Denzel Washington, who huddled with Will Smith moments after the King Richard actor slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, talked about the incident publicly for the first time Saturday. Speaking to author and bishop T.D. Jakes at a leadership summit, Washington said that he joined Smith in prayer soon …
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UPDATE (4/1/2022): Chris Rock was never asked if he wanted Will Smith escorted out of the Dolby Theatre on Sunday after the King Richard actor slapped him during an onstage ambush at the 2022 Oscars, a source close to Rock tells Rolling Stone. The source spoke out after Oscars producer …
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Chris Rock’s jab at Jada Pinkett Smith at this year’s Oscars wasn’t the first time the comedian has joked about the famous couple. Here, a closer look at their history as both friends and frenemies. Rock jokes about Jada’s activism in the 1990s During a monolgue on hisChris Rock Show …
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“So how was your weekend?” Chris Rock asked the sold out crowd at Boston’s Wilbur Theater Wednesday night, his first public appearance since Sunday’s calamitous Academy Awards ceremony. Earlier in the day, 3,000 miles away, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ board of governors held an emergency meeting …
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No event in recent history — not Harry Styles in a dress on the cover ofVogue,not changing the green M&M’s footwear, not even the horny Beto O’Rourke tweet — has inspired so many brain-dead takes as the Slap Heard ‘Round the World, a.k.a. the altercation between Will Smith and Chris …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Ticket prices to see Chris Rock‘s comedy tour are surging in the wake of Sunday’s “slapgate” incident at the Oscars. While Rock announced his spring tour dates months …
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Bass player John B. Williams clearly remembers the moment more than 30 years ago when Will Smith pointed him out during an episode of The Arsenio Hall Show and cracked a joke about his bald head. “I didn’t take it seriously. He was a comedian. He was the Fresh Prince …
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “condemn[ed]” Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars Sunday and announced they’ve launched a formal investigation into the incident, Variety reports. “The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last night’s show,” an Academy spokesperson said. “We have officially …
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Will Smith‘s decision to walk onstage at the Oscars and smack the hell out of Chris Rock has inspired a, uhh, rather sizable amount of opinion discourse. Lawmakers and political commentators have been unable to resist attempting to funnel it through the prism of politics. In less than 24 hours, …
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After a five-year break, Chris Rock is making his return to the live comedy circuit with the Ego Death world tour. The trek — which will begin with a 38-date North American leg — marks Rock’s first run since his Total Blackout stand-up tour in 2017 and 2018 (at the …
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