Will Smith
![Andrea Bocelli performs on stage at The SSE Hydro on October 20, 2019; Will Smith attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/n8rmiTayL8uBTvBwzguD3HdpOVM=/364x242/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Will-Smith-attends-the-94th-Annual-Academy-Awards-Andrea-Bocelli-performs-on-stage-at-The-SSE-Hydro-071224-1b9c5c9579a04e6aa7c27b3e47e4aa6d.jpg)
Will Smith will appear with Andrea Bocelli at singer’s 30th anniversary concert
![Will Smith performs onstage during the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024](https://ew.com/thmb/Rct0pBPdYQE2IXWRh0BdPVC6sdk=/364x242/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Will-Smith-performance-bet-awards-063024-1f4fb97d35d44d03b89bd4d0acb09fdd.jpg)
Will Smith, still jiggy with it, performs new song at the 2024 BET Awards
![Will Smith performs on stage with DJ Jazzy Jeff (not pictured) during the Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films "Gemini Man" Budapest concert at St Stephens Basilica Square on September 25, 2019](https://ew.com/thmb/YMggIeebXqVY1f4NOoKABI-xY4I=/364x242/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Will-Smith-062324-d155b8ea513d42debc8dac2d1ea9eb6d.jpg)
The Fresh Prince returns! Will Smith will perform a new song at the 2024 BET Awards
![Will Smith attends the "Bad Boys: Ride Or Die" Miami Screening on June 05, 2024](https://ew.com/thmb/5EXxH5Fub4QFUKwvu1979lFGxic=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Will-Smith-060924-6d9089aa9ecb482bb2b90763290a3484.jpg)
Will Smith sneaks into Bad Boys: Ride or Die screening, surprises fans
![Will Smith and Martin Lawrence star in Columbia Pictures BAD BOYS: RIDE](https://ew.com/thmb/kqry99ej08T9Dz_8I0_YTw0XxaY=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Bad-Boys-4-032624-1-e9324b3b13ac4a86be2a2c3ee2350874.jpg)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die revives the summer box office with Will Smith's return to theaters
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Will Smith recreates an iconic Bad Boys pose nearly 30 years later
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Jerry Seinfeld wanted Chris Rock to parody Will Smith Oscars slap in Unfrosted: 'He was still a little shook'
![Will Smith and Martin Lawrence star in Columbia Pictures BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE](https://ew.com/thmb/I66IoS5wuAxJiqMcKOI39fQBpNc=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/BAD-BOYS-4-RIDE-OR-DIE-FRAME-050124-4-cd81bde0ac1b41b9974061f828a03a15.jpg)
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence promise Bad Boys: Ride or Die is 'what a summer movie is supposed to be'
![Will Smith and J Balvin perform at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 14, 2024 in Indio, California.](https://ew.com/thmb/HXvcaAq6E8EDbYvO8mvvklkjdBc=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Will-Smith-J-Balvin-041524-2185f1ca75014581a6c6cd0fe1c31be3.jpg)
Will Smith rocks 'Men in Black' theme song during surprise Coachella appearance with J Balvin
![Jackie Chan poses before his "In Conversation" at the Red Sea International Film Festival on December 08, 2022 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia](https://ew.com/thmb/BnzTb8vuvw8_vQxq-EJX_XHjAuA=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Jackie-Chan-040824-0360e99b61b1453bbb406b1b4fbf1dd8.jpg)
Jackie Chan tells concerned fans that his recent 'old' appearance was for new movie role: 'Don't worry!'
