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Will Smith is playing the role of Venus and Serena Williams‘ dad in the upcoming movie King Richard and we have some photos from set!

The 51-year-old actor was spotted on set on Wednesday (March 4) in Los Angeles.

Will was wearing red tennis shorts and white socks with red stripes that matched his jacket. Also seen on set were Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton, who star as a young Serena and Venus.

The story depicts how Richard, with no tennis background, overcame tremendous hardship and drew up at a 78-page plan for the girls’ professional tennis careers when they were just children.

The filming happened on the one-year anniversary of a big moment for the movie.

The Passage and The Cool Kids have been canceled by Fox.

The network made the announcement about the respective drama series and comedy series on Friday (May 10), Variety reports.

Both shows were on the air for just one season.

The Passage was executive produced by Ridley Scott and starred Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Saniyya Sidney. It focused on a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.

The first season of The Passage also starred Jamie McShane, Caroline Chikezie, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Brianne Howey, McKinley Belcher III, Henry Ian Cusick, and Vincent Piazza.

The multi-camera comedy The Cool Kids hailed from executive producer Charlie Day and starred Martin Mull, David Alan Grier, Vicki Lawrence, and Leslie Jordan, who played friends at a retirement center.

Gina Rodriguez, Lena Waithe, and Uzo Aduba hit the red carpet while attending the 2019 NAACP Image Awards’ Non-Televised Dinner on Friday (March 29) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Joining Gina at the event was her fiance Joe LoCicero!

Also in attendance at the event were The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah, Black-ish‘s Marsai Martin, Miles Brown, and Marcus Scribner, The Real‘s Tamera Mowry, Adrienne Bailon, and Loni Love, This Is Us‘ Lyric Ross and Lonnie Chavis, Us‘ Winston Duke, Rent Live‘s Brandon Victor Dixon, The Passage‘s Saniyya Sidney, Insecure‘s Jay Ellis, and director Boots Riley.

Marsai won two awards – Best Performance by a Youth in a Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Marcus picked up Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. The Real won Outstanding Talk Series.

FYI: Gina is wearing a Roland Mouret dress and a Lala Lexa clutch. Uzo is wearing a Rosetta Getty dress. Marsai is wearing a Bibhu Mohapatra dress and Nicholas Kirkwood shoes. Trevor is wearing a Dior blazer, Givenchy pants, and Saint Laurent shoes. Adrienne is wearing a Dress The Population jumpsuit.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar hits the red carpet for the premiere of his new TV series The Passage on Thursday (January 10) at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, Calif.

The 44-year-old actor was joined at the event by his wife Catriona McGinn, as well as his co-stars Emmanuelle Chriqui, Saniyya Sidney, Henry Ian Cusick, Brianne Howey, Caroline Chikezie, McKinley Belcher III, and Jason Fuchs.

The Passage focuses on Project NOAH, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl (Sidney), is chosen to be a test subject, Federal Agent Brad Wolgast (Gosselaar) is the man who is tasked with bringing her to Project NOAH. Ultimately, however, Wolgast becomes her surrogate father, trying to protect her at any cost.

The new series premieres on January 14!

FYI: Emmanuelle is wearing a Cushnie jumpsuit.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Riley Smith hit the carpet to promote their new shows at the Fox All-Star Party held during 2018 Upfronts Week on Monday (May 14) at Central Park’s Wollman Rink in New York City.

Mark-Paul was joined by his co-stars from the upcoming show The Passage – Vincent Piazza, Brianne Howey, and Saniyya Sidney.

Riley was joined by his Proven Innocent co-stars Rachelle Lefevre, Vincent Kartheiser, Tony winner Nikki M. James, and Russell Hornsby.

Both of the new shows will be mid-season replacements!

FYI: Mark-Paul is wearing a Strong Suit suit.

Viola Davis poses backstage with Denzel Washington after accepting the Hollywood Legacy Award during BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors on Friday (February 18) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The actors were joined at the event by their Fences co-stars Jovan Adepo and Saniyya Sidney.

Other stars who attended the event included Viola‘s How to Get Away with Murder mom Cicely Tyson, Queen Latifah, Common, Pitch‘s Kylie Bunbury, Insecure‘s Issa Rae and Jay Ellis, Empire‘s Grace Gealey and Trai Byers, True Blood‘s Rutina Wesley, Famous in Love‘s Keith Powers, The Flash‘s Candice Patton, Grey’s Anatomy‘s Isaiah Washington, Roots‘ Anika Noni Rose, Hidden Figures‘ Aldis Hodge, Beaches‘ Nia Long, Dope‘s Kiersey Clemons, and When the Bough Breaks‘ Regina Hall.

FYI: Viola is wearing a Michael Kors Collection gown. Queen is wearing a Randi Rahm dress. Kylie is wearing a Solace London dress.

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