Vivica A. Fox Talks Will Smith's Absence in 'Independence Day 2' - Here's Why He Wasn't In It

Mandy Moore is sharing more details on why actors depend on residual paychecks following her candid comments about her minuscule This Is Us sum.

Julia Fox has a message for the “haters” who think she “lost” her ass. 

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Judy Finnegan reckons Holly Willoughby's side project is "ridiculous". The This Morning legend has been having a pop at the current presenter of the ITV show as she discussed Holly's Wylde Moon lifestyle brand.

Scotland is set to miss out on the Cerberus heatwave currently engulfing large parts of Europe, according to forecasters.

An urgent search has been launched in an effort to trace a woman who vanished this morning after entering a large, black vehicle.

Commuters in Glasgow have been told to prepare for travel disruption as the city's Subway network will close for two days.

New Livingston Women’s signing Courtney McAvoy says joining the Lionesses has been a ‘breath of fresh air’.

DMA’s have announced plans for a UK tour, kicking off later this year. Check out a list of tour dates below.The upcoming UK dates will see the Sydney-based trio make 10 stops across the UK this December, including two back-to-back slots in the capital.Kicking off on December 5, the trio – comprised of Tommy O’Dell, Matt Mason and Johnny Took – will start the UK leg of the tour in Norwich with a show at the University of East Anglia, before making stops in Southampton, Nottingham and Liverpool.From there, a gig at the O2 Academy in Bristol will take place on December 11, followed by a run of dates in Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester.The final dates of the 2023 winter tour will be held at HERE at Outernet in London, with two shows lined up for Sunday, December 17 and Monday, December 18.

Nas has announced the surprise release of his new album ‘Magic 2’ – coming this week.Recently, the ‘One Mic’ rapper – real name Nasir Jones – toured the world with the iconic hip-hop troupe Wu-Tang Clan, including a sold-out show at London’s O2 arena and a Hennessy-sponsored afterparty at London’s KOKO.This week saw Nas post the cover art for his 16th studio album and captioned the picture with “7.21,” revealing that the record will be out this Friday (July 21). ‘Magic 2’ will be the sequel record to the 49-year-old’s 2021 Hit-Boy-produced album ‘Magic’.A post shared by Nasir Jones (@nas)The album will be Nas’ fifth record in three years.

Sound Of Freedom – a new religious thriller about a special agent who embarks on a child trafficking case rescue mission – has become an unlikely summer hit.The film, which has also been tangled up in online conspiracy theories, has been a box office success, grossing $85million (£65million).Sound Of Freedom is inspired by the experiences of former Homeland Security Agent Tim Ballard (played by Jim Caviezel), who spent more than a decade breaking up child-trafficking rings.A synopsis for the film reads: “The incredible true story of a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from sex traffickers.”The film has been described as a QAnon “adjacent” and “tinged” thriller in The Guardian and Rolling Stone, respectively – referring to the American far-right conspiracy theory that some of the worst’s most powerful political and cultural elite are engaged in trafficking, pedophilia, child abuse and many other unfounded theories.Conspiracy theories related to the film included right-wing speculation that theatre company AMC wanted to sabotage screenings.As the BBC notes, some negative coverage of the film also related to Caviezel seemingly having embraced QAnon theories in the past.The film’s distributor, Angel Studios, denied the film is connected to conspiracy theories, and the CEO of AMC Theatres, Adam Aron, also shut down theories related to the theatre screenings on Twitter.Some viewers have also read Sound Of Freedom as a “faith-based film”.Despite the conspiracy theories surrounding it, the film has performed well at the box office, but reviews have been mixed.Variety described it as “compelling movie that shines an authentic light on one of the crucial

The Sixth Commandment, BBC’s true crime story about a student who manipulated two elderly citizens for financial gain and murdered one, is available on iPlayer now.A BBC synopsis for the four-part show reads that The Sixth Commandment “tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and a charismatic student, Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke), set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory.“It also focuses on how suspicions around Field’s relationship with Ann Moore-Martin (Anne Reid), Peter’s deeply religious neighbour, unlocked a series of chilling revelations.”But what happened to killer Ben Field after he committed his crimes?Ben Field tricked teacher Farquhar into believing that he was in love with him in order to become the beneficiary of his will. He killed the 69-year-old in 2015, his death originally believed to be from alcohol poisoning.

