It’s official: Jay-Z, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith join producers of Broadway show ‘Fela!’

October 26th, 2009 Jay-Z talks World Series, Broadway and DJ HeroNEW YORK — The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform the song live to kick off Game 1 of the World Series.

September 30th, 2009 Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to host Nobel concertOSLO, Norway — American rap artist and actor Will Smith and his wife, the actress Jada Pinkett Smith, will co-host this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, organizers said Wednesday. The Dec. 11 show — a day after the award ceremony — will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Toby Keith, Donna Summer, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi as well as Amadou & Mariam, a blues and jazz duet from Mali.

August 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have replaced the head of school founded by them with women who has studied Scientology. The actor and his wife have shown the door to Jacqueline Olivier from their New Village Leadership Academy and brought in Piano Foster.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran singer Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 musical is to close on Broadway after it failed to impress audiences in New York. The show won accolades when it was launched in Los Angeles earlier this year (09), but failed to maintain success in the Big Apple.

July 18th, 2009 Jackie Chan praises kung fu of Will Smith's son HONG KONG — Jackie Chan says "Kung Fu Kid" co-star Jaden Smith's dedication to martial arts puts his own son to shame. The 11-year-old son of Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has been training under Chan's stunt co-ordinator for his role in the China Film Group-Columbia Pictures remake of the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid," which kicked off filming in Beijing on July 11.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - As the worldwide credit crunch takes its toll on many, the producers of actors Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig's new Broadway show have decided to ban ticket discounts for top talent agents. Craig, 41, will be making his Broadway debut opposite Aussie actor Hugh Jackman, 40, on September 10 in the dramatic play 'A Steady Rain'.

July 16th, 2009 NEW YORK - Actress Jada Pinkett Smith and hubby Will Smith had a steamy sex session in the car while on their way to the Academy Awards this year. In an interview to Shape magazine, Jada revealed, "When you have three kids, you've got to take your opportunities when they come," reports New York Post.

July 13th, 2009 Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith start 'Karate Kid' remake BEIJING — Jackie Chan will play the wise kung-fu master in a Hollywood-Chinese remake of the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid" that kicked off filming in the Chinese capital at the weekend, a movie company publicist said Monday. Chan's young disciple in "Kung Fu Kid" will be played by Jaden Smith, the son of Hollywood superstars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, China Film Group spokesman Weng Li told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

June 17th, 2009 'Irena's Vow' to close on BroadwayNEW YORK — "Irena's Vow" won't be kept on Broadway. Producers announced Tuesday that the play will have its final performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre on June 28.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett has broken an 18-year vow never to return to TV. Jada, who found fame in 1980/90s show A Different World, said she decided to come back because she wanted to become "complacent" as an actress.

June 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Jada Pinkett Smith surely knows how to keep her sex life upbeat, for the actress has admitted that she and hubby Will Smith often sneak off for sex at friends' parties. In an interview with Redbook magazine, Pinkett Smith has revealed that she keeps things fresh by dragging her husband off for spontaneous romps when he least expects sex.

June 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actor Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith are planning to got to China this summer for the filming of Karate Kid remake. The couple will be producing the film, which will feature their son Jaden and martial arts king Jackie Chan.

June 12th, 2009 'Fela!' makes the move from off-B'way to BroadwayNEW YORK — "Fela!" — one of off-Broadway's big hits last summer — is coming to Broadway. The musical, based on the life of African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, will open Nov.

June 10th, 2009 Jonny Lee Miller joins Sienna Miller on BroadwayNEW YORK — There will be two Millers on Broadway this fall — starring in the same show. Jonny Lee Miller will join Sienna Miller in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of "After Miss Julie," opening Oct.

May 4th, 2009 'Ruined' gets top Lortel off-Broadway play prizeNEW YORK — Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway. "Ruined," Lynn Nottage's drama of survival set against the backdrop of an African civil war, has received the prize for best play, while "Fela!" (FAY'-la) was chosen best musical.