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Independence Day director Roland Emmerich reveals his biggest regret is making a sequel to the movie

The German film maker, 63, known for Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow, says he should have stopped making the 2016 movie when Will Smith dropped out midway through filming.




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Will Smith gets stopped in his tracks by a turkey crossing the road on Thanksgiving

The Hollywood movie star shared video of the incident to his Instagram on Thursday, in which he's hear honking his horn at the bird that is refusing to budge.




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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence visit Ellen to talk about Bad Boys 3 and reuniting after 16 years

It's been almost 25 years since moviegoers met the Bad Boys Mike and Marcus, and now they're back for a third go-round.




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Will Smith and Tom Holland joke around at premiere of animated movie Spies In Disguise in Hollywood

Smith, 51, provides the voice for super spy Lance Sterling while Holland, 23, gives voice to scientist Walter Beckett in the animated action adventure opening on Christmas Day.




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Will Smith, 51, says his colonoscopy 'turned very real' due to polyp

Smith, 51, decided to make light of passing the threshold when it's recommended to get regular colonoscopies - at age 50 - by filming it, and posting it on YouTube. But the fun turned sour.




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Will Smith wraps up against the NYC chill as he performs at World's Big Sleep Out event

The actor and rapper, 51, showcased his fashion sense as well as his vocal skills as he performed in a black puffer jacket and a baseball cap branded with his personal logo.




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Tom Holland wishes Jake Gyllenhaal happy birthday and meets Will Smith for the first time in video

Tom Holland wished Jake Gyllenhaal a happy 39th birthday as his first-ever meeting with Spies In Disguise co-star Will Smith was chronicled in new escape room video.




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Will Smith has a layover in 'beautiful Sydney' before heading home

Will Smith was spotted in a remote town in Far North Queensland on Friday morning. And days later on Sunday, the 51-year-old enjoyed a layover in 'beautiful Sydney'




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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunite at Bad Boys For Life premiere in Berlin

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have been on the promotional trail for their new movie, popping up in Berlin in a typically exuberant fashion on Tuesday.




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Will Smith cracks up at his Bad Boys For Life co-star Martin Lawrence during a visit to SiriusXM

Comedian Martin Lawrence had Will Smith in stitches when the two stars promoted their upcoming action film Bad Boys For Life on SiriusXM's Town Hall show on Thursday.




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Will Smith changes from flashy sweater to all black look after Good Morning America

Will Smith demonstrated his bold fashion sense in two eye-catching looks this Friday. The Bad Boys For Life actor, 51, was bright and cheery as he arrived to the set of Good Morning America.




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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence hit the red carpet at the Miami premiere of Bad Boys for Life

25 years after the first Bad Boys movie hit theaters, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunited on the red carpet at the Miami premiere of Bad Boys For Life.




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Will Smith surprises IHeartRadio receptionist on her retirement day after they first met in 1990

The 51-year-old actor took on Instagram to show a clip as he appeared at a going away party for Anita Scipio, a receptionist at IHeartRadio who he initially crossed paths with in 1990.




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Will Smith is a proud papa as he brings sons Jaden and Trey to Bad Boys For Life Hollywood premiere

The actor shares Jaden, 21, with Jada Pinkett Smith whom he wed in 1997. Trey is Will's son with first wife Sheree Zampino to whom he was married from 1992 to 1995.




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Iskra Lawrence covers up her bump in a sequined suit for a date night to Bad Boys For Life premiere 

Iskra Lawrence and beau Phillip Payne are expecting their first child this Spring. And the parents-to-be made Tuesday night a date night to see the new film Bad Boys For Life.




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Will Smith say people shouldn't 'cling to the past', while promoting a Bad Boys remake

It has been 25 years since Will Smith first starred in Bad Boys.




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Bad Boys 4 'already in the works with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence slated to return as stars'

The next installment in the buddy cop series is now underway, with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence expected to return as the dynamic duo, according to The Hollywood Reporter.




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Scientists claim pathologist who studied Mike Webster's CTE brain is a FRAUD and used healthy images

Scientists have claimed pathologist Bennett Omalu exaggerated the link between CTE and contact sports in a 2005 study showing NFL legend Mike Webster only had a small amount of tangled tau.




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Oscars voter sees wins for Joker and 1917, says there needs to be 'richer roles for actors of color'

The source saw films 'Joker' and '1917' winning big at the Feb. 9 award show but shared that more movies needed to be made for actors of color. Cynthia Eviro was only black actor nominated.




