Jada Pinkett Smith

Pack It In Rappers: Jaden Smith Is Here!

Mark it down folks, August 7, 2012 is the day that the rap game was sealed up by Jaden Smith, the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and the brother of Willow Smith. You won't do much better than "Pumped Up Kicks (Like Me)," his just-released single which of course samples Foster the People's ... More >>

Jay-Z & Kanye's Throne Tour Stop Delayed To December 5

Toyota Center's Web site is now listing the Houston date of rap titans Jay-Z and Kanye West's joint tour to promote their forthcoming album Watch the Throne as Monday, December 5, rather than the previously announced Wednesday, October 26. Promoter Live Nation confirmed the change, but has not se ... More >>

Oprah Vs. Bob Dylan: A Side-By-Side Showdown

Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​In case you've been under a complete self-imposed total media blackout - how do those work, by the way? - you no doubt know this week is a pretty important milestone in the lives of two of America's most important cultural figureheads. Maybe the two most ... More >>

We Get The Celebrity Offspring We Deserve

​You always want to be careful when writing about children. Not only because they're the future, as Whitney Houston and Bill Hicks once told us, but because it isn't exactly sporting to use your big person vocabulary and rhetorical arsenal to tee off on someone who hasn't yet been beaten into ... More >>

Atoning for the [Cinematic] Sins of the Father

A poor *black* kid? They'll never buy it.​That rumbling you heard yesterday was the muted "harrumph"-ing of thousands of American film journalists after news of the Will Smith/Jay-Z Annie reboot was confirmed: Overbrook Entertainment has formally announced a partnership with Jay-Z for future ... More >>

Ladies Light in The Women

Once grand, this story is now just another chick flick

Reign Over Me

Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower and finally nails a somber role

Jada's Wicked

Jada Rocks

Mrs. Fresh Prince brings her "spiritual hardcore" to the Scout Bar. Deal with that.

Your Government at Work

Where's the Beef? Right here in H-town

T.I. and Lil' Flip rumble in Cloverland, bringing one of the great rap feuds of recent years to a head

Collateral Damaged

When Tom Cruise plays the bad guy, the results aren't good

Silly Humans, The Matrix Is for Kids!

Revolutions runs a playful joyride through a nifty vision of hell

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies requires a brain cell or two?

Sting Like a Bee

Ali lands some solid blows, but sadly it's no knockout

The Malcolm X Files

Spike Lee's scathing satire of network television goes out with a bang

Second Time as Farce

Scream 2 is as good a follow-up as one can imagine, given the difficulties of sequels

Shame, Shame, Shame

Keenan Ivory Wayans dies as an action hero

The Sound of Muzak

Jason's Lyric puts cliched words to an inept tune