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Thanks to the benevolence of Will  and Jada Pinkett Smith, more than 400 Ethiopians will soon have access to clean drinking water.

In lieu of presents, the couple gave up their birthdays in 2010 on behalf of charity: water and asked thousands of fans to do the same. The Smiths vowed to take the top fundraisers to Africa, and more than $789,000 was raised through 2,013 campaigns. Smith, 43, and Pinkett Smith, 40, also raised an additional $109,000, with 100 percent of the money going towards clean water project costs in the field.

On July 6, 2012, the spouses of 14 years traveled to Ethiopia with charity: water to see the impact of their efforts. Joined by top fundraisers, The Smile Generation and Authentic Jobs, the actors spent two days in Tigray, the northernmost region in Ethiopia, visiting various communities and schools.

“Our trip to Ethiopia with charity: water was an incredibly eye-opening and authentic experience,” Smith tells Us Weekly in a statement. “It was extraordinary to meet and spend time with the people of Tigray and to see first-hand how clean water changes everything for these communities.”

The group also witnessed the 31st dig of charity: water’s brand new drilling rig, Yellow Thunder, in Meago village. At the inauguration of one new well, the Smiths were offered gifts of gratitude, including original artwork. The couple danced and sang along with hundreds of villagers from surrounding communities.

More than 50 Ethiopian million people live without access to clean and safe drinking water. In Tigray alone, charity: water has funded more than 1,000 water projects with the help of their partner, A Glimmer of Hope, and their implementing partner, Relief Society of Tigray.

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VH1 hit reality show gold and they have no intention of going down with the ratings of Basketball Wives.  Therefore the network has hitched onto a new classier, gold digging click of women –  The ‘A List’ kind.. 

VH1 has a new show coming out called ” Hollywood Exes”.  The women  are filthy rich just by the men they married and don’t need a check at all. However they would like to have their own level of fame.

The cast will include Nicole Murphy (ex-wife of Eddie Murphy – 13 years), Jessica Canseco (ex-wife of Jose Canseco – 4 years), Sheree Fletcher (ex-wife of Will Smith – 3 years), Mayte Garcia (ex-wife of Prince – 3 years), and Andrea Kelly (ex-wife of R. Kelly – 12 years).

According to VH1:

It takes a strong, supportive woman to live in the shadow of a super-famous husband, and the stars of Hollywood Exes have spent years doing just that.

Hollywood ex-wives are part of an exclusive sorority whose members’ lives seem to mirror that of a modern day Cinderella fairytale. But all the fame and fortune of marrying a celebrity may seem fun and glamorous at first, but it often comes with a price tag. Living in the shadow of your very famous husband can take its toll on your psyche when feel you are second to his career.

These five women, who have all been friends for years and in some cases for as long as 20 years, want to show the world they are more than just a trophy wife with a pretty face. They want to establish themselves as independent, successful women and bring relevance and honor to themselves separate from their very famous exes…even if there is a little drama along the way.

Ahhh. Nothing like another reality show to remind you that you had a baby by Pookie, who left you broke with 2 kids, doesn’t pay child support and he messed up your credit in the process.. But hey it’s sooo much harder to be the ex of a rich man and cry about your emotional problems from the plush seats of a Range Rover……. according to VH1..

The show premieres on Wednesday, June 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with 10 hour long episodes. 

THIS is definitely going to be interesting! Wouldn’t be surprised if Prince’s wife can’t even mention his name. She might have to hold up a symbol to talk about him..  That dude won’t even let YouTube play his videos and will get a site pulled down for having photos of him.. Will Smith definitely gave his ex the green light.  R Kelly’s wife… They are going to go IN on her..  The white chick –  We shall see.

Drama, Drama, Drama brought to you by VH1 <<<—— Needs to be their new slogan.   Will you watch?

WATCH THE PREVIEW BELOW:

Get More: Hollywood Exes

VH1 hit reality show gold and they have no intention of going down with the ratings of Basketball Wives.  Therefore the network has hitched onto a new classier, gold digging click of women –  The ‘A List’ kind.. 

VH1 has a new show coming out called ” Hollywood Exes”.  The women  are filthy rich just by the men they married and don’t need a check at all. However they would like to have their own level of fame.

