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Will Smith got his rap groove back at the BET Awards on Sunday night.The 53-year-old Oscar and Grammy winner performed his new single “You Can Make It,” a gospel-charged testimony — featuring Haitian-American singer Fridayy and the Sunday Service Choir — that was released on Friday.The performance marked the first time Smith appeared at an awards show since he infamously slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face for a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.“The darker the hell you gotta endure/The brighter the heaven you get to enjoy/The harder the fall, the higher you soar/God opens a window when the devil closes the door,” raps Smith, sounding more like the Fresh Preacher.“Believe me, they tried to bleed Will Smith/In the rearview, I see adversity was the gift/To lift me higher gifts require faith/So dry your eyes and then you’ll find the way,” he continues over the take-you-to-church arrangement.It all continues the Oscar Slapgate redemption tour that Smith has been on since “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” opened to boffo box office on June 7, reestablishing the actor as a bankable movie star.But now, the “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” MC is looking to regain the music cred that led DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince to receive the first Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1989.Smith wasn’t the only rap icon to take the stage at the 2024 BET Awards: Ms. Lauryn Hill celebrated the 25th anniversary of her Album of the Year Grammy win for her 1998 classic “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”Also performing at the show — hosted for the fourth time by Taraji P.

Will Smith performed his new single for the first time at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday night (June 30) in Los Angeles.

Megan Thee Stallion was the opening act for the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday night (June 30) in Los Angeles.

Usher wears a white blazer and jeans while hitting the blue carpet at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.

Niecy Nash-Betts and Colman Domingo are among the stars in attendance at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday evening (June 30) in Los Angeles.

Taraji P Henson shines in gold while hitting the blue carpet at the 2024 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater on Sunday (June 30) in Los Angeles.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Childish Gambino has debuted the trailer for his upcoming movie “Bando Stone & The New World” during the BET Awards 2024. A short version of the trailer ran during the commercials during the event, though the rapper posted a two-minute version on his YouTube account an hour prior.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for Episode 3 of HBO‘s “House of the Dragon” Season 2. With another “House of the Dragon” episode comes another burial. Shortly after the funeral for young Prince Jaehaerys, the Cargyll twins were laid to rest after their brother-vs.-brother duel last week. For the first time this season on “House of the Dragon,” no major characters died — except for a bunch of soldiers from House Blackwood and House Bracken in the Battle of the Burning Mill.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “And That’s the End of It. There’s Nothing Else,” the Part II finale of “Interview With the Vampire,” now streaming on AMC+. “We held each other’s hands, and we just fucking jumped.” That’s how Jacob Anderson says he and Sam Reid prepared for the climactic reunion between Louis and Lestat in Season 2 finale of AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire.” “I feel really proud of that scene, but that’s honestly what it was like to shoot,” Anderson tells Variety.

Glastonbury‘s having a fallow year in 2026.Emily Eavis has confirmed the year off in a new chat with The Sun. It comes after Eavis had revealed earlier in the month (June 10) that she was thinking of having a fallow year for the Worthy Farm bash in two years time (2026).

Dua Lipa has responded after being wrongly accused of miming when she headlined Glastonbury 2024 on Friday (June 28).Lipa was the first artist to headline Glastonbury this year, ahead of Saturday headliner Coldplay and Sunday’s SZA, bringing out Kevin Parker as a surprise guest to sing Tame Impala’s ‘The Less I Know The Better’.The pop star later became the subject of claims online that her performance on the Pyramid Stage had been “too polished to be live”.

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was wearing her wedding ring one day after a source told that removed his belongings from their shared home. According to the publication, the 51-year-old Good Will Hunting star made sure everything was out before returned from her recent trip to Europe, where she attended Paris Fashion Week .“Ben continues to live at the Brentwood rental. He’s been there for about two months now," another source told People.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Will Smith debuted his new single “You Can Make It” at the 2024 BET Awards, just two days after releasing the track that features Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir.

A single mother of two children is facing the fight of her life after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is calling on others to be aware of the signs and symptoms of the disease.

Jim Halterman SPOILER ALERT:The following interview discusses events from “Humble,” the Season 4 finale of “The Chosen,” now streaming on “The Chosen” app and YouTube page. The lead character of any television series riding a donkey as he’s about to face his tragic prophesized fate is not the way most shows would end its season — but there aren’t a lot of series like faith-based drama “The Chosen,”which ended its fourth season on Sunday. Since its premiere in 2017, the scripted drama has chronicled the early days of Jesus Christ (Jonathan Roumie) as he spread His gospel and accumulated both followers (yes, including the 12 apostles) and enemies along the way.

Thania Garcia Normani will not be performing for the BET Awards on Sunday night. Normani wrote and posted a lengthy statement to her Instagram story saying she injured herself during rehearsals for the music and entertainment awards show. The singer was scheduled to perform as part of a lineup that also included Ice Spice, Sexyy Red, Latto, Cardi B, Queen Latifah and the Jungle Brothers, among others.

Amazon shoppers are going wild for a £16 eye cream that they say delivers 'Botox-like' results, leading to firmer, tighter and younger-looking skin around the eyes with fewer lines and wrinkles. Users of this budget beauty buy swear they've noticed a difference around their eyes after just one use in some cases. The Multi Correxion Hydrate + Plump Eye Cream by skincare brand RoC is flying off the virtual shelves, with a bottle being snapped up every 30 seconds.

With just a few hours of Pride Month remaining, Amber Ruffin is doing a victory lap.

The National have performed a mesmerising set at this year’s edition of Glastonbury Festival – here’s what they played.The band – comprised of Matt Berninger, twin brothers Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner, and brothers Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf – headlined the Other stage today (June 30). To kick off their set, they played ‘Don’t Swallow the Cap’, ‘Eucalyptus’, ‘Tropic Morning News’ and ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’.“Thank you so much.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Talk show host, comedian, writer, Tony Award nominee and former Variety Power of Women host Amber Ruffin came out to the public on the last day of Pride. Posting on her Instagram profile, the smiling star wrote, “In what will come as a shock to exactly zero people, I’m using the last day of PRIDE to come out! Be proud of who you are, little babies! I know I am! And I can’t wait to be discriminated against for a new reason!!” A post shared by Amber Ruffin (@amberruffin) The former writer for “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and host of her own talk show, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” Ruffin is also known for her recent work in theater, including co-writing the “Some Like It Hot” revival and, more recently, updating the book for “The Wiz” on Broadway.