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The Latest Breaking News from Chris Rock

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”).…

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

Donald Trump frequently made demeaning remarks about appearance

The Independent UK

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

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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.

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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?

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - US

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

Benzinga

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

Jada Pinkett Smith seems ready to move on.

Tribune News Service

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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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

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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’

The Independent UK

Andrew Garfield reveals which zodiac sign he considers a ‘control freak’

‘Tick, Tick…Boom! ’ star revealed his least favourite zodiac sign during an interview on Oscars red carpet

The Independent UK

Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence with note about ‘healing’ after Will Smith hits Chris Rock

‘This is a season for healing,’ reads quote

Sports Illustrated

Betting Odds, Reaction, How the Internet Dominated: More Will Smith–Chris Rock Fallout: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Sports commentators weigh in, offshore site offers odds and WWE did it first.

Daily Mirror

Nate Diaz recalls slapping UFC president Dana White after Will Smith hit Chris Rock

The UFC star resurfaced a video from 2016, when their relationship was much stronger than it is today, showing him landing his famous 'Stockton slap' on the promotion's boss

Daily Mirror

Jada Pinkett Smith says it's time for healing as she breaks silence after Oscars slap

Will Smith has apologised after slapping Chris Rock across the face at the Oscars over a joke he told about Jada - and she's now spoken out

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