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  • Year after the slap, Chris Rock punches again in new particular

    By Associated Press

    A yr after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock lastly gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up particular, streamed stay on Netflix, through which the comic bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.”

    The 58-year-old comic on Saturday evening carried out his first stand-up particular since final yr’s Oscars in a much-awaited sequel that had all of the hype — and extra — of a Manny Pacquaio prizefight. “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” streamed stay from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked Netflix’s first foray into stay streaming. But it was additionally a long-awaited comedy counterpunch to Academy Awards infamy.

    Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion round his neck, instantly touched on final yr’s Oscars whereas riffing on “wokeness,” hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage.”

    “You never know who might get triggered,” mentioned Rock. “Anybody who says phrases harm hasn’t been punched within the face.”

    But Rock then launched right into a sequence of wide-ranging matters analyzing up to date points, together with advantage signaling, high-priced yoga pants, the Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashians, abortion rights, the Capitol riot and what he known as America’s largest addition: Attention.

    “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” mentioned Rock.

    Rock, who additionally riffed on how he’d reply if his father transitioned to a lady (he would help him, Rock mentioned), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be only a Will Smith present. Only sometimes did Rock’s materials dovetail with the 2022 Oscars, prefer it did when Rock joked in regards to the oddity of Snoop Dogg changing into such a commemorated pitch man for advertisers.

    “I’m not dissing Snoop,” mentioned Rock. “The last thing I need is another mad rapper.”

    But an hour into his set, Rock closed the particular with a torrent of fabric in regards to the infamous Academy Awards second.

    ALSO READ | Academy units up ‘disaster staff’ following Will Smith-Chris Rock slap row

    “You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody is aware of,” Rock said. “It nonetheless hurts. I obtained ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

    While Smith has apologized and repeatedly spoken in regards to the incident since final March, Rock has averted all the standard platforms the place celebrities typically go to air their emotions. He by no means sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the various media shops that might have cherished to land an unique in-depth interview.

    “I’m a not a victim, baby,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”

    But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to form and enliven his second stand-up particular for Netflix. Some of his finest materials was on their bodily variations.

    “We are not the same size. This guy does movies with his shirt off,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.”

    “He played Muhammed Ali,” added Rock. “I played Pookie in ‘New Jack City.’”

    Ultimately, Rock recommended he was simply caught within the crossfire in Smith’s relationship together with his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was a joke that Rock advised about Pinkett Smith that prompted Smith to stride on stage and strike Rock. The comic on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of getting an “entanglement” with one other man whereas married.

    “I did not have any entanglements,” mentioned Rock. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”

    “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “Now I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.”

    Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the gang with one final zinger. Rock mentioned the rationale why he did not bodily retaliate on the Oscars was as a result of “I got parents.”

    “And you know what my parents taught me?” he mentioned. “Don’t fight in front of white people.”

    Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded stay programming with, as host comic Ronny Chieng mentioned, “each comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted the after-show. Paul McCartney, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and one in all final yr’s Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall assured Rock’s set would trigger Smith to smack his tv set.

    For a lot of the previous yr, Rock has been touring new materials in a protracted string of performances as a part of his Ego Death tour. The reveals, which had been introduced earlier than the 2022 Oscars, have featured performances with Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart.

    On the street, Rock has typically labored in jokes and reflections on the slap. Rock first broke his public silence in regards to the slap three nights after the Oscar ceremony, final yr in Boston. “How was your weekend?” he requested the gang. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.”

    After loads of processing, Rock retook the cultural highlight only a week earlier than the March 12 Oscars, the place the slap is certain to revisited by this yr’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of final yr’s occasions, Smith resigned his membership to the movie academy. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for a decade.

    At the annual luncheon for nominees held final month, movement image academy president Janet Yang voiced remorse about how the incident was dealt with, calling the academy’s response “inadequate.” Bill Kramer, the academy’s chief govt, has mentioned the academy has since instituted a disaster communications staff to arrange for and extra quickly reply to the surprising.

    “Selective Outrage” is Rock’s second particular for Netflix, following 2018’s “Tamborine.” They’re a part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.

    As new because the stay “Selective Outrage” was for Netflix, it was exhausting to not discover a couple of acquainted issues about it.

    “You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. “We’re doing a comedy show on Saturday night … live. Genius.”

    A yr after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock lastly gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up particular, streamed stay on Netflix, through which the comic bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.”

    The 58-year-old comic on Saturday evening carried out his first stand-up particular since final yr’s Oscars in a much-awaited sequel that had all of the hype — and extra — of a Manny Pacquaio prizefight. “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” streamed stay from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked Netflix’s first foray into stay streaming. But it was additionally a long-awaited comedy counterpunch to Academy Awards infamy.

    Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion round his neck, instantly touched on final yr’s Oscars whereas riffing on “wokeness,” hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “You never know who might get triggered,” mentioned Rock. “Anybody who says phrases harm hasn’t been punched within the face.”

    But Rock then launched right into a sequence of wide-ranging matters analyzing up to date points, together with advantage signaling, high-priced yoga pants, the Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashians, abortion rights, the Capitol riot and what he known as America’s largest addition: Attention.

    “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” mentioned Rock.

    Rock, who additionally riffed on how he’d reply if his father transitioned to a lady (he would help him, Rock mentioned), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be only a Will Smith present. Only sometimes did Rock’s materials dovetail with the 2022 Oscars, prefer it did when Rock joked in regards to the oddity of Snoop Dogg changing into such a commemorated pitch man for advertisers.

    “I’m not dissing Snoop,” mentioned Rock. “The last thing I need is another mad rapper.”

    But an hour into his set, Rock closed the particular with a torrent of fabric in regards to the infamous Academy Awards second.

    ALSO READ | Academy units up ‘disaster staff’ following Will Smith-Chris Rock slap row

    “You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody is aware of,” Rock said. “It nonetheless hurts. I obtained ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

    While Smith has apologized and repeatedly spoken in regards to the incident since final March, Rock has averted all the standard platforms the place celebrities typically go to air their emotions. He by no means sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the various media shops that might have cherished to land an unique in-depth interview.

    “I’m a not a victim, baby,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”

    But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to form and enliven his second stand-up particular for Netflix. Some of his finest materials was on their bodily variations.

    “We are not the same size. This guy does movies with his shirt off,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.”

    “He played Muhammed Ali,” added Rock. “I played Pookie in ‘New Jack City.’”

    Ultimately, Rock recommended he was simply caught within the crossfire in Smith’s relationship together with his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was a joke that Rock advised about Pinkett Smith that prompted Smith to stride on stage and strike Rock. The comic on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of getting an “entanglement” with one other man whereas married.

    “I did not have any entanglements,” mentioned Rock. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”

    “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “Now I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.”

    Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the gang with one final zinger. Rock mentioned the rationale why he did not bodily retaliate on the Oscars was as a result of “I got parents.”

    “And you know what my parents taught me?” he mentioned. “Don’t fight in front of white people.”

    Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded stay programming with, as host comic Ronny Chieng mentioned, “each comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted the after-show. Paul McCartney, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and one in all final yr’s Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall assured Rock’s set would trigger Smith to smack his tv set.

