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  • When you damage my little one, you damage me: Chris Rock’s mother reacts to Will Smith slapping her son at Oscars

    By ANI

    UNITED STATES: Nearly after a month of the 2022 Oscars slap controversy, Rose Rock has reacted to actor Will Smith slapping her son Chris Rock through the dwell telecast of the award ceremony.

    As per The Hollywood Reporter, Rose Rock, who’s an creator and motivational speaker, instructed an outlet that her son is doing nicely however “still processing” the incident that led Smith to resign from the Academy, following which the group introduced that the Oscar winner for ‘King Richard’ is banned from all occasions, together with the Oscars ceremonies, for the subsequent 10 years.

    “I told someone when Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, but he really slapped me. When you hurt my child, you hurt me,” Rose Rock mentioned. Rose mentioned she has no concept what she would say to Smith at any time when they may cross paths.

    “I have no idea what I would say other than, ‘What in the world were you thinking?’ Because you did a slap, but so many things could have happened. Chris could have stepped back and fallen. You really could have gotten taken out in handcuffs. You didn’t think. You reacted to your wife giving you the side-eye, and you went up, and you made her day because she was bowled over laughing when it happened,” Rose mentioned.

    She additionally shared her ideas on the 10-year ban and mentioned, “What does that mean? You don’t even go every year.”

    Rose mentioned she did not suppose the Academy ought to have taken away Smith’s Oscar, and went on to say she was “really, really proud” of how her son reacted for the time being. She added that she did not suppose the apology Smith posted to his Instagram account on the day after the ceremony felt real.

    “I feel really bad that he never apologized. His people wrote up a piece and said, ‘I apologize to Chris Rock,’ but something like that is personal. You reach out,” Rose Rock mentioned.

    The incident occurred when Chris Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head whereas presenting one of the best documentary characteristic award on the 2022 Oscars.

    Rock mentioned he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia areata, star in ‘G.I. Jane 2’ which led Smith to go up on stage and slap Rock. Smith returned to his seat and shouted, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***** mouth!”

    A couple of minutes after the incident, Smith was introduced Best Actor on the 94th Academy Awards. While accepting his first-ever Oscar for finest actor (main position) in ‘King Richard’, Smith apologized to the Academy and fellow nominees however didn’t point out Rock.

    For the unversed, Will Smith just lately visited India marking her first public look publish the controversy. He was noticed at a non-public airport in Mumbai on Saturday. 

  • Oscars impact: Tony Awards introduce ‘no violence’ coverage forward of 2022 present

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Tony Awards have launched a brand new ‘no violence’ coverage forward of their 2022 present following the controversy surrounding the slapgate incident involving Will Smith and Chris Rock on the Oscars.

    The award present’s producers revealed the brand new process— which clarifies how they’d deal with a person “in the event of an incident”  in a letter to ticket patrons on Wednesday, in line with the Hollywood Reporter.

    Oscars reside present was briefly interrupted when Will Smith, this yr’s greatest actor winner, slapped the comic and presenter on the stage for cracking a joke about spouse Jada Pinkett-Smith’s hair. The incident shocked the Hollywood viewers attending the film gala and people who tuned in by means of their screens.

    Smith, who later apologised to the comic and the Academy, has been banned from Oscars and their different associated occasions for a decade.

    The Tonys are the primary identified main award present to publicly institute a brand new no-violence coverage following the Oscars on March 27.

    In the letter obtained by THR and despatched by Tony Awards Productions to attainable ticket patrons for the seventy fifth annual present, producers wrote, “The Tony Awards has a strict no violence policy. In the event of an incident, the perpetrator will be removed from the event immediately,” the letter learn.

    The new coverage and different particulars had been reportedly launched amongst different commonplace insurance policies to that embody the costume code, seating, and vaccination required to attend the New York occasion. The Tony Awards will happen on Sunday, June 12.

  • Michael Bay says he would ‘completely’ work with Will Smith following Oscars slap controversy

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Filmmaker Michael Bay has acknowledged that he would “absolutely” work with Will Smith after the actor slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars.

    According to Variety, Bay, who has directed Smith in two of his signature motion films, ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Bad Boys II’, made the assertion whereas talking to Entertainment Weekly.

    “Absolutely, 100 per cent. He’s a very even-keeled guy. Very even-keeled,” Bay stated when requested about working with Smith once more. Bay additional opened up a bit extra in regards to the slap. “At first, immediately I’m like, ‘Did this just happen?’” he stated.