The cast will include Nicole Murphy (ex-wife of Eddie Murphy – 13 years), Jessica Canseco (ex-wife of Jose Canseco – 4 years), Sheree Fletcher (ex-wife of Will Smith – 3 years), Mayte Garcia (ex-wife of Prince – 3 years), and Andrea Kelly (ex-wife of R. Kelly – 12 years).

According to VH1:

It takes a strong, supportive woman to live in the shadow of a super-famous husband, and the stars of Hollywood Exes have spent years doing just that.

Hollywood ex-wives are part of an exclusive sorority whose members’ lives seem to mirror that of a modern day Cinderella fairytale. But all the fame and fortune of marrying a celebrity may seem fun and glamorous at first, but it often comes with a price tag. Living in the shadow of your very famous husband can take its toll on your psyche when feel you are second to his career.

These five women, who have all been friends for years and in some cases for as long as 20 years, want to show the world they are more than just a trophy wife with a pretty face. They want to establish themselves as independent, successful women and bring relevance and honor to themselves separate from their very famous exes…even if there is a little drama along the way.

Ahhh. Nothing like another reality show to remind you that you had a baby by Pookie, who left you broke with 2 kids, doesn’t pay child support and he messed up your credit in the process.. But hey it’s sooo much harder to be the ex of a rich man and cry about your emotional problems from the plush seats of a Range Rover……. according to VH1..

The show premieres on Wednesday, June 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with 10 hour long episodes. 

THIS is definitely going to be interesting! Wouldn’t be surprised if Prince’s wife can’t even mention his name. She might have to hold up a symbol to talk about him..  That dude won’t even let YouTube play his videos and will get a site pulled down for having photos of him.. Will Smith definitely gave his ex the green light.  R Kelly’s wife… They are going to go IN on her..  The white chick –  We shall see.

Drama, Drama, Drama brought to you by VH1 <<<—— Needs to be their new slogan.   Will you watch?

WATCH THE PREVIEW BELOW:

Get More: Hollywood Exes

Actor Will Smith was told by his own wife Jada Pinkett Smith to stop rapping but Big Willy is at it again.

Will Smith along with his ace DJ Jazzy Jeff will drop a remix to Will’s popular 1991 song “Summertime.”

Despite not making a record together since 1993 both Smith and Jeff have remained close.  While Will has went on to become one of the highest paid actors in the world Jazzy Jeff travels the world as a D.J.

Who knows why Will decided to drop a remix to the old song.. In the one minute snippet it doesn’t seem quite remixed though..

Summertime 3… a new mixtape by DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie will be available for download on June 11th.

Check Out The Song Snippet Below

The Original

Will and Willow also showed up to support Jada Pinkett at Her “Madagascar 3″ Premiere.

Jada’s co-star Comedian Chris Rock also brought his family out.

Chris Rock hit the carpet with his wife Malaak and kids Lola and Zahra

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted in theaters today.

Actor Will Smith was told by his own wife Jada Pinkett Smith to stop rapping but Big Willy is at it again.

Will Smith along with his ace DJ Jazzy Jeff will drop a remix to Will’s popular 1991 song “Summertime.”

Despite not making a record together since 1993 both Smith and Jeff have remained close.  While Will has went on to become one of the highest paid actors in the world Jazzy Jeff travels the world as a D.J.

Who knows why Will decided to drop a remix to the old song.. In the one minute snippet it doesn’t seem quite remixed though..

Summertime 3… a new mixtape by DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie will be available for download on June 11th.

Check Out The Song Snippet Below

The Original

Will and Willow also showed up to support Jada Pinkett at Her “Madagascar 3″ Premiere.

Jada’s co-star Comedian Chris Rock also brought his family out.

Chris Rock hit the carpet with his wife Malaak and kids Lola and Zahra

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted in theaters today.

Actress Vivica Fox has apparently grown weary of the wigs and weaves. The 47-year-old actress took to the red carpet at the Men In Black 3 Premiere in New York City last night donning a fresh new pixie cut along with a new style of clothing too.

Attending the MIB 3 premier in support of  fellow actor Will Smith, who she starred in the movie Independence Day with the actress rocked  a new short pixie cut with brown streaks..

Usually known to show up in a sexy, stunning dress the actress toned down the look but was still sharp by wearing an all white Lisa Ray esque Louis Vuitton pant suit, showing cleavage in a peeping white bra and  footed in cap toe pumps, a thin necklace and a pair of solitaire diamond earrings.

