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ASAP Rocky is the latest to offer his thoughts on the Oscars slap, telling Drink Champs he’s a fan of everyone involved in the televised moment which has spurred countless takes. In a clip from an upcoming interview, Rocky theorized that some “built-up shit” likely contributed to the slap and detailed why he considers the situation […]
Eddie Murphy is in early talks to play George Clinton in an upcoming biopic, Variety reports. The project is said to cover Clinton’s early life in North Carolina in the 1940s up until the formation of the Parliament and Funkadelic, which the Godfather of Funk and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee headed. Murphy is expected to […]
Will Smith could’ve ended Hollywood’s biggest night in police custody. While speaking to Good Morning America, Oscars producer Will Packer opened up about Smith’s onstage attack of Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards. Packer told GMA’s T.J. Holmes that he did not speak to Smith on the night of the incident, but confirmed he had communicated with both Rock and the Los Angeles Police […]
Dame Dash is being ordered to pay $805,000 to the director and producers of the film Dear Frank starring Brian White, Claudia Jordan, Nick Turturro, Lil Durk, and Columbus Short, TMZ reports. Director Josh Webber and Muddy Water Pictures filed the copyright infringement and defamation lawsuit against Dash three years ago after they alleged that the Roc-A-Fella co-founder was promoting the movie as his own despite the fact that […]
Footage now making the rounds in connection with the still-under-discussion Oscars slap is being claimed to show Jada Pinkett Smith laughing after the moment in question, which indeed saw her husband Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock. The clip, highlighted by Entertainment Tonight and others, has been widely shared on TikTok and elsewhere and shows the […]
Issa Rae, who wrapped her acclaimed HBO series Insecure last year, has responded to a rumor that she’s expecting her first child with husband Louis Diame. As Page Six pointed out, rumors that Rae is pregnant first started to circulate last week after a video of Rae greeting her Insecure co-star Yvonne Orji surfaced on social media. Some assumed she […]
UPDATED 3/30, 10:32 p.m. ET: Insiders have shed more light on the aftermath of Will Smith’s Oscars slap. According to TMZ, it was Academy president David Rubin and its CEO Dawn Hudson who had asked Smith to leave the ceremony after he smacked Chris Rock on stage. Sources who were present at the event described the executives as […]
The slap seen ‘round the world at this year’s Academy Awards has moved comedy clubs across the United States to try and prevent a potential new norm. According to TMZ, the Stand Up NY in New York City posted a sign on its storefront window establishing that “heckling and physical abuse of comics is prohibited, and […]
Chris Rock had to address the elephant in the room. The 57-year-old comedian returned to the stage Wednesday night to perform in front a sold-out crowd in Boston. The gig went down just days after Will Smith slapped Rock across the face during the live telecast of the 94th Academy Awards. Many people suspected the former Oscars host would speak […]
Joe Rogan recently confessed that he would quit his podcast if it started to feel like he had to “walk on eggshells.” MMA fighter Josh Barnett admitted on Tuesday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience that he was worried about speaking freely because certain listeners would go through every single one of his statements with a fine-tooth […]