    For a lot of the previous yr, Rock has been touring new materials in a protracted string of performances as a part of his Ego Death tour. The reveals, which had been introduced earlier than the 2022 Oscars, have featured performances with Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart.

    On the street, Rock has typically labored in jokes and reflections on the slap. Rock first broke his public silence in regards to the slap three nights after the Oscar ceremony, final yr in Boston. “How was your weekend?” he requested the gang. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.”

    After loads of processing, Rock retook the cultural highlight only a week earlier than the March 12 Oscars, the place the slap is certain to revisited by this yr’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of final yr’s occasions, Smith resigned his membership to the movie academy. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for a decade.

    At the annual luncheon for nominees held final month, movement image academy president Janet Yang voiced remorse about how the incident was dealt with, calling the academy’s response “inadequate.” Bill Kramer, the academy’s chief govt, has mentioned the academy has since instituted a disaster communications staff to arrange for and extra quickly reply to the surprising.

    “Selective Outrage” is Rock’s second particular for Netflix, following 2018’s “Tamborine.” They’re a part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.

    As new because the stay “Selective Outrage” was for Netflix, it was exhausting to not discover a couple of acquainted issues about it.

    “You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. “We’re doing a comedy show on Saturday night … live. Genius.”

  • ‘It nonetheless hurts’: Chris Rock addresses Will Smith’s Oscar slap for first time in Netflix particular

    By Associated Press

    A 12 months after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock lastly gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up particular, streamed dwell on Netflix, wherein the comic bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.”

    The 58-year-old comic on Saturday night time carried out his first stand-up particular since final 12 months’s Oscars in a much-awaited sequel that had all of the hype — and extra — of a Manny Pacquaio prizefight. “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” streamed dwell from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked Netflix’s first foray into dwell streaming. But it was additionally a long-awaited comedy counterpunch to Academy Awards infamy.

    Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion round his neck, instantly touched on final 12 months’s Oscars whereas riffing on “wokeness,” hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage.”

    “You never know who might get triggered,” stated Rock. “Anybody who says phrases damage hasn’t been punched within the face.”

    But Rock then launched right into a collection of wide-ranging matters analyzing modern points, together with advantage signaling, high-priced yoga pants, the Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashians, abortion rights, the Capitol riot and what he referred to as America’s greatest addition: Attention.

    “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” stated Rock.

    Rock, who additionally riffed on how he’d reply if his father transitioned to a lady (he would help him, Rock stated), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be only a Will Smith present. Only sometimes did Rock’s materials dovetail with the 2022 Oscars, prefer it did when Rock joked concerning the oddity of Snoop Dogg turning into such a honored pitch man for advertisers.

    “I’m not dissing Snoop,” stated Rock. “The last thing I need is another mad rapper.”

    But an hour into his set, Rock closed the particular with a torrent of fabric concerning the infamous Academy Awards second.

    ALSO READ | Academy units up ‘disaster staff’ following Will Smith-Chris Rock slap row

    “You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody is aware of,” Rock said. “It nonetheless hurts. I acquired ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

    While Smith has apologized and repeatedly spoken concerning the incident since final March, Rock has prevented all the standard platforms the place celebrities usually go to air their emotions. He by no means sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the various media retailers that will have cherished to land an unique in-depth interview.

    “I’m a not a victim, baby,” stated Rock. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”

    But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to form and enliven his second stand-up particular for Netflix. Some of his greatest materials was on their bodily variations.

    “We are not the same size. This guy does movies with his shirt off,” stated Rock. “You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.”

    “He played Muhammed Ali,” added Rock. “I played Pookie in ‘New Jack City.’”

    Ultimately, Rock urged he was simply caught within the crossfire in Smith’s relationship along with his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was a joke that Rock informed about Pinkett Smith that prompted Smith to stride on stage and strike Rock. The comic on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of getting an “entanglement” with one other man whereas married.

    “I did not have any entanglements,” stated Rock. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”

    “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “Now I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.”

    Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the gang with one final zinger. Rock stated the explanation why he did not bodily retaliate on the Oscars was as a result of “I got parents.”

    “And you know what my parents taught me?” he stated. “Don’t fight in front of white people.”

    Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded dwell programming with, as host comic Ronny Chieng stated, “each comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted the after-show. Paul McCartney, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and one in all final 12 months’s Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall assured Rock’s set would trigger Smith to smack his tv set.

    For a lot of the previous 12 months, Rock has been touring new materials in a protracted string of performances as a part of his Ego Death tour. The exhibits, which had been introduced earlier than the 2022 Oscars, have featured performances with Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart.

    On the highway, Rock has usually labored in jokes and reflections on the slap. Rock first broke his public silence concerning the slap three nights after the Oscar ceremony, final 12 months in Boston. “How was your weekend?” he requested the gang. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.”

    After loads of processing, Rock retook the cultural highlight only a week earlier than the March 12 Oscars, the place the slap is certain to revisited by this 12 months’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of final 12 months’s occasions, Smith resigned his membership to the movie academy. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for a decade.

    At the annual luncheon for nominees held final month, movement image academy president Janet Yang voiced remorse about how the incident was dealt with, calling the academy’s response “inadequate.” Bill Kramer, the academy’s chief government, has stated the academy has since instituted a disaster communications staff to organize for and extra quickly reply to the sudden.

    “Selective Outrage” is Rock’s second particular for Netflix, following 2018’s “Tamborine.” They’re a part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.

    As new because the dwell “Selective Outrage” was for Netflix, it was exhausting to not discover just a few acquainted issues about it.

    “You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. “We’re doing a comedy show on Saturday night … live. Genius.”

    A 12 months after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock lastly gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up particular, streamed dwell on Netflix, wherein the comic bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.”

    The 58-year-old comic on Saturday night time carried out his first stand-up particular since final 12 months’s Oscars in a much-awaited sequel that had all of the hype — and extra — of a Manny Pacquaio prizefight. “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” streamed dwell from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked Netflix’s first foray into dwell streaming. But it was additionally a long-awaited comedy counterpunch to Academy Awards infamy.

    Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion round his neck, instantly touched on final 12 months’s Oscars whereas riffing on “wokeness,” hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “You never know who might get triggered,” stated Rock. “Anybody who says phrases damage hasn’t been punched within the face.”

    But Rock then launched right into a collection of wide-ranging matters analyzing modern points, together with advantage signaling, high-priced yoga pants, the Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashians, abortion rights, the Capitol riot and what he referred to as America’s greatest addition: Attention.

    “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” stated Rock.

    Rock, who additionally riffed on how he’d reply if his father transitioned to a lady (he would help him, Rock stated), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be only a Will Smith present. Only sometimes did Rock’s materials dovetail with the 2022 Oscars, prefer it did when Rock joked concerning the oddity of Snoop Dogg turning into such a honored pitch man for advertisers.

    “I’m not dissing Snoop,” stated Rock. “The last thing I need is another mad rapper.”

    But an hour into his set, Rock closed the particular with a torrent of fabric concerning the infamous Academy Awards second.

