Tag: The Slap
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Netflix Sets Date for Live Chris Rock Special ‘Selective Outrage’
First commercials, now live events: Netflix is trying everything to remain culturally relevant (except maybe renew beloved shows).“Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” will become the streamer’s first live-streamed global event when Rock takes the stage at 10 p.m. Est, March 4, in Baltimore. That’s less than a year after The Slap, when Will Smith struck Rock…
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‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith’s Unrelentingly Brutal Slave Epic Is a B Movie with Delusions of Grandeur
, Antoine Fuqua’s thoroughly Oscar-pilled “Emancipation” is the kind of immaculate misfire that could only happen because Hollywood is spinning off its axis. Because the American film industry has sacrificed medium-budget programmers at the altar of monolithic franchise blockbusters, original stories can only expect to be told if they feed into the awards machine and/or…
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Chris Rock Says He Turned Down An Offer To Host Next Year’s Oscars
Immediately after “The Slap” occurred during this year’s Oscars telecast, folks were feverishly discussing who was right and who was wrong. Some people defended Will Smith for his actions, while others applauded Chris Rock for essentially keeping his composure after being assaulted on live TV. But really, people were curious about what the fallout would…
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Oscars’ New Rules: Social Media, Golden Globes, Original Song & More
A week after Will Smith’s actions tarnished the 2022 Academy Awards, there were no new reports regarding the Best Actor winner and his eventual reprimand from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oscars’ co-host Amy Schumer caused some rumblings over a stand-up set referring to the now-infamous night, but there wasn’t much else…
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Will Smith Breaks Silence on Oscar Slap, Apologizes to Chris Rock
Will Smith has finally spoken out about The Slap. At around 7:17pm Et Monday night, he posted a statement on Instagram, which included an apology to Chris Rock, something which he neglected to do during his lengthy Best Actor acceptance speech at the Academy Awards Sunday.“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive.…
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Nicole Kidman’s Blossom sets ‘The Expatriates’ as first series for Amazon
The series version of the Janice Y K Lee novel will be set in Hong Kong with an ensemble cast.Amazon Studios has ordered a series version of Janice Y K Lee’s novel The Expatriates as the first fruit of its new deal with Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films.Alice Bell, best known for Australian miniseries The Slap,…