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The actor later apologised for his actions while collecting the award for Best Actor, saying: "Love will make you do crazy things"The post Will Smith confronts Chris Rock over Jada Pinkett Smith “joke” at Oscars 2022 appeared first on NME.
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Will Smith: The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas on the Will Smith Oscars slap: “I’m bummed no-one stood up for Chris Rock”
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The Oscars Academy have launched a formal review into the incidentThe post The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas on the Will Smith Oscars slap: “I’m bummed no-one stood up for Chris Rock” appeared first on NME.
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Will Smith: Questlove Says He “Really Wasn’t Aware” Of Will Smith Smacking Chris Rock Just Before He Won His Oscar
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Fun fact: Late-night talk-show bandleaders have won Oscars the last two consecutive years. Last year, Colbert bandleader, along with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, won Best Original Score for Soul. This past Sunday, the Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, longtime bandleader for Jimmy Fallon, won Best Documentary for hi...
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Will Smith: Julian Casablancas Finally Breaks His Legendary Silence About Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars
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We’re, what, 36 hours out from the moment that Will Smith smacked Chris Rock live onstage at the Oscars? Smith has apologized, Smith and Rock may or may not have talked things out, but the take cycle has not stopped. Everyone has to say something about it, and “everyone,” at least in this case, includes Strokes fron...
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Will Smith: ‘Fresh Prince’ star Janet Hubert commends Will Smith Oscar slap
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"Sometimes you have to slap back"The post ‘Fresh Prince’ star Janet Hubert commends Will Smith Oscar slap appeared first on NME.
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Will Smith: issues formal apology to Chris Rock after Oscars slap: “I was out of line”
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“There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness”The post Will Smith issues formal apology to Chris Rock after Oscars slap: “I was out of line” appeared first on NME.
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