‘SNL’: Benedict Cumberbatch Jokes About Being “Beat By Will Smith” At Oscars, Pays Mother’s Day Tribute To Moms In His Life In Opening Monologue

 The stars have recently made headlines after Will slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. Their relationship has come under scrutiny as a result. The pair regularly open up about the boundaries in their relationship, and also their sex life. After previously having said they have an open marriage, Will is seemingly not prepared to film sexual scenes without his wife present.His Seven Pounds co-star Rosario Dawson said that Will asked for Jada to be present on set for their kissing scene.Rosario said that the Fresh Prince actor kept pushing the scene back, so much so that she would get paranoid.Speaking to Access Hollywood in 2008, she said: "Here is the guy who was pushing our kiss to like the end and the end and the end of the schedule."So the point was like, 'OK, I know I don't smell bad… “I know I brushed my teeth…I did the deodorant!'"She jokingly added that she had to convince him to do the scene.Recounting a conversation with her co-star, she explained: "You are just nervous. “You're nervous about kissing me. Don't worry baby, I'll be gentle."He still continued to press for Jada to be present, however. Rosario explained that Jada reminded will not to “embarrass her”.She added that Jada “took her side”.On the subject of the kiss, Will also spoke to the same publication. He said: “I wasn't scared.

Wanda Sykes is still "traumatised" by Will Smith's Oscars slap. The 58-year-old comedian has revealed she is struggling to process the actor's decision to slap Chris Rock at the Academy Awards ceremony in March after the comic had joked about his wife Jada's hair. Speaking during a comedy gig in Orlando, Wanda said: "I'm still traumatised.

Wanda Sykes revealed recently to audiences in Floriday that like many others in the industry, she still hasn't been able to completely process the Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscars incident.MORE: Chris Rock jokes he has finally 'regained hearing' after Will Smith's Oscars slapALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleWhile in the middle of her comedy tour, the comedian made a stop at Orlando, where she delivered a set spanning a variety of topics, from racism and gun control to abortion rights and gay rights.VIDEO: Will Smith assaults Chris Rock at 2022 OscarsHowever, she also briefly touched on her continued reaction to the infamous moment where, as one of the night's co-hosts, she bore witness to Will slapping Chris after a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith."I'm still traumatized," she said during her set. "I can't talk about it, I get emotional." She even added that she felt a lot of frustration toward the King Richard actor.MORE: Will Smith receives crushing career news following Oscars slap"I couldn't believe he was still sitting there, like an [expletive]," she said.

Will Smith at the Oscars. He appeared on stage on Thursday (12 May) at the Royal Albert Hall for his London show. It was the first of four shows Rock will be hosting.The show was part of his Ego Death comedy tour, Chris opened telling his 5,000 audience members: “I’m okay, if anyone was wondering.

Oscars have set a date for their 2023 ceremony – see all you need to know below.After this year’s Academy Awards, which hit headlines following Will Smith’s notorious onstage slap of Chris Rock, the Oscars will return next year on March 12 and take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.The submission deadline for general entry categories will be November 15 this year, with preliminary shortlists being announced on December 21.Voting for nominations will then take place on the week of January 12-17, 2023 after the eligibility period ends on New Year’s Eve.The nominations for the 2023 Oscars will then be revealed on January 24 next year, with final voting taking place in the week before the ceremony (March 2-7).In an incident that has since gone down in history, Smith struck Rock onstage during the Academy Awards ceremony this March following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head.Following numerous apologies over the incident, the actor resigned from the Academy. He was later banned from all Academy events for 10 years.Jada Pinkett Smith has said her family have been “focusing on deep healing” following her husband’s altercation with Rock.Jada originally shared a post on Instagram seemingly in response to the incident, writing: “This is the season of healing and I’m here for it.”Then, as her show Red Table Talk returned on Wednesday (April 20), a message was displayed on the screen promising to share more information about their family’s “healing” at a later date.The message read: “Considering all that has happened in the last few weeks, the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing.

“CODA” become the first film with a largely deaf cast and the first film from a streaming service to win best picture, the infamous slap by Will Smith of presenter Chris Rock overshadowed the awards.Smith has since resigned from the academy, which banned the actor from attending the Oscars for 10 years.ABC will again broadcast next year’s ceremony.

Chris Rock pulled out yet another joke about The Slap at the Oscars from Will Smith!

