Jada Pinkett Smith Exasperatedly Reminds Everyone Willow Isn't Defined By Her Hair

Jada Pinkett Smith used Facebook to perform an awesome smackdown on people who have been trolling the parental implications of the ever-changing short hairstyle of 12-year-old Willow Smith:

“The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair, first the LET must be challenged. This is a world where women, girls are constantly reminded that they don’t belong to themselves; that their bodies are not their own, nor their power or self determination. I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are HER domain… It’s also a statement that claims that even little girls have the RIGHT to own themselves and should not be a slave to even their mother’s deepest insecurities, hopes and desires.”

When Will Smith was asked a similar question in May by Parade Magazine, his response was equally wise: “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.” Be my parents, Smiths! [NYDN]

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American Idol judge has Nicki Minaj accused Idol judges panel alum Steven Tyler of being a big old racist after he said the following about her judging style: “These kids, they just got out of a car from the Midwest somewhere and they’re in New York City, they’re scared to death; you’re not going to get the best [out of them]… If it was Bob Dylan, Nicki Minaj would have had him sent to the cornfield! Whereas, if it was Bob Dylan with us, we would have brought the best of him out, as we did with Phillip Phillips. Just saying.”

“Steven Tyler said I would have sent Bob Dylan to a cornfield???” Minaj Tweeted. “I understand you really wanted to keep your job but take that up with the producers. I haven’t done anything to you. That’s a racist comment.”

This continued for a few more Tweets, e.g.:

[MTV News]

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The Brangelina brood really wants Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to get married already, says Pitt. “I will admit we have had some pressure from our kids. We didn’t realise how much it means to them, and in getting engaged, we didn’t realize how much it means to ourselves.” Although no concrete plans have been made yet, he says that they’re “making great strides” in planning the wedding, which means they’ve at least decided that we are totally not invited. [Entertainmentwise]

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Criminally underrated character actress Judy Greer has some nice things to say about her even more obscure Broadway co-star, this woman named Katie Holmes, perhaps you’ve heard of her? “I’ve just been impressed by her work ethic… and her ability… to juggle being an awesome mom. I mean, she’s always like, ‘I went to Suri’s class this morning, I was reading to the first-graders.’ And I’m like, ‘I can barely schedule in a workout and getting to rehearsal, and I’m just here by myself in an apartment.'” [Page Six]

And the Holmes family is very glad that Katie is no longer under the spell of Tom Cruise/Hollyweird/Xenu and can chill and eat turkey like a normal human being again. [Radar Online]

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