Vivica A. Fox Shares How 'Independence Day' Role Led to 'Set It Off' (Exclusive)

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicOn the latest episode of Variety‘s Strictly Business podcast, how the role of a music manager has changed in recent years.To help us understand today’s artist representation game, we speak to Mark Gillespie, who co-founded the company Three Six Zero and has been instrumental in guiding the careers of Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Will Smith as well as Willow and Jaden Smith.A native of Birmingham in the U.K., Gillespie paid his dues in local dance music

Paris Hilton is ready and excited for motherhood — eventually. The TV personality shot down pregnancy rumors in the latest episode of her podcast, but that doesn't mean she's not looking forward to it sometime in the future.ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with Hilton on Tuesday, as she was promoting her upcoming Netflix series, , where she admitted that she's already thought about how her life and career dynamics will change when she one day becomes a mom.«I always love being a boss babe.

Derek Hough is heading to Las Vegas, and can't wait to be back onstage doing what he loves most: performing live!While guest co-hosting Entertainment Tonight on Monday, the 36-year-old dancer teased what fans can expect from his upcoming residency,, which kicks off Sept. 22 at The Summit Showroom at the Venetian Resort.«Man, I am so excited,» Hough raved to ET's Kevin Frazier.

Matt Damon is opening up the experience of re-teaming with his best friend, Ben Affleck, on. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the actor about his new film,, and he also spoke about how his and Affleck's lives have changed since they burst onto the Hollywood scene with their 1997 Oscar-winning film, . 's first trailer dropped on Tuesday and featured his and Affleck's highly anticipated onscreen reunion.

Mark Wahlberg doesn’t do anything by halves when it comes to preparing for his movies.

Zendaya has nothing but love for Tom Holland and her co-stars.Amid romance rumors between her and Holland, the 24-year-old actress couldn't be more excited for fans to see. As she tells ET's Kevin Frazier, while promoting she, Holland and the rest of the cast are «so close.»«I can't wait for everybody to see when it does come out,» Zendaya expresses.

Fredo has announced his new album ‘Independence Day’ and shared a Headie One collaboration – listen to ‘Wandsworth To Bullingdon’ below.The west London rapper will follow up January’s ‘Money Can’t Buy Happiness’ with the new record, which is set to arrive on August 6.The 14-track album, which the rapper has promised will be his “hardest shit so far”, will also include Fredo’s recent single ‘Talk Of The Town’, which was released last month.

Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess are getting pretty serious.

pic.twitter.com/MiLKZ0HN8y— Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) July 4, 2021McConaughey said that America’s relatively young status should serve as its driving force to keep moving forward and improving.“We got to keep learning, we got to keep maturing, we gotta keep striving, we gotta keep climbing, we gotta keep building,” he said.

Coldplay have marked Independence Day in the US by delivering a firework-fuelled performance of ‘Higher Power’ for Macy’s Fourth of July Spectacular.While 500 vaccinated fans were originally set to attend the Queens recording, a crowd of roughly 8000 New Yorkers eventually turned out to transform the event into a stunning celebration which boasted the band’s biggest live audience since the coronavirus pandemic began.More than 1,000 fireworks were also set off on a barge on the East River behind

Will Smith has reportedly paid $100,000 (£85,700) to save New Orleans’ Fourth of July fireworks display.The annual display was said to be in jeopardy on account of a lack of funding. Smith, who is in the city shooting upcoming slave thriller Emancipation, was praised for his gesture by Mayor LaToya Cantrell.Cantrell took to Twitter to voice her gratitude.

Matthew McConaughey marked the Fourth of July by sharing a special message to America. 

A quarter-century ago, Will Smith’s Capt. Steven Hiller was “a little anxious to get up there and whoop ET’s ass” and save Earth from alien invaders in Independence Day. In 2021, the actor paid it forward in a less-dramatic but equally cool way: He paid a reported $100,000 to help pay for New Orleans’ Fourth of July fireworks display.

Angelique Jackson Some people like “Independence Day” for its campy take on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”; or for its technical achievements, which won an Oscar and set director Roland Emmerich on the path for becoming the disaster director du jour; or for establishing Will Smith as the “King of the Fourth of July.”Other people — like me — watch the movie religiously every time the Fourth of July rolls around. Let’s face it, when Smith’s Capt.

Director Roland Emmerich and screenwriter Dean Devlin have been longtime collaborators that started with the hit Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi action film “Universal Soldier.” Their most well-liked film is easily the 1996 alien invasion film “Independence Day” that helped launch a new era of disaster films, most made by Emmerich.

Will Smith’s many blockbusters that would earn him the nickname “King of the Fourth of July,” which isn’t a reference to the movie’s title, per se, but rather the rapper turned sitcom actor turned action-star’s reliable success at summer box offices.

Will Smith is very well known for his leading role in Independence Day, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary today.