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Will Smith on How He Bagged ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ Role [Video]

1990: (L-R) Actor Joseph Marcell, actor James Avery, actor Alfonso Ribeiro, singer Tyler Collins, actor Kadeem Hardison, actor Will Smith, music/TV producer Quincy Jones, singer Al B. Sure!, actress Tatyana Ali, actress Janet Hubert, and actress Karyn Parsons break from filming “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”at Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, Ca. *Will Smith previously […]

Will Smith Reveals He Was Dead Broke During ‘Fresh Prince’ Era

[…] be living the life.” OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish Top Comedians Social Media Rankings 1990: (L-R) Actor Joseph Marcell, actor James Avery, actor Alfonso Ribeiro, singer Tyler Collins, actor Kadeem Hardison, actor Will Smith, music/TV producer Quincy Jones, singer Al B. Sure!, actress Tatyana Ali, actress Janet Hubert, and actress Karyn […]

Nominees Announced for 49th NAACP Image Awards; Anthony Anderson Returns to Host

[…] – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)   Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Alfonso Ribeiro – “America’s Funniest Home Video” (ABC) Iyanla Vanzant – “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN) Michael Smith and Jemele Hill – “SC6 with Michael and Jemele” (ESPN) LL Cool J – “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike) Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)   RECORDING   Outstanding New Artist Demetria McKinney – “Officially Yours” (eOne Music) Kevin Ross – “The Awakening” (Motown/Capitol Records) Khalid – “American Teen” (RCA Records/Right Hand Music Group) SZA – “Ctrl” (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment) Vic Mensa – “The Autobiography” (Roc Nation/Capitol Records)   Outstanding Male Artist Brian McKnight – “Genesis” (SoNo Recording Group) Bruno Mars – “Versace On the Floor” (Atlantic Records) Charlie Wilson – “In It to Win It” (RCA Records/P Music Group) JAY-Z – “4:44” (Roc Nation) Kendrick Lamar – “DAMN.” (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)   Outstanding Female Artist Andra Day – “Stand Up For Something” (Warner Bros. Records) Beyoncé – “Die With You” (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment) Ledisi – “Let Love Rule” (Verve Label Group) Mary J. Blige – “Strength of a Woman” (Capitol Records) SZA – “Ctrl” (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)   Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration Andra Day feat. Common – “Stand Up For Something” (Warner Bros. Records) Charlie Wilson feat. T.I. – “I’m Blessed” (RCA Records/P Music Group) Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna – “LOYALTY.” (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) Mary J. Blige feat. Kanye West – “Love Yourself” (Capitol Records) SZA feat. Travis Scott – “Love Galore” (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)   Outstanding Jazz Album “Boundless” – Damien Escobar (Phoenix Lane Entertainment) “Dreams and Daggers” – Cécile McLorin Salvant (Mack Avenue Records) “Petite Afrique” – Somi (Sony Music/OKeh) “Poetry In Motion” – Najee (Shanachie Entertainment) “So It Is” – Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Legacy Recordings)   Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album (Traditional or Contemporary) “Close” – Marvin Sapp (Verity Records) “Crossover Live From Music City” – Travis Greene (RCA Inspiration) “Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2” – Greenleaf Soundtrack (RCA Inspiration) “Heart. Passion. Pursuit.” – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel) “Let Them Fall In Love” – CeCe Winans (Puresprings Gospel)   Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album “4:44” – JAY-Z (Roc Nation) “Gods” – Maxwell (Columbia Records) “High” – Ledisi (Verve Label Group) “Strength of A Woman” – Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records) “That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)   Outstanding Song – Traditional “High” – Ledisi (Verve Label Group) “Honest” – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) “Surefire (Piano Version)” – John Legend (Columbia Records) “That’s What I Like” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) “U + Me” – Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)   Outstanding Song – Contemporary “Gonna Be Alright” – Mali Music (RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment) “HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) “Insecure” – Jazmine Sullivan X Bryson Tiller (RCA Records) “Love Galore” – SZA feat. Travis Scott (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment) “The Story of O.J.” – JAY-Z (Roc Nation)   Outstanding Album “4:44” – JAY-Z (Roc Nation) “DAMN.” – Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) “Genesis” – Brian McKnight (SoNo Recording Group) “In It To Win It” – Charlie Wilson (RCA Records/P Music Group) “Strength of A Woman” – Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)   LITERATURE   Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction “Little Fires Everywhere” – Celeste Ng (Penguin Random House) “No One Is Coming to Save Us” – Stephanie Powell Watts (HarperCollins Publishers) “Sing, Unburied, Sing” – Jesmyn Ward (Simon and Schuster) “The Annotated African American Folktales” – Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Author), Maria Tatar (Author) (Liveright Publishing Corporation) “The Wide Circumference of Love” – Marita Golden (Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.)   Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction “Black Detroit – A People’s History of Self-Determination” – Herb Boyd (HarperCollins Publishers) “Chokehold: Policing Black Men” – Paul Butler (The New Press) “Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies” – Dick Gregory (HarperCollins Publishers) “The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas” – Adrian Miller (University of North Carolina Press) “We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy” – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House)   Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author “A Beautiful Ghetto” – Devin Allen (Haymarket Books) “Chasing Spaces: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace & Second Chances” – Leland Melvin (HarperCollins Publishers) “No One Is Coming to Save Us” – Stephanie Powell Watts (HarperCollins Publishers) “Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat” – Patricia Williams (Author) Jeannine Amber (With) (HarperCollins Publishers) “We’re Going to Need More Wine” – Gabrielle Union (HarperCollins Publishers)   Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography “Ali: A Life” – Jonathan Eig (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) “Becoming Ms. Burton – From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women” – Susan Burton (Author), Cari Lynn (Author), Michelle Alexander (Foreword By) (The New Press) “Chester B. Himes” – Lawrence P. Jackson (W. W. Norton & Company) “Obama: The Call of History” – Peter Baker (New York Times/Callaway) “We’re Going to Need More Wine” – Gabrielle Union (HarperCollins Publishers)   Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional “Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You” – Misty Copeland (Grand Central Publishing) “Exponential Living – Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are” – Sheri Riley (Author), Usher (Foreword By) (Penguin Random House) “Kristen Kish Cooking” – Kristen Kish (Author), Meredith Erickson (With) (Clarkson Potter) “Notoriously Dapper – How to Be A Modern Gentleman with Manners, Style and Body Confidence” – Kelvin Davis (Mango Media Inc.) “The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams” – Dr. Tererai Trent (Author), Oprah Winfrey (Foreword By) (Simon and Schuster)   Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry “Incendiary Art: Poems” – Patricia Smith (TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press) “My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter” – Aja Monet (Haymarket Books) “Silencer” – Marcus Wicker (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) “The Drowning Boy’s Guide to Water” – Cameron Barnett (Autumn House Press) “Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems” – Ntozake Shange (Simon and Schuster)   Outstanding Literary Work – Children “Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymond Obstfeld (With) (Hachette Book Group) “Before She Was Harriet” – Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) (Holiday House) “Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” – Vashti Harrison (Hachette Book Group) “Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!” – Andrea J. Loney (Author), Keith Mallett (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books) “The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist” – Cynthia Levinson (Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator) (S&S Children’s Publishing)   Outstanding Literary Work – Youth / Teens “Allegedly” – Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins Publishers) “Clayton Byrd Goes Underground” – Rita Williams-Garcia (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator) (Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers) “Long Way Down” – Jason Reynolds (S&S Children’s Publishing) “Solo” – Kwame Alexander (Author), Mary Rand Hess (With) (Blink) “The Hate U Give” – Angie Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers)   MOTION PICTURE   Outstanding Motion Picture “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) “Marshall” (Open Road Films) “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)   Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Algee Smith – “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) Chadwick Boseman – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Daniel Kaluuya – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Denzel Washington – “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Columbia Pictures) Idris Elba – “The Mountain Between Us” (20th Century Fox)   Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Amandla Stenberg – “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) Danai Gurira – “All Eyez on Me” (Summit Entertainment) Halle Berry – “Kidnap” (Aviron Pictures) Natalie Paul – “Crown Heights” (Amazon Studios) Octavia Spencer – “Gifted” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)   Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Idris Elba – “THOR: Ragnarok” (Marvel Studios) Laurence Fishburne – “Last Flag Flying” (Amazon Studios) Lil Rel Howery – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Nnamdi Asomugha – “Crown Heights” (Amazon Studios) Sterling K. Brown – “Marshall” (Open Road Films)   Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Audra McDonald – “Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures) Keesha Sharp – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Regina Hall – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Tessa Thompson – “THOR: Ragnarok” (Marvel Studios) Tiffany Haddish – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures)   Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) “Last Flag Flying” (Amazon Studios) “Mudbound” (Netflix) “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” (Annapurna Pictures) “Wind River” (Acacia Filmed Entertainment)   DOCUMENTARY   Outstanding Documentary (Film) “I Called Him Morgan” (Submarine Deluxe/Filmrise) “STEP” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities” (Firelight Films) “The Rape of Recy Taylor” (Augusta Films) “Whose Streets?” (Magnolia Pictures)   Outstanding Documentary (Television) “Birth of a Movement” (PBS) “Black Love” (OWN) “The 44th President: In His Own Words” (History) “The Defiant Ones” (HBO) “What the Health” (AUM Films and Media + First Spark Media)   WRITING   Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Thanksgiving (Netflix) Janine Barrois – “Claws” – Batsh*t (TNT) Justin Simien – “Dear White People” – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Issa Rae – “Insecure” – Hella Great (HBO) Issa Rae – “Insecure” – Hella Perspective (HBO)   Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series Anthony Sparks – “Queen Sugar” – What Do I Care for Morning (OWN) Ava DuVernay – “Queen Sugar” – Dream Variations (OWN) Erica Anderson – “Greenleaf” – The Bear (OWN) Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot (FOX) Vera Herbert – “This Is Us” – Still Here (NBC)   Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special Abdul Williams – “The New Edition Story” – Night Two (BET) Alison McDonald – “An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life” (Amazon) Cas Sigers-Beedles – “When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story” (TV One) May Chan – “An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance” (Amazon) Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe – “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (HBO)   Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Dee Rees, Virgil Williams – “Mudbound” (Netflix) Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani – “The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios) Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Mark Boal – “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures)   DIRECTING   Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – Juneteenth (ABC) Barry Jenkins – “Dear White People” – Chapter 5 (Netflix) Justin Simien – “Dear White People” – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Spike Lee – “She’s Gotta Have It” – #NolasChoice (Netflix) Ken Whittingham – “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” – Kimmy Bites an Onion! (Netflix)   Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series Carl Franklin – “13 Reasons Why” – Tape 5, Side B (Netflix) Ernest R. Dickerson – “The Deuce” – Show and Prove (HBO) Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot (FOX) Jeffrey Byrd – “Switched at Birth” – Occupy Truth (Freeform) Jonathan Demme – “Shots Fired” Hour Six: The Fire This Time (FOX)   Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special Allen Hughes – “The Defiant Ones” (HBO) Chris Robinson – “The New Edition Story” – Night 1 (BET) Codie Elaine Oliver – “Black Love” (OWN) Kevin Hooks – “Madiba ” – Night 2 (BET) Mark Ford – “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.” (A&E)   Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Dee Rees – “Mudbound” (Netflix) Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Malcolm D. Lee – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Reginald Hudlin – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Stella Meghie – “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)   ANIMATED/CGI   Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance David Oyelowo – “The Lion Guard” (Disney Junior) Kerry Washington – “Cars 3” (Disney/Pixar) Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Channel) Tiffany Haddish – “Legends of Chamberlain Heights” (Comedy Central) Yvette Nicole Brown – “Elena of Avalor” (Disney Junior)   ###   About NAACP: Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. Read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas at NAACP.org.   About TV One: Launched in January 2004, TV One serves 59 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorite shows Unsung, Rickey Smiley For Real, Fatal Attraction, The Manns and The NAACP Image Awards.  In addition, TV One is the cable home of blockbuster drama Empire, and NewsOne Now, the only live daily news program dedicated to black viewers. In December 2008, the company launched TV One High Def, which now serves 14 million households. TV One is solely owned by Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc. , the largest African-American owned multi-media company primarily targeting Black and urban audiences. For more information about TV One, viewers can join the conversation by visiting the network’s companion website at www.tvone.tv>. TV One viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.       NAACP Image Awards Media Contacts: The […]

