Will Smith almost wasn’t in ‘Independence Day’ “because he’s Black”

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Stephen A. Smith is in a HUGE quagmire this week after saying MLB baseball star Shohei Ohtani — who is Japanese — is “harming” the marketing of professional baseball in America because he “doesn’t speak English.”

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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.

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.

If anyone thought a now free Bill Cosby was going to lay low for a bit after having his rape conviction and sentence suddenly overturned last week, the much accused actor once known as “America’s Dad” choose America’s Independence Day to prove them wrong.

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 7 new deaths from Covid-19 and 644 new positive cases.