Man, this Will and Jada Pinkett Smith story just keeps growing legs.
Yesterday, reports started surfacing saying Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were separating.
Done - heading for divorce.
Within hours their oldest son took to twitter saying it was all false and they were in love and it was all just a rumor.
Will and Jada themselves took to the PR airwaves saying their love was still solid.
But today is another day, and apparently another bombshell has been dropped.
TMZ and In Touch magazine, who broke the story yesterday, are now reporting some very shocking revelations.
Marc Anthony and Jada Smith
They say that sometime in early August, Will Smith walked in on Jada Pinkett and Marc Anthony in, um, a very compromising situation.
They say Will had become convinced that Anthony and Jada were having an affair and secretly flew back from a movie shoot and walked in the house and found them.
Reports say he left crying.
Awkward!
That event helped lead to the downfall of Marc Anthony and his wife Jennifer Lopez last month.
The word now is that Will and Jada have been living apart for the last few months and while not officially separated admitted that “There are significant problems in the marriage”.
This, my friends, is what you call a huge Hollywood bombshell that is not going to go away and time soon.
We’re going to have to file this one under “didn’t see that one coming…”
After seven years of what appeared to the World as a blissful Hollywood marriage, the two power musicians have announced they are splitting up.
Their rep took to the airwaves today to release a joint statement saying,
"We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time."
After a month of speculation, Lopez announced just last week that she had decided to return to her position as judge on “American Idol”.
The couple was married in 2004 and had renewed their wedding vows twice – once in 2008 and again last year.
They have two children - fraternal twins, Max and Emme, who are three years old.
Lopez appeared with Marc last season on “American Idol” in a sexually driven duet that brought down the house and gave no clues as to their crumbling marriage.
This is Lopez’s third marriage after being married to Ben Affleck and P. Diddy Sean Puffy Combs.
She is currently filming the animated comedy “Ice Age: Continental Drift” due in theaters next year.
She voices the character Shira alongside an A-list group of cast mates including Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, and Aziz Ansari.
We haven’t heard what went wrong but I bet the first episode of Idol later this year will be a bit awkward.
And now we know the winner of American Idol 2011 season 10.
17-Year-old country crooner Scotty McCreery took home the gold tonight and is the new American Idol 2011 winner.
Even after last night’s last minute scare, 30 minutes before going live, that Lauren Alaina had lost her voice and Haley Reinhart would be his new competitor.
Scotty made his hometown of Garner North Carolina proud by winning the tenth season’s top prize after a record breaking 122 million votes put him over the top.
“Scotty had what it took to go the distance and everybody in Garner is very proud of him. The entire town went into shock when we heard that Scotty had won.”
Scotty beat out 17-year-old country singer Lauren Alaina, and emerged as a frontrunner after the eliminations of Jacob Lusk, Haley Reinhart, James Durbin, Stefano Langone, Casey Abrams, Paul McDonald, and Pia Toscano.
So what prize does the winner of American Idol get?
The winner receives a record deal with a major recording label for up to six albums. All previous winners have reportedly earned at least $1 million in their first year after being named winner. Several have gone on to become superstars.
In addition, the top ten finalists go on the road with the “American Idol Summer Tour” kicking off this June and making each contestant a nice six-figure income.
This season of American Idol was a vast improvement over prior seasons. The ousting of bad guy Simon Cowell and the addition of Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez ignited a fresh fire under the show.
Not that this season was without problems and drama.
Things got a bit rocky when Pia Toscano was voted off before smooth operator Stefano Langone. Fans revolted and started a grass roots effort to have her reinstated - but ultimately failed in their attempt.
Fans were ecstatic when Pia announced she had signed a record deal only two days after being voted off the show.
And fans cheered when alt-rock sensation Casey Abrams was welcomed back after the judges used their one “save” of the season.
However, some viewers felt that the addition of famous record producer Jimmy Iovine may have led some Idols astray by giving bad advice or pushing them towards a particular song.
Jacob Lusk for example, criticized Iovine for giving him bad advice that Jacob felt ultimately cost him his chance at winning.
And Chris Medina lashed out at producers when he was not invited to the finale live show. He felt that the show really played up his sad story about his fiancée, who suffered a debilitating brain injury, and then dumped him after he was eliminated.
But all-in-all it was a great season. We really believe the changing of the guard propelled American Idol back to what it was in the early days. And we congratulate Scotty for going the distance and bringing home the win.
He was the Milwaukee contestant who told the sad story about his Fiancee Juliana Ramos being in a car accident, suffering life threatening brain injuries, and now confined to a wheelchair.
The story brought Jennifer Lopez to tears. Chris made it through the elimination rounds and made it into the top 40 before he was sent home.
Early on, American Idol seemed to focus on Medina and Juliana's story like a laser beam, even going as far as having Juliana come into the audition room to meet the judges.
It really is a tragic story and the producers at Idol really played it up – some say for the ratings. But how far are they willing to go to show the love now?
Not very far.
Chris says he has not heard from Idol since he was eliminated, and that he has not been asked to be in the audience during the finale show like many of the other contestants.
He does say that the opportunity to share his story has helped get the word out about his fiancee and the incredible medical bills that are mounting.
Since his exit from A.I he has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Live with Regis and Kelly, Good Morning America, and On-Air with Ryan Seacrest.
In fact, the day after he was eliminated he released a single on iTunes called “What are words” that has sold over 75,000 copies to date. The song is about his relationship with Juliana and the emotions that erupt with these types of brain injuries.
Even though the producers of American Idol seem to be missing in action, host Ryan Seacrest has done something for the young couple.
In a radio interview with Chris, Ryan announced $35,000 worth of donations for his Juliana’s medical bills. It brought the singer to tears and is really a touching video – it even had actor Topher Grace entering the studio early to say he would match the donation for a total of $70,000.
Watch Ryan Seacrest Radio interview with Chris Medina
Medina’s latest video for his single “What are words” is very touching and we can see why he made it into the American Idol top 40. He really does have a great voice.
Watch Chris Medina Music Video “What are words”
Hopefully, American Idol will get wind of all the press about this and offer Chris and Juliana a front row seat next week during the final show of the season.
So, was American Idol just using Chris Medina for ratings?
