In The Soloist, Jamie Foxx plays Nathaniel Ayers, a real-life brilliant musician living on the streets of Los Angeles and suffering from schizophrenia. Foxx says filming was therapeutic for him because of an incident in his life when he was younger. “I had a childhood fear of losing my mind,” he says. “When I was 18 years old something bad happened to me in college. Someone slipped something to me (a drug). I flipped out. For 11 months I wondered if I’d come out of it. I thought I was going to be crazy. So going into this character years later, I’m asking my psychiatrist, ‘Can I catch schizophrenia?’”

To prepare for his role, Foxx says, “I snuck downtown with my security guys and I watched Nathaniel do his thing for a couple of hours. I watched him playing and when he played he was somewhere else. I wanted to meet him first before ‘meeting’ him. I recorded everything he did. When he plays music, it calms his soul. When I was 18, I played my music on the piano and it kept me who I am. So I really am him in a sense.”

Foxx also responds to an incident that happened less than two weeks ago at his Philadelphia hotel where he is currently filming Law Abiding Citizen. Reports say 49 year old Steven Taliver tried to force his way into Foxx’s room, but Foxx was able to shove him out and call security.

On how he is doing today, Foxx says, “Good. Everything’s good. I can’t talk about it now because of the legal thing.”

The Philadelphia Police confirmed to ET today that Steven Taliver was arrested by the Philadelphia Police on March 31st for burglary, criminal trespassing, stalking, harassment, and false impersonating.

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Jamie Foxx said he was ‘gripped by fear’ when an intruder forced his way into the actor’s hotel room in Philadelphia.

Sources say that he tricked Jamie into thinking he was a producer for Beyonce but when Jamie opened the door he realized something was wrong as the man tried to force his way into the room. Jamie struggled to overpower him and slammed the door in his face, but the police say the man fled the scene.

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Jamie Foxx tells ET about a radio show he heard in Philadelphia where callers were discussing Chris Brown’s relationship with Rihanna and their own experiences with domestic violence, “It was disturbing because a lot of the women were like, ‘Maybe I did deserve it, maybe I did bring this on myself.’ I wanna say to all the women in Philly… that’s hurting. No man should ever put their hands on you, I don’t care if he’s eight years old on the pre-school play school ground, or if he’s 19, 36, 100 years old, it doesn’t matter.”

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Pictured:  Christina Aguilera, Nicole Scherzinger,Taylor Swift, The Jonas Brothers, Pink, Miley Cyrus, Ali Landry, Jordin Sparks, Ashley Tisdale & Jamie Foxx.

Jamie Foxx has his cake – & eats it, too! – while celebrating the big 4-0 at the Delano Hotel’s Florida Room nightclub in Miami Beach on Saturday.

Who has he been linked to lately … ?  I feel like I haven’t heard anything on his romantic life lately, it would be nice for him to have someone to share all his successes (& adorable daughter) with.

Jennifer is SMOKING HOT!

Jamie Foxx claims the most ridiculous thing he has ever bought was a $18,000 crocodile-skin jacket. The Dreamgirls star was persuaded to buy the overpriced garment by some girls he met on vacation and regards it as the biggest waste of money of his life.

He said: “I was in Las Vegas and some girls I was with were going on and on about this crocodile-skin jacket. In the end I just gave in and said, ‘Alright, I’ll take it!’

“It was crazy. Stupid. I’ve never worn it. It never matched anything and it didn’t even fit properly. I don’t even have the jacket now – I don’t know where it is.”

Despite his previous fashion faux-pas, Jamie’s favorite item of clothing is also a jacket. The Oscar winner has a designer Dolce and Gabbana leather jacket which makes him feel fantastic as soon as he puts it on. Foxx believes every man should own one.

He said: When I put on my Dolce and Gabbana jacket I’m ready to meet the world. It’s made from soft burgundy leather and I love it. A jacket is a must-have. You might be wearing jeans and a t-shirt but if you’ve got a good jacket, it lifts your whole look.”