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Jim Carrey says Will Smith ‘should have been’ arrested for hitting Chris Rock at Oscars

‘I’d have announced this morning that I was suing for Will for $200m,’ actor added

The Independent UK

Doug Baldwin: Will Smith was wrong, can’t escape accountability

Former Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin has never been wrong about anything.

USA Today Sports Media Group

What was the joke Chris Rock made about Will Smith’s wife Jada at the Oscars?

Comedian looked visibly shocked as Smith told him to ‘keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth’ after the altercation

The Independent UK

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Oscar controversy shines light on Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss with alopecia

After an eventful Oscars on Sunday night, a disease that causes hair loss is dominating conversations.

Tribune News Service

So, uh, what happened to Rudy Giuliani on Staten Island?

“All of a sudden, I feel a shot on my back ... like somebody shot me,” he said of a man patting him on the back at a Staten Island grocery store.

Mic

From Hollywood’s Illusion Factory, Some Unexpected Reality

In the minutes and hours after Will Smith accosted and slapped Chris Rock before a live audience of millions, social media platforms lit up with a breathless and emphatic hot take: Surely, multitudes insisted, the whole thing was staged. They talked of the specifics of the altercation (“Rock barely moved”).…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kayleigh McEnany claims Will Smith slap shows double standard for conservative women

Donald Trump frequently made demeaning remarks about appearance

The Independent UK

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Did Chris Rock suffer the curse of the Scottish Play? ‘Macbeth’ theory gains traction on Twitter

An ancient superstition holds that saying the name of the play in a theatre – as Chris Rock did just before Will Smith’s slap – triggers a terrible curse

The Independent UK

Chris Rock ‘didn’t know’ Jada Pinkett Smith had alopecia before Oscars

The comedian and actor have ‘not spoken’ since Smith slapped him

Evening Standard

Oscars bartender shares behind-the-scenes insight into award ceremony: ‘Everybody stopped drinking after slap’

‘Nicest celebs of the night were Reba and Rami Malek’

The Independent UK

Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence after husband Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at Oscars

Jada Pinkett Smith was sat in the audience at the Oscars when Chris Rock made a joke at her expense

Chronicle Live

Twitter users think 'Macbeth' curse caused Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscars slap

According to folklore, via the Royal Shakespeare Company, the tragedy was cursed from the very beginning, when a coven of witches opposed Shakespeare's use of real sorcery in the text.

Daily Record

Maryland lawmaker Will Smith gets confused for actor who slapped Chris Rock, receives harsh tweets

The Maryland senator accrued more than 100 new followers after the Oscars ceremony, many of whom likely didn’t realise he wasn’t the King Richard actor

The Independent UK

Oscars have gone to white men guilty of far worse than Will Smith

A long list of white men with Oscars have committed unspeakable acts and it’s a black man people wish to make an example of?

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The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel on Will Smith: ‘Even Kanye was like, you went on stage and did what?’

Late-night hosts discuss the infamous slap and evidence of Ted Cruz’s efforts to help Trump overturn the 2020 election

Benzinga

The Other Oscars Controversy: Omitting Bob Saget And Others From The 'In Memoriam' Segment

While the lion’s share of post-Oscar telecast talk centered on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock when the latter made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, a

Tribune News Service

Jada Pinkett Smith breaks her silence after Oscars joke, Chris Rock slap

Jada Pinkett Smith seems ready to move on.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jada Pinkett Smith calls for ‘season of healing’ in Oscars slap aftermath

Her comments come one day following husband Will Smith’s public apology to Chris Rock.

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Daily Record

Jada Pinkett Smith says 'time for healing' as she speaks for first time since Oscars smack

Will Smith apologised this morning for slapping Chris Rock across the face at the Oscars, and now Jada Pinkett Smith has had her say.

Liverpool Echo

Jada Pinkett-Smith breaks silence after husband Will Smith's Oscars slap

She posted to Instagram for the first time since her husband Will Smith slapped the host

Evening Standard

Ricky Gervais mocks Oscars slap with alopecia joke from The Office

The comedian shared a quip about alopecia from his BBC sitcom The Office

Tribune News Service

Chris Rock’s Oscars joke about Jada Pinkett Smith wasn’t in rehearsals, report says

Chris Rock may have been ad-libbing the “G.I. Jane” joke that set off Will Smith.

Wales Online

Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence after husband's violent behaviour at the Oscars

Will slapped comedian Chris Rock in the middle of last weekend's ceremony

Evening Standard

Jada Pinkett Smith speaks about healing after her husband Will slapped Chris Rock

Jada Pinkett Smith has said it is the time for “healing” after her husband Will Smith apologised for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.

The Independent UK

Will Smith called a ‘bully’ and ‘narcissist’ by Entourage creator after slapping Chris Rock

Doug Ellin also said Smith was ‘oversensitive’

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