Kimmel Suggests Some Fun Ways the Academy Could Punish Will Smith for Slapping Chris Rock (Video)

Facing the future. After receiving major backlash for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith is worried about what will happen to his career from here.

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has become the latest star to respond to Will Smith’s viral slap of Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars.Last month, Smith struck the comedian on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable”.Asked by Howard Stern what he thought of the incident, Kiedis originally replied that “too much has been said already.”The band’s guitarist John Frusciante then stepped in, saying: “We love Chris Rock and I’ll stand forward and say he should not have been slapped.” Rock inducted the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.Kiedis then did give his take though, telling the host: “I love comedy.

Actor Sean Penn spoke with MSNBC and Fox News to discuss what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine and to discuss support for the country. 

Just like the rest of us, Chris Rock is still reeling from when Will Smith slapped him at the Oscars. In fact, the 57-year-old comedian doesn’t think he’ll ever be able to accept the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air star’s apology. “He can’t imagine forgiving Will, being friends with him. It is just a very weird thing to fully envelope,” a source close to Chris EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife.

J. Kim Murphy Sean Penn spoke to cable viewers across the political spectrum on Tuesday night, appearing on both the right-leaning Fox News and left-leaning MSNBC within the span of two hours to discuss support for Ukraine amid the country’s invasion by Russian military forces.Penn began the evening with an in-person appearance on the N.Y.-based “Hannity,” engaging in a conversation with Fox News conservative commentator Sean Hannity. Hannity began the segment by recounting how the comparatively liberal Penn decided to come onto the program.“I made the first phone call to you,” Hannity began.

Jada Pinkett Smith’s former lover is shedding some light into their "entanglement." August Alsina, 29, shared a few clips to his Instagram on Monday sampling a new song titled, "Shake the World," which exposes details of his affair with Pinkett Smith, 50, in 2015. "Well, of course some s--- is bound to go down when you tangled up with the world’s favorite," Alsina sang in a video shared to his Instagram.  Jada Pinkett Smith's ex lover, August Alsina, sheds light into their affair in a new song titled, "Shake the World".

North East has taken social media by storm with a recent and topical submission for his school's annual Easter Egg competition. Will Nolan who lives in Fellgate decided to go for gold this year with a completely unique idea, in which he has recreated an iconic scene from the most recent Oscars ceremony. The 94th Academy Awards left people talking long after it's live screening, when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for an off the cuff joke about his wife Jada's hair loss.

People he can rely on. Will Smith is facing backlash after slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, but he’s been building these friendships for years.

Chris Rock, 57, looked quite somber during his latest outing in New York City. The comedian was photographed walking outside with a serious look on his face and his hands in his pockets, just over a week after Will Smith, 53, shockingly slapped him while on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards. He wore a black jacket with cargo pants and colorful sneakers during the stroll and added sunglasses and a pair of headphones around his neck.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, two stars already attached at the hip in their longstanding marriage, have reportedly only grown closer in the week since Smith’s viral smacking of Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. According to a new report, the pair is apparently not letting the incident or criticism get between them. "They stick together through thick and thin," a source told Us Weekly on Tuesday.

August Alsina is rehashing a hot topic.

Jada Pinkett Smith wants to "move on" from Will Smith's Oscars smack. The 50-year-old actress - who suffers from hair-loss condition alopecia - was the butt of a joke made by comedian Chris Rock at the 94th Annual Academy Awards towards the end of last month, which resulted in husband Will,53, striking Chris across the face and is now reportedly ready to forget about the controversial moment. A source said: "Jada wants to just move on.

Chris Rock’s brother Kenny has criticised the Academy for its lack of action and lambasted Will Smith after he slapped his brother at the Oscars. Smith walked on stage and struck Rock, who was presenting the award for Best Documentary, after the comedian made a joke about his wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith. On Friday (1 April), five days after the incident, Smith made the decision to step down from the Academy.

Chris Rock’s brother Kenny has criticised the Academy for its lack of action following Will Smith‘s actions at this year’s Oscars show.Last month, the actor struck the comedian on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable”.“It eats at me watching it over and over again because you’ve seen a loved one being attacked and there’s nothing you can do about it,” Kenny, an actor and entrepreneur, told The Los Angeles Times in a story published yesterday (April 4).“Every time I’m watching the videos, it’s like a rendition that just keeps going over and over in my head.

Striking while the iron’s hot. Less than two weeks after Will Smith’s Oscars scandal, August Alsina dropped a new song that alludes to his “entanglement” with the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Chris Rock‘s younger brother Kenny defended the comedian more after the “slap heard ’round the world” when Will Smith rushed the stage at the 2022 Academy Awards and slapped him after Chris jokingly compared Jada Pinkett-Smith to the movie G.I. Jane. Kenny reiterated that Chris didn’t know that Jada suffered from alopecia in an interview with Los Angeles Times published on Monday April 4.

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefThere is a dizzying amount of damage control and chaos still unfolding from the wreckage of the now most infamous Oscar ceremony on record.The more time people have had to process Will Smith’s shocking assault on Chris Rock on March 27, the angrier many have become at Smith for hijacking Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. Not only did he ravage his own golden moment — winning best actor — but he robbed the Oscar hosts, other nominees and winners and the live and TV audiences of enjoying what should have been a purely celebratory evening.The latest twist in this surreal saga came April 1, when Smith announced he was resigning from the Motion Picture Academy, calling his actions “shocking, painful and inexcusable” and acknowledging the hurt he’s foisted on all involved.

conversation with TheWrap that the Academy did not have the equivalent of a shareholders meeting and should more regularly consider member proposals. In his statement in response on Tuesday, Shamberg continued to slam the declining relevance of the Oscars in the 21st century and the show’s declining ratings over the last decade (March’s 94th Academy Awards rebounded 69% from an all-time low in 2020).“Academy management needs to be held accountable to the members.