Reporters on the black carpet buzzed with excitement at Aunt Viv’s new look..  She smiled, posed and let the paparazzi snap away. 

Check Out The Shots. 

ARE YOU FEELING THE NEW DO?

The Smith’s also showed out at the Men In Black 3 Premiere in NYC,  Will Smith and his wife Jada rocked a combination of black and white. 

Jaden was cute,  but of course the star of the family was little Willow Smith..

Every time i see a photo of Willow these days I think to myself “that lil crazy bald headed child.”  In an interview with Parade Magazine her father Will Smith reveals that Willow is actually not crazy at all.  She just commands her body.

On Why he let Willow cut all of her hair off
“We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world.

She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that it is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives.”

Mrs. Pinkett Smith got even jazzier for the afterparty. 

The Ukrainian reporter tried to kiss Will on the lips on the red carpet and the actor angrily pushes him away and then backhands him across the face.

Earlier in the week Will Smith was upstaged by a model at his own premier..  Later in the week a Ukrainian reporter stole the show.

While walking the red carpet  in Moscow for that city’s premiere of “Men in Black 3,” Will Smith found himself on the wrong end of an aggressively amorous reporter’s lips.

The brief interaction took place at the start of Smith’s red carpet walk, when a Ukranian reporter asked Smith for a hug. Ever the accommodating movie star, Smith obliged: “Of course,” the actor said.

And then no doubt regretted it as said reporter tried to get a little too jiggy with Will.

“Oh, there you go. Oh, hey man,” Smith said, pushing the reporter away when the hug turned into an attempted full-on kiss. “Come on, man. What the hell is your problem, buddy? Hey. Sorry, he tried to kiss me in my mouth. This joker’s lucky I didn’t sucker-punch him.”

You can clearly see that Will is incredibly angry that the guy showed overt affection toward him.

Will Smith is not the first celebrity that the  television reporter  has attempted to kiss. — it’s his schtick.

For the record, Will just came out in support of gay marriage.

A source on scene tells TMZ, the reporter’s mouth brushed up against Will’s and that’s why the actor reacted so violently. Despite the incident, Will stayed positive … and happily continued to sign autographs for fans and do red carpet interviews.

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Will Smith has been on a serious run promoting his new movie Men in Black 3.

A few times he brought his wife Jada along for the ride.

Nicole Scherzinger  was also in attendance.  She absolutely dazzled in purple..

But if you think she looks good in purple get a load of her in black.. STUNNING!!!

The Roc was even in the building for the Blue Carpet Affair in Germany.

But even with big stars like Jay Z, Will and Nicole someone less known came in and stole the spotlight.

In what could be a career-defining moment for German model Micaela Schaefer ( former contestant on Germany’s Next Top Model)  checked her mirror mirror on the wall and asked who is the baddest bish of them all..   The mirror must of said “You are Micaela” because that chick showed up and showed out!!!

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??

Micaela Schaefer upstaged ALL of the Men in Black 3 stars including Will Smith and Josh Brolin at the film’s red carpet premiere in Berlin on Monday.

Draped in reels of VHS tape (TMZ called it a garbage bag) precariously held together by a belt, the 29-year-old glamazon burst out from all sides in an outfit that was definitely not made by Mattel. She tossed the bra and opted for a nice wristwatch instead.

Yes Micaela we do know what time it is!! 

That has to feel good to show up a $20 Million movie star and anyone who is able to show up on Nicole Scherzinger is definitely a super duper badd bish cause Scherzinger is a super badd bish!!

And Khloe Kardashian will have her turn on Punked after being punked by her lil goblin friend.

Will Smith has been on a serious run promoting his new movie Men in Black 3.

A few times he brought his wife Jada along for the ride.

Nicole Scherzinger  was also in attendance.  She absolutely dazzled in purple..

But if you think she looks good in purple get a load of her in black.. STUNNING!!!

The Roc was even in the building for the Blue Carpet Affair in Germany.

But even with big stars like Jay Z, Will and Nicole someone less known came in and stole the spotlight.

In what could be a career-defining moment for German model Micaela Schaefer ( former contestant on Germany’s Next Top Model)  checked her mirror mirror on the wall and asked who is the baddest bish of them all..   The mirror must of said “You are Micaela” because that chick showed up and showed out!!!

