NBCUniversal Ups Rachel Smith to Executive VP of Unscripted Content, Lifestyle and Documentaries

continues to speak out about the bombshells dropped by his estranged wife, Jada Pinkett Smith in her new memoir “Worthy.”The 55-year-old Oscar winner penned a letter to British podcaster, author and life coach Jay Shetty, who read the message to Pinkett Smith on a new episode of his podcast “OnPurpose.”“I just turned the final page of ‘Worthy’,” wrote Smith. “It is amazing to realize that despite having lived most of my life by your side, I still found myself shocked and stunned and caught off guard, laughing, then inspired, then heartbroken. I was all over the place.”He continued, “It’s one thing to hear anecdotes at a family barbecue, but it was truly overwhelming to take in your story, potently condensed in this way.”Smith seemed to have largely a positive towards Pinkett Smith whom he married in 1997 and even expressed regret in regards to his own actions during their 25-year marriage.“I know it wasn’t easy to excavate the depths in that way.

Jada Pinkett Smith has been revealing lots of information about her and Will Smith in the past few days!

Will Smith has returned to Instagram amid all of Jada Pinkett Smith’s revelations about their relationship.

Jada Pinkett Smith is offering up some clarification about her separation from her husband Will Smith in a new interview on the Today show with Hoda Kotb.

living separately for nearly seven years. According to Pinkett Smith, 52, the couple had been struggling with their tumultuous marriage for many years and were simply just “exhausted.” “I think by the time we got to 2016 we were just exhausted with trying,” the “Girls Trip” actress told the “Today” show’s Hoda Kotb, 59, in a special preview, set to air Friday, Oct.

Worthy, to Hoda Kotb on that . Jada confirmed that she and Will have been living “completely separate lives” and divorced in all but name for seven years, but still pretending to be more-or-less happily married for all of that time.So, they weren't together when she and Will had that tearful conversation about their marriage on .

Caroline Brew editor Rachel Smith has been named anchor of the weekend edition of “Entertainment Tonight.” “Entertainment Tonight Weekend,” which is an hour-long version of the nightly syndicated entertainment news show, will now broadcast from New York City for the first time in the show’s 42-year history, Variety has learned. Smith takes over hosting duties of the weekend show from the Big Apple on October 7.

*NSYNC, New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys has been greenlit by Paramount+.According to Variety, the as-yet untitled documentary will trace the legacy of boy bands during the height of their fame in the ‘90s and early-2000s, and will feature interviews with boy band members as well as archival music footage.The project will be directed by Tamra Davis, whose credits include the music videos for New Kids on the Block’s ‘Call It What You Want’ and Hanson’s ‘MMMBop’, among others. The documentary is co-produced by Johnny Wright, who previously served as the tour manager for both New Kids on the Block and *NSYNC member, Justin Timberlake.“The Nineties boy band era was an extraordinary chapter in music where harmonies and beats came together,” Wright said of the documentary, per Rolling Stone.

NSYNC, Britney Spears) joins Gunpower and Sky CEO Van Toffler (MTV VMAs, “Tupac: Resurrection”) to produce this project exploring the boy band-obsessed era of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Bruce Gilmer, Paramount’s president of music, music talent, programming and events and Paramount+’s chief content officer of music, made a statement on the upcoming project: “The ’90s boy band era made an indelible impact and will be forever woven into the pop culture landscape. Boy bands remain bonafide global sensations to this day, as seen in the fan frenzy heard around the world during *NSYNC’s on-stage reunion at this year’s VMAs and the ever-spreading domination of K-Pop’s biggest groups like BTS, Stray Kids and TXT.” The documentary will include the songs, band members and personalities who defined the time period and explain the popularity of boy bands.

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed her thoughts on the long-awaited arrest of a suspect in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.

NBCUniversal has found its permanent lifestyle and documentary chief.

K.J. Yossman Rachel Griffiths has been cast as the lead in “Madam,” a new dramedy series about an escort agency. Griffiths, best known for her roles in “Six Feet Under” and “Brothers & Sisters,” stars as McKenzie ‘Mack’ Leigh, who sets up an ethical brothel in New Zealand after her philandering husband and mountain of debt leave her struggling to provide for her family.

