(Left to proper) Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Shonda Rhimes, Debbie Allen and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
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Jada Pinkett Smith flashed a giant smile on the purple carpet Saturday at her first public look since her husband Will Smith’s notorious Oscars slap.
Pinkett Smith appeared alongside legendary “Grey’s Anatomy” creator, head author and government producer Shonda Rhimes and five-time Emmy-award profitable actress from the identical collection Debbie Allen for the grand opening of the Rhimes Performing Arts Heart in Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
Pinkett Smith posed on the purple carpet in a flowing, glittering gold costume and matching gold earrings. She was additionally photographed beside Samuel L. Jackson and his spouse LaTanya Richardson Jackson on the star-studded occasion.
The brand new 24,000 sq. foot venue will host the famend Debbie Allen Dance Academy and have a number of studios together with one named for Will Smith and Pinkett Smith, according to Broadway World.
Pinkett Smith, 50, has remained quiet since her husband slapped presenter Chris Rock through the Oscars broadcast on March 27. Rock had made a bald joke about Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.
Smith has been banned from all Academy occasions for 10 years because of the slap, however he’ll hold the Greatest Actor Oscar he received for his function in “King Richard” moments after hitting Rock.