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Chris Rock once defined a generation – but his shtick has aged poorly

The comedy legend’s cultural and commercial power have waned as he struggles to resist going lowbrow

The Guardian - US

Calls to ‘end the stigma’ around alopecia after Chris Rock Oscars joke

Ayanna Pressley and others say comic’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith was demeaning to 147m people worldwide with alopecia

The Guardian - US

Will Smith’s Oscars slap created a storm of increasingly irrelevant internet hot takes

It was no longer just a bit of lurid celebrity gossip, but an expression of everything good and bad in the world all at once

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LAPD was right not to investigate Will Smith for ‘slap heard around the world,’ experts say

LOS ANGELES — By the time Will Smith made it back to his seat after smacking Chris Rock across the face in front of a stunned Oscars audience, armchair legal scholars had taken to social media with their hot takes on whether the theatrical slap amounted to a crime.

Los Angeles Times

Even with a ratings win, Oscars lose with Will Smith’s slap: ‘Everyone was disappointed’

LOS ANGELES — One day after Will Smith struck Chris Rock across the face during Sunday night’s 94th Academy Awards, the shock waves from what some were calling “the slap heard around the world” continued to reverberate throughout Hollywood.

Los Angeles Times

Will Smith Issues Apology to Chris Rock, Williams Family After Incident During Oscars

The actor stunned the world on Sunday after slapping Rock for a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Sports Illustrated

With the slap, Smith tarnished a night of pride for Black Hollywood — and his legacy

LOS ANGELES — In 2002, Halle Berry made history at the Oscars, becoming the first Black woman to win lead actress, for "Monster's Ball" — an achievement yet to be duplicated. It was the following year's Oscars, though, that jumped to mind Sunday during what's already being called "the slap…

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Will Smith Says He Was 'Out Of Line' And 'Wrong' In Public Apology To Chris Rock

Will Smith on Monday issued a public apology to fellow actor and comedian Chris Rock for striking him at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony.

Benzinga

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock, Academy and viewers for onstage slap

Actor says attacking the comedian was ‘out of line’ and calls violence of all kinds ‘poisonous and destructive’

The Guardian - AU

Will Smith’s behavior left me stunned and confused

Slapping Chris Rock for his lousy joke on Oscar night isn’t going to make Will Smith or his wife feel better. It is going to cause them more grief.

Chicago Sun-Times

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock for Oscar night slap

LOS ANGELES — Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock on Monday, less than 24 hours after slapping the comedian for telling an ill-conceived joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during the 94th Academy Awards telecast — an altercation viewed around the world.

Los Angeles Times

Will Smith Dropped An IG Apology To Chris Rock After The Academy Opened A Review Into The Slap

"I am a work in progress."

Pedestrian.tv

Could the Academy really take Will Smith's Oscar back after he hit Chris Rock on stage?

Will Smith can expect sanctions after he hit actor Chris Rock on stage — but he's unlikely to be stripped of his Best Actor Oscar.

ABC News

Will Smith says he 'reacted emotionally' as he apologises to Chris Rock for slapping him at the Oscars

The actor has now said he is 'embarrassed' by his actions and that he 'reacted emotionally' to the joke

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Salon

What is alopecia and who gets it?

Everything you need to know about a common condition that causes baldness in women

Tribune News Service

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock for slapping him at the Oscars: ‘I reacted emotionally’

Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock on Monday after slapping the comedian during a dispute at the Academy Awards.

Chicago Sun-Times

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock: ‘I was out of line and I was wrong’

The actor says ‘a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.’

The Independent UK

‘Embarrassed’ Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock over Oscars slap: ‘I was out of line and I was wrong’

Smith won best actor at Oscars on Sunday

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Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock and Oscars viewers for slapping comedian

Actor Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock and Oscars viewers a day after slapping the comedian on stage at the Academy Awards.

Salon

Chris Rock's past jokes & disability

There was more than just that one comment that led to the Oscar moment where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock

Wales Online

Will Smith explains 'violent trigger' after 'being made to feel like a coward'

The memoir in his autobiography was written before his Oscars encounter with Chris Rock

Irish Mirror

RTE viewers 'can't believe it' as Irish station airs Oscars 2022 without key moment

It was not down to RTE however

Irish Mirror

RTE Claire Byrne Live viewers let their thoughts be known as Father Dougal joins panel discussion on 'The Slap' at the Oscars

Comedian Ardal O'Hanlon, who played Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted, spoke about his experience of being physically attacked as a comedian

Daily Mirror

Chris Rock is 'yet to speak to Will Smith' after Oscars outburst which left him 'shaken'

Chris Rock and Will Smith were involved in a dramatic incident at the Oscars on Sunday night, which saw the latter slap the former following a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan defends Will Smith against ‘cancel culture mob’ after Chris Rock slap

Piers Morgan has let his feelings be known about the chaotic scenes from Sunday night's Oscars ceremony which saw Will Smith smack Chris Rock after taking offence to one of the comedian's jokes

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