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Disney plots sequel to Aladdin after live action remake grossed more than $1B worldwide

While the project is still in the early stages of development, Variety says producers hope stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott will also get on board.




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Eva Mendes says she wants to jump back into acting as a Disney villain

She has made a name for herself in Hollywood staring in dramas and romantic comedies. And now Eva Mendes wants to take on a new role in a kid friendly movie as a mother-of-two.




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Home and Away star Zac Drayson keyed a woman's car at a Sydney mall when she took his parking spot

Zac Drayson, 37, who played Will Smith on the long-running soap, was searching for a park at Sydney's Westfield mall at Bondi Junction on September 28, 2019.




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Will Smith shoots scenes with his on-screen daughters playing Venus and Serena Williams

Will Smith was seen filming for the first time with his on-screen daughters, who are portraying tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams in the biopic King Richard.




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Ashley Walters and Noel Clarke discuss their impressive body transformations

The Top Boy star, 37, has shed light on his fitness journey as he discussed about his new series, Bulletproof, with co-star Noel, 44, on Wednesday's edition of Lorraine.




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Willow Smith to spend 24 hours in a box with boyfriend to express their anxiety: 'It is an epidemic'

The 18-year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett will be spending 24 hours inside of a box at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles.




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Ashley Walters and Noel Clarke film high-octane robbery scene for new Bulletproof series

The Top Boy star, 37, and the screenwriter, 44, were back to the working grind as filming for Bulletproof's second series got underway in east London on Monday.




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Will Smith's Bad Boys For Life receives early digital release due to COVID-19 pandemic

The film was a smashing success at the box office earning $204million domestically with a worldwide total of $419million.




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Jaden Smith appears to ignore LA County's beach closure order as he goes surfing in Malibu

On Friday, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department closed down all LA county beaches, piers, promenades, beach bike paths and beach bathrooms.




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Jada Pinkett Smith posts a makeup-free selfie to Instagram, revealing one eye is 'wayyyyy smaller'

Jada Pinkett Smith appeared to be feeling stir crazy in confinement on Friday, when she drew attention to an asymmetrical feature via a selfie on Instagram.




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The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints Of Newark and Will Smith's King Richard delayed until 2021

The feature film for highly-popular HBO series, titled The Many Saints Of Newark, was pushed back to next year as part of the shuffle for studio's release calendar as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.




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The coronavirus pandemic is pushing car dealers to change the way they sell and deliver vehicles. But not everybody is sure how to do it successfully.

CarMaxCarMax initiated curbside, contactless pickup in April.The COVID-19 has forced car dealers to radically alter their business models in a matter of weeks.With showrooms shut down and both customers and employees worried about safety, dealerships have embraced online sales, digital financing, and touchless deliveries in ways that they had resisted for years.Going back to business-as-usual isn't an option. "The consumer's behavior has undoubtedly been changed in a lasting way," said Jim Lyski, chief marketing officer of CarMax, the nation's largest used-car dealer network.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Weekends are usually a busy time at car dealerships, with customers using their days off to shop for and often buy or lease new and used vehicles.Over the past five years,




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Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is asking to be released early from a federal prison that's been called a 'breeding ground' for the coronavirus and where 6 inmates have already died

NetflixFyre Festival organizers Ja Rule, left, and Billy McFarland.Thousands of inmates have been released from prison in recent weeks in an effort to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.Billy McFarland, the founder behind the infamous Fyre Festival, filed a request this week for early release from prison and instead serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement.In a letter to a federal judge, McFarland's lawyers said he has pre-existing conditions, including asthma, that make him more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus and suffering worsened symptoms.The prison where McFarland is being held, FCI Elkton in Ohio, has been called a "breeding ground" for the coronavirus. At least six inmates there have died, and the prison is currently in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of not




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Google CEO Sundar Pichai says tech companies "shouldn't get carried away" with fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and should let governments and health officials lead the response. In a new interview with Time magazine, Pichai also suggested that working from home may become more normal after the pandemic.Amazon shut all its warehouses in France because a court ordered it to reassess worker safety. Amazon said the risk of the fine was "too high" for it to keep its warehouses open, and has told all its warehouse staff to stay home for at least five days.The UK government is in talks with ID verification firms including Yoti and IDnow to develop COVID-19 immunity passports. A spokesman for IDnow, based in Berlin, told Business Insider




