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Bryan Cranston is defending his casting in The Upside. In the film, Cranston plays a quadriplegic billionaire who hires a felon played by Kevin Hart as a caretaker. Cranston countered critics claiming that the role should have gone to a disabled actor while talking with the Press Association. “As actors we’re asked to play other […]
On Monday, Kevin Hart offered up an apology for the past homophobic tweets that led to him stepping down from his Oscars hosting gig (prior to briefly considering a comeback before reportedly deciding to stay out of it again). Hart spoke of the controversy on his SiriusXM show Straight to the Hart, which was set […]
Although it’s more than a month away, the controversy of who might host the Oscars hung over the Golden Globes. Stars on the red carpet and the stage inside The Beverly Hilton had to address Kevin Hart stepping down from the gig after homophobic jokes he made resurfaced. Actress and screenwriter Lena Waithe weighed in […]
On Friday, Kevin Hart appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and talked about stepping down from his Oscars hosting gig because of the firestorm surrounding his old homophobic tweets. While the interview didn’t completely sway his critics, there are celebrities who’re coming to Hart’s defense. Pose‘s Billy Porter is one of them. “He’s a great […]
It seems Kevin Hart has made his decision. According to a Deadline exclusive, the 39-year-old comedian will not host the Academy Awards next month for two main reasons: He’s concerned there isn’t enough time to prepare, and he doesn’t want his controversy to distract from the event. Sources told the outlet that the Academy of Motion Picture […]
Kevin Hart took to Instagram on Saturday to respond to the backlash from his Friday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. During his sit down with Ellen, he opened up about stepping down from the Oscars after his decade-old homophobic tweets re-surfaced, and that he had apologized for his mistake 10 years ago. In the Instagram […]
It looks like the apologies that Kevin Hart is so adamant he gave for his homophobic jokes are nowhere to be found. On Friday, the comedian appeared on The Ellen Show and addressed his decision to step down from hosting the Oscars after turning down apologizing for homophobic tweets. He’d only apologize after his resignation, […]
It seems that the Academy is open to Kevin Hart returning as this year’s Oscars host, Variety reports. A source close to leadership at the Academy and ABC has revealed that Hart can return to his role as host if he shows that he wants the job. The news follows the comedian’s appearance on The […]
Awkwafina is in “final negotiations” to join the cast of the sequel to the wildly successful 2017 film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The cast is already set to include Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan reprising their roles from the remake, which made $962 million worldwide […]
Kevin Hart appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote his upcoming comedy-drama, The Upside co-starring Bryan Cranston. Of course, Hart had to address the Oscars controversy over decade-old homophobic tweets that spiraled into him resigning from that hosting gig within days. The comedian and DeGeneres was spending the majority of their conversation on the […]