    Bay continued, “Then I saw the yell from Will. That’s a real Will yell. Will is an amazing fighter. He’s studied boxing. First of all, it’s wrong to do, no matter what. Let’s just get that out there. But when people said, ‘Oh, he could have killed him.’ No, a slap is different. A punch? Yeah, you can kill someone. Will gave him a slap.”

    While presenting the perfect documentary characteristic award on the 2022 Oscars, Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.

    Rock stated he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia areata, star in ‘G.I. Jane 2’ which led Smith to go up on stage and slap Rock. Smith returned to his seat and shouted, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fu**ing mouth!”

    A couple of hours later, Smith introduced his resignation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, claiming he “willfully accepts any and all consequences for my conduct.”

    Later, the Academy’s Board of Governors introduced they had been banning Smith from all occasions and awards appearances below the Oscars title for 10 years. Responding to it in a press release, the actor stated, “I accept and respect the academy’s decision.” 

  • ‘I settle for it’: Will Smith responds to Academy’s 10-year ban after 2022 Oscars slap incident

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Actor Will Smith has responded to being banned from Academy occasions for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock on the 2022 Oscars ceremony.

    The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, on Friday, voted to ban the ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ star from all of the Academy occasions for 10 years.

    Minutes after the choice was introduced, Smith responded by saying, “I accept and respect the Academy’s decision,” to Page Six.

    “The Board of Governors has decided, for a period of 10 years, from April 8, 2022, Mr Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards,” the Academy introduced on Friday, by way of an official assertion.

    The assertion continued, “We want to express our deep gratitude to Mr Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances. We also want to thank our hosts, nominees, presenters and winners for their poise and grace during our telecast.” Smith, 53, will maintain the Oscar he gained this 12 months for his position in ‘King Richard.’

    ALSO READ | Will Smith will get 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap 

    For the unversed, whereas presenting one of the best documentary characteristic award on the 2022 Oscars, Chris Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.

    Rock stated he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia areata, star in ‘G.I. Jane 2’ which led Smith to go up on stage and slap Rock. Smith returned to his seat and shouted, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fu**ing mouth!”

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    A couple of minutes after the incident, Smith was introduced Best Actor on the 94th Academy Awards. While accepting his first-ever Oscar for finest actor (main position) in ‘King Richard’, Smith apologized to the Academy and fellow nominees however didn’t point out Rock.

    However, after receiving backlash for his disorderly behaviour, Smith issued an apology to Chris Rock and Academy on his social media deal with. On March 29, there was a brief digital assembly between Smith, Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, initiated by Smith.

    A number of hours later, Smith introduced his resignation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, claiming he “willfully accept any and all consequences for my conduct.” 

  • Will Smith will get 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap

    The movement image academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or some other academy occasion for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock on the Academy Awards.

    The transfer comes after a gathering of the academy’s board of governors to debate a response to Smith’s actions.

    “The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year. However, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith exhibit on stage,” the academy mentioned in a press release.

    Will Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy final week in the course of the run-up to the assembly and mentioned he would settle for any punishment the academy handed down.

    “I accept and respect the academy’s decision,” Smith mentioned in a press release.

    The academy additionally apologised for its dealing with of the state of affairs and permitting Smith to remain and settle for his finest actor award for King Richard.

    “During our telecast, we did not adequately address the situation in the room. For this, we are sorry,” the academy mentioned. “This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our academy family around the world, and we fell short — unprepared for the unprecedented.”

    In a press release within the days following the Oscars, the academy mentioned Smith was requested to go away the ceremony however refused.

    But it’s not clear how the message was delivered to Smith or what kind it took, and a number of other media retailers reported that he was by no means formally informed to go away the Dolby Theatre. The Los Angeles Times reported in a narrative on Thursday that Oscars producer Will Packer informed Smith: “Officially, we don’t want you to leave. We want you to stay.”

    The ban means Will Smith is not going to be presenting one of many main awards at subsequent 12 months’s Oscars, as is custom for the perfect actor winner.

    The academy in its assertion on Friday additionally expressed “deep gratitude to Mr. Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances.”

    The academy’s assertion didn’t tackle whether or not Smith might be nominated for Oscars throughout his 10-year ban. Nor did it take any motion to revoke Smith’s Academy Award.

