Day: July 1, 2024
Will Smith’s shocking slap of comedian Chris Rock on the 2022 Oscars stage echoed around the world, but since then the 55-year-old actor has been focused on changing his tune with a return to music, debuting his first new song since 2017 in a performance at the BET Awards on Sunday night.
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Smith, an Academy Award-winning actor and four-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, took the BET stage alongside collaborators Fridayy and the Sunday Service Choir to perform his new single, “You Can Make It,” which was released Friday.
Surrounded by a ring of fire, before singing, Smith spoke: “I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but whatever’s going on in your life, I’m here to tell you you can make it.”
Will Smith debuted his new song at the BET Awards.
From Fresh Prince to music royalty, he showed us why he’s always been a legend.
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— BET (@BET) July 1, 2024
Contemporary gospel artist Kirk Franklin also joined Smith on stage to emphasize the song’s message of resilience and hope.
“The harder you fall, the higher you soar,” Smith rapped. “Just because I’m stuck on a bad chapter, it doesn’t mean, in my life, I’ve got to throw away the whole book,” Franklin added.
The “Fresh Prince” teased his new song on social media before its release, saying he was excited to perform it at the BET Awards. “Through some of my darkest moments, music has always been there for me—to lift me and help me grow,” he said. “It’s my humble wish that it can do the same for you and bring you all the joy and light you deserve.”
Smith kicked off his music career as half of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. He then found Hollywood stardom by portraying a fictional version of himself in sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which aired from 1990 to 1996. After starring in multiple blockbuster films including Bad Boys and Independence Day, he starred in 1997 in the first of the sci-fi movie franchise Men in Black and debuted his solo music career with its chart-topping original theme song. His debut solo album Big Willie Style went on to become one of the best-selling rap records of all time.
His high-flying reputation, however, took a massive fall after the incident at the 2022 Oscars, at which he won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Venus and Serena Williams’ father in King Richard. He later apologized for his outburst, which was apparently prompted by Rock joking about the hair of Jada Pinkett-Smith, Smith’s wife who suffers from alopecia.
Despite this, Smith’s career appears to be thriving again. The fourth installment of his Bad Boys film franchise released in June, and he joined reggaeton artist J Balvin at Coachella in April for a surprise performance of his “Men in Black” song.
He also may have more music on the way. “I have a project that is, without question, the most personal and powerful music that I’ve ever made,” Smith shared in May with Extra. “So, you know, I’m going to sneak that out on you in a month or so.”
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Here’s What’s New on Netflix in July 2024
Netflix is premiering several original sports documentaries in July, perfect for anyone looking to pass the time before the Olympics. SPRINT, out July 2, tracks Olympic track stars, while Receiver, profiling NFL pass catchers, will touch down July 10.
Also starting July 1, viewers can find all seasons of Lost and Timothée Chalamet fans can delight in his turn in Call Me By Your Name. And classic film buffs should note that American Graffiti and Fatal Attraction will be leaving the streamer on July 31.
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Here’s everything coming to Netflix in July 2024—and what’s leaving.
