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Taylor Hawkins tribute concert: Who's performing and how to watch show live

The show is taking place on Saturday with a packed out line-up of rock and roll stars paying tribute to the Foo Fighters drummer

Manchester Evening News

‘Did Will Smith hurt me? He played Ali!’ – Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle live

They are arguably the two greatest US standups of their generation – and both topical for not always lovely reasons. Could this double whammy possibly live up to the hype?

The Guardian - UK

Fall Entertainment Guide 2022: Plenty of laughs in store on Chicago’s comedy stages

Big names including Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and Kevin James will be performing at the area’s clubs, theaters and arenas.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Chris Rock ‘turned down’ tell-all Oprah chat about Will Smith slap

Chris Rock is said to have turned down a chat with Oprah Winfrey following the infamous Oscar slap drama.

Evening Standard

Need To Know: what’s on this week in London 2 September - From Chris Rock to Taylor Hawkins tribute concert

Get the lowdown on Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, hear Chris Rock’s take on that slap and sample Wole Lagunju’s colourful works

Evening Standard

Chris Rock: Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister calls comedian’s joke about murder ‘horrible’ and ‘distasteful’

‘There are families behind this tragedy,’ she said

The Independent UK

Chris Rock 'turns down tell-all Oprah interview' after Oscars slap

Comedian Chris Rock reportedly claimed he turned down the chance to sit down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars this year

Daily Mirror

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Chris Rock criticised for ‘tasteless’ joke comparing Will Smith slap to Nicole Brown Simpson murder

The 57-year-old comedian reportedly made the quip during a stand-up show in Arizona when he revealed he had turned down an offer to host next year’s Academy Awards

Evening Standard

Chris Rock criticised for comparing Will Smith slap to Nicole Brown Simpson murder: ‘Truly tasteless’

Rock told his audience that returning to the award ceremony would be like asking Brown Simpson ‘to go back to the restaurant’

The Independent UK

‘Truly tasteless’: Chris Rock criticised for comparing Will Smith slap to Nicole Brown Simpson murder

Rock told his audience that returning to the award ceremony would be like asking Brown Simpson ‘to go back to the restaurant’

The Independent UK

Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle at the O2 Arena in London: when and how to get tickets

This will be the first time the two comedians perform together

Evening Standard

Chris Rock ‘turned down offer to host the 2023 Oscars’ after Will Smith slap

The comedian is said to have compared returning to the Oscars to revisiting a crime scene

Evening Standard

Chris Rock says he has turned down offer to host Oscars again

During a standup set Rock said that to return after Will Smith attacked him at this year’s awards would be like returning to the scene of a crime

The Guardian - UK

Chris Rock turns down offer to host next year's Oscars after Will Smith slap controversy

He jibed how going back to the biggest night in Hollywood would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant,” referencing the events that led to her death and the subsequent OJ Simpson murder trial.

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Daily Mirror

Chris Rock 'turned down' hosting the Oscars next year after Will Smith slap

Comedian Chris Rock is said to have made a joke about being offered to host next year's Oscars during a gig in Phoenix, Arizona

The Independent UK

Chris Rock says he declined offer to host Oscars next year after Will Smith slap

Rock said returning to the Oscars would be like Nicole Brown Simpson going ‘back to the restaurant’ where she left her glasses the night she was killed

Los Angeles Times

Months after that slap, Chris Rock says he turned down hosting the Oscars next year

LOS ANGELES — Five months after Will Smith slapped him onstage at the Academy Awards, stunning millions watching around the world, Chris Rock delivered another sort of slap back at the Oscars.

The Guardian - UK

From Chris Rock to Burning Man: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether your idea of fun is cutting-edge US comedy or a desert festival-meets-country house sculpture clash, we’ve got you covered

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The Guardian - UK

Sally Potter on making a film about violence with Chris Rock: ‘He is aware of what happens when a man feels humiliated’

In Look at Me, Rock is thrown to the floor by Javier Bardem. Potter discusses male anger in her film and the similarities between that and Rock’s real-life experience of being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars

Tribune News Service

Comic Neal Brennan is more than Dave Chappelle's best friend

Neal Brennan is the comedy whisperer.

The Guardian - UK

According to Q Score, which measures the consumer appeal of celebrities in the US, the actor lost significant support after the incident

Sports Illustrated

Even Fox Knows Bringing Back Urban Meyer Is Completely Embarrassing

The network went out of its way to bury news it rehired disgraced Urban Meyer.

Tribune News Service

Will Smith tries humor as he attempts to return to social media, 5 months after The Slap

When in doubt, make them laugh.

The Independent UK

Will Smith jokes about return to social media with first non-apology post since Oscars

Actor made light of his struggle to win over the public after the incident

Daily Mirror

Will Smith 'in talks to resume biopic of his life' and to include Oscars slap incident

The A Lister was due to be filmed for a high profile biopic film about his life - with plans afoot earlier this year before they were derailed by his shocking actions at the 2022 Oscars ceremony

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