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Emmys Host Kenan Thompson Predicts Conflict-Free Ceremony

Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson and the ceremony’s producers are predicting a conflict-free zone, unlike the Oscars show that was marred by an on-stage slap. Thompson said the confrontation last March in which Will Smith attacked presenter Chris Rock over a joke directed at Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, was…

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Chris Rock breaks silence on Will Smith’s ‘hostage’ apology video

The comedian addressed Will Smith’s apology for the Oscars slap during his gig in London

Evening Standard

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

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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

The 14 fall awards contenders set to open before November

This time last year, I was watching the trailer for Ridley Scott's spicy meatball of a true-crime saga "House of Gucci" on a continuous loop, trying to parse the nuances of Lady Gaga's Italian (?) accent and looking for a cheap online knockoff of Adam Driver's cable-knit ski sweater. I…

Los Angeles Times

Fall Preview: Is it, Maybe, Back to Normal at the Movies?

For the first time in three years, the fall movie industrial complex is lurching back into high gear. Festival red carpets are rolled out. Oscar campaigns are primed. Long-awaited blockbusters, like "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and "Avatar: The Way of Water," are poised for big box office. But after the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

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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.

Irish 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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Guardian - UK

Michael Hiltzik: Did John Wayne try to assault Sacheen Littlefeather at the 1973 Oscars? Debunking a Hollywood myth

Hollywood loves few things more than retailing myths and legends about itself. Few of these yarns have had a longer life than what happened at the 1973 Academy Awards involving Marlon Brando, John Wayne and a Native American activist named Sacheen Littlefeather.

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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

The Independent UK

Will Smith’s ex-wife hopes actor will receive ‘forgiveness’ after Oscars slap

‘You cannot heal without forgiveness,’ Sheree Zampino said

Asharq Al-Awsat

Film Academy Apologizes to Littlefeather for 1973 Oscars

Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized to her for the abuse she endured. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures…

The Independent UK

Sacheen Littlefeather responds after Oscars apologise 50 years late over 1973 speech abuse

Former Academy president David Rubin acknowledged ‘the abuse you endured because of this statement’ in a letter of reconciliation to Littlefeather

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The Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for her treatment at the 1973 Oscars

In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather spoke on behalf of Marlon Brando at the Oscars about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.

The Independent UK

Film academy apologizes to Littlefeather for 1973 Oscars

Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has apologized to her for the abuse she endured

Daily Mirror

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith spotted in first joint appearance since Oscars slap

Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith stepped out for food in Malibu as they were snapped for the first time together in public since the actor slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

Tribune News Service

Oscars producer Will Packer praises Will Smith’s ‘transparent’ apology for slapping Chris Rock

Whether or not it was a performance, it’s getting some critical acclaim.

Daily Mirror

Chris Rock has 'no plans' to reply to Will Smith after grovelling Oscars slap apology

Will Smith apologised to Chris Rock over the infamous Oscars slap in a recent video, though it's been reported that the stand-up comedian has 'no plans' to respond to the public apology just yet

The Independent UK

Chris Rock jokes he was slapped by ‘Suge Smith’ after Will Smith issues apology over Oscars outburst

‘Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,’ Rock quipped

The Independent UK

Chris Rock jokes he was slapped by ‘Suge Smith’ after Will Smith issues apology over Oscars outburst

‘Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,’ Rock quipped

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