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Phillys Will Smith goes undercover as Lyft driver in Miami

MIAMI Four Florida passengers were in for a shock when actor and Philly native Will Smith answered their Lyft call and gave them a ride around town.

The actor was in Miami promoting his new movie, Bad Boys for Life, over the weekend. He picked up four riders in a 2020 Porsche Taycan, occasionally getting into the attitude of his movie character detective Mike Lowry and encouraging passengers to do their best Bad Boys imitation as his partner in crime.

Smith made one of his passengers FaceTime with his girlfriend during the trip after the man said his girlfriend watched the original movie weekly.

Smith had another passenger practice her scariest Freeze. Police. voice.

Before dropping them off, the actor told each passenger they would receive free rides from the ride-sharing company for the next year.

Oscar presenters will include King, Ali and Malek

LOS ANGELES The winners of last years acting Academy Awards will return to the Oscar stage next month to present the coveted statuettes.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that Olivia Colman, Rami Malek, Regina King and Mahershala Ali will present during the Feb. 9 ceremony.

It is an Oscar tradition to have previous years acting recipients serve as presenters the following year.

Last years winners were notably more diverse than this years field of acting nominees, which features just one performer of color: Cynthia Erivo of Harriet.

The 92nd Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and be broadcast live by ABC. For the second year in a row, the ceremony will be without a host.

Colman won best actress last year for The Favourite and Malek took home the best actor award for his portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. King won the supporting actress honor for If Beale Street Could Talk, while Alis performance in Green Book earned him his second supporting actor Oscar.

Lena Waithe, Alana Mayo split after a few months of marriage

PARIS Two months after revealing they secretly married, Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo have split. E! first reported that the couple have called it quits. After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways, they said in a joint statement from their reps.

We have nothing but support for one another and ask that you respect our privacy during this time. A representative for Waithe confirmed to CNN that the E! report is accurate.

In November, Waithe revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she and Mayo, who has served as the head of production and development at Michael B. Jordans production company Outlier Society, had secretly married.

Waithe is best known for her roles in the series Master of None and the film Ready Player One as well as being the creator of the Showtime series The Chi and writer of the film Queen & Slim.

In 2017, she became the first Black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for writing Master of Nones Thanksgiving episode.

The longtime couple announced their engagement in 2017.

New Al Sharpton book looks at nations political crossroads

NEW YORK The Rev. Al Sharpton is working on a book that will address what he calls an urgent moment in American history.

The longtime civil rights activists Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads is coming out Sept. 15, less than two months before the 2020 election, Hanover Square Press announced Monday. Sharpton will look back at the Obama administration, the 2016 election of Donald Trump and the transformation of the Republican Party during Trumps presidency.

Sharpton, a TV and radio commentator, said in a statement that he wanted to get people to understand the gravity of where we are as a nation; whether we will choose to continue the path of progress towards human rights and to value all people or whether we will choose the path of returning to a value system of where might is right and wealth is the measure of human value.

Sharptons previous books include Al On America, The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership and the memoir Go and Tell Pharaoh.

Compiled by Jamyra Perry

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