Will Smith Almost Wasn't Cast in 'Independence Day' For This Reason

Tiger Woods got candid about his personal life with Jada Pinkett Smith for his new show,, which was filmed just one day before his serious car crash in February.Woods is still recovering from the crash on Feb. 23 in California that left him hospitalized with severe injuries.

Emmerdale star Samantha Giles has announced that she is taking a break from "vitriolic" Twitter.Tweeting on Sunday night, the actress, 50, who plays Bernice Blackstock on the ITV soap, admitted she was "astounded" by the "nasty people" on the platform and that she needed a "wee break" from her account. Samantha penned: "Having a wee break from the vitriolic place Twitter is today! It astounds me how nasty people are.

Amanda Seyfried took a trip down memory lane!

Actor William Smith, known for playing bikers, cowboys and brawlers in a series of television shows and hit movies, has died. He was 88.

Vivica A. Fox fought hard for her role in This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Will Smith-starring action flick, with Fox telling ET's Kevin Frazier while guest hosting Friday's show that it was a «life changing» opportunity for her.

Fredo has announced his new album ‘Independence Day’ and shared a Headie One collaboration – listen to ‘Wandsworth To Bullingdon’ below.The west London rapper will follow up January’s ‘Money Can’t Buy Happiness’ with the new record, which is set to arrive on August 6.The 14-track album, which the rapper has promised will be his “hardest shit so far”, will also include Fredo’s recent single ‘Talk Of The Town’, which was released last month.

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani got married on July 3, 2021 at their Oklahoma estate. The intimate wedding ceremony saw Blake and Gwen's close family in attendance and while Carson Daly officiated their wedding, many noticed how one of Shelton's closest pals from the industry and his The Voice co-judge, Adam Levine was missing from the wedding.

Independence Day “because he’s Black”.Screenwriter Dean Devlin and director Roland Emmerich recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter for the film’s 25th anniversary, explaining how they fought to cast Smith alongside Jeff Goldblum.“The one character we had in our mind from day one was Jeff Goldblum,” Devlin explained. “As we were working on the script, I would do my Jeff Goldblum imitation.

pic.twitter.com/MiLKZ0HN8y— Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) July 4, 2021McConaughey said that America’s relatively young status should serve as its driving force to keep moving forward and improving.“We got to keep learning, we got to keep maturing, we gotta keep striving, we gotta keep climbing, we gotta keep building,” he said.

Coldplay have marked Independence Day in the US by delivering a firework-fuelled performance of ‘Higher Power’ for Macy’s Fourth of July Spectacular.While 500 vaccinated fans were originally set to attend the Queens recording, a crowd of roughly 8000 New Yorkers eventually turned out to transform the event into a stunning celebration which boasted the band’s biggest live audience since the coronavirus pandemic began.More than 1,000 fireworks were also set off on a barge on the East River behind

Will Smith has reportedly paid $100,000 (£85,700) to save New Orleans’ Fourth of July fireworks display.The annual display was said to be in jeopardy on account of a lack of funding. Smith, who is in the city shooting upcoming slave thriller Emancipation, was praised for his gesture by Mayor LaToya Cantrell.Cantrell took to Twitter to voice her gratitude.

Matthew McConaughey marked the Fourth of July by sharing a special message to America. 

A quarter-century ago, Will Smith’s Capt. Steven Hiller was “a little anxious to get up there and whoop ET’s ass” and save Earth from alien invaders in Independence Day. In 2021, the actor paid it forward in a less-dramatic but equally cool way: He paid a reported $100,000 to help pay for New Orleans’ Fourth of July fireworks display.