![Will Smith and Martin Lawrence star in Columbia Pictures BAD BOYS: RIDE](https://ew.com/thmb/kqry99ej08T9Dz_8I0_YTw0XxaY=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Bad-Boys-4-032624-1-e9324b3b13ac4a86be2a2c3ee2350874.jpg)
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunite as fugitives in the explosive Bad Boys: Ride or Die trailer
![Messi at the 96th Oscars, Ana Navarro on The View, Will Smith appears to slap Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars](https://ew.com/thmb/uSoZqXpBzQCKS59uoOc2XDDG6QE=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/The-View-Oscars-031124-1f8a4953c55943d5a4ef3cdb9ca44748.jpg)
The View cohost Ana Navarro says Messi the dog was 'better behaved than Will Smith' at Oscars
![Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/VFh_TG4Wzo3Zrb288AptInZ6hUs=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith-101623-3-89c5962ca2344ab9a51b64d011e1f183.jpg)
Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith are 'staying together forever' after 2016 separation
![Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/JDwoDg3gIamxXIeQ-cYZ6rKuzfk=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith-101623-1-4f739bfba36a4602b194f9834a246d69.jpg)
Jada Pinkett Smith says reason for Will Smith's Chris Rock slap at Oscars is 'Will's story to tell'
![THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR Will Smith](https://ew.com/thmb/yA6AJYYEiZlnBV-Bk16PWB_ht40=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/will-smith-fresh-prince-of-belair-102523-44e87e733465434fa63d13b97c0ba4c1.jpg)
Will Smith reveals how debuting 'Summertime' after Fresh Prince episode fulfilled lifelong dream
![Ana Navarro puts her finger up to Alyssa Farah Griffin on 'The View'](https://ew.com/thmb/Hhpmv_4R6PWhxwqZ-jHfv37KGZY=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/The-View-102323-cdd6c0c8b3d5448db12ba210168153c0.jpg)
The View star and unbothered icon Ana Navarro raises 1 finger to silence cohost
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Jada Pinkett Smith blames her Red Table Talk for coming off as 'adulterous wife': 'I truly didn't help'
![Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/Fl3tcLQahPixZM-xFr4j9OO9-dY=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Will-Smith-and-Jada-Pinkett-Smith-101923-a377bb536e9e4cfbac19f67078c49b30.jpg)
Will Smith makes surprise appearance at Jada Pinkett Smith book event to support her amid separation news
![Will Smith arrives at the European premiere of "Emancipation"; Jada Pinkett Smith attends Apple Original Films' "Emancipation"](https://ew.com/thmb/na7wukB6WlOcIgJbsEd_yoy7TsU=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-101823-3-1efc7c303ca545abbe8c67f4cad2a370.jpg)
Will Smith posts joke 'official statement' following Jada Pinkett Smith revelations
![Jada Pinkett Smith on 'Live With Kelly and Mark'](https://ew.com/thmb/gU52T1WE2QcmBilToN-GDMp9AR8=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jada-pinkett-smith-kelly-ripa-mark-consuelos-101623-1-fb03a584925244e5b0e8f0dfea3a8099.jpg)
Jada Pinkett Smith, Kelly Ripa tear up while discussing suicidal thoughts: 'Looking for cliffs to drive over'
![Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/JDwoDg3gIamxXIeQ-cYZ6rKuzfk=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith-101623-1-4f739bfba36a4602b194f9834a246d69.jpg)
Jada Pinkett Smith clarifies relationship with August Alsina: 'I did not cheat on Will Smith'
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Will Smith says Jada Pinkett Smith's revelations about their marriage 'kind of woke him up'
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Jada Pinkett Smith responds to rumors that she and Will Smith are 'swingers' or 'gay'
![chris rock, jada Pinkett Smith](https://ew.com/thmb/idduqcxkbeKYg1KEX0bFqYp-AiY=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jada-Pinkett-Smith-chris-rock-101423-36210f0dbd3c414b80c91c668cb1df15.jpg)
Jada Pinkett Smith reacts to Chris Rock mocking her and Will Smith in post-slap comedy special
![The View, Jada Pinkett Smith](https://ew.com/thmb/0ZCZF4y8IZNziYivap6vkYpxZao=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/The-View-Jada-Pinkett-Smith-101123-2334e5028ff3445ab41cee50d5e10d37.jpg)
The View cohost Ana Navarro says Jada Pinkett Smith revealed Will Smith separation 'to sell books'
![Will Smith slaps Chris Rock](https://ew.com/thmb/ZjvGhdwhTEoya5SaafTStnGmsnE=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1239559678-c5923684642c4b81924bae700677d745.jpg)
Will Smith's Oscars slap came off as 'a skit' to Jada Pinkett Smith: 'There's no way that Will hit him'
![Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith](https://ew.com/thmb/s8zeS8Vg8Kota8EjUNKjGxKOdbE=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1388193176-a9bd0f02274a4c138f47351a1007f7d7.jpg)
Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith separated 7 years ago: 'We were just exhausted with trying'
![Leslie Jones, Will Smith, and Chris Rock](https://ew.com/thmb/AsgZms3cSpOdkq9Smweka4FoVzw=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Leslie-Jones-Will-Smith-Chris-Rock-091823-2a7fe57506ad42b18f76b3086a5f0cb4.jpg)
Leslie Jones says Will Smith Oscars slap was 'humiliating' for Chris Rock: 'He had to go to counseling'
![Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid' (1989); Halle Bailey in 'The Little Mermaid' (2023)](https://ew.com/thmb/bXY88ZjnyLIMbw8_DTBi36YiNA0=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/little-mermaid-disney-live-action-090623-09181da610364d1fa37d7d32b4ffef52.jpg)
28 Disney classics making live-action magic on screen
![Sean Penn, Will Smith](https://ew.com/thmb/VUFJoGuPQq43Bnx60z5hLGjhMp0=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Sean-Penn-Will-Smith-091323-cb2eb88b5c794c4786dc3ab48cb38bfb.jpg)
Sean Penn calls Oscars slap Will Smith's 'worst moment': 'Why did I go to f---ing jail for what you just did?'
