African Queens Hybrid Docuseries From EP Jada Pinkett Smith Gets 2-Season Netflix Order With Cleopatra & Njinga As First Subjects

As we discover far too often, history loves to repeat itself – in the NFL and otherwise.

Westbrook Studios, the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith company behind Telluride favorite King Richard and series Red Table Talk and Cobra Kai, has held exploratory talks with a number of potential buyers including the new venture led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by the Blackstone Group.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWill Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc. could become the latest celebrity-backed media company to secure a splashy deal.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max has ordered a pilot for a potential “Dead Boy Detectives” series, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.Based on the DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman, the one-hour series would follow the Dead Boy Detectives — Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine — who decided not to enter the afterlife in order to stay on earth and investigate crimes involving the supernatural.Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant are set to play Rowland and Paine respectively in the

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Footballer Korey Smith and his wife Hattie Bourn have welcomed their third child together, a baby girl.The pair, who are already parents to sons Marley and Otis, took to Instagram to reveal the exciting news, in which they shared that they had named their daughter Etta Rose Smith. Swansea City midfielder Korey shared an image of Hattie holding the newborn close to her chest before sharing a snap of himself in full hospital scrubs as he held the precious youngster.

Matt James and Olivia Jade Giannulli are reportedly among the contestants taking part in the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars”.

Bel-Air, a reworking of the popular 90s comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air starring Will Smith.The new show, which will be a drama in contrast, hails from Jada Pinkett Smith and Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Universal Television.Smith, who rose to fame through his starring role in the six-season show, broke the news to Banks himself via video.“From the deepest parts of my heart I want to say congratulations to you,” said Smith to a surprised Banks.

Twelve-year-old Celina Smith, a cast member of Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan on Nickelodeon, has landed the title role of NBC’s Annie Live!, the upcoming holiday production of the classic Broadway musical.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock is heading down under for its latest straight-to-series order.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn today’s podcast news roundup, Westbroook’s “Red Table Talk” inks an overall podcast pact with iHeartMedia; Season 3 of Payne Lindsey’s popular “Up and Vanished” series investigates an unsolved disappearance in Montana; Crooked Media pop-culture podcast hosted by Jason Concepcion gets a launch date; and more.“Red Table Talk,” the Facebook Watch talk show from Westbrook hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith alongside her daughter Willow and her mother Adrienne “Gammy”

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Timothy Hutton (American Crime) is set for a recurring role in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Will Smith is a charismatic star best known for his work in TV, film, and music, but it’s clear that another role means more to him than his longtime career: dad. The actor, 52, has three children: Trey, 28, whom he shares with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino, and Willow, 20, and Jaden, 23, whom he shares with his current wife Jada Pinkett Smith. (The two have been married since 1997, while Will was previously married to Sheree between 1992 and 1995.)

Jada Pinkett Smith has some new ink! The Red Table Talk host took to Instagram on August 15 and revealed a glimpse at what she intends to be the first tattoo of many more to come on her right arm.