Taller than mom!

Actor Will Smith was joined by wife Jada Pinkett Smith and their 16-year-old son Jaden at the premiere of his new film, Focus, in Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday (February 24). The Karate Kid actor posed with his famous parents — and it looks like he’s already outgrown his actress mother.

The trio were joined by longtime pal and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air costar, Alfonso Ribeiro, and his pregnant wife Angela Ribeiro.

While promoting his new film, Will recently opened up about Jaden’s wardrobe, which consists of one pair of shoes, three pairs of pants and five shirts.

“He has refused to be a slave to money. I so respect that,” Will said. “The younger generation is less of an ownership generation, anyway. It’s such an interesting thing to watch, because I came from a middle-class background, but, you know, our lights and gas would be cut off from not paying the bill. I grew up in a house where you would need the kerosene heaters in the winter in case the bills didn’t get paid. And he’s from the complete other end of the spectrum. And it’s so interesting to me that from growing up in that space, he could see the need for things in a way that he’s rejecting. He’s like, ‘I’m not gonna let myself need things in that way.’ “

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Kim Kardashian may be having some fertility issues, but she’s absolutely determined to give North West a sibling!

Kardashian recently appears on iTV’s Lorraine, and she told the host, Ross King, that she and Kanye are both trying for another child. However, they’re having some fertility issues, but that’s not going to cause them to lose hope. The 34-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians alum said that viewers will actually get an intimate look at her struggles with pregnancy in the upcoming season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians:

“[The show will] follow my journey of trying to get pregnant for the second time, which has proven to not be as easy as the first time, but we’re working on it.”

So, how many kids is Kim Kardashian shooting for?

“I always wanted about six [kids]… After having her [Nori], I would have a million…”

Did you really think Iggy Azalea was going to go quiet after quitting Twitter? Not a chance. Iggy’s been fired up lately and hitting various radio shows. Iggy spoke with Power 106 yesterday (via TMZ), and her boyfriend (Nick Young of the LA Lakers), joined the conversation. She revealed him as “a sleep farter” and a really messy guy, but that’s okay because they have a full-time housekeeper. Nick said Iggy’s too much of “a lady” to fart during sleep. Iggy also talked about why she quit social media: “It makes me hate people and I don’t wanna hate people. My job is entertaining people. It’s really hard to do that when you feel like what the hell is going on with humanity that we’re all doing this?”

Iggy also stopped by the “Zach Sang & The Gang” show to complain about how she gets no respect from rappers. There are a lot of reasons for this, starting with how Iggy doesn’t rap the same way she speaks. We’ve covered that a lot in terms of Iggy’s cultural appropriation. She’s unwilling to gain wisdom and thinks everyone criticizes her simply because she’s a woman. Iggy now says everyone knows she’s an amazing rapper, but no one will admit it.

Do other rappers respect Iggy? “No, I think ultimately they don’t, but I think … it’s very frustrating for me with them because I’ll have personal relationships with them outside of the media that people maybe don’t understand or realize how deep that goes. And so then I find it particularly personally offensive when they oftentimes take on the general opinion of others on the viewership to try and get clicks. Things like that, I’m like, ‘I’m finding that pretty unrespectable right now. Which are you? Don’t text my phone.’ But it’s fine. It’s a tough world out there for rappers.”

Does she want to play that game? “No. That’s why I don’t do interviews. I don’t have to play it. It doesn’t benefit me. It only kind of helps to put out misinformation on things that aren’t really helpful to me or people who aren’t understanding my character or who I am or my art. ”

Why doesn’t Iggy get respect? “They know, deep down. I think they know. They just don’t want to admit it. That’s what I think. I have a feeling. That’s why they’re mad. Because they do know that I actually am good, and they can’t really accept that. But we could be friends, and this could all be easy. Or we could not, and I could send Bitcoin sh*t chocolate boxes to your door. But I’m still going to be here.”

[From Zach Sang on YouTube]

At least Iggy and Nicki Minaj have delusions of rap grandeur in common. There are moments when I wonder whether we should all leave Iggy alone. Then I remember she’s said so many terrible things. She also refuses to believe any criticism against her is valid. She doesn’t get why other white rappers like Eminem and Macklemore don’t receive the same treatment. Iggy doesn’t notice that they are rapping with their own voices and speaking to their own experiences. Whereas Iggy changes her voice and lets her ghostwriters pen inauthentic (and racist) lyrics.

Here’s the clip of Iggy talking big with Zach Sang.

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Rio is so cute in her little tutu!

Oliver Hudson and his wife Erin Barlett welcomed daughter Rio into their lives back in July of 2013 and just look at how much she’s grown! Wow, time flies, doesn’t it? Rio was having some fun outdoors playing with bubbles and Oliver couldn’t help but snap a picture and share it on Instagram with the following caption:

“Just wanted to round out the crew and intro you to Rio, my ladybug, the toughest of the bunch.. I fear the future.”

