JADA RETURNS TO PRIMETIME TV


Actress, wife and mother Jada Pinkett Smith is going back to the medium where we first fell in love with her. She'll return to television in "Time Heals," a medical drama on the TNT network. Pinkett Smith plays a fearless director of nursing in a hospital set in Charlotte, North Carolina. The series , produced by Sony Picture Television in association with Pinkett Smith's 100% Women Productions, will premiere later this year.

VISION OF LOVE

"...People have said to me, 'Oh, you make it look so easy,' and I'm like,'Have you been in a relationship?'" -Jada Pinkett Smith
Hollywood's It Couple makes marriage, love and life look easy. But for The Smiths, the good lifemeans opening the doors to an independent school near their California home, staying connected with their inner-city roots and raising their blended family. How do they do it all and still manage to keep igniting their passion after 11 years of marriage? ESSENCE listens in on this intimate conversation between Hollywood's box-office king and his leading lady as they reveal how they bring out the best in each other.


GET IT GIRLS!

Reagan Gomez-Preston graces the cover of the prestigious KING Magazine‘s 2008 Election Issue. She has certainly come a long way since being little “Zaria” on The Parenthood with Robert Townsend.


Jada Pinkett-Smith covers this week’s issue of JET magazine and talks family:
Petite powerhouse Jada Pinkett Smith may be the wife of actor and entertainer Will Smith, but there’s far more to this talented actress than meets the eye. In addition to her most important roles as mother and wife, she also wears many hats‹including writer, singer, producer and director‹to showcase her artistic diversity. As a Black woman I’ve really been trying to craft a line in my creative life to show that we can do anything, she says about her outlets of creative expression. I feel like that’s an important element to show because people will oftentimes try to keep us Œin our place, she told Jet magazine. Now that acting jobs for the Smith children are becoming more frequent, Pinkett Smith vows that there will be no box-office competition in her household. If this is really going to be our family business, we’re not doing that. Will was already [premiering] on Willow’s [premiere day] for American Girl with Hancock and I was like, Baby, for real? We have to stay united. You can’t allow the business to come between family.


Keri Hilson shares some thoughts on her emergence as a solo artist on PageSIX:
Everything I write has always been personal. The difference is now I can’t hide behind the person I’m writing for,” says R&B singer-songwriter Keri Hilson. The 25-year-old has been penning hits for stars like Mary J. Blige and Usher since she was 18, and is currently working on Britney Spears’ upcoming album Circus. “Britney already made a comeback!” says Keri, who also wrote the 2007 hit “Gimme More.” “That was a top 10 record.” But now Keri, who’s spending an increasing amount of time in the Big Apple, is finally set to drop her own sure-to-be-a-hit album, In a Perfect World…, in early November.

E3 COVER 2 COVER

Jada Pinkett Smith gets fierce for CAPITOL FILE magazine.

Michelle Obama keeps it real in the new issue of RADAR magazine.

Danity Kane is featured in the recent GQ magazine.

HANCOCK HITS HOLYWOOD

The premiere of Will Smith’s 4th of July blockbuster HANCOCK had its star-studded red carpet premiere in front of Chinese Mann Theatre on Hollywood Blvd yesterday.








After the Movie was the After Party!



BLACK & BEAUTIFUL

Rihanna and Meagan Good both hit up MTV’s TRL yesterday.




Tamera Mowry was spotted at the Switch Boutique Summer BBQ recently.

Jada Pinkett Smith, Holly Robinson Peete & Aisha Tyler were spotted at the Women in Film’s 2008 Crystal Lucy Awards. Joy Bryant was at the Whitney Contemporaries’ Art Party & Auction last night.

Tichina Arnold, Kerry Washington and Niecy Nash pose for photos at the “Fashion Votes” in Los Angeles on Monday. Other guests included Alfre Woodard and Amerie.