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Greig Fraser and editor Joe Walker were among those who spoke out about the Academy’s decision to cut eight categories from the live telecast at Sunday’s Oscars.Earlier this week, dozens of sound designers, engineers and mixers signed a petition challenging the move to award the sound Oscar during its pre-telecast hour on Sunday. As threatened, guild members wore their badges upside down as a form of silent protest.In the press room after winning the cinematography Oscar, Fraser, whose category was shown in main part of the show, said, “Everybody in this crowd realizes why this happens, we understand the economics.

Zack Sharf The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued a statement on the Will Smith-Chris Rock slap that shocked the 94th Academy Awards. Smith took to the stage during the 2022 Oscars and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting the documentary feature category.The Academy said in a statement: “The Academy does not condone violence of any form.Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.”While presenting best documentary feature, Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith starring in “G.I. Jane 2” because of her bald head.

Some things need to be seen to be believed. Will Smith and Chris Rock gave the 2022 Oscars plenty of moments that left viewers wanting to hit replay — and Us Weekly rounded up all the can’t-miss details.

“And That’s How We Do It”, Jaden Smith tweeted on March 28, just moments after the 94th annual Academy Awards concluded. Those words were the first from Jaden, after viewers at home saw his dad, Will Smith, slap Chris Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about Jaden’s mom, Jada Pinkett-Smith, having a bald head.

It didn’t take an Oscar win for Billie Eilish to grow up.

Refresh for updates… “Now we have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters,” says Kathy Griffin. “Jokes are what Chris Rock does,” tweets Mia Farrow. “And That’s How We Do It,” brags Jaden Smith.

Chris Rock has decided not to file a police report against Will Smith for the King Richard actor hitting him in the face on stage at the Oscars tonight — at least for now.

The 94th annual Academy Awards spread the wealth more than usual Sunday night at the Dolby Theater, with Dune scoring a leading six wins and Best Picture champ CODA finishing second with three.

Losing a friend is never easy, and clearly, for drummer Tommy Lee, 59, the unexpected shock of losing friend Taylor Hawkins at just 50 has been overwhelming. Taking to his Instagram to open up about the loss, Tommy wrote out an in-depth post discussing how he spoke with Taylor just shortly before his death, sharing: “I wish this was some s***y dream.”

It is the Oscar moment no one will soon forget. While presenting at the Oscars on March 27th, Chris Rock was slapped in the face by Will Smith after making a remark about his wife, Jade Pinkett Smith. Airing live, viewers at home wondered if Chris would file a complaint with the police, but as of show night, the comedian has declined to do so, according to a statement from the LAPD, given toHollywoodLife.

Will Smith over the onstage altercation at the Oscars 2022, the LAPD has said.During the ceremony tonight (March 27), Rock made a “joke” about Smith’s wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith being bald. Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia and has been open about her condition.Taking offence to Rock’s comments that he couldn’t wait to see Pinkett Smith “in G.I. Jane 2”, Smith got up on stage and took a swing at the comedian.

William Earl In a moment that will forever define the 2022 Academy Awards, Will Smith walked onstage after Chris Rock improvised a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and smacked him in the face. While the joke — which poked fun at Jada’s shaved head, after the actress has been vocal about her alopecia diagnosis since 2018 — was in bad taste, fans and attendees at the show alike were absolutely stunned at the hit, which at first seemed improvised, but turned out to be a real-life emotional outburst from Smith.Further complicating the evening was that Smith won the Oscar for best actor less than an hour later for his work on “King Richard,” and spent much of his speech tearfully justifying his actions to his peers and saying sorry.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt says everything that not even Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face could keep the Oscars ceremony from stubbornly chugging along its predetermined track, until Smith’s speech for winning best actor forced it to stop. In that jaw-dropping moment, what had been a self-consciously smooth night — the Academy Awards, as seen through some poreless filter — immediately and irrevocably shattered.

