Published 13:02 IST, December 9th 2019

Will Smith performs a lullaby rendition at Times Square for the 'Big Sleep Out' event

The Pursuit of Happyness' star Chris Gardner spoke about homelessness and performed a lullaby for the supporters for the Big Sleep Out event at Times Square.

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Pursuit of Happyness star Will Smith appeared at world's big sleepout night in Time Square. Will Smith was invited to speak and share his valuable wisdom on how to end homelessness. Big Sleep out event was started by  Josh Littlejohn in intention of ending homelessness all over world. event didn't just take place in Times Square, but also in 50 places all over world including New York, London and New Delhi in aim to raise money and awareness about homeless people and ir plight. Will Smith spoke about his experience with homelessness in his legendary movie where he played Chris Gardner. Read on for details about event. 

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Will Smith Performed a rendition of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ at 'Big Sleep Out'

Will Smith performed a version of  Fresh Prince of Bel Air's me song as a lullaby for people who were starting to sleep during  Big Sleep Out at Times Square. Genie from Aladdin also shared about his role as Chris Gardner in  Pursuit of Happyness and how that portrayal changed his perception about homelessness. Gardner said that plight that homeless people deal with is painful even to think of. fact that a lot of people don't have somewhere to go and are t able to provide a safe shelter on ir child's head is a horrific experience. main goal of  Big Sleep Out was to raise awareness as well as donate as much as  $50 million to local and global charities who work for providing shelter to homeless people. Will Smith also revealed that if somebody is currently in NYC or California, n y can go and donate a dinner for a homeless child just by visiting local Walgreens store. Take a look at what  Kckturnal's writer Kadeem Lundy tweeted with regards to Will Smith and event. 

 

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Will Smith and Mena Massoud recent news

Walt Disney's 2019 movie Aladdin starring Mena Massoud and Will Smith were recently in news when Mena Massoud confessed that he hasn't received even a single audition after his Disney stint. His revelation took industry by a storm as it was unexpected news that Massoud didn't land up at any audition post his massive success Disney movie Aladdin. Will Smith was asked to comment about Massoud's statement while was walking Red Carpet for his movie Spies of Disguise, to which Will Smith responded saying that Egyptian-Canadian actor has thing to be worried about as he is a spectacular actor and future is bright for brilliant actors like him. 

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12:24 IST, December 9th 2019