    ALSO READ | Academy units up ‘disaster staff’ following Will Smith-Chris Rock slap row

    “You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody is aware of,” Rock said. “It nonetheless hurts. I acquired ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

    While Smith has apologized and repeatedly spoken concerning the incident since final March, Rock has prevented all the standard platforms the place celebrities usually go to air their emotions. He by no means sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the various media retailers that will have cherished to land an unique in-depth interview.

    “I’m a not a victim, baby,” stated Rock. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”

    But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to form and enliven his second stand-up particular for Netflix. Some of his greatest materials was on their bodily variations.

    “We are not the same size. This guy does movies with his shirt off,” stated Rock. “You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.”

    “He played Muhammed Ali,” added Rock. “I played Pookie in ‘New Jack City.’”

    Ultimately, Rock urged he was simply caught within the crossfire in Smith’s relationship along with his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was a joke that Rock informed about Pinkett Smith that prompted Smith to stride on stage and strike Rock. The comic on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of getting an “entanglement” with one other man whereas married.

    “I did not have any entanglements,” stated Rock. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”

    “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “Now I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.”

    Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the gang with one final zinger. Rock stated the explanation why he did not bodily retaliate on the Oscars was as a result of “I got parents.”

    “And you know what my parents taught me?” he stated. “Don’t fight in front of white people.”

    Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded dwell programming with, as host comic Ronny Chieng stated, “each comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted the after-show. Paul McCartney, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and one in all final 12 months’s Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall assured Rock’s set would trigger Smith to smack his tv set.

    For a lot of the previous 12 months, Rock has been touring new materials in a protracted string of performances as a part of his Ego Death tour. The exhibits, which had been introduced earlier than the 2022 Oscars, have featured performances with Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart.

    On the highway, Rock has usually labored in jokes and reflections on the slap. Rock first broke his public silence concerning the slap three nights after the Oscar ceremony, final 12 months in Boston. “How was your weekend?” he requested the gang. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.”

    After loads of processing, Rock retook the cultural highlight only a week earlier than the March 12 Oscars, the place the slap is certain to revisited by this 12 months’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of final 12 months’s occasions, Smith resigned his membership to the movie academy. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for a decade.

    At the annual luncheon for nominees held final month, movement image academy president Janet Yang voiced remorse about how the incident was dealt with, calling the academy’s response “inadequate.” Bill Kramer, the academy’s chief government, has stated the academy has since instituted a disaster communications staff to organize for and extra quickly reply to the sudden.

    “Selective Outrage” is Rock’s second particular for Netflix, following 2018’s “Tamborine.” They’re a part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.

    As new because the dwell “Selective Outrage” was for Netflix, it was exhausting to not discover just a few acquainted issues about it.

    “You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. “We’re doing a comedy show on Saturday night … live. Genius.”

  • ‘It nonetheless hurts’: Chris Rock addresses Will Smith’s Oscar slap for first time in Netflix particular

    By Associated Press

    A yr after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock lastly gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up particular, streamed stay on Netflix, wherein the comic bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.”

    The 58-year-old comic on Saturday evening carried out his first stand-up particular since final yr’s Oscars in a much-awaited sequel that had all of the hype — and extra — of a Manny Pacquaio prizefight. “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” streamed stay from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked Netflix’s first foray into stay streaming. But it was additionally a long-awaited comedy counterpunch to Academy Awards infamy.

    Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion round his neck, instantly touched on final yr’s Oscars whereas riffing on “wokeness,” hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage.”

    “You never know who might get triggered,” mentioned Rock. “Anybody who says phrases harm hasn’t been punched within the face.”

    But Rock then launched right into a sequence of wide-ranging subjects analyzing up to date points, together with advantage signaling, high-priced yoga pants, the Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashians, abortion rights, the Capitol riot and what he referred to as America’s largest addition: Attention.

    “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” mentioned Rock.

    Rock, who additionally riffed on how he’d reply if his father transitioned to a girl (he would help him, Rock mentioned), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be only a Will Smith present. Only often did Rock’s materials dovetail with the 2022 Oscars, prefer it did when Rock joked in regards to the oddity of Snoop Dogg changing into such a commemorated pitch man for advertisers.

    “I’m not dissing Snoop,” mentioned Rock. “The last thing I need is another mad rapper.”

    But an hour into his set, Rock closed the particular with a torrent of fabric in regards to the infamous Academy Awards second.

    ALSO READ | Academy units up ‘disaster workforce’ following Will Smith-Chris Rock slap row

    “You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody is aware of,” Rock said. “It nonetheless hurts. I bought ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

    While Smith has apologized and repeatedly spoken in regards to the incident since final March, Rock has prevented all the same old platforms the place celebrities usually go to air their emotions. He by no means sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the various media shops that may have beloved to land an unique in-depth interview.

    “I’m a not a victim, baby,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”

    But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to form and enliven his second stand-up particular for Netflix. Some of his finest materials was on their bodily variations.

    “We are not the same size. This guy does movies with his shirt off,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.”

    “He played Muhammed Ali,” added Rock. “I played Pookie in ‘New Jack City.’”

    Ultimately, Rock urged he was simply caught within the crossfire in Smith’s relationship along with his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was a joke that Rock informed about Pinkett Smith that prompted Smith to stride on stage and strike Rock. The comic on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of getting an “entanglement” with one other man whereas married.

    “I did not have any entanglements,” mentioned Rock. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”

    “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “Now I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.”

    Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the gang with one final zinger. Rock mentioned the explanation why he did not bodily retaliate on the Oscars was as a result of “I got parents.”

    “And you know what my parents taught me?” he mentioned. “Don’t fight in front of white people.”

    Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded stay programming with, as host comic Ronny Chieng mentioned, “each comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted the after-show. Paul McCartney, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and certainly one of final yr’s Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall assured Rock’s set would trigger Smith to smack his tv set.

    For a lot of the previous yr, Rock has been touring new materials in an extended string of performances as a part of his Ego Death tour. The reveals, which had been introduced earlier than the 2022 Oscars, have featured performances with Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart.

    On the highway, Rock has usually labored in jokes and reflections on the slap. Rock first broke his public silence in regards to the slap three nights after the Oscar ceremony, final yr in Boston. “How was your weekend?” he requested the gang. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.”

    After loads of processing, Rock retook the cultural highlight only a week earlier than the March 12 Oscars, the place the slap is bound to revisited by this yr’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of final yr’s occasions, Smith resigned his membership to the movie academy. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for a decade.

    At the annual luncheon for nominees held final month, movement image academy president Janet Yang voiced remorse about how the incident was dealt with, calling the academy’s response “inadequate.” Bill Kramer, the academy’s chief government, has mentioned the academy has since instituted a disaster communications workforce to organize for and extra quickly reply to the sudden.

    “Selective Outrage” is Rock’s second particular for Netflix, following 2018’s “Tamborine.” They’re a part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.

    As new because the stay “Selective Outrage” was for Netflix, it was laborious to not discover a couple of acquainted issues about it.

    “You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. “We’re doing a comedy show on Saturday night … live. Genius.”

