I Am Legend is still at #2 on the box office charts after its fourth week in theaters. To date, it's grossed $228.6 million. You've come a long way, baby.

• Attending holiday toy giveaways sponsored by black organizations = not racist. [AP]

• Is I Am Legend just a bunch of Barack Obama propaganda disguised as a blockbuster? [FN]

• Wal-Mart's supporting more minority- and women-owned businesses. [BE]

• There's not much I can say about the new show Clash of the Choirs except that I'm thankful Kelly Rowland's getting some work. [MG]

• And today's VPT (very poor taste) Award goes to Extra TV, TMZ, and many others.

The critics may have just liked I Am Legend, but apparently America loved it. Will Smith cemented his super, crazy, mega-star status this weekend when he beat both his own opening weekend record ($52.2 million for I, Robot) and the overall December record set by Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

In less encouraging news, The Perfect Holiday, which stars Gabrielle Union and Morris Chestnut, didn't have the same successful opening as This Christmas. It made $2.5 million and came in at No. 6.

Lastly, Alvin and the Chipmunks had an undeniably successful opening but still came in after Will Smith's blockbuster. Let this be a lesson to animators. Don't turn 80s classics into CGI nightmares. Okay, since it made money this is probably not a lesson, but more like a plea. Check out the box office top 10 after the jump.

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By most critical accounts, Will Smith's I Am Legend, which premieres today, is a highly entertaining film until the second hour, when it starts to sort of suck. Will Smith got raves for his performance, though. And if the sucky second half keeps this film from becoming a Smith-esque blockbuster, I'm sure his family — and by family I mean Jada, Trey, Jaden, Willow, and Tom Cruise — will be there to comfort him. But I doubt that will be necessary.

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Tom Cruise, who honored Will Smith his hand and footprint ceremony Monday, has basically just decided to join the Smith family. He posed on the red carpet with them at NYC's I Am Legend premiere. The Smiths seem happy with the arrangement, so who am I to judge? More pics after the jump.

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The trailer for I Am Legend, which anyone who takes daily trips across the Manhattan or Brooklyn Bridges saw being filmed last year, was just released. It seems like Castaway meets 28 Days Later. Will you see it?