LOS ANGELES—A year after he was slapped on stage at the Academy Awards, Chris Rock hammered Will Smith and his wife in a comedy special streamed live around the world, joking that he enjoyed seeing the actor beaten in his latest film. Live on Netflix on Saturday from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Rock said…

Comedian Chris Rock is reportedly planning to address the infamous slap during last year’s Oscars through a Netflix special that will stream just a week before the 2023 Academy Awards. During the 94th Oscars in 2022, Will Smith got on stage and slapped Rock, who was hosting the show, for a joke Rock made about…

Actor Will Smith addressed the shocking moment he slapped and shouted a vulgarity at comedian Chris Rock for joking about his wife’s hairstyle at this year’s Oscars, saying “I lost it” and that he understood if some people were not ready yet to see his new film. Appearing on TV’s “The Daily Show with Trevor…

Chris Rock is going where no comedian has gone before—live on Netflix. The streaming giant said Thursday that Rock will be the first artist to perform on the company’s first-ever live, global streaming event. The comedy special is set to stream in early 2023, but few other details were revealed. “Chris Rock is one of…

NEW YORK—Will Smith has again apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscar telecast in a new video, saying that his behavior was “unacceptable” and that he had reached out to the comedian to discuss the incident but was told Rock wasn’t ready. “There is no part of me that thinks that was…

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith made her first in-depth remarks this week in regards to her husband slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. “My deepest hope,” Pinkett Smith said on her “Red Table Talk” show Wednesday, “is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile.” With…

The mother of comedian Chris Rock spoke out about a month after actor Will Smith slapped him at the Academy Awards, saying the incident was embarrassing for his family. “[Smith] started using obscenities,” Rose Rock told South Carolina media outlet WIS-TV. “When he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us. He really slapped me.” After Rock…

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith issued her first full statement after her husband, actor Will Smith, slapped comedian Chris Rock during the Oscar Awards broadcast. In remarks on Wednesday, Pinkett Smith claimed her family is “focusing on deep healing” after the March 27 incident that saw the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences penalize her husband….

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has decided to ban Will Smith for 10 years in response to his striking Chris Rock at the Oscars. This very tepid decision underscores years of lenient discipline and the alternate reality in which Hollywood resides. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, ​Parler, Gab, and Twitter Follow EpochTV on…

Chris Rock suggested that he will only speak about the Will Smith slapping incident at the Oscars if he is paid for it. “I’m OK, I have a whole show, and I’m not talking about that until I get paid,” Rock joked during his comedy show in Indio, California, on April 8, according to a…