Kylie Minogue has announced that she will be appearing in an upcoming musical based on songs produced by The Hit Factory.As The Hit Factory, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman dominated the ’80s pop scene by writing a slew of Number Ones singles – penning and producing 25 hits for the ex-Australian soap star-turned-singer, including her first chart-topper ‘I Should Be So Lucky’.I Should Be So Lucky: The Scott Aitken Waterman Musical is written and directed by Debbie Isitt, who has woven all 25 songs they wrote for Minogue to tell the story of a young couple called Ella and Nathan who are set to be wed when things suddenly go awry. Minogue will “digitally appear throughout the show as a specially created character unique to the musical.”The World Premiere of the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical will be at the Bristol Hippodrome – Tue 9 Apr – Sat 13 Apr 2024.

The Kills have taken to social media to tease their return, sharing a photo of the duo along with a caption of a date.Consisting of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, The Kills have teased their potential return to music by posting a photo to their official band Instagram which sees the duo posing with a black car in a parking lot of sorts.The photo’s caption read “7.25.23”, hinting that something new will be coming on July 25. Fans immediately took to the comments to express their excitement for the band’s return.A post shared by Alison Mosshart & Jamie Hince (@thekills)One fan said: “If it’s not a new album I’m rioting”, while another fan shared: “Oh my God, tell me this is gonna be an announcement for a new album finally!” American film director Jim Jarmusch shared his excitement by commenting a fire emoji and Journalist Kim Taylor Bennet added: “YES!”.The band’s last release was the 2018 single ‘List Of Demands (Reparations)’ and 2016’s LP ‘Ash & Ice’.

Post Malone surprised the public with an impromptu pop-up concert in New York’s Times Square yesterday (July 18). Check out footage below.The Texan singer has been on his ‘If Y’all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying’ North American tour whilst preparing for the release of his fifth album ‘Austin’ later this month.On Monday, Malone – real name Austin Post – was in Buffalo, New York for a show.

Drake got up close and personal with rapper Sexyy Red during his Tuesday stop on his It's All a Blur tour.The 36-year-old took to his Instagram Story to share a photo with the St. Louis rapper taken backstage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Chris Hemsworth had a sweets-filled birthday celebration for his wife, Elsa Pataky!On Tuesday, the actress celebrated her 47th birthday, and her husband took to Instagram to celebrate the occasion. «Happy birthday to my partner in crime, love you always, here’s to many more

Furbo 360° Dog Camera right now.Furbo's popular dog camera — which pet owners use to watch, talk to and toss treats to their dogs — is now on sale for $145. This Amazon deal takes $65 off one of the best pet cameras, making it even cheaper to buy than it was on Prime Day this year.The new Furbo Dog Camera gives you best-in-class HD video quality with 360-degree rotating view for full room coverage, day and night. Fill Furbo with your dog’s favorite treats and toss them via the free Furbo app.With its rotating 360-degree view, which auto-rotates to keep your dog in sight, the full HD camera can keep an eye on your pup at all angles.

Kourtney Kardashian has notes. It looks like the eldest of the Kardashian-Jenner siblings isn't ready to let the tension with sister Kim Kardashian over her Dolce & Gabbana collaboration go just yet. In ET's exclusive sneak peek clip from this week's episode of, Kourtney meets up with Kim and their sister, Khloe Kardashian, to once again rehash the seemingly squashed feud. «I thought it would be nice to talk once after our last chat a while back now,» Kourtney tells Kim. Kim looks confused, asking, «Like, you've been thinking about it? It's been a while.» Kourtney says that she wanted to let the drama «settle,» but that she is still focused on making sure the sisters are «caring about each other enough to be concerned about our feelings.»In her confessional interview, Kourtney says, «I do want to have a relationship with my sisters.

Indian singer Harrdy Sandhu prophesizes that Punjabi music will take over the world (if it hasn’t already).

Will Smith is ready to be a grandpa!

Will Smith is celebrating his son Jaden Smith's birthday — while also poking fun at his own life choices.The movie star took to Instagram on Saturday to share a heartfelt black-and-white snapshot of himself and Jaden, alongside which he wrote a sweet, jokey caption to commemorate the milestone birthday.«Happy Birthday, J-Diggy. It’s crazy that you’re 25?!?!» Will wrote.