Rio was just looking way too cute in the picture! As you can see, she’s sporting a purple tutu and a pink longsleeve leotard as she has fun dancing among the bubbles in their backyard.

As we discussed last week, Princess Beatrice has been unemployed for two months or more. She quit her fancy job with Sony Europe back in December, and since then, she’s managed to squeeze in FOUR vacations. When the media pointed this out – that a 26 year old princess and sixth in line to the throne seemed rather “work-shy” – Beatrice’s people claimed that she was considering her options and she would have another job soon enough. Well, a job has not materialized. Instead, Beatrice is now going to move to America to… “study finance.”

Princess Beatrice has shrugged off “work-shy” criticism and begun studying finance in the United States, Buckingham Palace confirmed today. The 26-year-old has enrolled onto a short course across the Atlantic, although it is not thought that it will be a permanent move for the Queen’s granddaughter. A spokeswoman said: “Princess Beatrice has started a finance course in America.”

Beatrice left her £20,000-a-year post at Sony Pictures in December, where she was among hundreds of members of staff whose salaries were revealed online in a suspected hack by North Korea. She worked as a coordinating producer at the firm’s London offices for less than a year. The sixth-in-line to the throne carried out ten Royal engagements while holding down the position.

The young Royal attracted criticism after going on three holidays – including two to the Caribbean – with boyfriend Dave Clark. She and Mr Clark, who is believed to earn a six-figure salary at Virgin Galactic, enjoyed at least another five holidays in St Barts, Spain, France and America during the course of last year. However, the palace has insisted that their travel was “entirely privately funded”.

Beatrice’s friends hit back at claims that the Princess was a “scrounger” and “work-shy”.

Earlier this year an unnamed friend told the Mail on Sunday: “This is like going back to the Tudor times when some people attacked the Yorks, and we are not going to tolerate it. Beatrice has got another two interviews next week and she is not scared of hard work. She’s in her mid-20s and is trying to build up work experience with financial companies and start-ups. She has done plenty of work experience, so she can forge a serious career with lots of skills. How dare people attack her for not working hard when she does exactly that in her office for charities and for the Royal Family?”

[From The Express]

I chose this Express story because I’m sort of obsessed with the quotes from the “unnamed friend.” It seems like Beatrice thinks someone (her cousin William, perchance?) is coming after her. While William’s team might want another royal woman to get the “work-shy” tag, I have to think that the British media could have come up with this stuff on their own. I mean, she only did 10 royal engagements in one year? Even Duchess Kate manages to do better than that. When your vacation tally outnumbers your royal engagement tally, there’s a problem.

But here’s my real question: who starts a “finance course” in America in the middle of February? Most colleges and universities have set semesters and summer courses. If Beatrice, say, started a finance course at any American university, it would have started in mid-January or maybe late January (at the latest). But Beatrice was in the midst of her third post-job holiday at that point. Plus, I think it’s fishy that the explanation last week was “she’s looking for her next job” and this week it’s “she’s already started a finance course.” It might seem picayune, but Beatrice keeps two royal apartments, you know? The taxpayers are funding at least part of her lifestyle.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Even though I’d respect Leonardo DiCaprio more if he was trying to woo Rihanna, I really don’t think it’s happening. She’s A) not blonde and B) too “old” for him, considering his cut-off point is 24 or 25 years old. But Leo doesn’t have an official lady these days, and so the tabloids are having fun with it, trying to set him on imaginary dates with random starlets and such. This week’s rumor is about Leonardo getting flirty with… Dakota Johnson?

Rihanna who? ‘Life & Style’ has learned that during the ‘Saturday Night Live’ 40th anniversary after-party, sparks flew between Leonardo DiCaprio and ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ actress Dakota Johnson!

During the bash, held at The Plaza Hotel, Leo barely glanced at rumored fling Rihanna. Instead, “he put his arm around Dakota and led her into the grand ballroom,” a partygoer exclusively tells ‘Life & Style.’ “He told her, ‘Let’s go look at all the celebrities.’”

Sounds like a line — but it worked! “Dakota looked like she was trying to play it cool, but you could tell she was thrilled to have his attention,” the witness says, adding that “out of everyone he socialized with, Leo seemed to be the happiest when he was with Dakota.”

“As they walked away, Leo took the lead and guided her through the crowd, and a small smile spread across her face.”