    A yr after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock lastly gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up particular, streamed stay on Netflix, wherein the comic bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.”

    The 58-year-old comic on Saturday evening carried out his first stand-up particular since final yr’s Oscars in a much-awaited sequel that had all of the hype — and extra — of a Manny Pacquaio prizefight. “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” streamed stay from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked Netflix’s first foray into stay streaming. But it was additionally a long-awaited comedy counterpunch to Academy Awards infamy.

    Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion round his neck, instantly touched on final yr’s Oscars whereas riffing on “wokeness,” hypersensitivity and what he called “selective outrage.”googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “You never know who might get triggered,” mentioned Rock. “Anybody who says phrases harm hasn’t been punched within the face.”

    But Rock then launched right into a sequence of wide-ranging subjects analyzing up to date points, together with advantage signaling, high-priced yoga pants, the Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashians, abortion rights, the Capitol riot and what he referred to as America’s largest addition: Attention.

    “We used to want love, now we just want likes,” mentioned Rock.

    Rock, who additionally riffed on how he’d reply if his father transitioned to a girl (he would help him, Rock mentioned), made clear “Selective Outrage” was not going to be only a Will Smith present. Only often did Rock’s materials dovetail with the 2022 Oscars, prefer it did when Rock joked in regards to the oddity of Snoop Dogg changing into such a commemorated pitch man for advertisers.

    “I’m not dissing Snoop,” mentioned Rock. “The last thing I need is another mad rapper.”

    But an hour into his set, Rock closed the particular with a torrent of fabric in regards to the infamous Academy Awards second.

    ALSO READ | Academy units up ‘disaster workforce’ following Will Smith-Chris Rock slap row

    “You all know what occurred to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody is aware of,” Rock said. “It nonetheless hurts. I bought ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

    While Smith has apologized and repeatedly spoken in regards to the incident since final March, Rock has prevented all the same old platforms the place celebrities usually go to air their emotions. He by no means sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the various media shops that may have beloved to land an unique in-depth interview.

    “I’m a not a victim, baby,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.”

    But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to form and enliven his second stand-up particular for Netflix. Some of his finest materials was on their bodily variations.

    “We are not the same size. This guy does movies with his shirt off,” mentioned Rock. “You will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.”

    “He played Muhammed Ali,” added Rock. “I played Pookie in ‘New Jack City.’”

    Ultimately, Rock urged he was simply caught within the crossfire in Smith’s relationship along with his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was a joke that Rock informed about Pinkett Smith that prompted Smith to stride on stage and strike Rock. The comic on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith’s earlier confessions of getting an “entanglement” with one other man whereas married.

    “I did not have any entanglements,” mentioned Rock. “She hurt him way more than he hurt me.”

    “I love Will Smith,” added Rock. “Now I watch ‘Emancipation’ just to see him get whooped.”

    Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the gang with one final zinger. Rock mentioned the explanation why he did not bodily retaliate on the Oscars was as a result of “I got parents.”

    “And you know what my parents taught me?” he mentioned. “Don’t fight in front of white people.”

    Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded stay programming with, as host comic Ronny Chieng mentioned, “each comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.” Bono lent a opening introduction. Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted the after-show. Paul McCartney, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and certainly one of final yr’s Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall assured Rock’s set would trigger Smith to smack his tv set.

    For a lot of the previous yr, Rock has been touring new materials in an extended string of performances as a part of his Ego Death tour. The reveals, which had been introduced earlier than the 2022 Oscars, have featured performances with Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart.

    On the highway, Rock has usually labored in jokes and reflections on the slap. Rock first broke his public silence in regards to the slap three nights after the Oscar ceremony, final yr in Boston. “How was your weekend?” he requested the gang. He added that he was “still kind of processing what happened.”

    After loads of processing, Rock retook the cultural highlight only a week earlier than the March 12 Oscars, the place the slap is bound to revisited by this yr’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of final yr’s occasions, Smith resigned his membership to the movie academy. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for a decade.

    At the annual luncheon for nominees held final month, movement image academy president Janet Yang voiced remorse about how the incident was dealt with, calling the academy’s response “inadequate.” Bill Kramer, the academy’s chief government, has mentioned the academy has since instituted a disaster communications workforce to organize for and extra quickly reply to the sudden.

    “Selective Outrage” is Rock’s second particular for Netflix, following 2018’s “Tamborine.” They’re a part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.

    As new because the stay “Selective Outrage” was for Netflix, it was laborious to not discover a couple of acquainted issues about it.

    “You’ve got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,” said Chieng. “We’re doing a comedy show on Saturday night … live. Genius.”

  • Slap chat? Chris Rock reside Netflix particular to air week earlier than Oscars  

    By AFP

    LOS ANGELES: Chris Rock’s reside Netflix particular will air only a week earlier than the Oscars, the streamer mentioned Tuesday, elevating expectations that the comic will handle the stunning second he was slapped by Will Smith throughout final 12 months’s Hollywood award present.

    This Saturday night “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” will develop into the first-ever occasion proven in actual time on Netflix, accompanied by pre- and post-show leisure that includes celebrities from Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Schumer to Sir Paul McCartney and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

    Netflix didn’t touch upon the fabric of Rock’s most important present, however the comedian has spent a lot of the final 12 months touring stand-up venues world wide with a routine that has included jokes about “The Slap.”

    Last March, Smith climbed onto the Oscars stage and slapped Rock throughout the face in response to a joke the comedian made in regards to the carefully cropped hair of his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia.

    Rock was requested by Los Angeles police on the time whether or not he needed to file a report in opposition to Smith, however he declined, and he has not publicly addressed the incident exterior of his stand-up exhibits since.

    “March 4 will be a hilarious evening, with an incredible set from Chris Rock — one of the greatest stand-ups of all-time — and contributions from an amazing lineup of special guests,” mentioned Netflix comedy vice-president Robbie Praw.

    “Our goal is to deliver the best stand-up comedy to our members and this live streaming event further reinforces all the ways we continue to invest in the genre.”

    Netflix, the world’s main streaming platform, has lured thousands and thousands of viewers away from conventional broadcast tv, but it surely misplaced subscribers for the primary time final 12 months.

    The firm, which has since returned to development, has been experimenting with numerous new fashions, together with reside content material.

    The streaming firm already hosts a reside comedy competition at greater than 35 venues in Los Angeles, although these exhibits haven’t but been obtainable in actual time on its platform.

    From subsequent 12 months Netflix will air the Screen Actors Guild awards — an essential pre-Oscars Hollywood award present — reside on its platform.

    According to a number of stories the corporate can also be wanting into providing reside sports activities on its platform. Rivals together with Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video already supply reside occasions together with sports activities and musical occasions.

    Saturday’s comedy present shall be Rock’s second for Netflix, after the pre-recorded 2018 “Chris Rock: Tamborine.”

    The ninety fifth Academy Awards happen this 12 months on March 12.

    LOS ANGELES: Chris Rock’s reside Netflix particular will air only a week earlier than the Oscars, the streamer mentioned Tuesday, elevating expectations that the comic will handle the stunning second he was slapped by Will Smith throughout final 12 months’s Hollywood award present.

