A 51-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with beating her 82-year-old mother to death on Mother's Day weekend.

Janette Glenn was charged with first-degree murder in the death of her mother Catherine Glenn, who was found dead inside a closet in her South Shore home in the 7800 block of South Euclid Avenue just before 8 a.m. on Sunday, according to DNAinfo Chicago.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that Glenn died of multiple blunt force injuries caused by an assault.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Janette Glenn lived in the home with her mother, who had just celebrated her 82nd birthday on Saturday. She was arrested while walking on Rainbow Beach Park.

Daughter Cathy Glenn previously described the death of her mother -- a breast cancer survivor -- as "the worst Mother's Day."

Janette Glenn was expected to appear in bond court later Tuesday.

Will Smith has revealed that his "After Earth" co-star and son Jaden has asked to be legally emancipated for his 15th birthday.

Although this seems like it would be a difficult gift to put a bow on, Smith seems OK with the idea -– or at least cool enough to laugh it off. Smith told The Sun, "[Jaden] says, 'Dad, I want to be emancipated.' I know if we do this, he can be an emancipated minor, because he really wants to have his own place, like ooh…"

Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, are known for their laid-back approach to parenting. As Smith notes, "That's the backlash. On the other side, if kids just want to have command of their lives, I understand." Plenty of folks have tisk-tisk'd over the Smith kids and their choices, like Willow's punky style, but the method seems to be working well for the family. And they're definitely a successful bunch so far, from Jaden's acting career to Willow's music moves.

Jaden's acting career has mostly been under the tutelage of his father, Will. The two appeared as father and son in "The Pursuit of Happyness," and the elder Smith later produced a reboot of "The Karate Kid," which was Jaden's first starring role. They're reprising their onscreen relationship again in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film "After Earth," which opens May 31. Smith is also a producer on the film.

"After Earth" takes place in a dystopian future where humans live on planet Nova Prime; they left for mysterious reasons referred to only as a catastrophe. Cypher (Will Smith) is a commanding officer trying to bond with his less successful son Kitai (Jaden) by taking him on a mission to Earth. When they are the only survivors of a crash landing, they have to get to know each other better really quickly out of necessity.

Naturally, there are parallels between their onscreen and off-screen relationship, as Smith notes. "[Y]our father's the biggest movie star in the world, and you're struggling for your little piece of dignity in this extreme shadow."

Will Jaden soon be living on his own? Will their onscreen collaboration mean big box-office earnings? We'll have to wait until the end of May to find out about the latter, at least.

[via Herald Sun]

A Chicago man and his girlfriend were ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bail apiece Sunday after being accused of beating the man's 11-year-old daughter because she ate all of their ice cream.

Pierre Scarbrough, 41, of the 8000 block of South Loomis Boulevard, and his girlfriend Faith Alston, 37, were arrested Friday and were charged with felony aggravated battery of a child and misdemeanor domestic battery, according to DNAinfo Chicago.

Prosecutors allege that Scarbrough became angry on Thursday after discovering that his daughter had eaten all their ice cream.

Pierre Scarbrough, 41, of Chicago, and his girlfriend Faith Alston, 37, allegedly beat Scarbrough's 11-year-old daughter on Thursday. (Cook County Sheriff's Office)

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