At this year’s Oscars, Zack Snyder emerged with a pair of victories in the fan-voted categories. The filmmaker’s zombie thriller Army of the Dead was named #OscarsFanFavorite, while the Flash Speed Force scene from his cut of Justice League won the #OscarsCheerMoment vote. The validity of those wins, however, is now being called into question. … Read more
More than a month after the slap that got him banned from the Oscars for a decade, Will Smith is still considered persona non grata in Hollywood. After he assaulted Chris Rock because of an ill-advised joke made against his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, many of Smith’s future projects appeared to be in flux. Now, … Read more
Nearly a month after getting smacked on live TV by Will Smith at the Oscars, Chris Rock is taking time on stage during his Ego Death World Tour to confront the now infamous incident. Before a nearly sold-out crowd in Baltimore Friday, The Baltimore Sun reports that Rock, 57, said he had some “nicks and … Read more
Red Table Talk will not be addressing that Oscars slap—for now. Season five of the Facebook Watch series hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and her daughter, Willow, opened with a title card signed by Jada, which acknowledged fallout from Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock. “Considering all that has happened in … Read more
Many publications cited the moment Will Smith rose from his seat at the 94th Academy Awards, strode across the stage to host Chris Rock, who had joked about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and punched him in the hair. gave his face. the “Slap Heard ‘Round the World.” The viral moment reverberated off the walls … Read more