    This Saturday night “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” will develop into the first-ever occasion proven in actual time on Netflix, accompanied by pre- and post-show leisure that includes celebrities from Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Schumer to Sir Paul McCartney and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

    Netflix didn’t touch upon the fabric of Rock’s most important present, however the comedian has spent a lot of the final 12 months touring stand-up venues world wide with a routine that has included jokes about “The Slap.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Last March, Smith climbed onto the Oscars stage and slapped Rock throughout the face in response to a joke the comedian made in regards to the carefully cropped hair of his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia.

    Rock was requested by Los Angeles police on the time whether or not he needed to file a report in opposition to Smith, however he declined, and he has not publicly addressed the incident exterior of his stand-up exhibits since.

    “March 4 will be a hilarious evening, with an incredible set from Chris Rock — one of the greatest stand-ups of all-time — and contributions from an amazing lineup of special guests,” mentioned Netflix comedy vice-president Robbie Praw.

    “Our goal is to deliver the best stand-up comedy to our members and this live streaming event further reinforces all the ways we continue to invest in the genre.”

    Netflix, the world’s main streaming platform, has lured thousands and thousands of viewers away from conventional broadcast tv, but it surely misplaced subscribers for the primary time final 12 months.

    The firm, which has since returned to development, has been experimenting with numerous new fashions, together with reside content material.

    The streaming firm already hosts a reside comedy competition at greater than 35 venues in Los Angeles, although these exhibits haven’t but been obtainable in actual time on its platform.

    From subsequent 12 months Netflix will air the Screen Actors Guild awards — an essential pre-Oscars Hollywood award present — reside on its platform.

    According to a number of stories the corporate can also be wanting into providing reside sports activities on its platform. Rivals together with Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video already supply reside occasions together with sports activities and musical occasions.

    Saturday’s comedy present shall be Rock’s second for Netflix, after the pre-recorded 2018 “Chris Rock: Tamborine.”

    The ninety fifth Academy Awards happen this 12 months on March 12.

  • Academy units up ‘disaster workforce’ following Will Smith-Chris Rock slap row

    Express News Service

    After Will Smith slapped slapstick comedian Chris Rock for his joke try on the previous’s spouse, Jada Pinkett-Smith, final yr, the Academy has now established a disaster workforce for the 2023 Oscars. 

    According to reviews, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer, in an Interview with Time journal, confirmed that the disaster workforce will swiftly navigate any potential emergency.

    It is claimed that this formation of the disaster workforce is in response to the 2022 Oscars, the place Will Smith infamously walked on stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock. 

    About the newly fashioned workforce, Kramer mentioned, “We have a whole crisis team, something we’ve never had before, and many plans in place. We’ve run many scenarios. So it is our hope that we will be prepared for anything that we may not anticipate right now but that we’re planning for just in case it does happen.”

    He additional added that relying upon the disaster, the frameworks in place could be modified. Meanwhile, the 2023 Oscars are set to happen on March 12.

    (This story initially appeared in Cinema Express)

    After Will Smith slapped slapstick comedian Chris Rock for his joke try on the previous’s spouse, Jada Pinkett-Smith, final yr, the Academy has now established a disaster workforce for the 2023 Oscars. 

    According to reviews, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer, in an Interview with Time journal, confirmed that the disaster workforce will swiftly navigate any potential emergency.

    It is claimed that this formation of the disaster workforce is in response to the 2022 Oscars, the place Will Smith infamously walked on stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock. 

    About the newly fashioned workforce, Kramer mentioned, “We have a whole crisis team, something we’ve never had before, and many plans in place. We’ve run many scenarios. So it is our hope that we will be prepared for anything that we may not anticipate right now but that we’re planning for just in case it does happen.”

    He additional added that relying upon the disaster, the frameworks in place could be modified. Meanwhile, the 2023 Oscars are set to happen on March 12.

    (This story initially appeared in Cinema Express)

  • Oscars response to Smith slap insufficient, academy head says

    By Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES: The slap sat entrance and heart at Monday’s Oscar nominees luncheon.

    So a lot in order that movement image academy president Janet Yang neither needed to describe it nor say the names Will Smith or Chris Rock for the ballroom filled with award hopefuls to know what she was speaking about when she aired her regrets.

    “I’m sure you all remember we experienced an unprecedented event at the Oscars,” Yang informed a crowd that included Tom Cruise, Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett and Steven Spielberg throughout her opening remarks. “What happened onstage was wholly unacceptable and the response from our organization was inadequate.”

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did little in response to Smith storming the stage and slapping Rock throughout final 12 months’s Oscars telecast or within the instant aftermath. It was almost two weeks earlier than its board of governors voted to ban Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for 10 years. Smith had already preemptively resigned as an academy member.

    “We learned from this that the academy must be fully transparent and accountable in our actions,” Yang mentioned, “and particularly in times of crisis you must act swiftly, compassionately and decisively for ourselves and for our industry. You should and can expect no less form us going forward.”

    Yang, who was not president on the time, was interrupted by a gentle spherical of applause, and didn’t elaborate additional, shifting on to happier matters.

    Oscar nominees pose for his or her 2023 class picture on the annual #Oscars luncheon. pic.twitter.com/yYwFiGqdsW

    — AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) February 14, 2023

    She was met with whooping applause when informed the nominees that each one classes shall be proven stay on the March 12 ABC telecast. Last 12 months, in an issue largely eclipsed by the slap, a number of Oscars had been handed out in a pre-telecast ceremony and edited variations of winners’ speeches had been squeezed into the principle present.

    The luncheon is a heat, feel-good affair the place nominees are normally handled with equality, and a relative unknown up for finest animated quick may be seated subsequent to an A-lister up for finest actor.

    Some, in fact, entice extra consideration than others, and don’t have to put on the nametags handed out to all.

    Janet Yang, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, arrives on the ninety fifth Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo | AP)

    Tom Cruise, nominated as a producer for finest image candidate “Top Gun: Maverick,” managed briefly to combine in with the gang in a ballroom on the Beverly Hilton earlier than he attracted a crowd of gawkers.

    He and Jamie Lee Curtis, up for finest supporting actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” pressed their foreheads collectively and giggled once they ran into one another.

    He smiled broadly as he posed for images along with his previous “War of the Worlds” and “Minority Report” collaborator Steven Spielberg, up for finest director for “The Fabelmans,” and Michelle Yeoh, up for finest actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the 12 months’s most nominated movie.

    In a pairing consultant of the random-seeming seating chart, Odessa Rae, producer of the nominated documentary function “Navalny,” chatted with table-mate and finest actor nominee Colin Farrell throughout the lunch of risotto and oyster mushrooms minimize to resemble scallops.

    Michelle Williams, from left, Hong Chau, Tom Cruise, and Steven Spielberg attend the ninety fifth Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on February 13, 2023. (Photo | AP)
     

    At one other desk close by, Brian Tyree Henry, finest supporting actor nominee for “Causeway,” laughed with Jenny Slate, voice star of animated function nominee “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.”

