Will Smith

ShoWest, the trade show of the National Association of Theatre Owners is going on in Las Vegas right now. Participants in Las Vegas have been enjoying advanced peeks at new theater seat designs, Dolby 3D examples, a touch-screen dispenser that can dispense 17 flavors of Coca-Cola, and other interesting items.

The big news yesterday was the screening of Columbia’s Big summer picture, The Karate Kid, starring Jaden Smith, Will Smith’s son, and Jackie Chan.

Jaden was named as the recipient of the ShoWest Star of Tomorrow Award. Before the film screened, Will Smith, Jaden Pinkett Smith and Jaden Smith came on stage. Jaden was given the award and he took the microphone to say a few words. He said, “My dad wrote me a speech with a whole lot of funny things in it, but I’m 11 and I’m nervous, so thank you!”