Will Smith
Will Smith Signs to New Independent Record Label SLANG (Exclusive)
Will Smith is ready to get jiggy with music (again) — he’s signed a new record deal. On the heels of his performance at last month’s BET Awards, the Grammy-winning rapper and Oscar-winning actor has signed to the new independent frontline label SLANG, led by music executive Rene McLean, the partner and founding advisor of […]
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Jabari Banks as Will Smith Clashes With Estranged Father, Banks Family in ‘Bel-Air’ Third Season Trailer
Jabari Banks is still a fish out of water in ritzy Los Angeles in the third season trailer for Bel-Air, Peacock’s dramatic take on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990s sitcom that starred Will Smith. “You always told me I was in control of my own destiny,” Banks, who plays Smith’s iconic role in the […]
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BET Awards: Winners List
Victoria Monet, Killer Mike and Usher were among the big winners at the 2024 BET Awards, which took place Sunday night. Tyla won the first award of the night, for best international act, and later collected the award for best new artist. Usher, who was honored with a lifetime achievement award during the show, was […]
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BET Awards: Will Smith, Killer Mike and Victoria Monet Receive Standing Ovations
In between the explosive performances and touching speeches, the BET Awards were evangelized with an emotional performance by Will Smith, a killer speech by Killer Mike and host Taraji P. Henson reminding viewers to get out and vote in the upcoming presidential election. Performing in a circle of fire backed by the Sunday Service Choir […]
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Will Smith Gives Rousing Performance of His New Inspirational Song “You Can Make It” at BET Awards
Will Smith hit the BET Awards stage Sunday night to perform a brand-new song, “You Can Make It,” backed by the Sunday Service Choir, Chandler Moore and Kirk Franklin. Smith kicked off the performance standing on what was meant to look like lava, surrounded by fire, and rapping lyrics including: “The darker the hell you […]
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Childish Gambino Among New Roster of Performers Set to Hit BET Awards Stage
Childish Gambino is back. Donald Glover is confirmed to hit the stage at Sunday’s BET Awards, bringing his music alter ego back into the spotlight by joining a roster of newly announced performers that also includes Chlöe, Coco Jones, Keke Palmer, Marsha Ambrosius and Summer Walker. Also set to take the stage will be presenters […]
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Will Smith to Perform Brand-New Song at 2024 BET Awards
Will Smith is set to perform a brand-new song at the upcoming BET Awards. BET announced the news Monday morning but did not offer any further details about the song or performance. “From his start as a rapper to the Fresh Prince to being a box office king as one of the Bad Boys, Will […]
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Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Becomes Top Movie of 2024, Could Clear Close to $100M in Second Weekend
Inside Out 2 is showing no signs of slowing down as it shatters more records in its second weekend. Among other feats, the Pixar film has passed up Dune: Part Two to become the top-grossing film of 2024 at the domestic box office with $285.6 million in ticket sales through Friday, only its eighth day […]
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Will Smith Books Next Movie With Sony’s ‘Resistor’
Will Smith is lining up his next feature, following the career-reviving success of Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Smith is in talks to star in Resistor for Sony Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The project that hails from Escape Artists is an adaptation of the 2014 novel Influx from New York Times bestselling author […]
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From ‘Bad Boys’ to “Baby Boy”: Sean Paul on Collaborating With Will Smith and Beyoncé
Sean Paul says he usually writes songs for women, but when Will Smith called him to collaborate on a song for Bad Boys: Ride or Die, he needed him to turn up his inner bad boy. “He sent me the song with him on it already and basically asked me to do a verse, and […]
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How ‘Bad Boys 4’ Became the Fun “Jumpstart” the Summer Box Office Needed
Whenever a Sony movie comes in at No. 1, Tom Rothman drives his 1967 Ford Mustang to the Culver City lot and leaves it parked in front of the Thalberg building. But on Monday, there was a hitch after Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened to a victorious $56.5 million at the domestic box office: […]
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Box Office: Will Smith’s ‘Bad Boys 4’ Delivers Huge Victory for Actor With $56M U.S. Debut, $104.6M Globally
Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die jolted the battered summer box office back to life with a better-than-expected domestic opening of $56 million and $104.6 million globally. Moreover, it puts Will Smith on the road to a career comeback two years after the infamous Oscars slap. Ride or Die, reuniting Smith with Martin Lawrence, is […]
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