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  • Chris Rock on Will Smith slap at Oscars 2022: I’m not a sufferer

    While Rock had beforehand addressed the incident that was aired dwell the world over from the 2022 Academy Awards stage, this was his most direct response to the controversy but.

  • Jada Pinkett Smith speaks on Oscars slapgate

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Jada Pinkett Smith desires her husband Will Smith and comedian artiste Chris Rock to reconcile after the notorious slapgate incident that occurred throughout the 94th Academy Awards.

    The actress-talk present host spoke concerning the two of them intimately on the June 1 episode of her Facebook sequence ‘Red Table Talk’, reviews ‘Variety’.

    The actor beforehand commented on the scenario courtesy of a meme that learn: “This is a season for healing. And I’m here for it.”

    As per ‘Variety’, Pinkett Smith determined to handle the slap on ‘Red Table Talk’ as a result of the episode tackled alopecia. Smith slapped Rock on the Oscars stage for joking about Pinkett Smith’s bald head, which she shaved due to her personal battle with alopecia.

    As quoted by ‘Variety’, Jada opened the episode by saying, “This is a really important ‘Red Table Talk’ on alopecia. Considering what I’ve been through with my own health and what happened at the Oscars, thousands have reached out to me with their stories. I’m using this moment to give our alopecia family an opportunity to talk about what it’s like to have this condition and to inform people about what alopecia actually is.”

    Addressing the incident, she additional stated, “Now about Oscar night, my deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile. The state of the world today, we need them both. And we all actually need one another more than ever. Until then, Will and I are continuing to do what we have done for the last 28 years, and that’s keep figuring out this thing called life together. Thank you for listening.”

    The Academy has suspended Smith from its membership for 10 years due to his violent actions on the Oscars. Rock has but to publicly tackle the slap intimately outdoors of creating transient jokes about it on his present stand-up tour. Will Smith resigned from the Academy forward of the suspension announcement.

  • ‘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.” 

  • Dune visible results Oscar new benchmark, says Indian winner Namit Malhotra

    Namit Malhotra, the CEO of London-headquartered visible results (VFX) main DNEG, believes the world of cinema has been divided into earlier than and after Dune, the Hollywood thriller which bagged his firm an Oscar.

    The movie, which gained DNEG its seventh Oscar within the Best Visual Effects class finally week’s ceremony in Los Angeles, was one in every of two movies within the race for the profitable VFX group. The James Bond box-office hit No Time To Die was additionally within the race in the identical class, a primary for a Bond movie in a few years.

    “I have been talking about how there is a pre-Dune and a post-Dune world in the VFX space, simply because of what we were able to achieve,” Malhotra instructed PTI.

    “I have never felt so strongly about the art form and the seamlessness of what we have been able to deliver, it is mind-blowing. When you watch Dune, you are left astonished by the sheer seamless, integrated experience it has to offer,” he stated. With reference to the opposite main success story of the yr, Malhotra confesses to being an avid James Bond fan himself since boyhood.

    “For the first time, after four-five decades, we are seeing a James Bond film nominated for the VFX category at the Oscars. To get into the line to get the nomination is very, very hard. That is a big step forward,” stated the trade knowledgeable.

    The son of movie producer Naresh Malhotra and grandson of cinematographer N M Malhotra, Namit represents the third era of a Bollywood filmmaking household. His dream of changing into a movie director took him in the direction of a pc graphics course and resulted in him recruiting three of his lecturers as co-founders of Video Workshop, an enhancing studio in his father’s storage in Mumbai.

    From a merger together with his father’s movie gear enterprise to create Prime Focus after which buying UK-based Double Negative, the 45-year-old movie particular results pioneer views his journey to the awards purple carpet as an indication of India’s digital prowess.

    “India’s digital prowess has been acknowledged far and beyond the projects that have been going on since over a decade. DNEG does help validate the creative talent pool and how technological advances can be used to create a collaborative effort while creating quality content on a global scale,” stated Malhotra.

    “I started my professional career out of a garage in Mumbai back in 1995 when computers were not that advanced. From such humble beginnings to leading a global conglomerate, I am incredibly grateful to my father for his faith in me,” he stated.

