Jada Pinkett Smith Gossip

Thank you for your messages over the last week requesting commentary on Leaving Neverland and Michael Jackson. We decided to hold it for Show Your Work and have a full-bodied discussion. That said, if there was any doubt in my mind about the documentary – and there wasn’t – I would not have been able to deny James Safechuck’s story while watching his face on After Neverland, Oprah’s special that aired immediately following the second part of the film. Full Story

Well, if you want to start your award show strong, starting with Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is one way to do it. I know that the only First Lady we acknowledge didn’t actually open the Grammys (Camila Cabello did with a performance I forgot about immediately after it happened) but it felt like the show didn’t start until she stepped on stage hand in hand with Jada Pinkett Smith and Jennifer Lopez. Full Story

Earlier this month, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Gabrielle Union had reconciled after 17 years of awkward run-ins and "stiff" photo ops. Full Story

Gabrielle Union and Jada Pinkett Smith have been in a feud for 17 years. Usually, if a celebrity feud lasts that long, we know about it. There are public jabs or whispers about who can't be in the same room or sit beside each other at award shows. But no one knew about Jada and Gabrielle's beef until yesterday, when Jada told Extra Full Story

If you've been keeping up with Tyrese's Instagram, you know he's been going through some sh-t. He's been working through that sh-t very loudly and publicly on the gram. He's been airing out the details of his child custody dispute and his financial hardships for his 9 million followers. Full Story

Yesterday at CinemaCon, the cast of Girls Trip made an appearance to talk about the film and introduce new footage. If you don’t know about Girls Trip, it’s the female-led raunchy comedy starring Jada Pinkett Smith Full Story

Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. Those are the only two names I could come up with when I was trying to think of another Hollywood mother/daughter duo that could pull off wearing matching outfits and look as effortlessly stylish and as straight-up badass as Jada Pinkett Smith Full Story

Jada Pinkett Smith and Willow were front row at the Chanel RTW presentation today. It’s Jada’s first major appearance since Chris Rock called her out on stage at the Oscars. She wasn’t invited to the Oscars and while her complaint about it may or may not have been motivated by Will Smith not getting nominated, she was invited by Karl Lagerfeld to occupy prime seating at his show. Full Story

Jada Pinkett Smith was one of the first and loudest critics of the Academy after the Oscar nominations were announced last Thursday. As you know, Will Smith was campaigning hard for a nomination for his performance in Concussion and she’s been encouraging people to boycott the Oscars. That call for boycott was seconded by Spike Lee. Full Story

I want not to be impressed by these two. So much of what they are and do is so packagey and about the brand and come on, nobody is that in love all the time. I’m not even getting into the deep rumours or anything like that, just on a basic day-to-day level, sometimes someone’s watch strap catches a hair on your arm and it makes you irrationally furious, and they never have that. Full Story