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Pinkett Smith: I'm a Stricter Parent Than Will

Jada Pinkett Smith: I'm a Stricter Parent Than Will

Originally posted 09/19/2008 02:30PM

As a loving mother to her three children with husband Will Smith – Trey, Jaden and Willow – Jada Pinkett Smith can draw from her experience for her role as a strong single mom on the TNT drama pilot, which she is also executive producing, Time Heals.

Pinkett Smith will play Nancy Hawthorne, which the network describes as the strong but caring director of a nursing hospital in North Carolina, a single mother who places the pain of others first.

In terms of her role off-screen, Pinkett Smith, 37, acknowledges that neither she nor Will exerts a particularly heavy hand.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff: Smith Is 'Still the Same Will' | Will Smith

DJ Jazzy Jeff: Smith Is 'Still the Same Will'

Originally posted 07/15/2008 09:15AM

Will Smith may be on top at the box office once again with Hancock, but his longtime friend and former rap partner DJ Jazzy Jeff says the success and fame hasn't gone to the Fresh Prince's head.

"He's the biggest movie star on the planet, [but] he's still the same Will – the same good guy," Jazzy Jeff, 43, tells PEOPLE. "He's just a little harder to get in touch with."

The "Parents Just Don't Understand" duo recently reunited for an impromptu show at the Hancock premiere in Hollywood.

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Willow Smith: Like Father, Like Daughter | Jada Pinkett Smith

Willow Smith: Like Father, Like Daughter

Originally posted 06/21/2008 05:00PM

Preparing for a film role can be daunting, but as the daughter of Will Smith, Willow Smith didn’t have to go far for acting advice.

“My dad gives me tips,” Willow told PEOPLE last week at the New York City premiere of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, in which she costars. “He says listen to the director and feel the moment.” And did she feel the moment? “Yes, I did.”

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Jada: Katie Runs the Show at Home | Jada Pinkett Smith, Katie Holmes

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Jada Pinkett Smith: Katie Holmes Runs the Show

Originally posted 05/03/2007 01:00PM

As rumors fly about the state of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's six-month-old marriage, friends of the pair are stepping forward to defend them. Here, Jada Pinkett Smith, who, with husband Will Smith, is a longtime friend of the couple, tells PEOPLE what life is really like in the Cruise-Holmes household:

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Jada Pinkett: Communication Key to Marriage | Jada Pinkett Smith

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Jada Pinkett Smith: Communication Key to Marriage

Originally posted 03/16/2007 07:30AM

When it comes to her rules for leading a successful family life, Jada Pinkett Smith has learned to keep quiet about any bumps in the road with husband Will Smith, and to be open-mined – and candid – with her kids.

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Jada Pinkett Smith: I Gave Will the Globe Good News | Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith

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Jada Pinkett Smith: I Gave Will the Globe Good News

Originally posted 12/15/2006 09:20AM

Will Smith said Thursday his Golden Globe nomination was "a great wake-up call" – but who made the call? His wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

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Jada Pinkett Smith: Suri Is 'Gorgeous' | Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith: Suri Is 'Gorgeous'

Originally posted 07/26/2006 10:55PM

Suri Cruise has remained out of the public eye since she was born on April 18 – but Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's daughter is "gorgeous," Jada Pinkett Smith tells PEOPLE exclusively.

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Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes Take Miami | Jada Pinkett Smith, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, Will Smith

UpdatePosted 12/19/2005 12:15PM

Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes Take Miami

Originally posted 12/18/2005 03:30PM

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes took their traveling party to Miami, Fla., this weekend.

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Pinkett Smith, Juliette Lewis Rock Hard

Pinkett Smith, Juliette Lewis Rock Hard

Originally posted 08/23/2004 09:00AM

Not content just on the big screen, actresses Jada Pinkett Smith and Juliette Lewis were moonlighting as rock stars over the weekend, as their respective bands helped open the new Hard Rock Cafe inside Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.

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NEWS BRIEFS: Jada Opens for Britney

Originally posted 03/10/2004 01:00PM

PREPARED: For the past few months, Jada Pinkett Smith, 32, has been quietly honing her vocal prowess performing with her rock-soul band, Wicked Wisdom, in small clubs around L.A, PEOPLE reports. Now the group has scored its biggest coup yet: opening for Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour for eight dates in Britain come April and May. Pinkett Smith put the band together a year or so ago. "She's been singing her whole life but chose to focus on acting," says a source, who tells the magazine that Wicked Wisdom is working on a CD.

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