Will Smith says Steven Spielberg 'sent a helicopter' to convince him of 'Men in Black' role: 'Had me at hello'

Sam Smith is a big fan of Vancouver — and Canada in general.

Michael K. Williams has been sentenced to prison.Cartagena was sentenced to 10 years in prison last Friday (August 18), per an official document from the United States Attorney’s Office.

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Spielberg is no stranger to close encounters of the third kind.

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis has shared a new update amid her husband’s ongoing battle with dementia.The actor’s family first issued a statement in March 2022 announcing that he was retiring as he battled aphasia. Earlier this year, they revealed that his condition had progressed to frontotemporal dementia.Heming has since served as Willis’ caregiver and has spoken publicly about the emotional struggles she’s faced as his condition worsened, sharing back in March that she has “times of sadness every day”.The model and business owner has now shared a new update which she described as a “care partner PSA”.In an Instagram reel posted Monday (August 14), Heming began by explaining why she had previously asked other caregivers to send her photos of “something beautiful”.“I just think it’s so important for us to break up our thinking, which can feel, for me, very much like doom and gloom,” she explained.“I know it looks like I’m out living my best life.

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis isn’t afraid to say it how it is when it comes to caring after her husband amid his battle with frontotemporal dementia.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director With the long “Elvis” awards season behind him, Austin Butler is gearing up for two major upcoming releases: Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part 2” and the Apple TV+ miniseries “Masters of the Air.” The latter comes from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and serves as the third installment in their long-running World War II saga that also includes the acclaimed “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” In a recent interview with The Times of London, Butler revealed that he nabbed a starring role in “Masters of the Air” after Hanks grew concerned about his mental health on “Elvis.” According to Butler, Hanks told him: “You have immersed yourself so deeply in ‘Elvis’ that, for your mental health, it would be wise to go straight into something else. If you just jump off the train, you might have emotional whiplash… and, you know, I’ve got this thing I’m producing.'” Butler said “Elvis” forced him “to go to the very edge of what is possible, and not every experience will be like that.

Before he could reach the height of his fame, Hank Williams Jr.'s life was nearly cut short following a tragic accident that left the musician hospitalized and fighting to survive in 1975. Now, Williams Jr. is reflecting on the incident that nearly changed his life so many decades ago.

If you don’t know the history between Steven Soderbergh and Christopher Nolan, then you should do a bit of Googling. The short version is this: being one of the early champions of “Memento,” before it was picked up by a distributor, Soderbergh was the go-to person for Nolan’s people to call to ask for a favor.

Coronation Street star Colson Smith appears to have revealed his fear of ageing as he told fans 'I'm not okay' ahead of his birthday this weekend. The actor took to Instagram with a selfie when he shared that he'll be celebrating another trip around the sun on Sunday (August 13).

Jada Pinkett Smith is celebrating a major transformation amid her struggles with alopecia. 

Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin went back more than half a century, including their days in the Directors Company, the short-lived production entity they and Peter Bogdanovich launched in the early 1970s.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Will Smith told Kevin Hart on a new episode of Peacock’s “Hart to Heart” talk show that he “went too far” as an actor while portraying a slave in the Apple drama “Emancipation.” The film, Smith’s first release after the notorious Oscars slap, centered on the true story of a runaway slave named Peter, a photograph of whom became a rallying call for the abolition of slavery as it depicted his mutilated back scars from several whippings. “I went too far in ‘Emancipation,’” Smith said. “Just bringing it up, I start to get teary.

Will Smith has said he “went too far” while preparing for his role in Emancipation.Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), the historical action thriller follows runaway slave Peter (Smith) as he escapes from a Louisiana plantation in the 1860s.Speaking to Kevin Hart on his chat show series Hart To Heart, Smith described how he gets “teary” just thinking about his experience of shooting the film.“I went too far in Emancipation,” Smith said. “Just bringing it up, I start to get teary.

Kevin Hart’s Peacock show “Hart to Hart” on Thursday had Will Smith on board, as he recalled the grand way Steven Spielberg pitched him on taking on a role in the 1997 film Men in Black.

Will Smith has revealed how Steven Spielberg convinced him to star in Men In Black, despite the actor having reservations about the project.Smith starred in 1997 sci-fi action comedy opposite Tommy Lee Jones. The pair portrayed Agent K and Agent J, respectively, who were tasked with investigating a series of alien-related incidents on Earth.The film — which spawned two sequels and a spin-off with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson — was a critical and commercial success, but Smith needed convincing before taking on the role.During a recent appearance on Kevin Hart’s Peacock TV show Hart To Heart, the actor said he was hesitant to star in the film right after Independence Day — another sci-fi film about aliens.“I kind of understood Men in Black a little bit but I didn’t want to make Men in Black,” Smith said.

Will Smith opened up about how fame affected his family on the season 3 finale of Kevin Hart’s talk show, Hart to Hart, which aired on Thursday, August 3.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director When Will Smith was ready to turn down the role of Agent J in 1997’s “Men in Black,” executive producer Steven Spielberg decided to take matters into his own hands. During a recent appearance on Kevin Hart’s “Hart to Heart” talk show (via Insider), Smith told the story of Spielberg sending a helicopter to bring him in for a meeting in which Spielberg questioned Smith’s apprehension over “Men in Black.” It all started with Smith not wanting to make another alien-centric movie after 1996’s “Independence Day,” his first bonafide blockbuster. James Lassiter, Smith’s former manager, urged Smith to take the role of Agent J.

Having a super famous family isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Will Smith has opened up about the unhappiness his family felt during the early years of their success.The Oscar-winning actor rose to fame with the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which aired from 1990 to 1996.However, it wasn’t until two decades later, when his two children Jaden and Willow experienced their own success, that Smith felt he had achieved his dream.“2010 was like the greatest year as an artist, as a parent,” Smith admitted on the season three finale of Kevin Hart’s Peacock TV show Hart To Heart.“Karate Kid came out in June, ‘Whip My Hair’ came out in October,” the King Richard actor said, referring to Jaden’s first major film and Willow’s first debut single.“I’m building this dream of a family I’ve had in my mind. ‘I’m going to do it better than my father did it.’ We’ve talked about it, my father was abusive.

Will Smith is one of the biggest movies out there, starring in many fan favorites, such as Independence Day, the Bad Boys franchise, and Men In Black.