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The money comes from the actors’ family foundation and will be used to support female filmmakers, as well as students’ television projects. “Will and Jada Smith have a strong desire and commitment to the education of tomorrow’s storytellers, and we’re thrilled that they have decided to support some of out standout students and programs,” said Joe Pichirallo, chair of Tisch’s undergraduate film and TV department. The grant will finance two student-created pilots developed through Tisch’s television production class, which instructs students about the intricacies of cooking up original pilots. Two of the shows they create will be selected to receive grants of $10,000. The remaining funds were donated to the student-run Fusion Film Festival, supporting up to five female filmmakers whose work has been submitted to the festival. Awards of $2,000 will go to Fusion Festival winners. The recipients are: 1) Alik Barsoumian, Graduate Fea...

If so, today is your lucky day. Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith quietly put their Calabasas home on the market. The A List couple just unloaded their vacation home in Hawaii for $20 million. There’s no sign of trouble in paradise, but .... If you thought  Will Smith 's  53-foot long trailer  was extravagant, wait until you see his palatial estate.  The actor and wife Jada Pinkett Smith opened up their 25,000 square foot mansion in Calabasas, Calif., for a cover spread in the September issue of  Architectural Digest .  Complete with a lake, swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts, the sprawling estate looks more like a full-service resort than a private residence.   Will told  Architectural Digest  the idea behind the house's circuitous floor plan was "to create an infinite cycle that represented what Jada and I hoped for our love."  The adobe-style estate was designed by architect Stephen Samuelson and handcrafted by hundreds...

Jada Pinkett-Smith’s ‘Free Angela’ Documentary Hits Theaters April 5th Jada Pinkett-Smith  is creating the change she wants to see. Her list of projects includes a powerful new documentary film,  Free Angela and All Political Prisoners , which will be shown in select theaters on Friday, April 5th. Directed by  Shola Lynch , the film chronicles the life of extraordinary political activist and professor  Angela Davis , who was branded a terrorist and jailed in 1970 for her affiliations with the Communist Party USA  and  Black Panther Party . Executive-produced by  Jada  and  Will Smith ‘s  Overbook Entertainment  and  Jay-Z ‘s  Roc Nation , the film debuted at the  Toronto Film Festival  last fall, as well as the  London International Film Festival  and Stockholm International Film Festival . In January 2013,  Free Angela  was  acquired by  Codeblack , a subsidiary ...