Here are the Netflix originals coming in July 2024
July 2
SPRINT
July 3
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Love is Blind: Brazil (Season 4)
The Man with 1000 Kids
July 4
Barbecue Showdown (Season 3)
Rhythm + Flow France (Season 3)
July 5
Desperate Lies
Goyo
The Imaginary
July 9
The Boyfriend
Hannah Berner: We Ride at Dawn
July 10
Eva Lasting (Season 2)
Love Is Blind: Brazil (Season 4, new episodes)
Receiver
Sugar Rush: The Baking Point (Season 2)
Wild Wild Punjab
July 11
Another Self (Season 2)
Vanished into the Night
Vikings: Valhalla (Season 3)
Rhythm + Flow France (Season 3)
July 12
Blame the Game
The Champion
Exploding Kittens
Lobola Man
July 15
Wonderoos
July 16
Chad Daniels: Empty Nester
Homicide: Los Angeles
July 17
The Green Glove Gang (Season 2)
T・P BON (Season 2)
July 18
Cobra Kai (Season 6) Part 1
Master of the House
Rhythm + Flow France (Season 3, new episodes)
July 19
Find Me Falling
Skywalkers: A Love Story
Sweet Home (Season 3)
Too Hot to Handle (Season 6)
Rhythm + Flow France (Season 3)
July 24
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Love of My Life
Resurrected Rides
July 25
The Decameron
Kleo (Season 2)
Tokyo Swindlers
July 26
The Dragon Prince (Season 6)
Elite (Season 8)
House of Ga’a
Non Negotiable
Too Hot to Handle (Season 6)
Here are the TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in July 2024
July 1
About Antoine (Season 1)
Amazing Antoine
American Hustle
American Psycho
Annabelle
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Big Daddy
The Blind Side
Call Me By Your Name
Captain Phillips
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Easy A
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Batch 3)
The House Bunny
Jigsaw
The Karate Kid
Lost (Seasons 1-6)
Magic Mike XXL
Matilda
The Nun
Paw Patrol: The Movie
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
Star Trek Prodigy (Season 2)
Suits (Season 9)
The Sweetest Thing
Uncle Buck
The Wiz
Zombieland
July 5
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (Season 3)
July 7
Boruto: Naruto the Movie
The Last: Naruto the Movie
Road To Ninja: Naruto the Movie
July 8
Bad Boys
Bad Boys II
July 15
Midnight Sun
Trolls Band Together
July 16
The Boy Next Door
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
July 23
All American: Season 6
July 27
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Here’s what’s leaving Netflix in July 2024
July 7
War Dogs
July 14
Abducted in Plain Sight
July 15
The Beguiled
July 23
Big Eyes
July 31
American Graffiti
Anaconda
Enough
Fatal Attraction
Glass
Hulk
King Richard
Knocked Up
Lucy
Moneyball
Public Enemies
Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Retribution
Role Models
Shrek
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit II
Something’s Gotta Give
The Great Wall
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Theory of Everything
Top Gear (Seasons 29-30)
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The Daily Beat: 30 June
Georgia’s Euro 2024 journey ends with a 4:1 loss to Spain. Spain, after a rough start, got the result they wanted and deserved. Georgia played their part and left its first major tournament with heads held high. Georgia’s players and staff will return home with many a story to regale about their heroic exploits at their first major tournament. They did themselves and their fans proud again, even if the scoreline had taken on a more bruising look by the end.
European Council adopted conclusions in which, among other things, it expressed “serious concern” about developments in Georgia and “calls on Georgian authorities to clarify their intentions by reversing the current course of actions which jeopardizes Georgia’s EU path, de facto leading to a halt of the accession process.”
Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands and the future NATO Secretary General said during his arrival and doorstep remarks before the European Council meeting on June 27 that he’s “worried about the EU accession path of Georgia” and called on Georgia to return to the EU path. He declined to comment on Georgia’s NATO integration before he officially takes office as NATO Secretary General saying: “I am not going to comment on NATO-related issues until 1 October.”
Georgia is invited to attend the July 9-11 NATO summit in Washington at the foreign minister level, the Georgian bureau of Voice of America reported, citing State Department spokesman Mathew Miller. The State Department allegedly has not received an official response to the invitation from Tbilisi. Earlier in the week, it became known that the U.S. was planning to invite Georgia to the NATO Summit in Washington when Assistant Secretary of State James O’Brien made a statement to the foreign media.
Permanent Representative of Lithuania at the UN agencies in Geneva, Ambassador Darius Staniulis, delivered a joint statement of 36 countries at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, urging the Georgian government to “revoke the “transparency of foreign influence” law,” to end the campaign of intimidation against those objecting to the law and protect freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.”
On the last day of the spring session, June 28, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze presented his annual report to Parliament, claiming credit for football success, also proudly speaking of the progress in the economy, education, sports, health, etc. Most opposition members, except Girchi, were absent, as they have been boycotting the sessions since the adoption of the foreign agents’ law. PM Kobakhidze also said EU integration “remains the main foreign policy priority” and repeated with confidence that “by 2030, Georgia will be prepared better than any other candidate country” for EU membership.