    The academy has not revoked Oscars from expelled members Harvey Weinstein or Roman Polanski.

  • Jada Pinkett Smith needs Will Smith hadn’t slapped Chris Rock on the Oscars, admits he ‘overreacted’: report

    Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t indignant together with her husband Will Smith for hitting Chris Rock on the current Academy Awards, however in accordance with a brand new report, she needs that he hadn’t taken issues into his personal hand like he did.

    Smith slapped Rock on the Oscars, after the comic made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s look, seemingly unaware of her medical situation. Smith went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor minutes later, however did not apologise to Rock in his acceptance speech, though he did make an apology to his fellow nominees and the Academy. He later apologised to Rock in an Instagram submit.

    “It was in the heat of the moment and it was him overreacting. He knows that, she knows that. They’re in agreement that he overreacted,” US Weekly quoted a supply as saying. “She’s not one of these women that needs protecting. He didn’t need to do what he did, she didn’t need protecting. She’s not a wallflower. She’s a strong woman, an opinionated woman and she can fight her own battles. But she will stand by him,” the supply added.

    As the Academy introduced a proper overview of the scenario, Smith introduced that he’s resigning with fast impact. Film academy president David Rubin mentioned Smith’s resignation was accepted. “We will continue to move forward with our disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, in advance of our next scheduled board meeting on April 18.”

    The actor is starting to face penalties of his actions, with studies {that a} Netflix movie that he was in talks for being pushed to the backburner, and work on Bad Boys 4, which was underway, being placed on maintain.

  • ‘Someone do a Will Smith on Vir Das’: Comedian says ‘I slap back’ to troll

    Comedian Vir Das has weighed in on the notorious Will Smith-Chris Rock slap incident which happened throughout this yr’s Oscars. But not of his personal volition. Das tweeted in regards to the controversial incident after a consumer on Twitter tweeted that the Delhi Belly actor too deserved the identical remedy as Rock.

    The consumer’s tweet learn, “Someone needs to do a will Smith on this one. He would totally deserve it too.” When Das chanced upon the remark, he determined to provide it again to the troll and posted, “You’re welcome to buy a front row ticket and try at my next show. Just know I slap back. Also once you’ve spent that front row money, your wife will probably slap you for ruining her evening. Cheers.”

    You’re welcome to purchase a entrance row ticket and take a look at at my subsequent present. Just know I slap again. Also when you’ve spent that entrance row cash, your spouse will most likely slap you for ruining her night. Cheers. https://t.co/bZWhXlbRYu

    — Vir Das (@thevirdas) April 3, 2022

    Vir Das later took a screenshot of the tweet and posted it on his Instagram deal with. Alia Bhatt’s mom and actor Soni Razdan took to the feedback part of the publish and wrote, “On the other hand I’m pretty sure you have a lot more to joke about than someone in your audience’s medical condition.”

    For the unversed, Will Smith walked as much as the Oscar stage to slap Chris Rock after he had made an unsavoury joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bodily look, particularly, her shaved head. Jada occurs to undergo from a medical situation known as alopecia, which causes hair to fall out naturally in giant clumps. Unhappy with the joke, Smith smacked Rock and later yelled abuses at him from his seat. Since the slapgate, lots of people have weighed in on the unlucky incident and brought sides. Smith just lately resigned from the Academy and apologised to Rock and his household.

  • Netflix places Will Smith’s action-thriller Fast and Loose on maintain after Oscars fiasco

    Hollywood actor Will Smith has began to face the repercussions of his notorious slap on the Academy Awards ceremony this 12 months. As per a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has slowed down the manufacturing of Smith’s action-thriller, Fast and Loose.

    Smith slapped the Oscars presenter and comic Chris Rock after he made a joke about his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s bodily look throughout the award ceremony.

    Every week forward of the Academy Awards, filmmaker David Leitch pulled out of Fast and Loose and moved on to Ryan Gosling’s Fall Guy. Upon his exit, Netflix was eager on getting a brand new director for the Smith starrer. However, after the Oscars 2022 fiasco involving Smith, “Netflix quietly moved the project to the back burner” reported The Hollywood Reporter.

    Will Smith is meant to play against the law boss in Fast and Loose. He performs a person who discovers he’s been dwelling two lives, one as against the law kingpin and the opposite as a secret CIA agent.

