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On the first leg of a European tour, Chris Rock was joined by Dave Chappelle when he offered some more details on the Will Smith/Oscars slap.

Will Smith has posted a video to YouTube apologizing to Chris Rock for the "Oscars slap" incident & answering questions about those moments.

Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards. We want to express our deep gratitude to Mr Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances We also want to thank our hosts, nominees, presenters and winners for their poise and[...]

A week after resigning from the academy as it was beginning its review of the Oscar winner slapping presenter Chris Rock during the live ABC Academy Awards broadcast over Rock's joke at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith ("Jada, I love you, 'G.I Jane 2,' can't wait to see it"), Academy of Motion Picture Arts and[...]

Only hours after Academy Awards broadcast producer Will Packer offered his perspective on Best Actor award-winner Will Smith (King Richard) slapping presenter Chris Rock during the live ABC Academy Awards broadcast over Rock's joke directed at Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith ("Jada, I love you, 'G.I Jane 2,' can't wait to see it"), we have[...]

As a review & investigation of the "The Great Oscars Slap of 2022" between Best Actor award-winner Will Smith (King Richard) and presenter Chris Rock during the live ABC Academy Awards broadcast over Rock's joke directed at Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith ("Jada, I love you, 'G.I Jane 2,' can't wait to see it") gets[...]

By now, pretty much the entire world has chimed in on "The Great Oscars Slap of 2022," where Best Actor nominee Will Smith (King Richard) slapped presenter Chris Rock during the live ABC Academy Awards broadcast over Rock's joke directed at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith ("Jada, I love you, 'G.I Jane 2,' can't wait to[...]

After Sunday night's Academy Awards saw Best Actor nominee Will Smith (King Richard) slap presenter Chris Rock during the live ABC broadcast over Rock's joke directed at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith ("Jada, I love you, 'G.I Jane 2,' can't wait to see it"), Smith took to social media on Monday to post an apology[...]

I am sure I don't need to tell you, but Sunday night's Academy Awards was quite a disgraceful display… and that's before there was any violence on the annual ABC telecast  Of course, the moment that had the world talking was when megastar and soon-to-be Best Actor Award Winner Will Smith marched on stage and[...]

Less than 24-hours after Best Actor nominee Will Smith (King Richard) slapped presenter Chris Rock during the live broadcast of the Academy Awards over Rock's joke referencing his wife Jada Pinkett Smith ("Jada, I love you, 'G.I Jane 2,' can't wait to see it"), making the two the topic of 95% of the conversations happening online[...]

Okay, now back to "The Slap That Launched 1000 Memes"… "The Slap That Now Replaces the Batman & Robin Slap Meme." So we're pretty sure by now that you've heard that the only "entertaining" part of ABC's broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards was when Best Actor nominee Will Smith (King Richard) slapped the taste[...]

Well, that's one way to get people to forget just how tragically bad the Regina Hall, Amy Schumer & Wanda Sykes-hosted ABC broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards was tonight In a move that left the Academy Awards audience in stunned silence and result in an awkward & abrupt cut of the broadcast, nominee for[...]

Oscars nominations were just announced, here is the full list of nominees in every category for this years Academy Awards.

In this weird movie year, could The Invisible Man clean up at next years Oscars? It is about time horror got its due.

That was his first American project, and Rebecca received 11 Academy Awards nominations, where it won Best Picture and Best Cinematography It was chosen for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2018 So, this new version has a lot to live up to Directed by Ben Wheatley and written by Jane Goldman, you can[...]

Following announcements that the Academy Awards and others were pushing back their ceremonies last week, the Golden Globes have now done the same The awards will now take place on February 28th, 2021 The Globes usually take place on the first Sunday of January and instead will jump back weeks This also means that the[...]

The 2021 Academy Awards have been pushed back from February 28 to April 25, 2021 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the move today after outlets like Variety started speculating a couple of months back that this could happen This makes total sense, as the theatrical release schedule has been completely blown up[...]

The Korean film, which cleaned up at this year's Academy Awards ceremony and made a household name out of director Bong Joon Ho, is already setting records on the service, according to IndieWire It has already become the most-streamed independent or foreign language film on Hulu, and also the second most-streamed film on the service[...]

The film won five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing The Deer Hunter was named the 53rd best film of all-time on the AFI 100 list, and has been featured on numerous best of lists over the years The film has also[...]

It won Best Picture at that years Academy Awards Bruhl will not play the lead Paul Baumer however, he will just be part of the ensemble. lev radin / Shutterstock.com Egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller voluntarily enlist in the German army Full of excitement and patriotic fervor, the[...]

Could anyone else picture a contemporary foreign language film 5-10 years ago and beyond? What would the Academy consider otherwise? Most probably think historical drama or martial arts epic if it were from Asia. Barunson E&A "Parasite" and Other Asian Films in the Oscars Prior to Parasite, you had the martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)[...]

Hulu is taking advantage of the Disney-owned ABC being the broadcasting home for this year's Academy Awards, rolling out new teasers, trailers and previews for a number of their new series Earlier in the show, we took a look at FX on Hulu's Cate Blanchett-starrer Mrs America – and now, its a look at Hulu Original's[...]

AMC used "The Walking Dead", "Better Call Saul", "NOS4A2", "Breaking Bad", and "Mad Men" for a unique take on some Oscars 2020 "Best Picture" nominees...

Joker leads all films with 11 nominations at this years Oscars. Here is the full list of nominees! Watch the ceremony live on Sunday, February 9th.

'Joker', 'Knives Out', 'Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood', 'Marriage Story', 'The irishman' top the AFI list of 2019's best films.

Before Academy Award winner Rami Malek returns to USA Network's 'Mr. Robot' for a fourth and final season, here's a look back at our thoughts on season 3.

The 91st Annual Academy Awards just completed in Los Angeles, handing out the golden Oscars statues to the chosen recipients of the various categories celebrating the best of the past year in film, performance, and achievement. With no host this year, the telecast did pretty well time-wise; the various presenters did their duties and ushered the[...]

Case-in-point? Tonight's Academy Awards broadcast on ABC, which will be running up against the long-running horror-drama series To be clear, it won't be much of a competition because (A) it's the Oscars, even if it is a dumpster fire; and (2) The Walking Dead doesn't "do" same-day ratings anymore, anyway. Still, we have to appreciate the[...]

In yet another move that the Academy Awards is making because they think it's a good idea- four main categories will be presented during a commercial break at the 91st Annual Academy Awards (aka Oscars). There are 4 categories total that have been deemed unworthy of the general broadcast awards and we're kind of surprised- Make[...]

The Academy announced the first round of presenters for the 91st Annual Academy Awards Oscars ceremony this morning, and the list looks pretty good. Awkwafina, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans,Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lopez, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amandla Stenberg, Charlize Theron, Tessa Thompson, Constance Wu, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic (who will[...]