Smith has covered both the serious (the Disney-Miramax divorce) and the absurd (the Tom Cruise meltdown), launched Newsweek’s popular “Career Intervention” series, and organizes the magazine’s annual Oscar Roundtable. During the last decade, Smith has profiled some of the most powerful and colorful personalities in the industry, including Johnny Depp, Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Meg Ryan, Sharon Stone, Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Diane Keaton, Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hanks, Tobey Maguire and Drew Barrymore.
Prior to joining Newsweek in March 2003, Smith was the West Coast Editor of Premiere magazine. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1996 with a BA in magazine journalism, and received his master’s degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in 1997. He lives in Santa Monica, CA.