    Not simply Fast and Loose, there are possibilities that Smith is perhaps taken off from his different upcoming initiatives as nicely. Three expertise brokers related to the actor’s upcoming movies, who have been granted anonymity to explain personal negotiations, advised New York Times that there had been indications that at the very least a few of his upcoming initiatives could possibly be hanging within the stability.

    Smith at present has Apple’s high-prestige drama Emancipation, a remake of Planes, Trains and Automobiles wherein he would star reverse Kevin Hart and the second installment of a journey sequence for National Geographic on Disney+ in his kitty.

  • Police supplied to arrest Will Smith, however Chris Rock stated ‘No, no, no, I’m effective’: Oscars producer

    “They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,” Packer stated in a clip launched by ABC News Thursday evening of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”

    But Packer stated Rock was “very dismissive” of the concept.

    “He was like, ’No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer stated. “And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”

    Will Smith hits Chris Rock on stage whereas presenting the award for greatest documentary function on the Oscars. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

    The LAPD stated in an announcement after Sunday evening’s ceremony that they have been conscious of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The division declined remark Thursday on Packer’s interview, an extended model of which can air on Friday morning.

    The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to provoke disciplinary proceedings towards Smith for violations towards the group’s requirements of conduct. Smith could possibly be suspended, expelled or in any other case sanctioned.

    The academy stated in an announcement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television.”

    Without giving specifics, the academy stated Smith was requested to depart the ceremony on the Dolby Theatre, however refused to take action.

    Smith strode from his entrance row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to current the Oscar for greatest documentary.

    On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”

    The academy stated Smith has the chance to defend himself in a written response earlier than the board meets once more on April 18.

    Rock publicly addressed the incident for the primary time, however solely briefly, firstly of a standup present Wednesday evening in Boston, the place he was greeted by a thunderous standing ovation. He stated “I’m still kind of processing what happened.”

  • Police ‘able to arrest’ Will Smith after Chris Rock slap: Oscar producer

    By AFP

    LOS ANGELES: Police officers had been able to arrest Will Smith after he attacked comic Chris Rock on the Oscars, the present’s producer mentioned Thursday.

    In his first public feedback because the stunning episode that marred Hollywood’s most essential night, Will Packer mentioned he had sat with Rock when officers got here to talk to him.

    “They were saying, you know, this is battery…. They said we will go get him, we are prepared, we are prepared to get him right now, you can press charges, we can arrest him, you have — they were laying out the options,” Packer informed ABC Television.

    “Chris was — he was being very dismissive of those options. He was like, ‘I’m fine.’”

    Los Angeles police “officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘You know, would you like us to take any action?’ and he said ‘No.’”

    Police in Los Angeles mentioned Sunday that Rock had declined to file a report.

    Smith shocked the leisure world by mounting the stage through the dwell broadcast of the Oscars and hitting Rock over a joke concerning the actor’s spouse.

    Half an hour later, Smith was awarded the perfect actor Oscar for his function in “King Richard” — the film trade’s highest honour for a male performer.

    The announcement was greeted with cheers and applause from the group of trade insiders.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the physique that awards the Oscars, mentioned Wednesday Smith had been requested to go away the ceremony after the assault however had refused.

    Conflicting reviews emerged Thursday over that element, together with one which prompt Packer had requested him to stay within the Dolby Theatre.

    In the transient clip, aired Thursday on ABC forward of the total interview scheduled for Friday, Packer denied having spoken to Smith.

    The Academy mentioned Wednesday it was mulling punishment, together with potential expulsion — for Smith, one among Hollywood’s most bankable stars, and solely the fifth Black man to win a number one actor Oscar.

    “The Board of Governors today initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr Will Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, including inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behaviour, and compromising the integrity of the Academy,” the assertion mentioned. 

    “The Academy may take any disciplinary action, which may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions.”

    Trade title Variety reported Thursday that Academy chiefs Dawn Hudson and David Rubin spoke with Smith on Tuesday, 24 hours earlier than the group issued its damning assertion.

    It quoted sources saying the Zoom assembly had lasted as much as half-hour.

    During the dialog Smith apologized for his assault on Rock, and mentioned he was conscious there can be penalties, Variety reported.

    Smith issued an Instagram apology on Monday, during which he known as his behaviour “unacceptable and inexcusable.”

    “I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be.”

    Rock, whose US comedy tour started in Boston this week informed viewers members he was “still kind of processing” the incident.

    He made no additional remark.