Will Smith
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Big Willy Weekend: Will Smith Pays for Entire 4th of July Fireworks Celebration in New Orleans
The 'Bad Boys for Life' star is currently in NOLA filming a new movie after previously pulling production out of Georgia.
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Don't Hit 'Em Up! Outlawz Rapper Napoleon Says Jada Pinkett Begged Tupac, 'Don't Do Nothing to Will Smith'
'[Tupac] was offended when she asked him not to do anything to Will Smith from a standpoint not to be violent towards him,' Napoleon recounted.
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Will Smith Is Releasing a Memoir, and He Sat at the Red Table to Talk Fatherhood With Kevin Hart
Will Smith's memoir, aptly titled 'Will,' releases on Nov. 9. Plus, he and Kevin Hart got vulnerable on 'Red Table Talk.'
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Talking VerySmartBrothas, White Teen Movies vs. Black Teen Movies, Jay-Z & Nas and More With Damon Young on Pass The Peas
Last week was a bit of a blur for everybody in the Very Smart Brothas universe. Damon and I wrote posts about his departure, some tears may or may not have been shed, the word verklempt made an appearance and Brick killed a guy. Either way, we’re in a new phase of this whole VSB…
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Will Smith Is Getting His Body-Ody-Ody Right in New Slate of YouTube Original Series
Back in the ’90s, Will Smith once looked at his kingdom because he was finally there, and sat on his throne as the Prince of Bel Air. Cut to the roaring 2020s and we’re all sitting on our thrones (well, maybe just the porcelain thrones, after eating burritos)…in lockdown. Continuing his streak as the best…
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‘We Cannot in Good Conscience Provide Economic Support:’ Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua Pull Film Production Out of Georgia
Emancipation, the upcoming “runaway slave thriller” from Apple, Warner Bros., director Antoine Fuqua and starring Will Smith will no longer be filmed in Georgia, The Root has learned. This move reportedly comes as a direct response to the new voter law signed by Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp that imposes more restrictive voting policies that many…
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'I’m Just Like a Kid in It Myself': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Explores a Fresh New Chapter With Karyn Parsons
Now, this is a story all about how one life got flipped, turned upside down…life after The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, that is. For many of us, Karyn Parsons is best known as the fresh princess of the beloved hit show, playing Will Smith’s uber-fashionable yet often air-headed cousin, Hilary Banks. In life, she is anything…
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Wisconsin Group Tried to Purge Nearly 17,000 Eligible Voters Because Voter Suppression Is the Republican Way
Republicans don’t want non-Republicans voting. This statement is as factual as “Two plus two equals four.” Don’t get me wrong: I’m sure Democrats would also not fall into a deep depression if every Republican voter on Earth suddenly caught the Thanos snap, but they’re not the ones actively trying to limit voter access, delegitimize legally…
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Take a Minute—Just Sit Right There at Red Table Talk Because Will Smith Reflects on the Janet Hubert Reunion
Y’all won. Pretty much all of Black Twitter predicted that Will Smith would invite Janet Hubert to Red Table Talk (RTT) because there was “some healing that needs to happen”—thirty years’ worth of healing, in fact. Well, y’all were on the right track. Facebook Watch confirmed that Smith took over a special episode of RTT…
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E! People’s Choice Awards 2020: Tyler Perry Is the People’s Champ
Another day, another awards show! The E! People’s Choice Awards, (or PCAs for short), aired Sunday night and it went off without a hitch. Let’s get into it! Host Demi Lovato kicked things off with a Beyoncé-esque walk to the front of the Barker Hangar stage sporting a starry, sparkly dress and some fire-ass blonde…