On Wednesday, a very bald Will Smith and his 11-year-old son Jaden appeared at a studio in Beijing, China to begin filming the new movie The Kung Fu Kid.

Alfonso Ribeiro, best known for his role as Cousin Carlton on NBC’s hit ’90s comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, made a guest appearance SUNY at Oneonta earlier this year, where he explained what really went down with the firing of the first Aunt Viv, Janet Hubert.

(Starts at 2:18.)

As some of you may know, Hubert is self-publishing a tell-all book, entitled Perfection Is Not A Sitcom Mom, in which she slams Oscar-nominated actor Will Smith as an egotistical jerk who is responsible for her failed career in showbusiness.

Will Smith is widely considered one of the nicest guys in Hollywood — unless of course you’re talking to Janet Hubert, the actress who played the Original Aunt Viv on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air for four seasons before being fired and recast in 1993.

Janet’s releasing a tell-all book, entitled Perfection Is Not A Sitcom Mom, the work set for released next year, and in it she says that Will is not the nice considerate guy he makes himself out to be. In fact, Janet says The Fresh Prince was a bit of a a diva. For example, if a guest star was too good and ran the risk of stealing the spotlight from Will, he made sure their asses were ousted. Secondly, no one but Mr. Jada Pinkett Smith was allowed to go on The Tonight Show for the first season, Hubert claims.

Janet openly admits that she blames Will for ruining her once burgeoning acting career.

In one excerpt from the book, given to Black Voice’s BV Buzz column, Janet writes: “Smith had people around him who made sure no one outshone him. I was happy to see Don Cheadle become the quality actor that he is, and often wondered how he made it past one episode, as Hilary’s boyfriend, being such a fierce actor. No one could be on ‘The Tonight Show,’ that first season, except Will. And I mean no one.”

Janet writes: “I recall the lovely and incredibly talented Countess Vaughn coming to guest star. Oh my God! The day of table read, she was pee-in-your-pants funny. The writers were howling, we were howling, so I knew she was history – banished into the cornfield. Many years later, after she had her own show, I had to tell her when she asked me why. ‘Miss Janet why did I get cut from the episode,’ she asked? Simply, my darling, you were too good…”

She recalls her Fresh Prince firing like so: First, producers offered her just 10 episodes, when the standard was 22-26. It would have meant a pay cut of over $100,000 a year, and Janet had a three and a half month old son, a new house, an unemployed husband, and a new business — she need a full contract. When she refuses to accept a cut in pay, she was fired.

The excerpt continues:

“‘That’s not all,’ Michael [her agent] said. ‘They don’t want you to work on any other shows. You can only do two guest starring roles.’ What? Who? I stammered. I couldn’t breathe. What do we do, Michael? What do we do? ‘We pass,’ Michael said. ‘This is a dirty deal, and they know it.’ OK, I trust you, I said. Michael had been my agent for more than 20 years. ‘OK sweetie, I will call you back,’ he said.”

…”My mind was going in a million places. OK, I thought, they will come back; this is how they do it. They always come back. I started into the kitchen where Rayna – my friend, housekeeper and nanny was. She was doing dishes as baby E was enjoying a swing. I knelt down, kissed his head, and waited for the next round of negotiations. They never came. The next time Michael called he said, ‘They are going to recast your role.’ There was a beautiful stained glass window that I designed in the bedroom, and the windows were open, so my neighbors probably heard me scream. And that beautiful window probably has many cracks in it. Time of Death: approximately 3 pm. The real Vivian Banks was murdered…”

It’s TMI Time with Jada Pinkett Smith! The actress, who is married to Oscar-nominated actor Will Smith, says having sex at a friend’s house helps keeps relationships alive.

Jada Pinkett Smith is currently promoting the series premiere of her TNT medical drama, Hawthorne.

Jada also suggests couples can revive their love lives by getting intimate in their cars, workplaces, and friend’s living quarters.

Ew……

“Be sneaky – your girlfriend’s house at a party. The bathroom. A bedroom,” Jada reveals in the July issue of RedBook Magazine. “Think of places outside that are comfortable to have sex.”

“Does he have access to his office? Have a fantasy date. Be his secretary! Pull over on the side of the road… Just switch it up,” the 37-year-old star explained. “Anything like that can keep it going. Anything it takes to keep the flame alive.”

She adds, “The key to true beauty is lots of water, great sex with Will Smith and happiness….The key for me is I’m vocal about getting my happiness. Sometimes if you just say what you need then someone will give it to you.”

Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson has joined the cast of the upcoming remake of the popular 1984 film The Karate Kid.

The star — who played Queenie in the hit 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button star, has been cast as the mom to Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s son Jaden in The Kung Fu Kid, which will also star Jackie Chan, MTV News has learned.

The movie, produced by The Smiths, is set to open theaters in 2010.

Will Smith donated $122,500 to Scientology-related causes in 2008, according to a new report.

The Huffington Post wrote Wednesday:

He also gave a combined $122,500 to the Church of Scientology, broken into these donations: $67,500 to the New York Rescue Workers Detoxication Fund, $50,000 to the group’s Celebrity Center in Hollywood and $5,000 to ABLE, another Scientology offshoot. Smith and his wife have also supported a private school called New Village Academy they opened this fall in suburban Los Angeles that uses Scientology learning concepts.

Variety has confirmed that Jaden Smith, the 10-year-old son of Hollywood staples Will and Jada, will star in Columbia Pictures’ upcoming reworking of the hit 1984 film The Karate Kid.

Will and Jada cover the December 2008 issue of Essence.

Those pesky Will Smith gay rumors are back again.

Notorious Hollywood biographer quotes a source who claims the Oscar-nominated father of three has a history of paying men for sex.

According to a notorious Hollywood Madame, Smith was a client of hers for years before she packed up shop and moved her operation to Manhattan earlier this year. She remembers the first time she ever spoke with Smith. “I had to reassure him over and over that I could guarantee discretion,” she said. “Once I convinced him I could, he placed his order. It was for a man. I had 14 women working for me and two guys. You’d be surprised at how many Hollywood stars requested the services of the guys.”
“Once I convinced him I could, he placed his order. It was for a man. I had 14 women working for me and two guys. You’d be surprised at how many Hollywood stars requested the services of the guys.”