![UNBREAKABLE, Bruce Willis, 2000, (c) Buena Vista/courtesy Everett Collection](https://ew.com/thmb/ZRKCL9DLkiBXa7UTjWHPm9sFVSc=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/mcdunbr_ec023-2000-cc88130be5294f089ca4e1e566537e8b.jpg)
M. Night Shyamalan movies, ranked
![Don Cheadle and Will Smith on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'](https://ew.com/thmb/6LlkgYuYxaNtKQN14DOh6CZsYlw=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/don-cheadle-fresh-prince08112372-3ca6e9be339e4936a6f27d649c9f6b45.jpg)
You'll never guess who sang the theme song for Don Cheadle's scrapped Fresh Prince spin-off
![HART TO HEART -- "Will Smith" Episode 310 -- Pictured: (l-r) Kevin Hart, Will Smith -- (Photo by: Peacock)](https://ew.com/thmb/EmONeiUKoec9Cw4K0wC3HSYXANg=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/NEW-2-Split-copy-8-a9474f1637094beaad53a153b60db0a0.jpg)
Will Smith recalls how Steven Spielberg convinced him to do Men in Black — he sent a helicopter
![I AM LEGEND](https://ew.com/thmb/taWrzfhl3hEkZonz-cNzW8NPJfc=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/MCDIIAM_EC017-2478f7b62c6d406dbbfaa992922d7d3e.jpg)
Will Smith's sci-fi movies, ranked
![Haunted Mansion](https://ew.com/thmb/uP95dAEPHZ4qGXay4kEj9icGJOk=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Haunted-Mansion-070623-d58afb53ab154d14bdee75e4ee6fb977.jpg)
Haunted Mansion's Tiffany Haddish did another Groupon tour… with ghosts this time: 'I'm the queen of Groupon'
![Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Claudette Barius/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock (5885148j) Will Smith, Bagley Ross, Fox Vivica Independence Day - 1996 Director: Roland Emmerich 20th Century Fox USA Scene Still Independence Day](https://ew.com/thmb/jKH31F541Ai5uFO18xMUi_JDZeo=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Vivica-Fox-Will-Smith-Independence-Day-070223-2000-bb1b896e958a4f75b7de0f2ef9c2b160.jpg)
Vivica A. Fox says Independence Day 2 'didn't live up to the first one' because of Will Smith's absence
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Will Smith refused to have RuPaul cameo on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, producer says
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See every Saturday Night Live season 48 host and musical guest
![Jada Pinkett Smith on Red Table Talk](https://ew.com/thmb/iQStXjKtOf1nlC-UDq_0T0Re72U=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Red-Table-Talk-70580c859bf445c287b3eb88bb286363.jpg)
Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk canceled as Meta shuts down Facebook Watch Originals
![MARTIN](https://ew.com/thmb/48MdhP3ezQHFlmU0zecehF_3Q1o=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Martin-Cast-8a41d028df584fd08f427bb402c8b9ab.jpg)
Martin cast: Where are they now?