    The centerpiece of the luncheon is the category image, the staging of which looks like a highschool commencement. An academy governor learn off the names of 182 nominees and their friends cheered as they walked up and took their spots on the risers.

    “Jamie Lee Curtis,” producer DeVon Franklin enunciated loudly into the mic. Curtis leapt up and bought an enormous ovation as she climbed alone to the highest tier.

    Henry, a first-time nominee, stood at his desk, raised an arm within the air and yelped when his title was referred to as.

    Ke Huy Quan, one other first-timer, up for finest supporting actor for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” ran as much as his spot in entrance and shook his fists in triumph. He hugged “Babylon” composer Justin Hurwitz, assigned to face subsequent to him.

    Bassett, nominated for finest supporting actress for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” bought one of many afternoon’s greatest cheers when her title was referred to as, and hugged Cruise when she bought to her spot subsequent to him.

    The luncheon additionally capabilities as an Oscars orientation for would-be winners. Yang emphasised that acceptance speeches at subsequent month’s ceremony need to be saved to 45 seconds.

    “Let’s say it together, 45 seconds,” she informed the gang.

    They repeated it again to her in unison, although not less than a couple of are certain to neglect — or ignore her — as soon as they get the statue of their fingers.

    LOS ANGELES: The slap sat entrance and heart at Monday’s Oscar nominees luncheon.

    So a lot in order that movement image academy president Janet Yang neither needed to describe it nor say the names Will Smith or Chris Rock for the ballroom filled with award hopefuls to know what she was speaking about when she aired her regrets.

    “I’m sure you all remember we experienced an unprecedented event at the Oscars,” Yang informed a crowd that included Tom Cruise, Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett and Steven Spielberg throughout her opening remarks. “What happened onstage was wholly unacceptable and the response from our organization was inadequate.”

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did little in response to Smith storming the stage and slapping Rock throughout final 12 months’s Oscars telecast or within the instant aftermath. It was almost two weeks earlier than its board of governors voted to ban Smith from the Oscars and all different academy occasions for 10 years. Smith had already preemptively resigned as an academy member.

    “We learned from this that the academy must be fully transparent and accountable in our actions,” Yang mentioned, “and particularly in times of crisis you must act swiftly, compassionately and decisively for ourselves and for our industry. You should and can expect no less form us going forward.”

    Yang, who was not president on the time, was interrupted by a gentle spherical of applause, and didn’t elaborate additional, shifting on to happier matters.

    Oscar nominees pose for his or her 2023 class picture on the annual #Oscars luncheon. pic.twitter.com/yYwFiGqdsW
    — AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) February 14, 2023
    She was met with whooping applause when informed the nominees that each one classes shall be proven stay on the March 12 ABC telecast. Last 12 months, in an issue largely eclipsed by the slap, a number of Oscars had been handed out in a pre-telecast ceremony and edited variations of winners’ speeches had been squeezed into the principle present.

    The luncheon is a heat, feel-good affair the place nominees are normally handled with equality, and a relative unknown up for finest animated quick may be seated subsequent to an A-lister up for finest actor.

    Some, in fact, entice extra consideration than others, and don’t have to put on the nametags handed out to all.

    Janet Yang, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, arrives on the ninety fifth Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo | AP)

    Tom Cruise, nominated as a producer for finest image candidate “Top Gun: Maverick,” managed briefly to combine in with the gang in a ballroom on the Beverly Hilton earlier than he attracted a crowd of gawkers.

    He and Jamie Lee Curtis, up for finest supporting actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” pressed their foreheads collectively and giggled once they ran into one another.

    He smiled broadly as he posed for images along with his previous “War of the Worlds” and “Minority Report” collaborator Steven Spielberg, up for finest director for “The Fabelmans,” and Michelle Yeoh, up for finest actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the 12 months’s most nominated movie.

    In a pairing consultant of the random-seeming seating chart, Odessa Rae, producer of the nominated documentary function “Navalny,” chatted with table-mate and finest actor nominee Colin Farrell throughout the lunch of risotto and oyster mushrooms minimize to resemble scallops.

    Michelle Williams, from left, Hong Chau, Tom Cruise, and Steven Spielberg attend the ninety fifth Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on February 13, 2023. (Photo | AP)
     

    At one other desk close by, Brian Tyree Henry, finest supporting actor nominee for “Causeway,” laughed with Jenny Slate, voice star of animated function nominee “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.”

    The centerpiece of the luncheon is the category image, the staging of which looks like a highschool commencement. An academy governor learn off the names of 182 nominees and their friends cheered as they walked up and took their spots on the risers.

    “Jamie Lee Curtis,” producer DeVon Franklin enunciated loudly into the mic. Curtis leapt up and bought an enormous ovation as she climbed alone to the highest tier.

    Henry, a first-time nominee, stood at his desk, raised an arm within the air and yelped when his title was referred to as.

    Ke Huy Quan, one other first-timer, up for finest supporting actor for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” ran as much as his spot in entrance and shook his fists in triumph. He hugged “Babylon” composer Justin Hurwitz, assigned to face subsequent to him.

    Bassett, nominated for finest supporting actress for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” bought one of many afternoon’s greatest cheers when her title was referred to as, and hugged Cruise when she bought to her spot subsequent to him.

    The luncheon additionally capabilities as an Oscars orientation for would-be winners. Yang emphasised that acceptance speeches at subsequent month’s ceremony need to be saved to 45 seconds.

    “Let’s say it together, 45 seconds,” she informed the gang.

    They repeated it again to her in unison, although not less than a couple of are certain to neglect — or ignore her — as soon as they get the statue of their fingers.

  • Comedian Chris Rock to go reside on Netflix in a primary for the streamer

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Popular comic Chris Rock would be the first artist to carry out reside on Netflix for the corporate’s maiden reside, international streaming occasion.

    In a press launch issued on Friday, Netflix stated the comedy particular will stream in early 2023.

    “Chris Rock is one of the most iconic and important comedic voices of our generation. We’re thrilled the entire world will be able to experience a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history. This will be an unforgettable moment and we’re so honoured that Chris is carrying this torch,” stated Robbie Praw, Netflix Vice President of Stand-up and Comedy Formats.

    Rock beforehand collaborated with Netflix on the comedy particular “Tamborine” in 2018. He additionally appeared on the streamer’s “Netflix Is a Joke” comedy competition earlier in 2022.

    The comic is at present on his Ego Death world tour, with exhibits deliberate by in California, Texas, and Washington.

    Earlier this 12 months, Rock was welcomed amid applause and two standing ovations on the comedy membership the place he made his first public look since Will Smith slapped him in the course of the 2022 Oscars ceremony.

    LOS ANGELES: Popular comic Chris Rock would be the first artist to carry out reside on Netflix for the corporate’s maiden reside, international streaming occasion.

    In a press launch issued on Friday, Netflix stated the comedy particular will stream in early 2023.

    “Chris Rock is one of the most iconic and important comedic voices of our generation. We’re thrilled the entire world will be able to experience a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history. This will be an unforgettable moment and we’re so honoured that Chris is carrying this torch,” stated Robbie Praw, Netflix Vice President of Stand-up and Comedy Formats.