Saturday Night Live will welcome Selena Gomez as its next host. The Only Murders in the Building star is set to grace the SNL stage on 14 May, joined by Post Malone as the evening’s musical guest. This will mark the first time Gomez has hosted the sketch show.

Michael Che reveals that his unofficial announcement of leaving “SNL” has actually been in the works for some time.

Ellise Shafer The 95th Oscars will be held on March 12, 2023, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC announced on Friday.The ceremony will mark the second year in a row that the Academy Awards have taken place in March, with this past year’s edition occurring on March 27. The 95th Oscars will air live on ABC in over 200 territories worldwide from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.The submission deadline for general entry categories for the 2023 Oscars is Nov. 15.

He’s got jokes. Chris Rock‘s Oscars incident with Will Smith continues to be topic of conversation — and even the comedian is not afraid to find the humor in the situation.

joked that he finally regained his hearing following the slap from Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars.MORE: Chris Rock’s mom shares heartbreaking reaction to Will Smith slapping sonSpeaking on stage in London, Chris addressed the incident and joked about the lasting effects of the assault which shocked the world. "I'm okay, if anybody was wondering," Chris shared.

Zack Sharf Michael Che frequently jokes about leaving “Saturday Night Live,” where he has served as co-anchor of “Weekend Update” for the last eight years and counting (the second-longest stint in the show’s history, after co-anchor Colin Jost). Che went viral in March when he mentioned “SNL” at a surprise comedy set in Minneapolis and said, “This is my last year.” The press took Che’s statement as a matter of fact, so he took to Instagram to clarify that he was joking, “To comedy fans; please stop telling reporters everything you hear at a comedy show.

With Sam Raimi‘s “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness” out in theaters screenwriter Michael Waldron (“Loki“) is now doing a bevy of interviews (our own can be read and listened to here). During those conversations, Waldron has been revealing some of the characters that were considered for the latest installment in the Multiverse saga but didn’t make the cut because Marvel squashed those ideas early on.

Chris Rock hasn't fully recovered from the infamous Oscars slap. Rock opened up about his recovery during a show held at the UK's Royal Albert Hall. "I’m OK, if anybody was wondering," Rock quipped amid the show, according to The Times of London.

Natasha Lyonne is making her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on the season finale.

Wanda Sykes was one of the three co-hosts of the 2022 Oscars and she’s opening up about Will Smith‘s on-stage slap, a month and a half after the controversial moment.

Wanda Sykes still isn’t over Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.

2022 Oscars smackdown that blew up pop cultureback in March.Will Smith infamously slapped the stand-up comic, 57, onstage during the 94th Academy Awards, after Rock cracked a bald joke about the actor’s wife, Jada-Pinkett Smith, who’s openly discussed her struggles with alopecia.Rock has mostly refused to discuss the incident since then —  but on Thursday, during his new live comedy show, “Ego Death,” he quipped that words don’t hurt as much as being hit in the face.“I’m OK, if anybody was wondering,” Rock said during the show at the UK’s Royal Albert Hall, according to the Times of London. “I got most of my hearing back.”He added that he still wouldn’t be talking about the altercation between him and Smith, 53.“People expect me to talk about the bulls – – t.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is asking for feedback from its members on some of the 2022 Oscars’ most controversial aspects, including the decision to pre-record eight artisan categories and debut a fan favorite prize.The survey, obtained by Variety, first asks seven questions about members’ overall experience at the Academy, including what they could improve upon as an organization and how they could make the film industry more inclusive. The second part of the survey focuses completely on this year’s Will Packer-produced ceremony, which was one of the most controversial to date due to Will Smith infamously slapping Chris Rock, as well as the Academy’s decision to cut several artisan categories, including film editing, score and production design, from the live show.

After a somehwhat rocky Oscars with controversies surrounding the placement of several categories in a pre-show with taped acceptances inserted later into the broadcast, a #FanFavorite promotion on Twitter that went south and was largely dismissed when Zack Snyder commandeered his Twitter faithful into a victory for the Zombies in Vegas Netflix flick Army Of The Dead, and of course that instantly infamous Will Smith slap and all its reverberations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has apparently decided it is time to get input from the membership by way of a detailed survey that not only asks their members what they think of various Academy policies and initiatives, but even more pointedly some detailed questions about what they really think about this year’s Oscar show which was produced by Will Packer.