After a long and predictably fraught journey, Oscar season finally came to an end tonight in a wild ceremony hosted by Regina Hall, Wanda Sikes, and Amy Schumer. In an effort to attract more viewers and make more time for “entertainment,” as Oscar producer Will Packer put it, the show cut eight categories from the main broadcast.

heatwave by enjoying al fresco sex, according to a poll.There was also apparently an uptick in people misbehaving and looking to cheat on their partners as temperatures hit 21C.According to the Illicit Encounters dating app, nine out of ten people in the UK admit to having romped outdoors, with beaches being the favoured spot.Four in ten enjoyed getting jiggy in their back gardens, with parks and pools also proving popular.Relationship expert Jessica Leoni reckons that the recent blazing heat has been responsible for more people looking to have fun outside of their relationships.She said: “After the last two years, a summer of love is just what we need.”Fortunately for those who enjoy rumpy pumpy in the sun, it looks as if more is to come this year. Jim Dale, a senior meteorologist at British Weather Services, told the Express this month: "I think hot weather could come in fairly early as far as April is concerned perhaps."I know March is the start of Spring but I think we're probably going to get properly into April before we start to see the searing sort of temperatures."I wouldn't be surprised to see 26C, 27C, 28C in the middle of April."Unfortunately however, the UK's al fresco bonkers will have to put things on ice for a while with a massive snow bomb set to land this week.

Virgil van Dijk after the Liverpool star suggested he was not a fan of their style of play.The Dutch boss decided to respond after Van Dijk made comments about their footballing philosophy, following their 4-2 friendly victory over Denmark on Saturday. The 30-year-old defender played the whole 90 minutes in Van Gaal's 3-4-1-2 setup but was far from his assured normal self.There was a heavy influence from the Premier League in the exhibition match, with Tottenham’s Steven Bergwijn netting a brace, with Nathan Ake heading home and former Man United forward Memphis Depay scoring a penalty for the hosts.

his Best Actor gong following his live onstage assault of Chris Rock, industry insiders told The Post.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which handed out awards Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, has strict guidelines in its code of conduct.One highly placed Hollywood source told The Post after the incident: “It’s basically assault. Everyone was just so shocked in the room, it was so uncomfortable.”“I think Will would not want to give his Oscar back, but who knows what will happen now.”Smith was seen laughing and posing with photos following his win, as industry bigwigs like Judd Apatow hit out.“Knocked Up” director Apatow was highly critical of Smith in a now-deleted tweet: “He could have killed him.

what won Best Picture?! (It was “CODA.”) There was just one scene-stealing moment at the otherwise snoozy Oscars on Sunday night. It was the best minute of TV in many years. “Game of Thrones”‘ “Red Wedding,” eat your heart out.Two and half hours in, a crazed Will Smith stormed the stage after presenter Chris Rock, who should’ve hosted, mockingly said to Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, “Jada, I love you! ‘GI Jane 2′ — can’t wait to see it!” An innocent little joke.

Will Smith appeared to punch Chris Rock in the face on stage during the Oscars after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair. Referring to Pinkett Smith’s buzzcut, Rock said: “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2.”

playing Venus and Serena Williams’ dad Richard in “King Richard” — it wasn’t as he planned.Earlier that night, after comedian Chris Rock insulted his wife Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting an award, Smith stormed the stage, slapped the comic and yelled “Get my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”The room was shocked into silence.When he won Best Actor, Smith apologized.“I know to do what we do,” he said in tears, “you gotta be able to take abuse, you gotta be able to have people talk crazy about you… You gotta smile and pretend like that’s OK.”He went on: “I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all the other nominees.”The wild scene leading up to his victory comes 20 years after his first Best Actor nomination, for “Ali,” and 32 years since “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” debuted on TV.The shocking moment Sunday almost felt appropriate.

Manchester United are set to step up their progress in their quest to appoint their next permanent manager over the coming weeks after holding talks with Ajax boss Erik ten Hag.