Net Miles Of Smiles

Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson: The movie heavyweight is a puppy dog around his wife of nearly 29 years, LaTanya Richardson. They met in the early ’70s when he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta and she was attending the all-female

Spelman College. He may be the household acting name, but Richardson has worked steadily for decades as an actress and was the director of the 2000 film “Hairstory.” In December, Jackson told CNN that in his early career he nearly quit because of what Richardson said to him. “She told me, ‘You can’t do this. You’re a bloodless actor.’” She then chimed in that she always believed in him, but that he had to turn up his emotions. “He kicked it into gear,” she laughed. “How ’bout that?” Jackson laughed back. Indeed.