Not worried. After Will Smith received major backlash for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Whoopi Goldberg compared the Academy Award winner’s future to Louis C.K. and Kanye West‘s recent Grammy wins.

Whoopi Goldberg is confident that Will Smith's career "will be fine" after the actor slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. During The View on Monday, the Sister Act star and her co-hosts discussed a report suggesting that development on the Oscar winner's upcoming movies, including Netflix's Fast and Loose, has been paused following the controversy on 27 March. Goldberg, who is a member of the Academy's Board of Governors and a former Oscar host, said that she believes his career will make a comeback.

The bidding war had reportedly reached £10 million before both platforms pulled out. READ MORE: BBC The Split: What happened at the end of series two? A source told The Sun: "Netflix and Apple+ have quietly removed their bids for a Will Smith biopic and will instead relocate the funds and develop original ideas from new black actors.

August Alsina, 29, appears to address his infamous “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett Smith, 50, in his new song, “Shake the World.” The rapper released the 2 minute-long track on Monday, April 4, and the lyrics seemingly reference the past romance with Will Smith‘s wife that became hot topic news in 2020. “Well, of course some s**t is bound to go down when you tangled up with the world’s favorite,” August sings, which you can hear for yourself below.

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WILL Smith is facing further humiliation in the wake of his Oscars slap – as the man who bedded his wife is poised to sign a six-figure book deal which will detail their romps. The Hollywood actor’s wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, 50, admitted she had slept with musician August Alsina, 29, while still married to Will, 53, calling it an “entanglement”.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAlong with its premium scripted lineup, Newen Connect is launching a pair of timely investigative documentaries, “Ukraine” and “Wagner,” which are providing insight into the current war. Now filming, “Ukraine” is being co-directed by Ksenia Blochakova, the Russia correspondent of the news channel France 24, and Philippe Lagnier, a journalist working at Newen-owned production banner Capa.

This year’s Oscars ceremony turned into a media circus after Will Smith slapped guest presenter Chris Rock for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s hair, alluding to the actress making a sequel to the Ridley Scott film “G.I. Jane.” Since then, Smith has made multiple apologies and even resigned his membership in The Academy.

Can’t forgive and forget? As the fallout of Will Smith‘s Oscars slap continues, Chris Rock‘s brother Kenny Rock wants more consequences.

More members of Chris Rock’s family are weighing in on the Will Smith Oscars slap.

Zack Sharf Kenny Rock, Chris Rock’s brother, railed against Will Smith and the Academy in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times. Kenny said his brother was not aware of Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia prior to making a joke at the Oscars about her bald head while presenting the documentary feature category. The joke led Will Smith to come up on stage and slap Rock.“The joke was funny,” Kenny Rock said.

radio station Heart about the tattoo for a segment on the weirdest thing he has been asked to do at work.Having been a tattoo artist for three years and specializing in hyper-realistic portraits, Arton said he was happy to oblige.Arton isn’t alone with the seemingly odd request: A tattoo artist in New Jersey also received a request for the unique tattoo, shocking many online.Oscar Aguilar Jr. shared a video on his Instagram of the finished product, which has been reposted to TikTok with nearly 15,000 views as of Tuesday.Commenters were quick to call the tattoo “unnecessary,” “childish” and “so dumb.” “Did that not happen like two days ago?” an Instagram commenter added.A post shared by ⚜️Oscar Aguilar Jr⚜️ (@oaguilarcrafted)The moment has been etched into infamy worldwide, too.

Jada Pinkett Smith’s former sweetheart is signing like a canary.August Alsina, the R&B vocalist with whom Pinkett Smith, 50, admittedly shared an extramarital “entanglement,” appears to be exhuming the twisted details of their since bedded relationship in a newly released song, “Shake the World.” “Well, of course some s- -t is bound to go down when you tangled up with the world’s favorite,” sings Alsina, 29, on the track, which he teased via his verified Instagram profile Monday. His controversial lyrics comes amid the chaos sparked by the Pinkett Smith’s husband of nearly three decades, Will Smith, 53, who infamously slapped comedian Chris Rock, 57, for teasing the actress about her short hair during the Oscars on March 27. Elsewhere in the ditty, Alsina — who forged an extremely close and public bond with Pinkett Smith in 2015, and openly confessed to their romantic relationship in 2020  — also makes reference to getting canceled after the leading lady confirmed their affair, alongside a crestfallen Smith, on her Facebook series “Red Table Talk,” in July 2020. “I heard I was canceled,” croons the musician on the track.

A week after Will Smith’s actions tarnished the 2022 Academy Awards, there were no new reports regarding the Best Actor winner and his eventual reprimand from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oscars’ co-host Amy Schumer caused some rumblings over a stand-up set referring to the now-infamous night, but there wasn’t much else in the way of news related to The Slap.

A tattoo artist inked the moment Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onto a man's leg. Jon Arton, 36, thought it was "hilarious" someone wanted the now-viral spat permanently inked, and was happy to grant the request.