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The slap of the century was unpacked by late night hosts on Monday night, and each comedian reacted pretty much exactly the way we’d expect them to.

Not impressed. Like everyone who watched the 2022 Oscars, Jim Carrey saw Will Smith slap Chris Rock during the ceremony — and he wasn’t happy about what happened afterward.

Ron Howard said he wasn’t in the room when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday, but shared that he found the situation “very upsetting.”

Amy Schumer addressed an Oscars joke she made that didn't sit well with at-home viewers. Schumer took to her Instagram story on Monday to explain her decision to refer to actress Kirsten Dunst as a "seat filler." "Hey I appreciate the love for Kirsten Dunst. I love her too! That was a choreographed bit she was in on," Schumer wrote.

Will Smith’s altercation at the Oscars.At the ceremony on Sunday (March 27), Smith struck Chris Rock on-stage following a joke about his wife Jada’s shaved head. In 2018, she revealed she was diagnosed with alopecia.Jada has since shared an Instagram post on Tuesday (March 29), which reads: “This is a season for healing and I’m here for it.”It’s unclear if the post is directly referring to the Oscars incident.A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)Smith’s mum, Carolyn, recently addressed the altercation in an interview with 6abc, saying she’d never “seen him do that”.“He is a very even, people person,” Carolyn said referring to her son’s actions.

Jada Pinkett Smith is speaking out.

JADA Pinkett Smith finally broke her silence after the shocking Oscars moment when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. The actress struggles with alopecia and has kept her head shaven as a result.

Every year, some notable names are left out of the Academy’s tribute to those who passed away in the last year.

A significant suit. Elliot Page’s outfit to the Oscars meant a lot more to him than a simple tuxedo. The 35-year-old actor explained during an Instagram Live that the outfit was a manifestation of “trans joy.” 

slapping Chris Rock at Sunday night’s Academy Awards — and has hit out at the “spineless” audience of A-listers who subsequently gave the actor a standing ovation.“I was sickened. I was sickened by the standing ovation,” Carrey told Gayle King in a “CBS Mornings” interview that aired Tuesday.Smith scooped the Best Actor Oscar for his role in “King Richard” just minutes after assaulting Rock, with the crowd getting out of their seats to cheer for the star. “Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we aren’t the cool club anymore,” Carrey, 60, told King of the audience’s warm reception for Smith.

viral slap of comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars. “This is a season for healing and I’m here for it,” Pinkett Smith posted Tuesday, two days after hubby Will Smith stunned Rock — and millions of viewers — by smacking the comedian for making a joke about his wife’s baldness.Pinkett Smith, 50, has been relatively mum since the incident, save for a photo and a video to the music of Chopin on Instagram Monday showing her in an emerald Jean Paul Gaultier gown.

Last year’s Oscars ceremony saw a historical low, at 10.4 million viewers, which means the show on Sunday should have done much, much better, right? Well, the answer isn’t as clear. Despite a big bump from having the event in-person with red carpet coverage and a crowded venue packed with various stars as an extra draw, people still aren’t tuning in at the rate they used to before the pandemic and viewership had already been declining from year to year.

No wonder Jason Momoa was so determined to shut down reconciliation rumors with Lisa Bonet — he seems to be moving on with Kate Beckinsale!

Netflix is taking their dating shows to the realm of marriage with “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move on”.

About one-third of U.S. subscribers to Netflix share their login credentials with others, according to new data from Leichtman Research Group.

Zack Sharf Jim Carrey is criticizing Hollywood for giving Will Smith a standing ovation when it was announced at the Oscars that he won best actor for “King Richard.” Smith’s Oscar victory occurred several minutes after he slapped Chris Rock while the comedian was presenting the documentary feature category. Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head, which she shaved last year after revealing she has alopecia.“I was sickened,” Carrey told CBS’ Gayle King (via HuffPost). “I was sickened by the standing ovation.

The more transmissible strain of Omicron, BA.2, is now the dominant Covid variant in the United States. In just the last week, it has risen from 35% of all new cases genetically sequenced to 55%, per CDC data. That’s a remarkable 80% jump in just seven days.

Wilson Chapman editorThe Indian Film Festival Los Angeles has announced the programming lineup for its 2022 edition, which includes Pan Nalin’s “Last Film Show” as a gala presentation.The festival, which spotlights films made about the Indian diaspora from filmmakers of Indian heritage, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a return to in-person screenings for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the festival, 10 feature films and 16 short films will be screened, including a world premiere and two North American premieres.“Reflecting on IFFLA’s 20 years, we find ourselves overjoyed by the range of incredible talent we have discovered and celebrated, introducing numerous emerging and established voices to Los Angeles,” IFFA executive director and founder Christina Marouda said in a statement.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterViewership for Sunday’s Oscars on ABC grew by 511,000 viewers during the 15-minute time span that featured Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, according to Live + Same Day Nielsen data. While the Oscars’ audience dipped from there, it spiked again during Smith’s best actor win and acceptance speech shortly after 11 p.m. ET, this time by 614,000 viewers.The most-watched portion of the entire show was the 15 minutes between 9:15 p.m.

A different kind of slapstick. David Spade, Kathy Griffin and more comedians voiced their concerns after Will Smith hit Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.

Khloé Kardashian chose a theme for her Oscars looks. The reality tv personality and businesswoman brought back the 80s for her night out at Jay-Z’s Oscars after-party.

