German film and TV company Telepool, jointly owned by Hollywood actor-producer Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields, is moving forward in multiple areas of the entertainment business, CEO André Druskeit tells Variety.
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Will Smith stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday (Jan. 14) to promote his upcoming threequel, Bad Boys For Life, and opened up about his early career as a rapper and hip-hop star.When host Seth Meyers brought up Smith's penchant for ultra-clean lyrics during his '90s heyday, the superstar revealed a dressing down from his grandmother at a young age was what inspired him to eliminate curse words from his rhymes."I was 12 years old and I started rapping," he said.
German film and TV company Telepool, jointly owned by Hollywood actor-producer Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields, is moving forward in multiple areas of the entertainment business, CEO André Druskeit tells Variety.
Considering the first two films of this franchise were a hoot, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence had to do another one. Especially for the sake of their fans, who had been waiting for the film for the past 16 years! Remakes are always a risky dive because sometimes filmmakers fail to give their audience exactly what they want after the first movie.
Jaden Smith, 21, seemed to be proud of Tyler, the Creator, 28, after his epic Grammy Award win on Jan. 26 and shared an eye-catching tweet to prove it. The rapper won in the category of Best Rap Album for his Igor album and soon after he accepted the honor, the son of Will Smith, 51, and Jada Pinkett Smith, 48, took to Twitter to write about it. “My Boyfriend Just Won A Grammy,” his tweet read.
By Nellie Andreeva
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in the latest installment of their action-comedy franchise, Bad Boys for Life—and the accompanying soundtrack just dropped. The tracklist includes the previously released single, “RITMO (Bad Boys for Life).” This is the first Bad Boys film since 2003’s Bad Boys II.
Way back in 1995 ‘Bad Boys’ came out and shook the world.
Ask mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer about stardom and he’ll freely admit it can be fleeting. But pressed as to why Will Smith has endured from the early `90s to today and the answer is succinct.
Back in the ‘90s, Will Smith was known for not cursing in his rap songs. During a recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote his upcoming movie, Bad Boys For Life, the Philly native explained how his grandmother influenced this decision.
Before he took Hollywood by storm with his remarkable acting skills, Will Smith was one of the well-known names in the rap world. During his recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the 51-year-old star reflected on the early years of his rapping career. At the time when rappers and hip-hop stars were famous for loading their lyrics with curse words, Will was known for dropping clean rap songs without any kind of swearing and host Seth Meyers wanted to know why.
"He wasn’t going to speak to me if I wasn’t going to speak to him"
Will Smith isn't afraid to get candid about his marriage and his struggles with wife Jada Pinkett Smith. During a new interview with , host Charlemagne tha God asked Will if he was ever jealous of the relationship between his wife of 22 years and her childhood friend, the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
Will Smith is opening up about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's close friendship with Tupac Shakur, and how it caused the actor to feel "deeply insecure."When The Breakfast Club asked Will if he was jealous of Jada and Pac, who met in high school and remained close until his death, Will responded, "F--- yeah."He does, however, regret not ever trying to establish a relationship with the late icon. “That was a big regret for me too because I could never open up to interact with Pac,” he said.
Will Smith wasn’t too fond of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith‘s close friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur. In a recent interview, the Hollywood star admitted that while he doesn't think of himself as a jealous type of husband now, he was insecure about the relationship his wife and her best friend shared.
Will Smith is opening up about his feelings toward his wife Jada Pinkett Smith‘s deep connection to rapper Tupac Shakur.