    Rock beforehand collaborated with Netflix on the comedy particular “Tamborine” in 2018. He additionally appeared on the streamer’s “Netflix Is a Joke” comedy competition earlier in 2022.

    The comic is at present on his Ego Death world tour, with exhibits deliberate by in California, Texas, and Washington.

    Earlier this 12 months, Rock was welcomed amid applause and two standing ovations on the comedy membership the place he made his first public look since Will Smith slapped him in the course of the 2022 Oscars ceremony.

  • World ought to cease judging Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock: Kevin Hart

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Kevin Hart continues defending Hollywood star Will Smith within the wake of the Oscars slap.

    In a brand new interview, the comic insinuated that his pal deserves a shot at redemption and that folks ought to cease judging Will after slapping Chris Rock, studies aceshowbiz.com.

    Sitting down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN on Revolt’s ‘Drink Champs’, Kevin was requested throughout a spherical of Quicktime or Slime who he’d select between Ice Cube or Will Smith.

    Carefully selecting his phrases, the ‘Ride Along’ star intentionally responded, “Dark times deserve f**king great light. I’m not going to s**t on my brother. They both are my brothers, but I’m not going to take time to s**t on them.”

    Making his selection, the 43-year-old mentioned, “I’m going to say Will Smith and here’s why: Will Smith is not only a legend, he’s not only a GOAT…” When N.O.R.E. interrupted him to name Will “a gangster” for slapping Rock, Hart appeared to disagree saying, “Those are your words, not mine.”

    Hart went on to reward Smith: “Will Smith is the reason why the idea of African Americans (being) attached to global IP is normal. Studios took the gamble on more leads of colour because of the work that Will Smith and (Denzel Washington) were on in the beginning.”

    ALSO READ | Will Smith will get completely banned from ‘SNL’ after slapping Chris Rock

    He added, “You need the faces that are giving a universal return. I’m not going to s**t on Will and act like he wasn’t that guy.”

    As for the aftermath of the Oscars slap, Kevin weighed in, “People make mistakes, and from mistakes, they should be allowed time to recover.”

    He went on noting that Smith and Rock ought to determine issues out between them privately, stressing, “And that this is no longer the world’s problem. It’s Will and Chris’ problem, and let them deal with that. The world should step out of it.”

    Hart beforehand mentioned that Will is “apologetic” and in a “better space” months after his controversial behaviour on the awards-giving occasion.

    Interestingly, Hart additionally maintains a great friendship with Rock. In the identical month, he and the Amsterdam star co-headlined a comedy present at Madison Square Garden in NYC, throughout which Dave Chappelle opened for them.

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Kevin Hart continues defending Hollywood star Will Smith within the wake of the Oscars slap.

    In a brand new interview, the comic insinuated that his pal deserves a shot at redemption and that folks ought to cease judging Will after slapping Chris Rock, studies aceshowbiz.com.

    Sitting down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN on Revolt’s ‘Drink Champs’, Kevin was requested throughout a spherical of Quicktime or Slime who he’d select between Ice Cube or Will Smith.

    Carefully selecting his phrases, the ‘Ride Along’ star intentionally responded, “Dark times deserve f**king great light. I’m not going to s**t on my brother. They both are my brothers, but I’m not going to take time to s**t on them.”

    Making his selection, the 43-year-old mentioned, “I’m going to say Will Smith and here’s why: Will Smith is not only a legend, he’s not only a GOAT…” When N.O.R.E. interrupted him to name Will “a gangster” for slapping Rock, Hart appeared to disagree saying, “Those are your words, not mine.”

    Hart went on to reward Smith: “Will Smith is the reason why the idea of African Americans (being) attached to global IP is normal. Studios took the gamble on more leads of colour because of the work that Will Smith and (Denzel Washington) were on in the beginning.”

    ALSO READ | Will Smith will get completely banned from ‘SNL’ after slapping Chris Rock

    He added, “You need the faces that are giving a universal return. I’m not going to s**t on Will and act like he wasn’t that guy.”

    As for the aftermath of the Oscars slap, Kevin weighed in, “People make mistakes, and from mistakes, they should be allowed time to recover.”

    He went on noting that Smith and Rock ought to determine issues out between them privately, stressing, “And that this is no longer the world’s problem. It’s Will and Chris’ problem, and let them deal with that. The world should step out of it.”

    Hart beforehand mentioned that Will is “apologetic” and in a “better space” months after his controversial behaviour on the awards-giving occasion.

    Interestingly, Hart additionally maintains a great friendship with Rock. In the identical month, he and the Amsterdam star co-headlined a comedy present at Madison Square Garden in NYC, throughout which Dave Chappelle opened for them.

  • Will Smith will get completely banned from ‘SNL’ after slapping Chris Rock

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Will Smith is seemingly not welcome again on “Saturday Night Live.” The actor is reportedly being completely banned after slapping comic Chris Rock on the 2022 Academy Awards.

    The ‘NBC’ sketch collection is reportedly banning the actor completely following the Oscars slap, stories aceshowbiz.com.

    According to Radar Online, the ‘King Richard’ star won’t ever be invited again to ‘SNL’ after what he did to Chris Rock on the March occasion. The comic is a former necessary a part of the present, having starred in it from 1990 to 1993.

    “Smith will never ever be invited back to ‘SNL’ after what he did to Chris,” a supply advised the positioning. “The show is a temple comedian, and no one wants him around anymore.”

    “Forget hosting, Will won’t even be able to get a ticket to sit in the audience anymore. He’s not welcome.”

    The present’s producers are allegedly additionally fearful that if Smith involves the present once more, different large celebrities will refuse to affix sooner or later.

    “If Will Smith was invited back, ‘SNL’ would never get another big celebrity ever again,” the supply explains.

    “Stars would rightly boycott the show if he was welcomed inside Studio 8H.”

    ALSO READ | Will Smith posts an apology video for slapping Chris Rock

    Will slapped Chris on the 2022 Academy Awards in March over the latter’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. He then shouted on the comic, who was presenting onstage, twice to “keep my wife’s name out of your f**king mouth!”

    Will has apologised a number of instances for his behaviour on the dwell occasion.

    In a video posted in July, the actor mentioned, “It’s all fuzzy. I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behaviour was unacceptable and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk. I hate when I let people down. So it hurts, it hurts me psychologically and emotionally to know I didn’t live up to people’s image and impression of me.”

    “And the work I’m trying to do is, I am deeply remorseful and I’m trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself,” he added. “I’m human and I made a mistake, and I’m trying not to think of myself as a piece of s**t.”

    However, Rock seemingly did not settle for the apology as he mentioned earlier this month, “F**k your hostage video,” throughout his stand-up present at London’s O2 Arena. He went on calling out the Oscar-winning actor saying that Will had managed to do an impersonation of a “perfect man for 30 years” earlier than exhibiting he’s “just as ugly as the rest of us.”

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Will Smith is seemingly not welcome again on “Saturday Night Live.” The actor is reportedly being completely banned after slapping comic Chris Rock on the 2022 Academy Awards.