    Besides profitable Oscars for Inception in 2011, Interstellar in 2015 and Tenet in 2021 – all Christopher Nolan movies DNEG has bagged Academy Awards for – Ex Machina (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2018), Fifth Man (2019) and now Dune to make up the corporate’s spectacular Hollywood tally.

    “While we continue to push the creative envelope, there are a plethora of projects our teams are working on, closely with creators to bring an immersive cinematic experience for the audience which includes The Last Of Us, The Flash, Aquaman 2 and many more,” added Malhotra.

  • Joke was poor however Will Smith first laughed, then went loopy: Somy Ali on Oscars slap

    By IANS

    MUMBAI: Actress Somy Ali talks in regards to the latest incident on the Oscars the place Hollywood actor Will Smith slapped comic Chris Rock because the latter made enjoyable of Smith’s spouse’s well being situation.

    Somy says that she stands divided on the matter.

    “I’ve two opinions on this: The joke was in extraordinarily poor style given Smith’s spouse’s battle with alopecia. My second opinion is that violence begets violence and hate begets hate. Therefore, I don’t condone violence in any scenario as I’m a pacifist myself. There may have been some ways to deal with this on Smith’s finish and it reveals Rock’s class by not submitting costs. Again, I’m not in any form or kind saying that his joke was not hurtful to Jada, however when you discover Smith first laughed at it after which took motion.

    “This depicts that he found it funny and then realised his wife’s condition and suddenly decided to do something about it with, no rationality whatsoever,” says Somy, who runs an NGO No More Tears within the US which assist victims of home violence and abuse.

    She says that as celebrities, it is necessary to just accept that you can be trolled or joked about. “Once you are a celebrity and you choose to be one, you will forever be trolled, made fun of, bullied and, yes, be the joke of the party or award shows. There is simply no escaping that if you choose the fame game. It’s part of the territory and we see it daily on celebrities globally on their social media. I have been away from the industry for 20 years and now when I decide to speak my truth because I am now ready and it’s my choice to speak up when I wish to do so. I have been getting the most disgusting messages and sadly the majority of them are from women,” she says.

    She provides: “Well, here’s one of my favourite quotes: “Laugh loudly, chuckle typically, and most significantly chuckle at your self.” Chelsea Handler. If you can’t laugh at yourself, you are devoid of humility in my opinion.”

    Ask her the place does she suppose folks ought to draw the road with jokes, she says, “I think celebrities’ children should never bear the brunt of the jokes, children should always be left out of it. Jokes about rape, sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence cross the line for me. That’s absolutely unacceptable for me.”

  • Academy begins disciplinary proceedings in opposition to Will Smith for his behaviour at Oscars 2022

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Appears like Oscars 2022 slap controversy just isn’t over but. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday started disciplinary proceedings in opposition to actor Will Smith for misbehaving on the 94th Academy Awards held on Sunday.

    For a recap, whereas presenting the most effective documentary function on the Oscars, comic Chris Rock made a joke about Will Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.

    Rock stated he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, 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!”

    After the incident, Smith who was introduced Best Actor on the Oscars, was requested to go away the present however refused to take action; The Hollywood Reporter reported.

    The actor’s actions had been in violation of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, “including inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behavior, and compromising the integrity of the Academy,” The Hollywood Reporter quoted the assertion launched after a Board of Governors assembly.

    The assertion revealed that Smith might face suspension, expulsion or different sanctions if the board chooses to take motion on the subsequent scheduled assembly on April 18.

    Additionally, Smith will obtain 15 days’ discover of a vote in addition to a possibility to be heard by written response beforehand.

    “Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated. While we would like to clarify that Mr Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently,” The Hollywood Reporter quoted Academy.

    The Academy additionally apologised on to Rock within the assertion, in addition to nominees, company and viewers. For the unversed, whereas accepting his first-ever Oscar for finest actor (main function) in ‘King Richard’, Smith apologised to the Academy and fellow nominees, however didn’t point out Rock.

    The Hollywood Reporter reported that the officers of the organisation’s Board of Governors had an emergency assembly a day later, and the complete board met on Wednesday to debate the incident.

