This weekend is the Academy Awards, marking the anniversary of last year’s unprecedented ceremony. It’s going to be a long time before anyone forgets how Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a crack at Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance. While Rock had largely kept quiet on the controversy over the last … Read more
A joke about Will Smith featured in Chris Rock: Selective Outrage has been edited out after Rock flubbed it at his live show. During a run of jokes about the Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, toward the end of Rock’s March 4 show — the streamer’s first-ever live, global streaming event — the comedian messed up his own … Read more
One year after the slap that shook the industry, Will Smith is getting ready to return to acting. While the “Men in Black” star has kept a mostly low profile in the 12 months since slapping presenter Chris Rock at last year’s Oscars ceremony, he is now prepping for his first acting gig since the incident that … Read more