[From Life & Style]

Here’s are some facts: Dakota did attend the SNL anniversary event and she did party with all of those people afterwards. She also broke up with her boyfriend Matthew Hitt, probably a month before the Fifty Shades promotional tour ramped up. Dakota was and is single and ready to mingle. She’s also 25 years old, not as young as Leo’s girlfriends usually, but I could see it. She’s also got that lean, leggy look that he likes. But… she’s not currently a blonde. Do you think if she went back to the blonde, Leo would date her in a heartbeat? Eh. My current theory is that Leo is angling to date Gigi Hadid next (she’s only 19).

Here are some photos of Dakota out and about in NYC yesterday (she’s hosting SNL this weekend).

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

God help me but I am SO into Kim Kardashian’s hair these days. That shoulder-length cut suits her and it makes her look younger and fresher. Of course, the rest of Kim is still a hot mess. These are photos of Kim heading out to the BRIT Awards last night in London. From what I could see, she didn’t walk the carpet. Which is fine, it would have been totally unnecessary, because the paparazzi got these shots of her leaving her hotel and we already got to see her outfit: it’s an onesie/jumpsuit by Julien Macdonald. It’s not flattering in the least. When Kim presented at the BRITs (she gave an award to Sam Smith), this is what the jumpsuit looked like in the back view:

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Much classy. Of course, Kim was also on hand to watch Kanye perform a new song, “All Day.” There were flamethrowers involved. No joke. Beware: there’s some NSFW language in the video.

Here’s your best look at Kanye West performing “All Day” at the #BritAwards2015 http://t.co/6WbAr267Ch

— Complex (@ComplexMag) February 25, 2015

Ugh. What else? Before the BRITs, Kim appeared on an iTV show and she ended up discussing whether she would get pregnant again. Kim said in the new season of KUWTK, fans would be able to “follow my journey of trying to get pregnant for the second time, which has proven to not be as easy as the first time, but we’re working on it.” She also said she always thought she would have six kids, but after North, “I would have a million…” Apparently, Kanye and Kim have been trying the old-fashioned way for months now, and Kim said: “We’d do IVF if nothing happens. But we both want to keep trying naturally.”

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN and Getty.

Madonna’s new face looks really good here, right? It’s a combination of spending the money on GOOD work (after years of spending money on bad work) plus Photoshop. Madonna covers the new issue of Rolling Stone and that was going to be the big story here, but then Madonna totally and completely WIPED OUT during her performance at the BRIT Awards last night. I feel sorry for her, but I’m still going to embed the Vine. Totally.

The set-up: this was Madonna’s first BRIT Awards performance in 20 years. She did not walk the carpet, and her performance was the last one of the evening. She performed “Living for Love,” the same single she performed at the Grammys. This performance was different than the Grammys, though, because it involved Madge wearing a giant Armani cape, and I guess one of her backup dancers was supposed to pull it off, and instead of the cape coming off, Madge went ass over tea kettle. Here’s the Vine:

She looks like she hit the stage hard. Apparently, she dropped her mic in the fall and missed a few lyrics, but she was able to get up and continue performing. Poor Madge. She really could have hurt herself!

As for the RS cover story, there are some very interesting quotes about Kanye, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift. You can see RS’s cover excerpt here. Some highlights:

On Kanye: “He’s a brilliant madman. He can’t help himself. Like, he doesn’t have the same filters other people have. He has to blurt things out—he’s always saying inappropriate stuff. But he also has brilliant ideas in the studio, if you can get him to pay attention long enough. I don’t always agree with the things he says or does—I don’t always like his music, even. But he’s a beautiful mess. I love him…I think he takes award shows too seriously…So that part of him I can’t relate to. Like, what’s the point of fighting for somebody to…like, ‘This person should have got it?’ Don’t come to an award show looking for justice!”

On Lady Gaga: “I don’t think she wants my crown…We live in a world where people like to pit women against each other. And this is why I love the idea of embracing other females who are doing what I’m doing. The only time I ever criticized Lady Gaga was when I felt like she blatantly ripped off one of my songs. It’s got nothing to do with ‘she’s taking my crown’ or ‘she’s in some space of mine.’ She has her thing. I do think she’s a very talented singer and songwriter. It was just that one issue. And everybody’s obviously run with it and turned it into a huge feud, which I think is really boring, quite frankly. And you know what? I don’t care anymore. Here’s the thing: one day everyone’s going to shut up about it. You’ll see! I have a plan.”

On Taylor Swift: “She has an opinion, and she’s going against the norm.So in that respect, she is similar to me, yeah. And also, people just want to give her a hard time all the time because they think she’s a goody-two-shoes, so of course I want to embrace her.”

[From Rolling Stone via E! News]

I actually think Madonna’s assessments are pretty dead on. I feel that way about Kanye too (much to everyone else’s chagrin): he’s crazy and petty and silly and he’s interesting and somewhat fascinating. He is a beautiful mess. I also think Madge is right about Gaga, only Gaga was coming for Madonna’s crown at one point, but that moment is over. And yes, Gaga did rip off Madonna’s song.