    One board of governor stated there was broad help for Smith to be suspended or expelled from the Academy. “I think everyone unanimously feels what he did was out of control,” the particular person stated, talking on situation of anonymity.

    “People want real consequence. Every member of every branch is reaching out to all their governors. It was an assault — and not only a physical assault, but an assault on the community,” advised the supply to The Hollywood Reporter.

    The supply added that “images of Smith and his family celebrating and dancing at the post-Oscar Vanity Fair party as if nothing had happened was an additional insult.” Following a rage of backlash over social media, together with from the Academy, Smith took to Instagram on Monday to apologise to Rock.

    The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Rock declined to press fees in opposition to what occurred on the Oscars 2022 ceremony.

  • Chris Rock ‘nonetheless processing’ Will Smith’s slap on the Oscars 2022

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Comedian Chris Rock has lastly damaged his silence on Will Smith slapping him on the 94th Academy Awards ceremony. During a stand-up present in Boston on Wednesday, Rock walked out to 2 boisterous standing ovations that lasted roughly two minutes, The Hollywood Reporter mentioned.

    Rock, 57 opened his comedy with, “How was your weekend?” which was greeted with laughter, the outlet knowledgeable. The comic then went on to talk briefly about “what happened” with out immediately mentioning the Oscars ceremony, or Will Smith.

    “I don’t have a bunch of shit about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend, and I’m still kind of processing what happened. So at some point I’ll talk about that shit. And it’ll be serious, and it’ll be funny,” Rock mentioned.

    He continued, “I’m going to tell some jokes. It’s nice to just be out.” Rock later advised the viewers, “Except for some other pretty weird things, life is pretty good right now.” The comic obtained massive cheers on the present which ran about an hour, as per The Hollywood. For the unversed, this present marked Rock’s Ego Death World Tour, which runs by the autumn.

    This look got here after Smith took to his Instagram on Monday to apologise for slapping the comic onstage in the course of the stay Academy Awards present.

    “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. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness,” Smith wrote on Instagram.

    “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behaviour at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally,” Smith mentioned in his apology. He additionally apologised to the Academy for his behaviour.

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

    Rock mentioned he could not wait to see Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, 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 minutes after the incident, Smith was introduced Best Actor on the Oscars. The 94th Academy Awards occurred on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.

  • I’m the primary Patel to ever win an Oscar: Summer of Soul producer Joseph Patel

    “Summer of Soul” producer Joseph Patel, an Indian-American, mentioned he turned the tenth South Asian to ever win an Academy award after the movie bagged the Oscar in the very best documentary function class.

    Patel, who produced the movie with director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein, additionally acknowledged fellow South Asian Riz Ahmed’s win in his backstage Q and A session with journalists.

    Ahmed and director Aneil Karia gained the live-action quick Oscar for his or her movie “The Long Goodbye”.

    “I’m in a room full of journalists so I have to say this because I would be remiss not to. Riz Ahmed earlier tonight became the ninth South Asian to ever win an Academy Award. I became the 10th. Tonight, two South Asians won an Academy Award. Also this will please my mother I’m the first Patel ever to win an Oscar. So, I am very proud of that,” Patel mentioned in the course of the backstage interview publish his win on Sunday night time.

    Roots frontman Thompson, greatest recognized by his stage identify Questlove, organized the never-seen-before archival footage of the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and tradition, and selling Black pleasure and unity, attended by 300,000 individuals in the summertime of 1969.

    “Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” was nominated alongside India’s “Writing with Fire”, “Ascension”, “Flee” and “Attica”.
    Sadly, the documentary’s second of glory was eclipsed because of the slapgate that occurred simply earlier than its win was introduced.

    In a second that shocked everybody, actor Will Smith slapped comic Chris Rock for cracking a joke about spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s well being situation. Rock was on the stage to announce the very best documentary function winner.

    Thompson declined to speak in regards to the incident and as an alternative shared his happiness for the documentary’s win. In his acceptance speech on the stage, Thompson mentioned the win for the film was about “the marginalised people in Harlem that needed to heal from pain”. “It’s not lost on me that the story of the Harlem Cultural Festival should have been something that my beautiful mother and my dad should have taken me to when I was five years old,” Thompson added.

