Jada Pinkett Smith News

Actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith have received both criticism and praise for their modern approach to raising their two children, Jaden and Willow Smith.

Whole lotta twerking going on in Fela! , the Broadway musical whose national tour is now steaming up the Winspear Opera House .

Will Smith's children brains will be fried on his stupidity if left to Unconventional Parenting! Jada Pinkett Smith , at 41 may have lost a screw in her head to think Jaden , 14 and Willow , 12 - can make solid and sound decisions at their age.

Will Smith, left, and his son Jaden pose for photographers during a promotional event for their film After Earth in Tokyo.

But the upbringing that he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith are giving their own children Jaden and Willow could hardly be more different.

Jada Pinkett Smith may have started as an actress, but these days her list of jobs includes author, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, successful businesswoman - and, of course, wife and mother.

Fresh off a Best actor award at the Newport Beach Film Festival for "Alagwa," Jericho Rosales rubbed elbows with Hollywood elite and real-life slavery victims at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking benefit, which has honored and helped victims of human-trafficking for the past 15 years.

She may only be 12 years old, but Willow Smith is already establishing a name for herself among sartorial circles.

EXCLUSIVE : Alias alum Michael Vartan has signed with UTA . He most recently co-starred for three seasons on TNT's Hawthorne opposite Jada Pinkett Smith and led the Reelz mini-series Ring Of Fire .

Jada Pinkett Smith will star in and produce a romantic drama titled Salsa, which will center on a young woman who, while at a critical crossroad in her life, meets a hunky Salsa teacher, and decides to learn Salsa dancing .

It should be absolutely wonderful weather this evening, which makes it a perfect night for one of the Arboretum's plein air concerts .

Once upon a time, in a family down the street, there was a King and a Queen who had two children.

The L.A.-based Center Theatre has spared no expense to treat SoCal audiences to the best in modern black theatre, producing a slew of award-winning plays that capture the beauty, complexity and spirit of the African American experience.

This is too much diva for one stage and the world might stop spinning on its axis, as Jennifer Lopez will join Beyonce at The Sound of Change live concert, slated to take place at Twickenham Stadium in London on June 1. That's a whole lotta diva.

Jamie Foxx is in talks to star in the film adaptation of Annie that Will Smith , Jada-Pinkett Smith and Jay-Z are helping produce.

CHIMING IN: Jennifer Lopez is the latest big-name performer to join The Sound of Change Live, a concert slated for June 1 at London's Twickenham Stadium and hosted by the Chime for Change campaign, which Gucci launched in February.

James Franco, Blake Lively and Jada Pinkett-Smith have been announced as presenters for the show, which is expected to last four hours.

The 45-year-old star is said to be in negotiations to play a variation of the classic Daddy Warbucks character in Sony Pictures' remake of the musical film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The "Homeland" star and husband Hugh Dancy have some fun with TV veteran Bob Scheiffer.

Detectives today said they are no longer treating the death of a 49-year-old man at a Newquay nightclub as a murder.