Caroline Brew editor National Geographic has signed a first-look deal with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning production company Muck Media for unscripted series and specials. Muck and National Geographic have previously collaborated on “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller,” which is nominated for nine Emmys at the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In “Trafficked,” van Zeller investigates shadow markets, criminal organizations and trafficking networks around the world.

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) has launched an “udderly brilliant” new fundraising sculpture trail which will see a herd of colourful cows displayed across Perth and Kinross.

Yard Act have confirmed details of a huge UK and European tour to take place in 2024 – see the dates below and buy tickets here.The Leeds band returned this summer with new single ‘The Trench Coat Museum’ and promises of a follow-up to their Mercury Prize-nominated 2022 debut album ‘The Overload’.The new tour will begin in March next year with 11 UK and Irish dates ending at London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith.Then, they will head to the continent for a series of gigs that begin in Nantes on April 4 and wrap up on April 28 in Brussels.Pre-sale tickets for the tour will go on sale here from 10am BST on Wednesday (September 27), with a general sale beginning at the same time on Friday (September 29).Buy your tickets here and see the full list of Yard Act tour dates below.MARCH 202413 – Norwich, UEA14 – Nottingham, Rock City15 – Glasgow, O2 Academy16 – Manchester, O2 Apollo17 – Newcastle, Northumbria University19 – Belfast, Mandela Hall20 – Dublin, Vicar Street22 – Liverpool, Invisible Wind Factory23 – Bristol, O2 Academy25 – Brighton, Dome27 – London, Eventim ApolloAPRIL 20244 – Nantes, Stereolux5 – Paris, Cabaret Sauvage6 – Bordeaux, Rock School Barbey8 – Lisbon, Lav9 – Madrid, Mon11 – Barcelona, La 212 – Lyon, Le Transbordeur13 – Bologna, Locomotiv Club14 – Milan, Santeria Toscana 3116 – Zurich, Mascotte17 – Munich, Muffathalle18 – Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg20 – Stockholm, Slaktkyrkan24 – Hamburg, Uebel & Gefährlich25 – Amsterdam, Paradiso26 – Nijmegen, Doornrosie27 – Cologne, Kantine28 – Brussels, Les Nuits BotaniqueYard Act spoke about their second album in an interview with NME earlier this year, with frontman James Smith saying it concerns “getting everything you ever wanted and realising that the misery and

The European Commission and European Investment Fund (EIF) have announced the first investments of its fledgeling MediaInvest equity investment instrument aimed at the audiovisual sector.

Perthshire has two teams into the second round of the Scottish Cup.

A senior SNP MP could be ousted from his seat by his local MSP's husband, according to reports.

The Cure drummer Lol Tolhurst has spoken to NME about exploring the origins of goth for his new book, how his former band were part of the genre all along, and how the likes of David Bowie, Joy Division and Nine Inch Nails shaped the scene.In his far-reaching new book, Goth: A History, Tolhurst explores the music, literature and art that shaped the genre, as well as the band he co-founded with Robert Smith in 1977. “Despite our passionate insistence that The Cure was not a goth group,” Tolhurst writes in the book, “The Cure was very much a goth group.”Speaking to NME from his home in LA, the musician laughed off The Cure’s insistence not to be termed a goth band.

Tupac Shakur lip-syncing to a song by Will Smith in the late ’80s.Pinkett Smith, an actress and talk show host, is married to actor and musician Smith. She was close friends with late rapper Shakur at high school in Baltimore, and was filmed doing the cover several years before she met Smith on the set of The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.The TV star published a brief excerpt from her upcoming memoir Worthy on Instagram, in which she wrote about the moment when she, Shakur and Smith collided.She included the clip of herself and Shakur dancing to ‘Parents Just Don’t Understand’, the 1988 Grammy-winning hit that Smith wrote as one-half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)“Not in a million years would I have dreamed that the Fresh Prince and I would become, um, very acquainted,” Pinkett Smith wrote in her post.