Will Smith Gossip

If there was an Oscar for Best Performance on Social Media – and there probably will be one day – the inaugural winner should be Will Smith. He is so f-cking good at this and…so repeatedly good at it. You remember his #InMyFeelings challenge. All the times he punks his kids. His willingness to be the fool. Full Story

Bad Boys 3 aka Bad Boys For Life (what else would the title be?) began shooting yesterday. Here are new shots of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence on set in Atlanta today. Bad Boys, the original, came out in 1995. This was Michael Bay’s first feature film, made for under $20 million, and a success at the box office, despite medium to not-so-good reviews. Full Story

Will Smith turned 50 yesterday. If there is anyone who could steal Lainey’s birthday thunder, it’s Will Smith. Will’s birthday was a production. It was a livestreamed event. At 6pm eastern standard time yesterday, Will Smith had millions of people around the world watching him “heli-bungee” jump (yes, out of a helicopter) for his birthday. Full Story

Will Smith's Instagram brings me so much joy. I am not alone in this. Lainey wrote about the joy Will's Instagram brings to her life last month. It is not a secret that Will Smith is GREAT at Instagram. Full Story

Netflix has established itself as a player in the television world, but despite big spending at film festivals, they have yet to prove themselves in the world of film. Or, rather, they only just did, as Bright becomes their biggest film hit, comparable to a blockbuster in the “real” world of theatrical release. Full Story

At first glance, Bright seemed batsh*t crazy, and the combination of director David Ayer, who specializes in down and dirty action movies particularly of the cop variety, and screenwriter Max Landis, who specializes in “this plus that” story pitches, seemed crazy enough to create the perfect storm of good-bad cinema. Full Story

Arguments for:  - Everybody knows Will Smith - I have included him on this list almost every year I’ve been playing this game and it’s never been his year. Is it time? Will Smith is a big international movie star. Full Story

If you've been keeping up with Tyrese's Instagram, you know he's been going through some sh-t. He's been working through that sh-t very loudly and publicly on the gram. He's been airing out the details of his child custody dispute and his financial hardships for his 9 million followers. Full Story

A few weeks after 4:44 dropped, Wesley Morris wrote a brilliant piece for The New York Times called “Jay-Z and the Politics of Rapping in Middle Age.” In it, he praises Jay for thriving in a climate where there’s “not much of a road map for a rapper in his 40s. Full Story