Jada Pinkett Smith is ready to move on from the 2022 Oscars and that infamous moment involving her husband, Will Smith.On the morning of March 29, Jada posted a graphic on Instagram that read, "This is a season for healing and I'm here for it."A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)The message came about 36 hours after Will slapped Chris Rock on live TV on the Oscars stage for making a joke at Jada's expense, comparing her shaved head to that of Demi Moore's bald-headed character in 1997's "G.I. Jane."Video captured Will initially laughing at the joke, but Jada found little humor and rolled her eyes.

Jimmy Fallon will “never forget” the 2022 Oscars, not only because of the drama that unfolded when Will Smith attacked Chris Rock on stage but because he was “freaking out” over “the moment everyone’s talking about”: when his friend and in-house band The Roots’ frontman Questlove won his very first Oscar.

It may not be a playoff final but the message from the Steve Clarke is clear: don't take your foot off the gass.

The Oscars‘ viewership has rebounded after last year’s historic low.

Jim Carrey is “sickened” by the standing ovation given to Will Smith on Oscars Sunday.

In footage obtained by TMZ, a video from last year shows Oscar winner Will Smith demonstrating the art of a faux slap to a group of kids.The youngster, reportedly named Chris — an unfortunate coincidence — asked Smith how he fakes fights in his famous films.Naturally, the seeming slapaholic showed him.While Smith didn’t actually slap this Chris, it was eerily foreboding of the series of unfortunate events that were the 94th Academy Awards.At the 2022 Oscars Sunday evening, Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face after he made an off-color joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia.“Get my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth!” Smith shouted — twice — from his front-row seat at a baffled Rock post-brawl. Will has since apologized for his actions, including to Rock, and on Tuesday morning Jada finally responded to the controversy by posting about this being “a season for healing and I’m here for it” on her Instagram account.The shocking slap — televised to homes around the world — was a hit on Twitter, where internet jokesters crafted a mint of memes about the smackdown.Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel even referred to the altercation as “the old ‘Hitch’ slap,” referring to Smith’s knee-slapping comedy from 2005.Kimmel, who originally thought the smack was staged, said he quickly realized it wasn’t fake at all.“In one stunning moment – the night went from ‘Oscars – So What?’  to ‘Oscars So WHAAAAAAT?!'” he joked on his show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”Other late-night comics also chimed in, including “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, who said it was “nice for all of us to come together and say ‘holy crap’ at the same time.”“Get ready for next year’s 95th Academy Award Oscar Slaptacular Death Match.

Will Smith’s mother, Carolyn Smith, has shared her thoughts on the controversial conflict at the Oscars, involving her son’s reaction to Chris Rock’s off-script joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s appeareance.The 85-year-old mom revealed she was just as shocked as the audience when she saw Will slap the comedian during the televised show, explaining that it is unlikely of him to react angrily. During a recent interview Carolyn said that this is “the first time I’ve ever seen him go off.

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Chris Rock may have left Will Smith angered by his Oscars presentation but the star's legions of loyal fans are still right by his side. The comedian was left shocked after the King Richard actor slapped him in the face after he made a controversial joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.MORE: Will Smith's mother breaks silence on son's altercation with Chris Rock But now, Chris had reason to celebrate as ticket sales for his upcoming live tour skyrocketed following the Academy Awards.WATCH: Will Smith strikes Chris Rock during Oscars "We sold more tickets to see Chris Rock overnight than we did in the past month combined," TickPick tweeted the day after the Oscars. Ticket prices are also dramatically increasing in price according to Variety who say they went up from a minimum of $46 per person on 18 March to a minimum of $341.MORE: Serena Williams speaks out after Will Smith's public apology SEE: Celebrities react to Will Smith's shocking Chris Rock altercationChris is due to kick off his tour this week in Boston for a run of shows, before he travels across the US and UK for his Ego Death World Tour.  Chris Rock's altercation with Will Smith at the Oscars has increased demand for tickets for his tourThe Oscars moment between Will and Chris will go down in history as one of the most shocking.Moments after he stormed on stage and hit the presenter, Will accepted his first Academy Award for his role in King Richard. MORE: Serena and Venus Williams steal the show at the Oscars in daring gownsRELATED: Will Smith's fans convinced attack on Chris Rock was 'staged' after actor predicted 'chaos' hours earlierHe took the opportunity to apologize but it wasn't until Tuesday when he issued an apology to Chris via Instagram. A post

Jada Pinkett-Smith has broken her silence over her husband, Will Smith's, Oscars altercation with Chris Rock, during which he slapped the presenter in the face. The wife of the King Richard star was at the center of the comedian's joke which riled Will so much he took to the stage and hit him. MORE: Will Smith's fans convinced attack on Chris Rock was 'staged' after actor predicted 'chaos' hours earlierNow, Jada has taken to Instagram with a brief statement which reads: "This is a season for healing and I'm here for it."WATCH: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars over joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair lossThe words were posted on a pale pink background and were met with applause from her social media followers who commented with heart and praying hands emojis.MORE: Serena Williams breaks silence on Will Smith and Chris Rock on stage Oscars altercationSEE: Celebrities react to Will Smith's shocking Chris Rock altercationHer words come after Will issued a statement on Instagram himself. His read: "Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive," he began his statement.A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)Jada Pinkett-Smith broke her silence with a simply statement "My behavior at last night's Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable.

Nicola Sturgeon will deliver an update on the state of the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland at Holyrood tomorrow.

Jada Pinkett Smith says it's "time for healing" after the Oscars drama involving her husband Will Smith and Chris Rock.

John Travolta decided to adopt the dog Jamie Lee Curtis introduced at the 94th Academy Awards. The 63-year-old Scream Queen, known for her iconic role as Laurie Strode in Halloween, took the stage holding an adorable pooch named Mac ‘N’ Cheese.Curtis tributed the late great Betty White during the In Memoriam segment.