Will Smith smacks Chris Rock for GI Jane joke about Jada
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100% based on personal feelings and emotion. Not facts. We don't know these people, we only think we do.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“When Will Smith stormed onto the Oscar stage to strike Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife’s short hair, he did a lot more damage than just to Rock’s face,” the NBA legend wrote via a Substack essay on Monday, March 28. “With a single petulant blow, he advocated violence, diminished women, insulted the entertainment industry, and perpetuated stereotypes about the Black community.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“When Will Smith stormed onto the Oscar stage to strike Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife’s short hair, he did a lot more damage than just to Rock’s face,” the NBA legend wrote via a Substack essay on Monday, March 28. “With a single petulant blow, he advocated violence, diminished women, insulted the entertainment industry, and perpetuated stereotypes about the Black community.”
“When Will Smith stormed onto the Oscar stage to strike Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife’s short hair, he did a lot more damage than just to Rock’s face,” the NBA legend wrote via a Substack essay on Monday, March 28. “With a single petulant blow, he advocated violence, diminished women, insulted the entertainment industry, and perpetuated stereotypes about the Black community.”
I will always respect Kareem's opinion. Very, very intelligent man.
Bill Maher is on fire, perhaps the best Real Time this year.
So you go off about a completely different person, find out there are not the same person, and still say the same thing, while adding they must be cousins? You are fucked.
Sorry but a slap on the face can not diminish the Academy in my view. Yes Will Smith is wrong and should have more self control. However this is the same Academy that has given Roman Polanski 6 Awards after he was convicted of drugging and raping a 13 year girl and fled the Country after the trial to avoid his sentence.
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Different perspectives, Kareem has a BA in history from UCLA. If he had not been a basketball player, he could have studied law. Denzel is an actor's actor, who's made it his life's mission to promoting black talent.
Can you name all the talent in this scene?
The academy should've decided within days instead of dragging this tell April 15. Lets get it over with, I'm tired every day with this shit. The more I see his face, the more I hate Smith. They were interviewing Mel Gibson and asked him about this, the handler closed the interview LOL
And so it begins...
Will Smith: Netflix And Sony Pause Projects After Oscars Meltdown
Sony’s ‘Bad Boys 4’ And Netflix’s original movie ‘Fast and Loose’ pump the brakes on production.
By Craig T. Lee
April 3, 2022 / 10:26 AM
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a few of Smith’s upcoming projects with Netflix and Sony will halt production following the actor’s on-stage confrontation with comedian Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars. Just moments later, he went on stage to accept the Best Actor award for his role as Richard Williams in the 2021 film, King Richard.
Ahead of the 2022 Oscars, director David Leitch withdrew as the director of the planned Netflix original film, Fast and Loose, where Smith would’ve played a crime boss with memory issues.
Netflix was reportedly competing with Universal for his next directing gig, but Universal withdrew from the race. Netflix urgently put in a call for another director to do another project for the streaming service after Smith was favored to take home hardware for Best Actor at the Oscars.
Smith, 53, shocked everyone when he made his way to the stage where host Chris Rock stood with his hands behind his back, laughing as Smith approached him. Smith smacked Rock after the comedian joked about wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s decision to rock a bald head.
Sony has also put an anticipated movie on the back burner: Bad Boys 4. Hollywood Reporter says that Smith received 40 pages of the movie’s script before the Oscars.
Apple +’s drama Emancipation is in post-production and had a 2022 release planned, but has not specified an exact release date.
This past Friday (April 1), Smith resigned from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.
“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home,” he said in the statement.
https://www.bet.com/article/k0zhxr/will-smith-netflix-sony-projects-paused-chris-rock
Will Smith: Netflix And Sony Pause Projects After Oscars Meltdown
Sony’s ‘Bad Boys 4’ And Netflix’s original movie ‘Fast and Loose’ pump the brakes on production.
By Craig T. Lee
April 3, 2022 / 10:26 AM
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a few of Smith’s upcoming projects with Netflix and Sony will halt production following the actor’s on-stage confrontation with comedian Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars. Just moments later, he went on stage to accept the Best Actor award for his role as Richard Williams in the 2021 film, King Richard.
Ahead of the 2022 Oscars, director David Leitch withdrew as the director of the planned Netflix original film, Fast and Loose, where Smith would’ve played a crime boss with memory issues.
Netflix was reportedly competing with Universal for his next directing gig, but Universal withdrew from the race. Netflix urgently put in a call for another director to do another project for the streaming service after Smith was favored to take home hardware for Best Actor at the Oscars.
Smith, 53, shocked everyone when he made his way to the stage where host Chris Rock stood with his hands behind his back, laughing as Smith approached him. Smith smacked Rock after the comedian joked about wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s decision to rock a bald head.
Sony has also put an anticipated movie on the back burner: Bad Boys 4. Hollywood Reporter says that Smith received 40 pages of the movie’s script before the Oscars.
Apple +’s drama Emancipation is in post-production and had a 2022 release planned, but has not specified an exact release date.
This past Friday (April 1), Smith resigned from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.
“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home,” he said in the statement.
https://www.bet.com/article/k0zhxr/will-smith-netflix-sony-projects-paused-chris-rock