![Will Smith, Halle Berry, Jessica Chastain](https://ew.com/thmb/5vBZuntIpiHuVOSSjmNgElGyyaU=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Oscars-Will-Smith-Halle-Berry-Jessica-Chastain-031223-cf26c251fe0b4f2b8ec6cf5f19e0f9d2.jpg)
Halle Berry replaces Will Smith as Oscars Best Actress presenter alongside Jessica Chastain
![Mandatory Credit: Photo by Reed Saxon/AP/Shutterstock (6569406a) Rob Lowe Snow White Actor Rob Lowe croons a tune to Snow White during the opening number for the 61st Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles. What are TV viewers seeking from their annual Oscar fix? The same thing they want from movies: drama, comedy, sex, slapstick, glamour and romance. This year's Oscarcast airs, at 8 p.m. EST on ABC Oscars-Impossible Dream, Los Angeles, USA; (Original Caption) 04/02/1974-Hollywood, CA- Moments after the Best Actor award presentation at the 46th Academy Awards ceremonies, a male streaker ran nude before a TV audience of 76 million people; he was seen on TV only above the waist and behind David Niven who said "That was bound to happen." Next to appear on stage (not shown) was presenter Elizabeth Taylor, who laughinlgly found it not too hard an act to follow.; HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Detail shot as 'La La Land' producer Jordan Horowitz holds up the winner card reading actual Best Picture winner 'Moonlight' onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)](https://ew.com/thmb/_2MUxbfUo1wAZ3NV2QZHcPDSyyI=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/OSCARS-WTF-TOUT-6428ff5aec4a4b008cea1e33f1e57dde.jpg)
The Oscars' biggest controversies, scandals, and WTF moments
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Chris Rock's fumbled Will Smith quip removed from Netflix special: 'I f---ed up the joke'
![Joy Behar on The View, Will Smith and Chris Rock](https://ew.com/thmb/kl-9QsNbgjqYRh9U2TJMMrrDOl8=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Joy-Behar-Will-Smith-Chris-Rock-031023-8509f8aa03e34c428abe41d3958e8be4.jpg)
Joy Behar wants Oscars musical number about Will Smith slap: 'It's a dream come true for Kimmel'
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Will Smith has reportedly 'tried unsuccessfully' to make amends with Chris Rock after Oscars slap
![Chris Rock finally talks Will Smith Oscars slap](https://ew.com/thmb/VbTEJelEWUr9g1xb1aEbzqlji_k=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/20230217-DSC04093-2000-7d48fcddc4cd41fab1dcfc34014f95e7.jpg)
Chris Rock finally talks about the Will Smith Oscars slap in live comedy special Selective Outrage
![JIMMY KIMMEL - The 89th Oscars](https://ew.com/thmb/C2a3mtz7-F02o29nVsO_Omovabk=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-110722-1-561d8d2e1f9e4d5c98ba99d6ee30adda.jpg)
Jimmy Kimmel says Chris Rock 'should be proud of' his reaction to Will Smith Oscars slap
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Will Smith alludes to infamous Oscars slap in TikTok video, wonders what his Oscar thinks of him
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I Am Legend sequel will be inspired by The Last of Us, says writer-producer
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Questlove says Will Smith was going to make a surprise appearance during the Grammys' hip-hop tribute
![Serena Williams, Will Smith attend the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.](https://ew.com/thmb/9HgEoXNUkQ1zWNmuDcmrKrSV_g8=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Serena-Williams-Will-Smith-020223-035635b13aa442f4affde628341d956d.jpg)
Serena Williams addresses Will Smith Oscars slap after actor played her father in King Richard
![BAD BOYS, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, 1995, (c) Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection](https://ew.com/thmb/ofKesRbWbhIq2Mh0jr-SFgTpJUQ=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/mcdbabo_ec056-2000-e02f5a79edc6475cb0d95a6378d8cd14.jpg)
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence to reunite for fourth Bad Boys movie
!['Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' 'Abbott Elementary,' and 'Emancipation'](https://ew.com/thmb/9onu2fgp9SeecdAbGUFGoxn32eM=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/NAACP-Awards-011223-52010e5b01ee48c091d896d26778c990.jpg)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Abbott Elementary top NAACP Image Award nominations
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Eddie Murphy closes Golden Globes speech with unexpected Will Smith Oscars slap reference
![Harry Styles at the Venice Film Festival; Will Smith at the Oscars; Vecna in Stranger Things 4](https://ew.com/thmb/Yma44YPHrH6C5jd5mtnY4xEaIZo=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Pop-Culture-of-2022-Styles-Smith-Vecna-dc701ce568ce4ae6abe26f5d483e02f5.jpg)
The biggest pop culture moments of 2022
![Ben Foster and Will Smith arrives at the Apple Original Films' "Emancipation" Los Angeles Premiere at Regency Village Theatre on November 30, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)](https://ew.com/thmb/UWqTmO3-GeHfA3NOT9kH0q4knd8=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Ben-Foster-Will-Smith-121322-1bec149404fe4d5d9c8ddc18e826165c.jpg)
Will Smith says Emancipation costar Ben Foster didn't acknowledge him until the final day of filming
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Emancipation costar Charmaine Bingwa: 'I don't think it's trauma porn'
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Emancipation producer Joey McFarland apologizes for bringing photo of enslaved man to premiere
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Emancipation producer criticized for bringing photo of enslaved man to red carpet
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Will Smith returns in the brutal Emancipation, while Jim Parsons and Tilda Swinton grapple with grief
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Director Guy Ritchie 'wouldn't have any issue' bringing Will Smith back for Aladdin 2
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Emancipation review: Will Smith is on the run in a ruthless slavery drama
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Will Smith tearfully recalls 'rage' and regret over Oscars slap: 'That's not who I want to be'