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.Google is working on physical and virtual debit cards as it looks to catch Apple's lead in the fintech space. TechCrunch reports that Google is working on physical and virtual debit cards which would link to an associated checking account.The UK has greenlit a £250 million rescue package to stop thousands of startups collapsing during COVID-19. Startups can apply for government cash, but must match taxpayer money with funding from private investors.Conspiracy theories blaming Bill Gates for the coronavirus pandemic are exploding online. A New York Times analysis found more than 16,000 Facebook posts linking Gates with the virus, as well as 10 YouTube videos espousing the conspiracy theories that had garnered 5 million views.Amazon




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.Amazon is facing multiple inquiries from labor regulators into whether it unlawfully retaliated against workers who spoke out about its coronavirus response. Amazon has come under fire recently from employees, activists, and lawmakers for firing workers who criticized the company's safety measures.Zoom took months to repair a flaw that would allow hackers to take complete control of a computer. The flaw was discovered by security researchers who participated in a hackathon sponsored by Dropbox last year. Europe's coronavirus-tracing apps risk an unprecedented increase in mass surveillance, experts have warned. A rift has opened up over the design of smartphone apps to trace people in Europe at risk of coronavirus infection,




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Facebook is set to invest $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, India's popular mobile internet service. The multi-billion-dollar stake makes Facebook the largest minority shareholder in Jio, which is a part of Reliance Industries Limited.The Small Business Administration has told thousands of businesses applying for disaster loans that their personal information was mistakenly leaked. A bug in the SBA's site was mistakenly showing applicants' personal information to other applicants who subsequently used the portal.Apple and Google's new smartphone alert system for tracking the coronavirus could be 'alarming' for privacy, a US senator has warned. Josh Hawley is pressing Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook to raise privacy




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From delivering essentials to communicating effectively with consumers, here is how these brands are helping us survive the lockdown

While we all are watching, worrying about everything that’s happening outside from behind the closed doors, delivery personnels from Dunzo, Medlife and Housejoy are risking their lives everyday to make sure we get our daily essentials and stay safe.We reached out to their marketing heads of these brands to understand the challenges these players have faced in the past 21 days, from delivering products to communicating with consumers and here is how they are functioning in the new normal. While we are all scared and anxious to step out even for a few minutes, brands like Dunzo, Medlife and Housejoy are making sure that we are all safely cooped at home. From catering to the ever-increasing demand to coming up with creative solutions like contact-less delivery that ensure the safety of their




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Magic Leap, the much-hyped smart glasses startup, is pivoting away from consumer tech and laying off half its staff. CEO Rony Abovitz announced that the company was making 'targeted' changes to the way it operates, with layoffs happening at 'every level' of the company.Facebook's $6 billion Jio deal has made it a major threat overnight to Amazon's growth in India. The deal is likely to supercharge JioMart, Jio's foray into online grocery and a competitor to Amazon and Flipkart.Zoom has skyrocketed to 300 million daily users, up 50% from the beginning of April, even as the company battles a privacy backlash. CEO Eric Yuan said the video conferencing company had seen a 50% increase in users since the beginning of April.Facebook




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Amazon employees say they used data from third-party sellers to inform their production of competing products, according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon has consistently denied it engages in the practice of collecting data from third-party sellers, even in response to criticism from politicians and investigations from antitrust regulators.Facebook allowed advertisers to target users interested in 'pseudoscience,' allowing them to capitalize on conspiracy theories that falsely blame 5G cell towers for the coronavirus, according to The Markup. The social media giant says it's since removed the ability for advertisers to target "pseudoscience," but not before it was tagged as an interest for more than 78 million users.Over 30




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Warren Buffett may have ditched airline stocks and spent $20 billion on stock buybacks, investor Chris Bloomstran says

Warren Buffett may have sold his airline stakes and spent more than $20 billion on stock buybacks last quarter, Chris Bloomstran, head of Semper Augustus Investments, told Business Insider.The billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway boss probably hasn't bought many other stocks, and might struggle to strike bailout deals in the face of government aid and fierce competition, Bloomstran said.Berkshire wouldn't hesitate to splurge $100 billion on Buffett's long-awaited "elephant-sized acquisition.""They would absolutely do it if the right elephant came along," Bloomstran said.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Warren Buffett has been silent as stock markets roil and oil prices plunge, fueling speculation about what he's up to.The famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway boss




