Will Smith is reviving the long-dormant Men in Black franchise, and he’s brought in an unexpected star to help him do so. The 1990s were undeniably a great time for Will Smith. Six seasons of the hugely popular NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air had primed him to emerge as a movie star, and Hollywood quickly obliged. After supporting ...

Will Smith fans were delighted to discover that a beloved action franchise has made a triumphant return to Disney. Amidst the excitement surrounding Will Smith’s return to the Disney fold, it’s hard to ignore the shadow cast by the fallout from the 2022 Oscars ceremony. Smith’s altercation with comedian Chris Rock sent shockwaves through Hollywood and beyond, leading to his ...

The Walt Disney Company has reportedly elected to cancel a beloved $1 billion franchise starring Will Smith. Despite the fanfare and financial success of the live-action adaptation of Aladdin (2019), it appears that Disney has opted to chart a different course. The film, which grossed over $1 billion worldwide, was headlined by Will Smith in the iconic role of the ...

Disney’s Aladdin star Will Smith’s former partner, Jada Pinkett Smith, recently shocked the world with revelations about the pair’s relationship. Will Smith is one of the most iconic names in the Hollywood industry; in fact, he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have been termed “Hollywood’s Most Powerful Couple” and have been the center of attention and admiration for their ...

The 2022 Academy Awards were among the Academy’s most memorable — and, unfortunately, not for a good reason. Footage of Aladdin actor Will Smith hitting stand-up comedian Chris Rock live onstage after a comment about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith meant that the actor was hit equally hard by controversy — not to mention by a 10-year-ban from the Academy. The actor ...

After the debacle at the 94th Academy Awards in March (which involved Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock live and onstage), actor and Oscar-winner Will Smith seems to be stepping away from the limelight. The Aladdin actor has now been spotted, however, arriving at a private Mumbai airport in India. According to PEOPLE, “the actor traveled to India for spiritual purposes, to ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finally come to a decision on how to punish actor Will Smith for the scene he made during the 94th Oscars. In an open letter sent earlier today, the Academy explained that Smith would be banned from attending the Oscars for ten years. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the letter states, ...

Following this year’s Oscars awards ceremony in which actor Will Smith walked onto the stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock after the comedian joked about Smiths wife Jada Pinkett Smith, fans and the Academy have been working through potential consequences during the incident’s fallout. With Will Smith up for a potential suspension or even expulsion from the Academy of Motion ...

It has been almost 24 hours since Oscar-winning actor Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Dolby Theatre stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, and the actor has finally released an apology. Smith shared the apology on his Instagram, writing the following: “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s ...

On Monday, March 28, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences amended its statement regarding a physical altercation between Oscar winner Will Smith and nominee presenter and comedian Chris Rock. In the comedy-filled lead-up to announcing nominees for Best Documentary, Chris Rock made a joke about Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness. He said that he could not ...