After weeks of silence, Chris Rock has finally addressed his now-infamous incident with Will Smith at March’s 94th Annual Academy Awards. During another sold-out show at Baltimore’s Lyric Performing Arts Center on Friday, Rock directly referenced the slap, but only spent a second on it before moving on with his set. According to WJZ-TV reporter … Read more
You’d be pretty hard pressed to take even a three-second scroll through the internet without seeing headlines about the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Depp, who is suing Heard for $50 million in part over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed piece alluding to her being a victim of domestic abuse (the abuser … Read more
Thandie Newton was reportedly fired from the new Magic Mike movie after getting into a heated argument on set with Channing Tatum about Will Smith’s infamous Oscar smackdown of Chris Rock. The feud between Newtown, 49, and Tatum, 41, occurred in early April, The Sun reported, and escalated to such “astonishing” and “unimaginably vicious” levels … Read more
Now that we’ve gotten our biggest celebrity tea of the year thanks to the infamous Oscars slap conducted by Will Smith onto the victim Chris Rock, everyone wants to know what comes next. Rock has been quite hushed about the situation despite everything else going on around him. And as fans wait to hear his … Read more
Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have spoken out following the board of governors’ decision to ban Will Smith from attending any Academy events for the next ten years. The Hollywood Reporter recently interviewed a “wide cross-section” of Academy members who shared their thoughts about the board’s response. On Friday, the … Read more
Will SmithPhoto: Neilson Barnard (Getty Images) When we talk about The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences—ie, the group that votes on and hands out the Oscars, and which runs the annual Oscars ceremony—we’re talking about a pretty massive group of people. Exact membership in AMPAS isn’t listed anywhere, but it’s estimated that the … Read more
Will Smith wasn’t a fan of director Quentin Tarantino’s artistic choice of violence. A resurfaced interview has revealed that Smith, 53, turned down the role of Django Freeman in the “Pulp Fiction” filmmaker’s 2012 movie “Django Unchained.” A 2016 roundtable interview with the Hollywood Reporter has re-emerged following the controversy surrounding Smith and his disorderly … Read more
Vivica A. Fox says she received praise for calling Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars “Black-on-Black crime.” “People were actually happy with me that I was honest,” the actress, 57, exclusively told Page Six at the American Heart Association’s Red Dress Collection Concert in Hollywood, Calif., on Thursday. “They were like, … Read more
The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. The move comes after a meeting of the academy’s Board of Governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions. “The 94th Oscars were meant … Read more
Chris Rock was spotted looking somber on a solo outing in New York City after his brother Keith slammed Will Smith and said The Academy should strip him of his Oscar a week-and-a-half after the now notorious slapping altercation. The 57-year-old comedian was all by his lonesome walking with his hands in his bomber jacket … Read more