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??

Micaela Schaefer upstaged ALL of the Men in Black 3 stars including Will Smith and Josh Brolin at the film’s red carpet premiere in Berlin on Monday.

Draped in reels of VHS tape (TMZ called it a garbage bag) precariously held together by a belt, the 29-year-old glamazon burst out from all sides in an outfit that was definitely not made by Mattel. She tossed the bra and opted for a nice wristwatch instead.

Yes Micaela we do know what time it is!! 

That has to feel good to show up a $20 Million movie star and anyone who is able to show up on Nicole Scherzinger is definitely a super duper badd bish cause Scherzinger is a super badd bish!!

And Khloe Kardashian will have her turn on Punked after being punked by her lil goblin friend.

Last night my girl called and woke me up at 2 am wanting to go to breakfast..  I live on the strip so I was the first person she called after her gambling spree at one of the casino’s..  It’s 2am so I definitely wasn’t getting up to go eat breakfast.. Although in Vegas you can get a great steak and egg breakfast for $7 at the casino’s.. Anyway I ended up telling her to come over and crash in my spare room since she lived on the other side of town..  I had left over taco meat from earlier so I fried up some corn tortilla’s and made her some tacos.. Since I was now woke I decided to watch a movie on NetFlix.  I LOVE my AppleTv. It’s one of the best gifts I ever received. It’s the only gift I’ve ever recieved that caters to the geek side of me.  A geek gave it to me. I get really excited by cool technology.

I ended up ordering 6 Degrees of Separation with Will Smith.  After talking and cooking at the same time I ended up having to press rewind a few times to catch the plot of the movie in the beginning..   Yes, I also do know how late I am in seeing the famous movie where Will is gay and caught in bed having sex with a man.

While the tale itself is quite fascinating. It’s the underlying story that really provoked some thought in me. The movie touches on the human imagination and the newfound lack thereof, and how people look down on imaginative people. But at the same time that’s what we really want in life.. We want to be able to live out our dreams.. We sit on the “sofa” imagining this great life we should be living. Although fantasy we badly want to turn this into our actual reality..  And that’s where people come in at.. When we meet people we want them to change our stories for us. We want them to pull us into another world.  We want to be upgraded in refinement, finances and lifestyle.. We want them to entertain us.

It’s a lesson that there truly is only 6 people in the way of getting you onto living your dreams. If you network correctly you can reach the person that will change your life and along the way you can learn a little from each person in the process..  Which is what helps you impress that 6th person with the new knowledge you’ve acquired.

The movie reminded me of why vision boards are made.. It’s to aide you into bringing your dreams into life.  Although Hollywood’s dreams are so big they will never make it past the big screen.. For the Hollywood dreams are just impossible.  Like Star Wars. What an amazing story.  I once read that Lucas actually dreamed that movie.  While Avatar is also another highly imaginitive film it still can’t compare to Star Wars.

Watching the movie hits home because it reminds you that you are truly  in control of your  life..  You must paint your life the way you want it connection by connection. Life is nothing more then an empty canvas awaiting your instructions.  It tickled me being reminded that the people who weave the best stories are the best liked in life.  At the end of the movie those people actually appreciated being lied to.  They appreciated being taken into a fantasy world even if only for one night..  The best thing about this is that’s real life. People often need aid in escaping thier own monotonous, mundane, boring, harsh realities. So the more entertaining you become the more likely they are to open their hearts and wallets to you. Your gift of weaving beautiful stories makes you the anecdote in the once boring life of others.

The most important piece in the movie was the woman with the job as the waitress. She had moved to NY to chase some dreams.. But then she took a job as a waitress to pay her bills, slowly she forgot her dreams and she started waitressing to live.  Her job became her life. The money made her. She forgot to make the money and still chase the dream.

Everyone has voids that need to be filled, if you can become a master at figuring out one’s void’s then you will become a master at networking and open a whole new set of doors in your life.  When you become that person you are free to soar and flap your wings like a butterfly – a free spirit.  But that’s so far from reality that you will snap out of it and quickly come back to reality..  Reality is a familiar that people come to accept. But the beauty of life is that we are allowed and gifted with imagination that evokes change, so I was left wondering why more of us don’t chase it.

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