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I Am Legend screenwriter and executive producer Akiva Goldsman issued a straight-forward response to people who have used the plot of the 2007 film he co-wrote to fuel baseless conspiracy theories that the COVID-19 vaccine will eventually turn you into a zombie. “Oh. My. God. It’s a movie. I made that up. It’s. Not. Real,” Goldsman […]
Will Smith and Jay-Z are helping to make homeownership more accessible. According to Forbes, Smith’s Dreamers VC and Arrive, the investment arm of Jay’s Roc Nation, are among the companies that participated in a Series A capital raise for Landis Technologies—a startup that aims to guide renters on their path to owning a home. The $165 million funding round was led by Signia […]
Another Will Smith project is headed to the small screen. According to Deadline, Netflix has secured the global rights to Fast & Loose, a STXfilms action-thriller that was at the center of a a major bidding war that reportedly involved Warner Bros, Paramount, MGM, and Sony. The film tells the story of John Riley (Smith), an American who wakes up in Tijuana with […]
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Will Smith paid roughly $100,000 for a Fourth of July fireworks display over the Mississippi River in New Orleans. After city officials were forced to cancel last year’s fireworks because of the pandemic, financial woes threatened the annual display for a second straight year. That is, until the Independence Day actor and his Westbrook Entertainment […]
Although Will Smith was a household name by the mid-1990s, 20th Century Fox reportedly wasn’t convinced he could lead a sci-fi blockbuster film. Why? Because he was Black. In recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Roland Emmerich and writer Dean Devlin reflected on the 1996 film and their relentless fight to cast Smith as Captain Steven Hiller. The two claimed studio […]
In a new clip posted to his popular YouTube channel, Will Smith revealed what his favorite part of 2006’s The Pursuit of Happyness was. To get there he delivers a nearly three-minute intro story that talks about *in order*: his childhood love for chess, beating his dad at chess after four years, Jada hiring a chess grandmaster to tutor him for three […]
Apple’s runaway slave flick Emancipation will no longer be filmed in Georgia following the state’s new restrictive election law, Deadline reported on Monday. The film’s star Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua released a joint statement following the announcement explaining why they decided to move the movie’s production from Georgia. “At this moment in time, the Nation is […]
Will Smith stopped by Crooked Media’s Pod Save America podcast where he once again floated the idea of running for political office one day. “I think for now I’ll let that office get cleaned up a little bit and then I’ll consider that at some point down the line,” Smith said. “I absolutely have an opinion, I’m […]
In celebration of Bad Boys‘ 25th anniversary, the action-comedy franchise released a clothing capsule just in time for the holidays. The nine-piece range includes T-shirts, pullover hoodies, crewneck sweatshirts, and a couple of accessories, most of which are presented in monochromatic colorways such as black, oatmeal, and heather gray. The graphics featured throughout the collection pay homage to […]
Kid Cudi has returned with a video for his Man on the Moon III: The Chosen track “Heaven On Earth.” The short film, which was directed by Nabil and runs for a little over 5 minutes, is part of YouTube Music’s Artist Spotlight Stories series. Cudi previously released an entry in the series featuring his MOTMIII track “She Knows This.” […]