Will Smith couldn’t resist trolling his son Jaden Smith while celebrating his birthday.

Vivica A. Fox is sharing her true feelings about the “Independence Day” sequel.

Independence Day: Resurgence star Vivica A. Fox has said that she thinks the film needed Will Smith to be a successful sequel.The 2016 sci-fi film, released 20 years after Independence Day, bombed in the US with a domestic box-office figure of $102million but recouped its $165million budget following a better showing worldwide (globally, it took $389million).

Tom Cruise is celebrating his birthday with fans!The  actor rang in the big 6-1 at the  premiere in Sydney, Australia, with some of the film's stars and a bevy of excited Australian fans by his side.«It was great to spend my birthday with fans today. Thanks for coming out to the premiere!» Cruise captioned the tweet on Monday, which featured photos from the red carpet, a fireworks show and pics of the actor signing autographs for fans.It was great to spend my birthday with fans today.

Vivica A. Fox is getting real about the Independence Day sequel she starred in and expressing how she really felt about the film.

Fox told A.V. Club while promoting her true-crime series “The Interrogation Room.” “I really feel we missed out… by not bringing Will Smith back.”Will Smith was in talks to return for “Independence Day: Resurgence” (and a third film that was planned at the time) but negotiations fell apart over Smith’s salary.

Charna Flam Vivica A. Fox confesses that “Independence Day: Resurgence” didn’t live up its predecessor, specifically because the 2016 sequel didn’t manage to bring Will Smith back to reprise his role from the 1996 blockbuster classic. In a conversation with the A.V. Club to promote her new true crime series “The Interrogation Room,” Fox touched on the 2016 “Resurgence” saying she “didn’t feel like it was good” and that it “didn’t live up to the first one.” “I really feel we missed out by not bringing Will Smith back. We had most of the original cast, but I think the one true link that was missing to the success of ‘Independence Day 2’ was that Will Smith wasn’t there,” Fox shared. “I’m going to keep it real — I was at the premiere and I was like ‘Mmm, let’s see how the fans are going to feel about this.’ And sure enough on Twitter, they blew me up.”

Jada Pinkett Smith’s forthcoming memoir, Worthy, will clear the air on several rumours and assumptions made about her over the years.

Jada Pinkett Smith is taking fans on a journey with her new memoir, .Jada took to Instagram to announce the upcoming tell-all, which will be released Oct. 17.

USA Today.He went on: “It was just her for a really, really long time and then eventually it just trickled and evolved, and everybody found it in their own ways.”Smith, whose dad is Will Smith, confessed that psychedelics have improved and revamped his relationships with his sister Willow, 22, and brother Trey, 30. Smith explained: “Siblings can argue so much and fight so much, and Lord knows me and my siblings have done so much of that in the past.“But the level of love and empathy that I can feel for them inside of the experiences and outside of the experiences has been something that’s profound and beautiful,” he added.

Jaden Smith has revealed his mother Jada Pinkett Smith introduced their family to psychedelics.The son of Jada and Will Smith opened up about the drugs while speaking at the Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado, last week (via The Independent).“I think it was my mom, actually, that was really the first one to make that step for the family,” Jaden explained. “It was just her for a really, really long time and then eventually it just trickled and evolved, and everybody found it in their own ways.”He then explained that he thought psychedelics helped him deepen his emotional connections with his siblings.“Siblings can argue so much and fight so much, and lord knows me and my siblings have done so much of that in the past,” he explained.

Jaden Smith has his momma to thank for becoming such a vocal proponent of psychedelic drugs!

“Freaks, Gleeks, & Dawson’s Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television.”According to the producer, Smith — who had veto power on every story arc in the ’90s sitcom — rarely rejected ideas but “refused” to have Charles, 62, on the show.Simon said that Smith, 54, “kept repeating that it was a bad idea,” so he eventually gave up and backed down on the idea. The “Mad About You” producer later told Glassman that he suspected that Smith was worried about protecting his reputation.“The reason he would say no is because of his image.

Back when Will Smith was starring in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, the idea emerged for RuPaul to appear on the show.