52nd NAACP Image Awards Nominees Announced – Chadwick Boseman Earns 2 Noms

[…] Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Alfonso Ribeiro – America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) Kamau Bell […]

Mary J. Blige Divorce Update: She Makes $4M a Year, but Owes $6.5M to IRS: Report

[…] note of her debt after reporting a change in income due to a “large reduction in my royalties” over the past year. NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED: ALFONSO RIBEIRO: ‘THERE AIN’T GON’ BE NO FRESH PRINCE’ REBOOT – WATCH image via TMZ Meanwhile, expense records show she currently pays $14,000 a month for her Los […]

Janet Hubert (Aunt Viv) Says Reuniting with Will Smith After 27 Years Was ‘Healing’

[…] for me it felt like I couldn’t celebrate 30 years of ‘Fresh Prince’ without finding a way to celebrate Janet,” Smith tells co-stars Reid, Karyn Parsons (Hilary), Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton), Tatyana Ali (Ashley), DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jazz) and Joseph Marcell (Geoffrey) in the reunion taping.  READ MORE: Will Smith and Janet Hubert Reunite for ‘Candid Conversation’ […]

Man Who Filmed Maia Campbell’s Latest Relapse Not Sorry; LL Cool J Seeks Help for Co-Star (VIDEO

Cast of NBC’s “In The House” in 1995: (L-R) LL Cool J, Kim Wayans, Alfonso Ribeiro and Maia Campbell *LL Cool J sent out a desperate plea on Sunday in support of his former co-star Maia Campbell. After heartbreaking video of the former actress high on drugs in Stone Mountain, GA surfaced on Saturday (July […]

Tatyana Ali Down for ‘Fresh Prince’ Reunion, but Can’t Quite Say the Same for Will Smith

[…] the original Aunt Viv, Janet Hubert), to take a photo. Always amazing to spend an afternoon with my Fresh Prince family. Wishing that James Avery was still with us to make this complete. A post shared by Alfonso Ribeiro (@therealalfonsoribeiro) on Mar 27, 2017 at 5:27pm PDT Will Smith, Tatyana Ali (Fresh Prince of Bel Air)

Will Smith and Janet Hubert Reunite for ‘Candid Conversation’ on ‘Fresh Prince’ Reunion Special

[…] #FreshPrince30th A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) on Sep 10, 2020 at 4:30pm PDT In a self-photo shared on Instagram, Smith is seen with former costars Alfonso Ribeiro, Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Another picture from the set shows him sitting with Janet Hubert, who originally […]

Will Smith to Executive Produce ‘Dramatic’ Reboot of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ [VIDEO]

[…] TV series (see Instagram post above). “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” ran on NBC from 1990 to 1996 for six seasons. The show also starred Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana M. Ali, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, and Ross Bagley. After the show ended, Will Smith went on to have successful movie career, […]

Taye Diggs Becomes Game Show Host with ‘You’re Back in the Room’

[…] game show hosts that includes Cedric the Entertainer and Terry Crews (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”); Wayne Brady (“Let’s Make a Deal”); Steve Harvey (“Family Feud”); Alfonso Ribeiro (“Catch 21,” “Spell-Mageddon”); Anthony Anderson (“To Tell the Truth”); Common (“Framework”); Donald Faison (“WINSANITY”); and Michael Strahan, who will also be new on the game show […]

Critics’ Choice Real TV Awards Sponsor Vizio Supports Celebrities’ Charitable Efforts

[…] event. The stars, the charities, and all of us really appreciate VIZIO and their support.” Below, a list of the stars and their selected charities that will receive VIZIO television sets: Alfonso Ribeiro – Fresh Start Surgical Gifts Chrishell Hartley – Upward Bound House Giuliana Rancic – Fab-u-wish Joey Fatone – Autism Speaks Nigel Lythgoe – American Dance Movement Terri, Bindi, and Robert Irwin – Wildlife Warriors Television’s […]

Loni Love to Host, Leah Remini to Receive Impact Award at ‘Critics’ Choice Real TV Awards’

[…] Terri, Bindi, and Robert Irwin (Crikey!  It’s The Irwins), Matt Iseman (American Ninja Warrior), Lala Kent (Vanderpump Rules), Mark McKinnon (The Circus), Jack Osbourne (Portals To Hell), Alfonso Ribeiro (AFHV), Phil Rosenthal (Somebody Feed Phil), RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Colton Underwood (The Bachelor), John and Callahan Walsh (In Pursuit With John Walsh), Katrina Weidman (Portals […]

Will Smith and Queen Latifah to Produce ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Hip-Hop Musical for Netflix

(L-R) Actress Queen Latifa, actors Will Smith, Alfonso Ribeiro and his wife Angela Unkrich pose at the after party for the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Focus” at the W Hotel on February 24, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America) *Will Smith and Queen Latifah are teaming to produce a […]

Urban Movie Channel Launches ‘Fall Out Fridays’ Comedy Specials

[…] bonus episodes of 1st Amendment Stand-up from creator  and host Doug Williams, and executive producers; the never-before-seen sitcom Things We Do For Love directed by and starring Alfonso Ribeiro (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Dancing with the Stars) and Tamera Mowry (Sister, Sister and The Real Talk Show);  Gary Owen’s hilarious stand-up special […]
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