Jada Pinkett Smith Outshines Will Smith At Cannes Festival

Jada Pinkett Smith is accompanying her husband megastar Will Smith at the Cannes Festival in France this year to promote her DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and Will’s “Men In Black: III”.

The feisty petite mother-of-three, Jaden, Willow, and Trey from Will’s previous marriage, lends her voice to the animated film along with actor Ben Stiller, comedian-actor Chris Rock, and funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen.

The ostentatious event is notorious for drawing in Hollywood’s bigwigs and the elite stars always make it memorable.

“I can’t wait to go to Cannes! I’ve always had great fun at the festival. For the rest I do not know what I will do in the coming months, my schedule does not go further than two weeks,” the 40-year-old told Italian magazine Io Donna.

The working hands-on mom seems to be like every other mother who insists on creating balance between home life and career.

“It is hard to split my time between…Will’s work, our production team, and the family routine. It is a continuous race… if you hesitate, you are lost.”

Can we talk about Jada’s fashion as of late? The woman is shutting it down in everything from spring-themed one-shoulder frocks to cutoffs—and ferosh in each statement she’s making!

Jada was spotted with daughter Willow while at the festival in denim cutoffs with exposed pockets that she chic’d up with a black blazer and clutch and a comfy tee, but her style is on another level when she steps out with hubby Will.

We were salivating over a dark teal number with pronounced power shoulders and a revealing front that stopped right before her business—fierce! While the two were taking in a tennis match at the Madrid Open, she awed in a one-shoulder powder blue kaleidoscope dress that adorned her tiny frame immaculately.

Another carpet look she went for at the “Men In Black” Seoul premiere that was absolutely fab—a blouson sequin jumper that draped flawlessly and a sleek ponytail was the necessary addition to finish the look.

Which one of Jada’s look has your attention the most?

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