Will Smith has topped a list of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actors. The "Hancock" actor - who has made 80 million U.S. dollars in the last year - became the first ever actor to have eight consecutive movies break the 100-million-dollar mark at the box office. His earnings caused him to shoot to the top of Forbes magazine's list, ahead of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" star Johnny Depp who earned 72 million dollars. Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers came joint third with earnings of 55 million dollars each, and "Blood Diamond" star Leonardo DiCaprio

Many of you are aware of the current writer's strike that has halted half of the television industry, but not many of you know why they are on strike and who is involved. The digital age has made an impact on the music, gaming, television and film industries, both positive and negative no one seems to agree on a way to sell their products. The Internet is looking to be the most likely way people will consume goods in the future and that's why things are getting so out of hand.The involved sides. The involved sides are the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the AMPTP (Association of Motion

Two of the best-known entrepreneurs in game-like online spaces known as "virtual worlds" plan to give out awards for the burgeoning industry.Ailin Graef, a Chinese-born real-estate mogul in the "Second Life" world, and Miami-based Jon Jacobs, who owns an asteroid in "Entropia Universe," announced this week that they've created a Virtual Worlds Academy.The academy will accept nominations on its Web site for categories like "Best Virtual World," "Best Virtual Fashion Designer" and "Most Dynamic Virtual Economy."The winners will be announced in February and will

Suzuki plans to exhibit its new concept-car Ionis on March 2, in Melburn.The car is very small. Although not intended for production, Ionis gives a glimpse of where Suzuki might soon be heading with eco-friendly production vehicles.Its brakes, throttle and steering all feature drive-by-wire technology which allows the controls to be positioned for maximum interior space efficiency.Combined with the space-saving, under-floor fuel cell installation, this allows Ionis to seat four adults in unusual comfort for such a small car.Four large sliding doors make for easy access to a cabin that is as luxurious

Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it will build a $1.3 billion assembly plant near Tupelo, Mississippi due to keep pace for American demand for Toyota's light trucks and cars.Toyota said the new plant, which will employ some 2,000 workers, would build its next-generation Highlander sport utility vehicle. The plant, expected to begin production in 2010, will have the capacity to produce 150,000 vehicles per year.Toyota, which is expected to claim the title of the world's biggest automaker from General Motors Corp. this year, had said it was looking to build its eighth vehicle assembly plant

Analysts say 10,000 hourly workers probably will lose their jobs as part of DaimlerChrysler's effort to cut costs at its Chrysler Group by more than $2 billion, or $1,000 for every car sold in the United States.Thousands of Chrysler workers were waiting to learn whether they will remain part of a leaner, more competitive company Wednesday, when DaimlerChrysler AG planned to announce a major restructuring at the headquarters of its U.S. operations. In addition to the hourly workers, analysts estimate another 1,000 to 1,500 salaried workers could be given pink slips.Company officials wouldn't

Was it when the ninth silver minidress appeared on a spring 2007 catwalk that onlookers shut their notebooks and uttered a collective groan? Whatever the moment, a sense of fatigue and irrelevance hovered over much of the collections in New York and Milan. Sure, there had been some terrific exceptions: Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Marni, Prada, Bottega Veneta. But the fashion industry as a whole seemed to be asking the wrong questions: Was it time, in the breathy words of Justin Timberlake, to bring "sexy back"?No. Do grown women, as much as they may have enjoyed

A new Hollywood movie is raising tough questions about Africa's bloody diamond trade. Sahr Amara is stooped low, knee-deep in a muddy river, in the fifth hour of his workday. As he has each day for the past week, the 18-year-old will earn a stipend of only 7 cents, enough to buy himself a bowl of porridge to see him through the day. "If I find a big diamond, I can afford to go to school, I can learn, and then I can help my family and even my village," he says. So far the plan has proved elusive; he has found no gems during his first week of work. "It's not easy," he says. "I

The model which has become a film star.. it is some kind of usual phenomenon, however frequently film-career of queens of a podium come to an end, after some time it had begun And supermodel Christy Turlington has received recently much more tempting offer - to become a producer of a new movie. From ..Stieven Spielberg! Christy's husband, Ed Burns, and she keep in touch with Spielberg, they were working together for some movies. So, they've received an offer to be producers of a new product about the world of fashion, of course. The idea to make a multiseried film about fashion