Transparency International Georgia published a report on the political donations of 15 political parties in Georgia in 2023. According to the findings, out of the total funds the ruling Georgian Dream party received the most – 62%. The report also underlined the shortcomings of the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s supervision of party finances, criticized changes in Georgian legislation, overviewed the types of political party donors, and outlined recommendations for both the Bureau and political parties.
The Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF GNP) welcomes the EU’s decision to start the accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The Platform congratulates the people of Ukraine and Moldova for their “historic achievement” and their transition to a new stage in EU integration.
Another Georgian fighter, Amiran Zoidze, was killed while fighting in the vicinity of Avdiivka in Ukraine, Georgian Warriors-Special Unit Tbilisi, of which Zoidze was a member, reported on 28 June. The Foreign Ministry confirmed Zoidze’s death to Civil.ge. The latest casualty brings to 52 the unofficial death toll of Georgian citizens who have died fighting in Ukraine since the Russian invasion on February 24.
The Data of the Day
National Statistics Office released rapid estimates, indicating that Georgia’s estimated real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate amounted to 9.2% for May 2024 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
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The Daily Beat: 30 June
Georgia’s Euro 2024 journey ends with a 4:1 loss to Spain. Spain, after a rough start, got the result they wanted and deserved. Georgia played their part and left its first major tournament with heads held high. Georgia’s players and staff will return home with many a story to regale about their heroic exploits at their first major tournament. They did themselves and their fans proud again, even if the scoreline had taken on a more bruising look by the end.
European Council adopted conclusions in which, among other things, it expressed “serious concern” about developments in Georgia and “calls on Georgian authorities to clarify their intentions by reversing the current course of actions which jeopardizes Georgia’s EU path, de facto leading to a halt of the accession process.”
Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands and the future NATO Secretary General said during his arrival and doorstep remarks before the European Council meeting on June 27 that he’s “worried about the EU accession path of Georgia” and called on Georgia to return to the EU path. He declined to comment on Georgia’s NATO integration before he officially takes office as NATO Secretary General saying: “I am not going to comment on NATO-related issues until 1 October.”
Georgia is invited to attend the July 9-11 NATO summit in Washington at the foreign minister level, the Georgian bureau of Voice of America reported, citing State Department spokesman Mathew Miller. The State Department allegedly has not received an official response to the invitation from Tbilisi. Earlier in the week, it became known that the U.S. was planning to invite Georgia to the NATO Summit in Washington when Assistant Secretary of State James O’Brien made a statement to the foreign media.
Permanent Representative of Lithuania at the UN agencies in Geneva, Ambassador Darius Staniulis, delivered a joint statement of 36 countries at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, urging the Georgian government to “revoke the “transparency of foreign influence” law,” to end the campaign of intimidation against those objecting to the law and protect freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.”
On the last day of the spring session, June 28, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze presented his annual report to Parliament, claiming credit for football success, also proudly speaking of the progress in the economy, education, sports, health, etc. Most opposition members, except Girchi, were absent, as they have been boycotting the sessions since the adoption of the foreign agents’ law. PM Kobakhidze also said EU integration “remains the main foreign policy priority” and repeated with confidence that “by 2030, Georgia will be prepared better than any other candidate country” for EU membership.
Transparency International Georgia published a report on the political donations of 15 political parties in Georgia in 2023. According to the findings, out of the total funds the ruling Georgian Dream party received the most – 62%. The report also underlined the shortcomings of the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s supervision of party finances, criticized changes in Georgian legislation, overviewed the types of political party donors, and outlined recommendations for both the Bureau and political parties.
The Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF GNP) welcomes the EU’s decision to start the accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The Platform congratulates the people of Ukraine and Moldova for their “historic achievement” and their transition to a new stage in EU integration.
Another Georgian fighter, Amiran Zoidze, was killed while fighting in the vicinity of Avdiivka in Ukraine, Georgian Warriors-Special Unit Tbilisi, of which Zoidze was a member, reported on 28 June. The Foreign Ministry confirmed Zoidze’s death to Civil.ge. The latest casualty brings to 52 the unofficial death toll of Georgian citizens who have died fighting in Ukraine since the Russian invasion on February 24.
The Data of the Day
National Statistics Office released rapid estimates, indicating that Georgia’s estimated real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate amounted to 9.2% for May 2024 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
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