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It seems like no one can stop talking about the incident that took place between Will Smith and Chris Rock on the Oscars stage on Sunday night, and it doesn’t look like the issue is going away anytime soon. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed that they are now doing a “formal review” of the moment the 53-year-old King Richard star walked on stage and slapped the 57-year-old comedian for telling a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith‘s hair, and will “explore further action” based on what they find.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.Chris Rock will return to the stage for his ongoing comedy tour this week, after being slapped by Will Smith on the Oscars stage Sunday night over a joke he made about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The on-screen altercation is one of the most dramatic unplanned events to occur in Academy Awards history, made even more peculiar by Smith accepting the award for best actor less than an hour after his outburst. However, the dramatic moment did seem to inspire some viewers to buy tickets to see Rock perform live; one secondary ticketing marketplace, TickPick, reports that they have sold more tickets to the comedian’s tour overnight than they did in the past month combined.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnna Lore has joined the “Gotham Knights” pilot at The CW.Lore will play Stephanie Brown. Described as possessing sarcasm matched only by her intellect, Stephanie was raised on a steady diet of brain teasers and puzzles. She’s honed her skills to become a formidable coder.

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Chris Willman Music WriterFor years, the Stagecoach Festival in Indio has had a side stage, dubbed the Palomino tent, that is a virtual festival-within-a-festival, focusing on alternative country, Americana and heritage country acts, “cred” artists that tend to draw a largely different audience than the larger one that stays at the mainstream main stage all day. This summer, Goldenvoice is branching off that approach into a one-day gathering of its own — the Palomino Festival — set to go down for the first time July 9 in Pasadena.Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson & Family and Jason Isbell are newly announced as the headliners for the inaugural event, which will take place at Brookside at the Rose Bowl, a park adjacent to the storied stadium that Goldenvoice has used for a number of other genre-specific festivals in the last decade.

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Jason Momoa attended the Oscars on Sunday in style, with his hair in a french braid and a pink scrunchie. At the 94th Academy Awards, the Dune star posed at the Dolby Theatre in an all black tuxedo and bowtie.

Related: ‘Violence instead of words’: Will Smith condemned for hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars The nearly four-hour telecast drew 15. 36 million viewers according to time-zone-adjusted fast national numbers from Nielsen, Variety reported on Monday.

Oscars, Amy Schumer made a joke about siblings Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal and referenced them as a couple. During her opening monologue, Schumer acknowledged how many couples were attending the 94th Academy Awards.

moment, The Slap is, of course, the moment that Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage on Sunday night and slapped Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife and her newly bald head. (Jada Pinkett-Smith suffers from alopecia, which she has shared publicly. ) There are conversations about assault and illness.

quite the night at the 94th Academy Awards. The actor was responsible for the most memorable and newsworthy moment of the entire evening when he slapped Chris Rock full-on in the face, after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head and alopecia-related hair loss. The moment instantly went viral, and the memes are still rolling in.

Benedict Cumberbatch is a master of impressions.

PEAKY Blinders fans have gone crazy after spotting one of its former stars Joe Cole in The Ipcress File. Joe is best known for his role as John Shelby in the Peaky Blinders - and viewers watching ITV's latest drama this evening were quick to notice the star. The 33-year-old played the younger brother of the infamous Tommy Shelby - portrayed by Cillian Murphy - in the Birmingham-based drama.

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The Iprcress File is ITV's latest offering, continuing its stream of dramas so far in 2022.

Forget all the drama with the Shelby family down the back streets of Birmingham in BBC One’s Peaky Blinders – this Sunday it’s all about family fights in real-life. Acting brothers Joe Cole and Finn will be competing in a TV ratings war as their mega dramas, Peaky Blinders and new ITV spy thriller Ipcress File go head-to-head. We can only imagine the two of them sitting down in front of the box and fighting over the remote control.

James Bond after his recent appearance in an ITV drama.He’s about to take the lead role in ITV’s remake of The Ipcress File, playing the part of Harry Palmer.Palmer is a bespectacled British sergeant who is offered a position as a spy to avoid prison for smuggling, a role made famous by Michael Caine in the 1965 movie based on the book by Len Deighton.Cole’s portrayal of the sergeant - which has already been seen by critics and reviewers - has led to him being touted as a successor to Daniel Craig as the next James Bond.The man himself has played mobsters in shows such as Peaky Blinders and Gangs Of London and spoke about the potential 007 role: "I think every young actor in the UK has been linked to James Bond"."I’d like to play James Bond. I’ve played enough villains" he joked.During his interview on This Morning with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, the presenters touched upon the poignancy of his new series The Ipcress Files and how closely it reflects current affairs.Joe joined the presenters on the early morning show, looking smart in a burgundy V-neck jumper with a white collar underneath.Phillip, wearing a green shirt, and Holly, wearing a white jumper, sat opposite him and asked the star about his portrayal of Harry Palmer.“Set in the 1960s, the height of the Cold War, this massive battle between the East and the West.

Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole has opened up about leaving the hit BBC show, which returned to screens last weekend (February 27).The actor played John Shelby in the show, brother of Tommy Shelby played by Cillian Murphy. He held the role for three seasons before leaving in 2017.Speaking to Radio Times about leaving the show, Cole said he had no regrets.“In society we’re told to play by the rules and live your life in a certain way,” he began.

Former Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole has opened up about his late co-star, Helen McCrory, describing her as a “rare gem.” The 33 year old star, who played John Shelby until series four of the show, appeared on This Morning alongside hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to discuss his new spy thriller series, The Ipcress File. As he reflected on the impressive cast list for the ITV show, which includes Tom Hollander and Lucy Boynton, he admitted he had always had the pleasure of working with “phenomenal actors and actresses” - especially Cillian Murphy and Helen McCrory on the BBC crime drama, Peaky Blinders.

This Morning to chat about his upcoming show but also shared his thoughts on the late actress Helen McCrory.Joe and Helen both worked on the iconic series of Peaky Blinders together and looking back at his time on the show, he says she was a "rare gem".Harry Potter actress Helen died from cancer, age 52, in April 2021, which left a great hole in the acting community.Joe shared what it has been like working with big stars across his career, from past roles and current, in his new series The Ipcress File during a chat with This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.He said: "When you're working with great actors they bring something else out of you. It's a real job as you might have preconceptions about how you're going to do a scene, but when you get into a room with heavyweights like Tom Hollander, you're like that anyway but it brings different things out of your performance."He continued: "It happens a lot, up and down, small arts and big parts.