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In a statement, the Academy said Smith "refused" to leave the ceremony after the incident, and that it had "initiated disciplinary proceedings" against the Best Actor winnerThe post Chris Rock speaks on Will Smith’s Oscars slap at stand-up show: “I’m still kind of processing what happened” appeared first on NME.

The Stone Roses frontman had refused to play gigs while COVID restrictions were in place at venuesThe post Ian Brown announces first UK headline tour in a decade appeared first on NME.

Back in July 2014, Katy Perry was sued by a rapper named Marcus Gray, who alleged that the pop singer copied his song “Joyful Noise” in her 2013 hit “Dark Horse.” Jurors initially sided with Gray, who performs under the name Flame, but in 2020 a judge overturned the verdict (citing the monumental &#822...

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