in, yet he’s credible with the black community. That’s a pretty hard trick.”

That’s a nice little backhanded compliment. Not that he’s the new Jimmy Stewart or that he’s the next Tom Hanks or an amalgam of Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. No he’s the black Jimmy Stewart. No. He’s fucking Will Smith. He’s the man. And any idiot going to the movies in the past ten years could have told Newsweek that. Could have told them that five years ago. The dude has earned over $4 billion dollars at the box office. Everything he touches turns to dollar signs.

Johnny Depp slid into the two hole, followed by Ben Stiller at three and Brad Pitt at four. Little surprised by Depp and Stiller being so high, but then Stiller’s comedies always earn a good box-office and Depp pretty catapulted to number two on the strength of the Pirates franchise.

Who do you think will be on this list in ten years? For our money we say Ryan Gosling or maybe an unknown comedian.