  • Oscars rankings bounce again as Will Smith hooks viewers

    By AFP

    LOS ANGELES: The Oscars had been in determined want of a rankings enhance, and, on an evening when Will Smith shocked viewers by slapping Chris Rock on stage, some 15.36 million Americans tuned in.

    Preliminary viewers figures, revealed by broadcaster ABC on Monday, characterize a big restoration from final 12 months’s record-low 9.85 million reside viewers, though they’re nonetheless the second-lowest in televised Academy Awards historical past.

    The second when Smith struck comic Rock for quipping about his spouse’s hair-loss situation instantly went viral on-line, launching numerous memes and opinions each defending and condemning the perfect actor winner.

    “Does the Academy want this kind of publicity? No, they don’t. They don’t want the kind of publicity that says violence takes place at the Oscars,” Variety’s Marc Malkin informed AFP. 

    “That said, does it make more people talk about the Oscars in the Academy? For certain. I’m just not sure this is the way they want to be talked about.”

    The TV rankings restoration mirrors these of a number of different awards exhibits together with tv’s Emmys in September and the latest Screen Actors Guild award ceremonies.  Many award exhibits had been pressured to stage digital or low-key ceremonies in 2021 due to the pandemic, and drew unusually low audiences.

    ALSO READ | Will Smith apologizes for his behaviour at Oscars 2022

    Oscars figures final 12 months fell by round 50 % from the earlier ceremony’s 23.6 million, which was already a file low, as award exhibits wrestle to stay related in an period of social media and binge-watching on streaming networks.

    Academy producers this 12 months resorted to improvements reminiscent of pre-taping the bulletins of winners in a number of much less starry Oscars classes, and including a “fan favorite” prize for a movie voted by Twitter customers.

    Sunday evening’s present additionally ended with a historic win for “CODA,” which featured a primarily deaf forged, and was the primary greatest image triumph for a streaming service.

    But it was an unscripted and extremely controversial second that created the Oscars’ speaking level Sunday, as Smith strode onto the Oscars stage and slapped Rock for a joke evaluating his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith to the character “G.I. Jane.” Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, a situation inflicting hair loss.

    Malkin stated the deliberate modifications to the schedule of the present finally “didn’t turn the Academy Awards upside down and on its head.” 

    “It’s hard to even look at those changes now, with what happened after the awards,” added Malkin, referring to the incident with Smith and Rock. “It is sort of like, ‘Okay, that didn’t happen!’” Official rankings can be launched on Tuesday. 

  • Will Smith apologizes for his behaviour at Oscars 2022: ‘I was out of line and I was wrong’

    By Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES: The day after slapping Chris Rock on the Oscars stage and upending the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith issued an apology to the comic, to the academy and to viewers at dwelling, saying he was “out of line” and that his actions are “not indicative of the man I want to be.”

    The fallout from Smith’s actions throughout Sunday’s ceremony continued Monday as Hollywood and the general public continued to wrestle with a second that shocked the Dolby Theatre crowd and viewers at dwelling. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences condemned Smith putting Rock, who had made a joke about his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, and mentioned it will launch an inquiry.

    Later within the day, Smith gave a stronger apology than he did in his finest actor acceptance speech, which notably hadn’t included an apology to Rock.

    “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” mentioned Smith in a press release issued by his publicist and posted on Instagram. “My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally. 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. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”

    The 53-year-old actor added apologies to the movie academy, producers of the telecast, attendees, viewers and the Williams household. Smith was honored Sunday for his position as Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena, in “King Richard.”

    “I am a work in progress,” added Smith.

    After calling a board of governors assembly Monday to debate the incident, the movie academy mentioned that it overview Smith’s actions and “will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our bylaws, standards of conduct and California law.” The Los Angeles Police Department mentioned Sunday it was conscious of the incident however was not pursuing an investigation as a result of the individual concerned declined to file a police report.

    Smith shocked the Dolby Theatre crowd and viewers at dwelling when he took the stage after Rock, showing as a presenter, joked: “Jada, I love you. ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it.”

