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‘Top Gun,’ Spielberg, Yeoh Set to Receive Awards at NBRs 

Michelle Yeoh poses at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Night Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, USA, 05 January 2023 (iussued 06 January 2023). (EPA)
Michelle Yeoh poses at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Night Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, USA, 05 January 2023 (iussued 06 January 2023). (EPA)
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‘Top Gun,’ Spielberg, Yeoh Set to Receive Awards at NBRs 

Michelle Yeoh poses at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Night Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, USA, 05 January 2023 (iussued 06 January 2023). (EPA)
Michelle Yeoh poses at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Night Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, USA, 05 January 2023 (iussued 06 January 2023). (EPA)

"Top Gun: Maverick," Steven Spielberg and the stars of "The Banshees of Inisherin" are set to collect awards at Sunday night's National Board of Review Awards in New York. 

The annual untelevised gala is being held at Cipriani's in midtown Manhattan and hosted by Willie Geist. Coming two days before the Golden Globes on Tuesday, the NBR Awards will help kick Hollywood's awards season into high gear. Voting for nominations to the Academy Awards begins Thursday. 

The National Board of Review, a long-running group of film enthusiasts and academics, names its winners ahead of its ceremony. "Top Gun: Maverick" was its pick for best film. 

Other awards include Steven Spielberg ("The Fabelmans") for best director, Colin Farrell ("The Banshees of Inisherin") for best actor, his co-star Brendan Gleeson for best supporting actor, Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") for best actress and Janelle Monáe ("Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery") for best supporting actress. 

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Will Smith Gets a Street Named in the Philadelphia Neighborhood Where He Was Born and Raised

Will Smith holds up a street sign during a ceremony to name a street after him in West Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Will Smith holds up a street sign during a ceremony to name a street after him in West Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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Will Smith Gets a Street Named in the Philadelphia Neighborhood Where He Was Born and Raised

Will Smith holds up a street sign during a ceremony to name a street after him in West Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Will Smith holds up a street sign during a ceremony to name a street after him in West Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

In West Philadelphia where he was born and raised, now there’s a street called Will Smith Way.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and city leaders honored the Oscar and Grammy winner on Wednesday, renaming a street next to Smith's old high school.

"Philly, I love you. I am yours. You are mine," Smith said at a ceremony along a section of 59th Street that now bears his name.

He reminisced about learning the values of hard work and education from his mother and father before hitting it big as an actor and rapper.

"Nobody gets an easy ride," he said. "That was one of the things these streets of Philadelphia taught me: that there's nothing wrong with a hard day's work."

Among those who came out to see him was a former teacher who was the first to call him "Prince Charming" — a nickname he changed up a bit for the 1990s TV show "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," in which Smith played a teenager from Philadelphia who goes to live with relatives in Los Angeles.

"The name `The Fresh Prince' was coined in that building," Smith said, pointing back at Overbrook High School. "I added the ‘fresh’ because it was hip-hop slang."

Smith will release his fifth studio album "Based on a True Story" on Friday. It’s his first music project in two decades since "Lost and Found."

He won Grammys for "Summertime,Men In Black,Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It" and "Parents Just Don’t Understand." He's also starred in the movies "Bad Boys,Men in Black" and "King Richard."