Will Smith & 'King Richard' Cast Take Up Tennis Lessons Before The Premiere in London!

Will Smith and the cast of King Richard are receiving a major honour! The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced Tuesday that the stars of the biopic will be the recipients of the Ensemble Performance Award.

Palm Springs International Film Awards announced Tuesday that the stars of the biopic will be the recipients of the Ensemble Performance Award.The award will be presented to Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Jon Bernthal and Tony Goldwyn, who are all expected to attend.“is a wonderful film that tells the emotional story of Richard William’s determination and vision that, along with the steady support of his wife Oracene, turned their daughters Venus and Serena into tennis

In King Richard, Aunjanue Ellis is Oracene Price, mother and oft-unsung hero in the success story of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams. As a determined and driven father and coach, the titular character Richard Williams (played by Will Smith) has long been known in the public eye as the man behind the sporting family’s magic.

The cast of “King Richard,” including Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis, will receive the Ensemble Performance Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival, it was announced on Monday. The full cast is expected to attend the Gala Film Awards on January 6, 2022 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

King Richard,” starring Will Smith, is one of the biggest award contenders of the year. The film follows Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams, as he trained them to become the champions that they are today.

Few actors are defined by the word “badass” the way that Jon Bernthal is. From playing the tragic villain Shane Walsh on “The Walking Dead” to the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s version of the brutal Frank Castle in “The Punisher,” right down to roles where he isn’t cracking heads—his eerily spot-on portrayal of Lee Iacocca in “Ford v Ferrari,” for example—Bernthal exudes an endless cool and charisma, while still looking like he could take on anyone in the room if he needed to.

While Samba TV reported today that 707K U.S. households watched the Will Smith drama King Richard over the weekend, an even more interesting detail was how HBO Max subscribers tuned in: The OTT service tells us that a majority of subs watched the biopic about Serena and Venus Williams’ coach father from start-to-finish without pausing. Translation, King Richard had a view completion rate of 100%.

early positive notice from critics and is poised to be a player in the upcoming awards race, but now that it’s available to the masses you may be wondering how, exactly, to watch it. Is it streaming? Is it in theaters? All your questions answered below.“King Richard” was released on Nov.

Richard Williams, the controversial father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.Director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s grand slam of a movie is an odd duck because, generally speaking, biographies tend to be made about huge names — Judy Garland, Jackie O., Tonya Harding — and their moms, dads, bosses and old flames are merely colorful side characters who come and go. Not this one.

Will Smith is opening up about his appreciation for the cast and crew of King Richard.

Will Smith is taking over the red table! The star is hosting this week's episode of along with Venus and Serena Williams, for an exclusive conversation about the biopic.In this exclusive clip from Wednesday's episode, Will shares that Venus and Serena, who serve as executive producers on the project, withheld whether they were going to be executive producers on the film until after they saw the finished product.«It's a complicated story to tell and we wanted our story to be something that was

Will Smith wouldn’t seem an obvious candidate for a midlife crisis. Hugely successful, immensely popular, indefatigably sunny.But Smith, who stars in the upcoming drama “King Richard,” as Richard Williams, father and coach to Venus and Serena Williams, is reemerging after an extensive period of introspection.

One big consequence of the pandemic for Hollywood has been at the box office, with shuttered theatres leading studios to send films that were originally bound for theatrical release to their streaming services.

Serena Williams, her husband Alexis Ohanian and their 4 year old daughter Olympia and attended the premiere of “King Richard” in Hollywood.Will Smith is the screen parent of Venus and Serena Williams in their upcoming biopic ‘King Richard’Serena Williams opens up about daughter’s musical talent: ‘I have a baby Mozart’The family of three all looked stylish and happy.

Will Smith is one giving guy! The star spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about what it was like to play Venus and Serena Williams' father, Richard, in the film, and why he gave everyone on set of the film a special bonus.«All I can do is my part, so it's always an honor and a pleasure for me to do my part, and everybody put in brilliant work.