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.The UK has rejected Apple and Google's contact-tracing API, instead launching an app that will take a more centralized approach, according to the BBC. The move is likely to alarm privacy and security experts.Automation Anywhere said it is cutting jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The cuts could affect more than 10% of the startup's 2,600 employees.Apple may delay mass production of the iPhone 12 by about a month, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report comes after analysts and other media reports have also suggested Apple could push back the iPhone's launch by a couple of weeks or a month because of the coronavirus pandemic.Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates believes an upswing in nationalism




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.Amazon may have violated New York's whistleblower law by firing a worker involved in a protest over workplace safety, the state's attorney general said in a letter to the company. The letter also said Amazon's coronavirus safety measures are "so inadequate" that they may violate federal and state workplace safety rules.Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in an internal memo seen by Business Insider that Google will "stagger" its return to offices as it extends work-from-home until June 1. Pichai said the experience of operating from home was giving Google an opportunity to reimagine the way the company works.Uber's chief technology officer has resigned following a report from The Information that Uber is planning to lay off up to




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.Apple's revenue growth ground to a halt in the first three months of the year, as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered its retail stores, dampened consumer demand for iPhones and rattled the company's global manufacturing operations. Apple reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $58.3 billion, up less than 1% from the same period one year ago, and well below the company's initial projection of between $63 billion and $67 billion. Amazon reported huge growth in first-quarter revenue but a miss on earnings on Thursday. The mixed results show how the coronavirus outbreak is leading to more shoppers on Amazon, albeit at an increased cost as the company is dealing with a number of costly changes, including supply chain lockdowns and




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been called to testify before Congress. Lawmakers want to ask the billionaire about the company's practices around independent sellers after an investigation found employees used their data to create competing products, the Wall Street Journal reported.Uber will require its drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US as the company looks to restart its business across the globe. Uber has also been developing technology to determine whether drivers are wearing masks, according to CNN.Anti-quarantine protesters are being kicked off Facebook and quickly finding refuge on a site loved by conspiracy theorists. Business Insider has found that protesters are moving their organizing efforts to MeWe,




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.Longtime Amazon VP Tim Bray has said he quit in dismay and called the company 'chickens---' for firing workers who criticized it. The tech giant has fired multiple employees who've criticized working conditions at its warehouses.Tech billionaire Elon Musk and musician Grimes have had their first child together, according to Musk's Twitter account. Musk announced the birth of their child Monday evening on Twitter, saying, "Mom & baby all good."Uber is reportedly considering another investment in scooter startup Lime. The $170 million emergency fundraising could sink Lime's valuation by nearly 80% — and give Uber the option to buy it in 2 years.Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann sued SoftBank for backing out of buying nearly $1 billion




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.Airbnb is cutting 25% of staff — 1,900 jobs — after its business has been slammed by the coronavirus crisis. Airbnb plans to offer affected workers at least 14 weeks of severance pay and, in the US, a year's worth of healthcare coverage.An Amazon warehouse employee in New York has died of COVID-19. Workers at the Staten Island location organized multiple strikes in April to protest pandemic working conditions. California is suing Uber and Lyft, accusing the ride-hailing companies of misclassifying their drivers. A consortium of city attorneys from the state's largest cities accused the firms of misclassifying their workers as contractors in order to avoid paying some benefits.The UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app is about




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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.Facebook has announced the first 20 members of its oversight board that will decide what controversial content is allowed on Facebook and Instagram. The "supreme court"-style body will make rulings over what controversial content will be allowed on the social network.Tesla is reportedly preparing to restart operations at its California factory in possible violation of local shelter-in-place orders. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to coronavirus lockdowns, calling them "fascist" during a call with investors.An Amazon VP hit back at former colleague Tim Bray, who quit in protest after the company fired workers who raised safety concerns. Brad Porter, a vice president and engineer at Amazon,




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Lydia Bright visits her nan in self-isolation with newborn daughter Loretta

The heartwarming video, which she shared on TikTok and Instagram, shows baby Loretta in a fluffy white coat while the song You Are My Sunshine plays in the background.




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Love Island's Montana Brown details struggling with drugs in the industry

Having shot to fame on the ITV2 reality show in 2017, Montana confessed she was bewildered when she left the villa as she developed anxiety




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Montana Brown issues stark warning to fame-hungry Love Island hopefuls

The reality star, 24, spoke candidly to former TOWIE star and Tings Magazine founder Vas J Morgan for his I Am Enough campaign