For the bulk of the year, the future of Will Smith’s career was heavily debated. For decades, he has been known as the squeaky-clean rapper who evolved from being everyone’s favorite Fresh Prince from Philly to an actor with a blemish-free career. That all came to a screeching halt earlier this year when he slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars …
Undeniably, it has been a rocky year for Will Smith. His infamous moment at the Oscars earlier in the year proved to be life and career-changing after he slapped Chris Rock on stage. The fallout was swift as news of shelved deals emerged amid ridicule, but the beloved Fresh Prince icon has seemingly bounced back. After issuing several apologies directed …
Will Smith is making his return to the big screen in the new film titled Emancipation, and the trailer for the movie was just released — check it out below. The new film tells the story of a slave named Peter (played by Smith) who embarks on a journey to gain his freedom. The two-minute-long trailer shows Peter planning his …
Will Smith explained his decision to star in the new film, Emancipation, after the movie’s first screening at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 51st Annual Legislative Conference, hosted by the NAACP, on Saturday. The comments were Smith’s first time addressing a public crowd since his appearance at the Oscars, where he infamous slapped host Chris Rock. “Throughout my career, I’ve …
Will Smith was photographed filming the National Geographic/Disney+ series Welcome to Earth on Thursday in Ecuador Will Smith is back to business. The actor, 53, was spotted on set for the first time since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March — in Ecuador, to film the National Geographic/Disney+ series Welcome to Earth. Smith was photographed in the South …
Joking that he would now be selling his house, Will Smith captioned the Instagram video “posting this from a Holiday Inn” Will Smith’s foray back into the realm of social media ramped up over the weekend when he posted a video showing himself and his oldest son corralling a giant spider in their house. “What the whole hell? That is …
Will Smith and his wife of over 20 years, Jada Pinkett, were spotted in public together for the first time since the infamous Chris Rock Oscars slap in March. On Saturday (August 13), TMZ published video and photos of the couple leaving the popular Japanese restaurant Nobu in Malibu. Both appeared to be smiling and in good spirit, with Pinkett …
In the new issue of PEOPLE, crisis management public relations expert Gary Rosen weighs in on the King Richard star’s potential comeback: ‘This is not going to happen overnight’ Will Smith may have a long road ahead in terms of rehabilitating his image. In a nearly-six minute video posted online July 29, the King Richard star, 53, publicly apologized to Chris Rock, …
Anyone familiar with 2Pac’s past knows about his relationship with Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett. The two met in the 1990s at the Baltimore School for The Arts and struck up a platonic friendship, although many speculate their relationship went deeper than that. Over the years, Pinkett has made her love for 2Pac abundantly clear on every birthday and death …
Will Smith is allegedly devising his big movie comeback, following his highly-publicised Oscars controversy in March were he slapped Chris Rock on-stage. Having been slapped with a ban on attending The Academy Awards for ten years, the actor, 53, is reportedly taking matters into his own hands with a self-produced sequel to his 2007 film, I Am Legend, via his …
