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Posted Sunday 4/03/22 at 11:11AM EDT
SNL's "Weekend Update" defends the Academy's inaction over Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock because it's "one of the craziest things we'll ever see"
Colin Jost said on "Weekend Update" he "can't even blame" the Academy for not knowing what to do.
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Posted Saturday 4/02/22 at 1:12AM EDT
Mel Gibson's handler cuts off Fox News interview after Jesse Watters asked about The Slap
Watters decided to ask the controversial Oscar winner about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock toward the end of his Jesse...
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Posted Saturday 4/02/22 at 1:12AM EDT
CBS executive on showing the Grammys in wake of Will Smith's slap: "I think you go into every live show with the understanding that anything could happen, and it usually does"
Jack Sussman, CBS’ head of specials who’s preparing for the 64th Annual Grammys this Sunday in Las Vegas, was asked...
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Will Smith resigns from the Academy over Chris Rock Oscar slap
Smith, who was facing possible expulsion or suspension over Sunday's slap of Rock at the 94th Academy Awards, has instead...
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The View Podcast: Whoopi, Will Smith, and the Great Oscars Debate
It was the slap heard ‘round the world.
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Posted Friday 4/01/22 at 1:36PM EDT
Will Packer says Chris Rock didn't want Will Smith booted from the Oscars, but was the comedian actually asked if Smith should be removed?
In an interview with Good Morning America, Packer said soon after Rock was slapped and went backstage, they met in...
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Oscars Producer Reveals Chris Rock 'Freestyled' Joke That Prompted Will Smith Slap
Oscars producer Will Packer is breaking his silence on the slap heard 'round the world.
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Posted Friday 4/01/22 at 2:50AM EDT
Academy leaders met with Will Smith on Tuesday
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson spoke to Smith over Zoom on...
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Posted Friday 4/01/22 at 2:50AM EDT
Oscars producer Will Packer: LAPD was "prepared" to arrest Will Smith, but Chris Rock was "dismissive" about pressing charges
"They were saying, you know, this is battery was the word they use in that moment," Packer said in an...
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Posted Thursday 3/31/22 at 4:41PM EDT
Chris Rock has been mocking Jada Pinkett Smith for 25 years
The Daily Beast has unearthed a clip from an October 1997 episode of HBO's The Chris Rock Show -- two...
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Posted Thursday 3/31/22 at 1:49PM EDT
Reports: Will Smith wasn't formally asked to leave the Oscars following slap of Chris Rock
In wake of the Academy saying that Smith was asked to leave but refused, several reports have emerged.
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Whoopi Goldberg Shuts Down Tara Setmayer's Complaints About Hypocritical 'Hollywood Elites'
Whoopi Goldberg renewed her defense of the Academy Thursday morning during yet another tense discussion about Will Smith slapping Chris...
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Chris Rock on Will Smith slap: "I haven't talked to anyone, despite what you heard"
Rock made his first comments on the Oscar slap in two shows in Boston Wednesday night that kicked off his...
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Posted Thursday 3/31/22 at 1:57AM EDT
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was "spit-polished thuggery and disrespect"
"There’s an exquisite power embedded in fame, formality and fashion.
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Posted Thursday 3/31/22 at 1:57AM EDT
Indian American Summer of Soul producer calls Chris Rock a "f*cking d*ck" for referring to him as a "white guy," says Will Smith was "selfish"
When Rock announced Questlove's victory for Summer of Soul Sunday night -- minutes after Smith slapped him -- he announced the...