BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- State Farm today announced it will give away a new car to a family that makes teen driver safety a priority.

Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan is in final negotiations to play a martial-arts mentor in a remake of the iconic movie The Karate Kid, Variety.com said. Harald Zwart is directing the film, which will star Will Smith's son Jaden as the title character and start shooting early this summer in Beijing. The original 1984 film and its two sequels were about the relationship between Daniel, a bullied teen played by Ralph Macchio, and Mr.

Jaden Smith, the 10-year-old son of Hollywood actor Will Smith, is set to star in a new addition to "The Karate Kid" franchise, Variety.com said.

By Daniel Neman, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Mar. 15--For a movie that uses the word "sequaciousness" and draws a life lesson from "The Iliad,""Never Back Down" is awfully moronic.

By The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Mar. 14--While it seems hard to believe, it has been almost 24 years since The Karate Kid hit theaters, giving young people their own Rocky Balboa, making a star of Ralph Macchio and inspiring a series of sequels.