    The ‘NBC’ sketch collection is reportedly banning the actor completely following the Oscars slap, stories aceshowbiz.com.

    According to Radar Online, the ‘King Richard’ star won’t ever be invited again to ‘SNL’ after what he did to Chris Rock on the March occasion. The comic is a former necessary a part of the present, having starred in it from 1990 to 1993.

    “Smith will never ever be invited back to ‘SNL’ after what he did to Chris,” a supply advised the positioning. “The show is a temple comedian, and no one wants him around anymore.”

    “Forget hosting, Will won’t even be able to get a ticket to sit in the audience anymore. He’s not welcome.”

    The present’s producers are allegedly additionally fearful that if Smith involves the present once more, different large celebrities will refuse to affix sooner or later.

    “If Will Smith was invited back, ‘SNL’ would never get another big celebrity ever again,” the supply explains.

    “Stars would rightly boycott the show if he was welcomed inside Studio 8H.”

    ALSO READ | Will Smith posts an apology video for slapping Chris Rock

    Will slapped Chris on the 2022 Academy Awards in March over the latter’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. He then shouted on the comic, who was presenting onstage, twice to “keep my wife’s name out of your f**king mouth!”

    Will has apologised a number of instances for his behaviour on the dwell occasion.

    In a video posted in July, the actor mentioned, “It’s all fuzzy. I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behaviour was unacceptable and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk. I hate when I let people down. So it hurts, it hurts me psychologically and emotionally to know I didn’t live up to people’s image and impression of me.”

    “And the work I’m trying to do is, I am deeply remorseful and I’m trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself,” he added. “I’m human and I made a mistake, and I’m trying not to think of myself as a piece of s**t.”

    However, Rock seemingly did not settle for the apology as he mentioned earlier this month, “F**k your hostage video,” throughout his stand-up present at London’s O2 Arena. He went on calling out the Oscar-winning actor saying that Will had managed to do an impersonation of a “perfect man for 30 years” earlier than exhibiting he’s “just as ugly as the rest of us.”

  • Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister slams Chris Rock over joke about her homicide

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    WASHINGTON: Tanya Brown, Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister, voiced outrage at Chris Rock’s newest joke about her sister’s brutal homicide.

    According to Fox News, the 57-year-old comedian allegedly mentioned throughout Rock’s Sunday evening efficiency in Phoenix that asking Simpson to “go back to the restaurant” the place she left her eyeglasses earlier than she was slain could be like asking him to attend the Academy Awards following the infamous Will Smith slap incident.

    “Nothing funny about his joke towards Jada as she suffers from a physical condition and nothing funny about equating an Oscar host invitation to a double homicide,” Tanya wrote on Instagram.

    “I always thought he was funny, but he crossed the line with this one,” the motivational speaker and life coach added.

    “In other words, Y’all!!!! Stop using my sister, OJ and Ron as part of your cricking comedy act. There are families behind this tragedy!” she mentioned of Rock drawing a parallel between the slap and Brown and Ron Goldman’s ugly double murder.

    According to Fox News, throughout his stand-up routine, Rock knowledgeable the viewers that he had turned down the chance to host the 2023 Oscars after Will Smith slapped him onstage throughout the 2022 occasion due to a joke the comedian had made about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.

    ALSO READ | Will Smith posts an apology video for slapping Chris Rock

    Smith’s hair impressed a “G.I. Jane” joke from Rock. The actor from “The Nutty Professor” has alopecia, an autoimmune situation that ends in hair loss.

    At her Brentwood, California, house, Brown and her companion, Goldman have been found lifeless from knife wounds in June 1997. O.J. Simpson, Brown’s partner and a former NFL star, was accused of the double murder however was in the end discovered not responsible after a extremely publicised trial.

    “I don’t advocate violence but I guess this guy hasn’t learned his lesson,” he wrote. “I guess Will failed to slap any sense into him.”

    “I know some people who are deeply hurt and offended by this joke. Lame as it is. I mean he has every right to say what he said but maybe if some of his jokes were more general in nature and not so specific as to mock specific people,” Darden’s submit continues.

    ALSO READ | Amber Heard’s sister calls MTV disgusting over Johnny Depp’s look

    “Nicole was somebody’s mother bruh and Ron was a son and a brother, you know? Do you always have to make a joke at somebody else’s expense?”

    Darden added, “Ain’t you learned nothing from the slap that was heard around the world?”

    Rock’s homicide joke provoked a variety of dialogue on social media. Christopher Darden, one of many trial’s prosecutors, chimed in on a submit he uploaded to his private Instagram account, in line with an Entertainment Tonight article.

    WASHINGTON: Tanya Brown, Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister, voiced outrage at Chris Rock’s newest joke about her sister’s brutal homicide.

    According to Fox News, the 57-year-old comedian allegedly mentioned throughout Rock’s Sunday evening efficiency in Phoenix that asking Simpson to “go back to the restaurant” the place she left her eyeglasses earlier than she was slain could be like asking him to attend the Academy Awards following the infamous Will Smith slap incident.

    “Nothing funny about his joke towards Jada as she suffers from a physical condition and nothing funny about equating an Oscar host invitation to a double homicide,” Tanya wrote on Instagram.

    “I always thought he was funny, but he crossed the line with this one,” the motivational speaker and life coach added.

    “In other words, Y’all!!!! Stop using my sister, OJ and Ron as part of your cricking comedy act. There are families behind this tragedy!” she mentioned of Rock drawing a parallel between the slap and Brown and Ron Goldman’s ugly double murder.

    According to Fox News, throughout his stand-up routine, Rock knowledgeable the viewers that he had turned down the chance to host the 2023 Oscars after Will Smith slapped him onstage throughout the 2022 occasion due to a joke the comedian had made about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.

    ALSO READ | Will Smith posts an apology video for slapping Chris Rock

    Smith’s hair impressed a “G.I. Jane” joke from Rock. The actor from “The Nutty Professor” has alopecia, an autoimmune situation that ends in hair loss.

    At her Brentwood, California, house, Brown and her companion, Goldman have been found lifeless from knife wounds in June 1997. O.J. Simpson, Brown’s partner and a former NFL star, was accused of the double murder however was in the end discovered not responsible after a extremely publicised trial.

    “I don’t advocate violence but I guess this guy hasn’t learned his lesson,” he wrote. “I guess Will failed to slap any sense into him.”

    “I know some people who are deeply hurt and offended by this joke. Lame as it is. I mean he has every right to say what he said but maybe if some of his jokes were more general in nature and not so specific as to mock specific people,” Darden’s submit continues.

    ALSO READ | Amber Heard’s sister calls MTV disgusting over Johnny Depp’s look

    “Nicole was somebody’s mother bruh and Ron was a son and a brother, you know? Do you always have to make a joke at somebody else’s expense?”

    Darden added, “Ain’t you learned nothing from the slap that was heard around the world?”

    Rock’s homicide joke provoked a variety of dialogue on social media. Christopher Darden, one of many trial’s prosecutors, chimed in on a submit he uploaded to his private Instagram account, in line with an Entertainment Tonight article.