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‘King Richard’ Celebrates One Hero at the Expense of Two Others

This Oscar-contending sports drama honors the sacrifices Richard Willams made so his daughters Venus and Serena could become tennis champions. But the film’s a little too quick to put a crown on him

The Real-Life ‘Bad Boys’ Cops Who Turned Dirty for the Sinaloa Cartel

Two Black Miami-Dade detectives who loved to cosplay as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence from the buddy-cop movie ‘Bad Boys’ were hoping to get rich by protecting $5 million worth of coke for the Mexican cartel. What they didn‘t realize was that they were actually working for a DEA informant

The Origin Story of Will Smith, King of Fourth of July

In the mid-1990s, the sitcom star and hip-hop lightweight was simply the Fresh Prince. But with ‘Independence Day,’ he remade himself as one of the all-time best summer action heroes.

The Inside Story of How ‘Wild Wild West’ Spun Out of Control

A giant mechanical spider, Will Smith in drag, a megalomaniacal producer — how did one of the most expensive movies ever made turn into such a disaster?