    The joke touched a nerve. Pinkett Smith, whose head is shaved, has spoken publicly about her alopecia prognosis. Smith strode on stage and slapped Rock throughout the face. Back in his seat, Smith twice shouted for Rock to “get my wife’s name out your (expletive) mouth.”

    His phrases echoed clearly all through the Dolby, although broadcaster ABC minimize the audio for about 15 seconds. Within an hour, Smith received finest actor, receiving a standing ovation. During his five-minute acceptance speech, Smith spoke about defending his household. He additionally apologized to the academy.

    Rock’s joke wasn’t a part of his routine in the course of the rehearsals main as much as the present, based on two sources near manufacturing who weren’t licensed to talk publicly.

    But Rock had joked about Pinkett Smith earlier than. He hosted the 2016 Oscars, when some had been boycotting the ceremony over the #OscarsSoWhite group of nominees, together with the Smiths. Said Rock then: “Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.”

    Smith’s actions rattled a pivotal Oscar ceremony. Until that second, producer Will Packer had steered an orderly and lighthearted telecast that the academy hoped would restore the Academy Awards following final 12 months’s record-low scores. Sunday’s ceremony reached an estimated 15.36 million viewers, based on preliminary Nielsen firm numbers Monday. While a marked enchancment over the 9.85 million that watched final 12 months, it was nonetheless the second-least seen Oscars.

    Some academy members, like writer-producer Marshall Herskovitz, referred to as for the academy to take disciplinary motion in opposition to Smith.

    “He disgraced our entire community tonight,” wrote Herskovitz on Twitter. Whoopi Goldberg, a member of the Academy’s board of governors, mentioned Monday on “The View”: “We’re not going to take that Oscar from him. There will be consequences, I’m sure.”

    The Screen Actors Guild additionally weighed in. The movie, tv and radio union referred to as the incident “unacceptable.” SAG mentioned that it had been in touch with the academy and ABC, and it doesn’t touch upon the guild’s personal disciplinary course of.

    A way of disbelief hung within the air on the Dolby Theatre after Smith’s assault. Not solely was it a hard-to-fathom break with decorum on reside nationwide tv an incident so dramatic, even movie-like, that many initially assumed it was a staged bit  it appeared wildly out of character for certainly one of Hollywood’s most relentlessly upbeat stars. And it got here lower than an hour earlier than Smith reached probably the head of his profession, profitable his first Oscar, for finest actor.

    “In a way, I feel bad for Will Smith, too, because I think he let his emotions get the better of him, and this should have been one of the great nights of his life,” mentioned former Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel on Bill Simmons’ podcast. “And now it’s not. Was there anyone who didn’t like Will Smith an hour ago in the world? Like no one, right? Now he doesn’t have a single comedian friend — that’s for sure.”

    Some questioned whether or not Smith ought to have been allowed to proceed to sit down entrance and middle after smacking Rock. Several stars rushed to counsel and calm Smith, together with Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry. But the timing was intensely awkward as a result of the very best actor class was due up quickly after, and Smith had lengthy been thought of a lock for the award.

    “I know we’re all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can’t even fathom in the moment,” wrote Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, on Twitter.

    The drama overshadowed some historic wins on the Oscars. The deaf household drama “CODA” turned the primary movie with a largely deaf solid to win finest image. For the primary time, a streaming service, Apple TV+, took Hollywood’s prime honor, signaling a profound shift in Hollywood and in moviegoing. Wins for Ariana DeBose of “West Side Story,” Troy Kotsur of “CODA” and Jane Campion, director of “The Power of the Dog,” all had made historical past.

    ALSO READ | Jane Campion wins directing Oscar for ‘Power of the Dog’ 

    Others got here to Smith’s protection, together with Tiffany Haddish, who co-starred with Pinkett Smith in “Girls Trip.”

    “Maybe the world might not like how it went down, but for me, it was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen because it made me believe that there are still men out there that love and care about their women, their wives,” Haddish informed People journal.

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    After the present, Smith posed for images along with his household exterior the Vanity Fair social gathering. Inside, cellphone movies captured him dancing to “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” whereas clutching his Oscar. Their son Jaden tweeted: “And That’s How We Do It.” On Instagram, Smith posted: “Me ’n Jada Pinkett Smith got all dressed up to choose chaos.”