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The Fresh Prince is back. Will Smith returned to his music persona Friday night when he joined son Jaden Smith on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for a performance of the 20-year-old’s single "Icon." The elder Smith posted video of his surprise performance in Instagram, showing the crowd going…

With production about to start on the third Bad Boys movie, Will Smith posed with co-star Martin Lawrence for an Instagram post, which included a note that the two of them binge-watched the first two movies in the franchise. Smith and Lawrence are smiling and look relaxed as they stand in front of a wall-sized image…

On Instagram today, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence confirmed that Sony’s Bad Boys for Life is finally going forward, and they’re respectively reprising their roles as Detectives Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett. “It’s official Bad Boys 3 is happening, it’s official,” screamed Smith from the Santa Monica, CA…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has just dated two of its more high-profile films. The first is Bad Boys for Life, the action comedy directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah that reunites the team of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence with Jerry Bruckheimer for another round of action. That one has been slated for Martin…

EXCLUSIVE: Looks like the Bad Boys are back in town and the Boys from Belgium will bring them to the screen. Sony Pictures is negotiating with the filmmaking team of Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah to direct Bad Boys For Life, the action comedy that will bring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence back together, with an August…

Martin Lawrence is heading to Showtime for his first stand-up special in 14 years. Martin Lawrence Doin’ Time: Uncut will premiere Friday, September 9 at 9 PM on Showtime on-air, on demand and over the internet. Filmed live at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, Doin’ Time: Uncut comes on the heels of Lawrence’s most…

The reteam of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence has a new title, Bad Boys for Life, which we’re told is an indicator that the feature is now becoming a reality. Sony is still nailing down a production start date, hence it would never be ready by next summer for its June 2 date. No problem for the Culver City studio as…

Facing formidable preseason Monday Night Football on ESPN and a rising Hotel Hell on Fox last night, FX's Partners fell to its lowest result yet last night. Make that limbo lows for the struggling Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence sitcom. In its third week, the 10/90 series from Lionsgate TV and Debmar-Mercury drew…

If you squinted you might have thought it was the 1990s on FX last night. The debut of the cabler's legal comedy series Partners starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence certainly had all the components – especially with its veteran leads. While not gaining any traction among Adults 18-49, compared to other…

EXCLUSIVE: The mantra behind Sony Pictures’ recent restructure that brings in Michael De Luca as production co-president was to make higher quality tent poles. That means spending money on hot writers. I’m told the studio is in early talks with David Guggenheim to script Bad Boys 3, which the studio hopes will bring…

Edi Patterson has been cast as a regular in Braddock & Jackson (working title), FX/Lionsgate’s 10-episode comedy series starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence as Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who develop a partnership after they unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives…

FX is quickly turning into the exclusive network partner of Lionsgate for its 10-90 sitcoms. The cable network has picked up a third series from Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury and Lionsgate TV, a buddy comedy starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence. The marquee project, written/executive produced by comedy veterans…