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Will Smith Emancipation Oscar slap
culture

Will Smith hopes the ‘slap’ will not punish his ‘Emancipation’ team

Chris Rock will not be sitting down with Oprah Winfrey any time soon. Images via Instagram @chrisrock
Entertainment

Chris Rock reportedly turns down Oprah’s tell-all interview

Oscars
Entertainment

Still processing the slap: Chris Rock declines hosting 2023 Oscars

Will Smith Emancipation Oscar slap
Entertainment

Will Smith hopes the ‘slap’ will not punish his ‘Emancipation’ team

Chris Rock will not be sitting down with Oprah Winfrey any time soon. Images via Instagram @chrisrock
Entertainment

Chris Rock reportedly turns down Oprah’s tell-all interview

Oscars
Entertainment

Still processing the slap: Chris Rock declines hosting 2023 Oscars

Will and Jada
Celeb News

‘At last’: Tweeps react to Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s alleged divorce

By Rae Seleme06-05-2022 16:40

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have allegedly filed to end their 25-year marriage due to irreconcilable differences.

Masemola
Celeb News

‘Alopecia is not funny’: Warren Masemola on hair loss and THAT slap

By Rae Seleme05-05-2022 16:27

Bald and proud: Actor Warren Masemola recently opened up about his alopecia battle and his views on Will Smith’s Oscars slap…

will smith mike tyson
Celeb News

Tweeps question different reactions to Will Smith & Mike Tyson’s outbursts

By Marilynn Manuel01-05-2022 14:43

According to social media users, there is double standards around how people reacted to Smith’s Oscars slap and Tyson’s airplane outburst.

Netflix
Netflix

Netflix axes shows, fires staff amid huge subscribers and shares loss

By Nokuthula Ngcobo25-04-2022 09:51

Netflix Animation has been hit hardest by the company’s recent subscribers and shares woes as shows have been cancelled and staff fired.

Will Smith Harry Lennix Oscar
Celeb News

‘Restore national conscience’: Will Smith urged to return his Oscar

By Nokwanda Ncwane10-04-2022 14:39

Motion Picture Academy member and actor, Harry Lennix has called for Will Smith to return his Oscar to restore ‘national conscience’.

Will Smith
Celeb News

Will Smith’s sanctions to be discussed at Oscars meeting

By AFP07-04-2022 10:48

The Academy is set to discuss Will Smith’s possible sanctions at a board meeting 10 days earlier than scheduled.

Chris Rock
Celeb News

Battle of the hosts: Oprah and Ellen fighting to get Chris Rock in their seats

By Marilynn Manuel05-04-2022 10:13

Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey are allegedly falling over their feet to get a R38.3m interview with Chris Rock following the Oscars slap.

John Travolta Oscars
Celeb News

FEEL GOOD: Oscar puppy gets adopted by John Travolta

By Garrin Lambley04-04-2022 19:43

While the 2022 Oscars were overshadowed by Will Smith’s slap of host Chris Rock, there was another touching moment that was sadly overlooked.

Grammys highlights
Entertainment

Grammys 2022: A night featuring a Ukraine segment, tributes and no slaps!

By AFP04-04-2022 10:41

As expected, the Oscars slap was joked about at the Grammys, a night which featured tributes to Taylor Hawkins and a Zelensky speech.

Zoë Kravitz
Celeb News

Yikes: ‘Paedophile’ Zoë Kravitz dragged after throwing shade at Will Smith

By Marilynn Manuel31-03-2022 13:19

‘Zoë Kravitz calling Will Smith out while she was being a paedophile trying to flirt with Jaden Smith when he was 14,’ wrote a Tweep.

King Monada
Celeb News

‘Will Smith multiplied’: King Monada slaps fan mid-performance [watch]

By Nokuthula Ngcobo30-03-2022 11:27

King Monanda has joined a list of celebrities, both locally and internationally, who have lost their cool and went into ‘slap mode’…

Lasizwe and Lungile poke fun at Will Smith's Oscars slap
Celeb News

‘If the Oscars were in SA’: Lasizwe reacts to slap in hilarious clip [watch]

By Megan van den Heever30-03-2022 09:02

Lasizwe and brother Lungile have hilariously reimagined how South Africans would react in the wake of Will Smith’s Oscars slap.

An old clip shows Will Smith teaching a young boy how to 'fake slap'
Celeb News

A slap in the face? Will Smith teaches boy to ‘fake slap’ in old clip [watch]

By Megan van den Heever30-03-2022 07:20

A clip of Will Smith teaching a young boy – whose name happens to be Chris – how to ‘fake slap’ has gone viral in the wake of the Oscars.

Chris Rock
Celeb News

Backstage backstab: Chris Rock kept the jokes coming after that slap

By Nokuthula Ngcobo29-03-2022 18:10

Chris Rock’s river of jokes did not run dry after he was slapped by Will Smith, reverting to some Muhammad Ali jokes about the actor.

Will Smith held accountable news in a minute video
Lifestyle

NEWS IN A MINUTE: Screen Actor’s Guild slams Will Smith’s act | Video

By Ramadhani Kusaga29-03-2022 17:59

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Taye diggs
Celeb News

Too Soon: Taye Diggs hilariously re-enacts Will Smith slapping Chris Rock

By Rae Seleme29-03-2022 10:31

American actor Taye Diggs imitates Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 ‘Oscars’ yesterday in a TikTok video.

Jada
Entertainment

Will Smith’s slap on Chris Rock helps boost Oscars ratings

By AFP29-03-2022 09:53

Preliminary ratings figures for the Oscars show a significant recovery from last year’s record low viewers.

Oscars
Celeb News

‘Unacceptable’: Screen Actor’s Guild slams Will Smith’s Oscars slap

By Alicia Naidoo29-03-2022 09:16

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) labelled Will Smith’s Oscars slap involving Chris Rock ‘inappropriate’ and ‘unacceptable.’

Twitter stars reaction to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars awards ceremony news in a minute video
Lifestyle

NEWS IN A MINUTE: That’s how we do it’ stars react to Will slap | Video

By Ramadhani Kusaga28-03-2022 15:45

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Will Smith to hand back his Best Actor Oscar news in a minute video
Lifestyle

NEWS IN A MINUTE: ‘The academy doesn’t condone violence’ | Video

By Ramadhani Kusaga28-03-2022 15:34

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock news in a minute
Lifestyle

NEWS IN A MINUTE: Chris rock’s 2016 joke on Jada resurfaces | Video

By Ramadhani Kusaga28-03-2022 15:25

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Will Smith at the Oscars, moments before he slapped host Chris Rock.
Celeb News

Oscars slap: The aftermath of Will Smith and Chris Rock incident [watch]

By Megan van den Heever28-03-2022 13:37

Will Smith continued to enjoy his Oscars experience after ‘slapping the s*** out of’ host Chris Rock following his diss on his wife Jada…

Jada Pinkett-Smith Chris Rock Will Smith
Celeb News

Oscars slap: Will Smith, Chris Rock MEMES break the internet!

By Garrin Lambley28-03-2022 13:21

Will Smith and Chris Rock had a dust-up at the 2022 Oscars when Rock made a joke in poor taste about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

‘That’s how we do it’: Jaden S
Celeb News

‘That’s how we do it’: Jaden Smith, Trevor Noah, Bonang react to Will slap

By Rae Seleme28-03-2022 11:04

Will Smith’s son – Jaden Smith, Bonang Matheba, Trevor Noah, Black Coffee and more celebs react to him slapping Chris Rock at the ‘Oscars’.

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