Oh, and Madge is fine. She posted this after the BRITs.

Armani hooked me up! My beautiful cape was tied too tight! But nothing can stop me and love really lifted me up! Thanks for your good wishes! I’m fine! ??#livingforlove

A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Feb 25, 2015 at 2:50pm PST

Photos courtesy of Instagram, Rolling Stone, Madonna’s Facebook.

Here are some photos of Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss at last night’s BRIT Awards. Taylor Swift went for a dark, dragon-y look – this is Roberto Cavalli Atelier, accessorized with Lorraine Schwartz jewels. Swifty is #TeamTargaryen!!!!! Karlie wore a bold Thierry Mugler gown. Both ladies seemed to have abandoned their twee. Is this a temporary thing? Are they no longer about cutesy cupcakes and cookies and sleepovers?

Taylor picked up the award for International Female Solo Artist. She also performed “Blank Space” at the show, to decent reviews (I watched some clips and Tay-Tay is really not the best at choreography). But the most notable Swifty moment came when there was a cutaway during Kanye West’s performance of “All Day”. Here you go:

Bless her heart. I kind of love that she keeps standing up and doing her awkward dances at every music awards show, even though everyone always yells at her.

What else? Swifty explained yesterday why she posted those photos of her belly button, even though she always said that we would never see her stomach. Apparently, the paparazzi got some shots of her in a bikini and she was trying to make the pap shots worth less money, so she posted some ‘kini Instagrams. I understand the train of thought, but sometimes I kind of think Taylor is too self-aware for her own good. You can read more about Swifty’s thoughts here.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.

These are photos of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith at the premiere of Will’s new sexy heist movie with Margot Robbie called Focus. (Bedhead covered the premiere photos of Margot Robbie earlier.) They were loved-up on the red carpet. I keep seeing ads for Focus and it doesn’t look much different from other, likely better sexy heist movies. As Bedhead mentioned it’s still hanging in there on Rotten Tomatoes with a 64% fresh rating. I get the impression that the movie is going to bomb, but I could be wrong.

As part of promotion for the film, Will did an interview with TheMid.com in which he gave some decent quotes about his career and family. Will knows how to do sound bites and while he has a questionable belief system he’s still a thoughtful, interesting guy. Here’s some of what he said:

Being a part of Hollywood must make you no stranger to con men.
Are you kidding? I’m an actor. Everybody is running a con. There are certain things that people want and they’re going to do the things they need to do to get them. All right? They’re gonna wear the clothes and say things they need to say. Everybody is trying to get what they want. At the heart of human interaction is a daily con.

How do you conquer your insecurities?
I think I learned very young to attack fear. There are tons of things that I’m scared of. It’s frustrating to me when I’m scared of something, so I’m forced to go and attack it. It’s been helpful, but it’s been painful.

Your son Jaden and daughter Willow are following in your footsteps and pursuing their own acting careers. What advice are you giving them?
My great-grandmother used to say, “Bought sense is better than that you borrow.” I always took that as doing it yourself. Earning that lump on your head is always better than listening to someone else about the lump they got on their head. Jada and I like to give our kids complete responsibility. Outside of life or death, we like to give them their own choices and put the responsibility of their lives on to them as much as they can handle it.

Do you have any bad habits you’d like to change?
I have that artist’s mind, so I never know where my keys are, where my wallet is, and I don’t really care a lot about clothes. I take my clothes off and drop them. I don’t clean up stuff. I’m always trying to create something, and I need my creative state to be kind of cluttered.

[From The Mid.com]

We’ve heard from both Will and Jada, in so many different ways, that they treat their kids like adults and let them do whatever they want. Judging from their social media accounts and careers, Willow, 14, may be faring somewhat better than her brother Jaden, 16, who often tweets nonsensical bits of personal ‘wisdom’.

Both Jaden and Willow put out new music recently. (On the music front Willow is also ahead of her brother.) The thing is, it’s actually good, at least Willow’s music is, and Jaden’s isn’t as bad as it’s been to date. The tracks I heard from Willow were complex and listenable electronica. (They partnered with some good producers, although one of Jaden’s songs has been called out as derivative of another artist.)

That’s the thing about Will and Jada’s parenting style, it may have worked somewhat with Willow, but Jaden could probably use more boundaries. Maybe no one parenting style works for all children but the hands-off approach just seems like a disaster to me. It’s Scientology-based, and it seems to completely ignore children’s developmental needs.

Omg I’m Bout To Tweet The Most Jaden Smith Thing Ever Ready?

— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) February 13, 2015

The More Time You Spend Awake The More Time You Spend Asleep.

— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) February 13, 2015

Existence is a game that never ends but is always beginning.

— Willy (@OfficialWillow) January 30, 2015

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