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At the age of 58, leading movie roles just were not coming her way, and her phone had stopped ringing.The only offers she received were for television: then viewed somewhat snootily as a career graveyard for film stars. Only two roles were on offer: a sitcom, and a crime series.

Oscar and Golden Globe Award for her acting prowess, claimed that Bill Murray, 72, had screamed at her in front of “hundreds” of people after he thought she was late to set.The pair’s relationship got off to a rocky start after their first meeting in a hotel room, as Geena claimed that the Ghostbusters actor had greeted her with a massage device that he insisted on using on her.According to a Times summary, “[Davis is] introduced to [Murray], she writes, in a hotel suite, where Murray greets her with something called The Thumper, a massage device he insists on using on her, despite her emphatically refusing.”The "bad" encounter was followed up by a more humiliating incident when the Royal Tenenbaums actor allegedly lost his temper with Geena while filming Quick Change, which Bill also co-directed.Assuming she was late to set, Bill let rip, without realising that Geena’s delay was due to a simple issue in the wardrobe department.The Times wrote: “Later, while they’re filming on location, Murray tracks Davis down in her trailer and begins screaming at her for being late (she’s waiting for her wardrobe), continues to scream at her as she hurries onto the set and even as she gets there, in front of hundreds of cast, crew, curious passers-by.”“That was bad,” Geena said of her audition with Bill, thinking about the ways in which she would have handled the situation differently.“The way he behaved at the first meeting… I should have walked out of that or profoundly defended myself, in which case I wouldn’t have got the part.“I could have avoided that treatment if I’d known how to react or what to do during the audition.“But, you know, I was so non-confrontational that I just didn’t…” she said.Not mincing her words, Geena soon

Will Smith earn another Oscar after this year's on-stage showdown with Chris Rock? Technically, yes. As buzz begins to build around Antoine Fuqua's Apple Original Film, -- in which Smith stars as a man who escapes from slavery — speculation is swirling about the film's awards season promise. According to a report from, Smith still be nominated for another Best Actor Oscar even after his fallout from slapping Rock during the live 2022 Academy Awards broadcast.But there's a catch: following the incident, Smith resigned as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, and was ultimately banned from the Oscars telecast and other Academy-sponsored events for 10 years.

smacked Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars, won Best Actor minutes later and became an instant worldwide pariah. Then, once the Academy conducted a hilarious “investigation” of an event plainly viewed by millions, he was rightly banned from the ceremony for 10 years. Needless to say, not being allowed into the Oscars for a decade is not a good look for a movie actor.But in Hollywood, who cares about how their own people behave?! On Monday, Smith, 54, returned to the limelight with the abruptness of, well, a slap in the face.Apple dropped the fancy highbrow trailer for Smith’s new movie “Emancipation,” a serious drama directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”) in which he plays an escaped slave, and announced it will be released in December during peak award campaign season.   Smith getting another Best Actor nod in a few months’ time is a very real possibility.

Academy Awards – has died at the age of 75.Her passing was confirmed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, a caretaker of Littlefeather’s said she died at noon on Sunday (October 2), surrounded by loved ones at her home in the Northern California city of Novato. An exact cause of death was not confirmed, however Littlefeather had long been open about her various struggles with ill health.Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.

Oscars.The Russian film academy announced the decision on Monday (September 26) in a statement (via the Guardian), which reads: “The presidium of the Film Academy of Russia has decided not to nominate a national film for the Oscars award of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2022.”According to Variety, several members of Russia’s Oscar nomination committee, including chairman Pavel Tchoukhrai, have resigned following the decision.In a letter published by state news agency Tass, the chairman blamed the Russian film academy for taking an “unilateral decision over the head of the committee” and described it as “unfair and illegal”.This is the first time the country has boycotted the Oscars since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. It comes as tensions between Russia and the US rise over the country’s war on Ukraine, which started in February this year.As noted by Variety, some members of Russia’s Oscar committee resigned when the war started earlier this year.

Kevin Hart is giving his «brother» Will Smith some appreciation. During his appearance on Drink Champs, the comedian defended the Oscar winner when hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN asked him to choose between Smith and rapper Ice Cube.Although Hart noted that both Smith and Ice Cube are his «brothers,» he chose the former.

Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88.Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent David Shaul told The Associated Press on Friday. No cause was given.After putting her career on hold for years to raise her children, Fletcher was in her early 40s and little known when chosen for the role opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1975 film by director Milos Forman, who had admired her work the year before in director Robert Altman’s “Thieves Like Us.” At the time, she didn’t know that many other prominent stars, including Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn and Angela Lansbury, had turned it down.“I was the last person cast,” she recalled in a 2004 interview.

slapping around the idea of getting Chris Rock to host an award show. The 57-year-old comedian has reportedly been offered a “s- -t ton” of money to host the 2023 Golden Globes, according to Puck.But the “Everybody Hates Chris” alum apparently doesn’t love the idea of raking in the big bucks by capitalizing on the viral moment of Will Smith, 53, walking onstage and slapping him at the 2022 Oscars and declined the job.

arrivederci the week before that. So, at this point, critics and pundits have viewed just about every Oscar hopeful.There are just two holdovers that could crash the Hollywood hootenanny: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” out Nov.

Oscars. “Happy Bald is Beautiful day to all my brothers and sisters with no hair,” Jada said in the caption of her post.The star was diagnosed with alopecia in 2018 and was at the receiving end of a joke which led to her husband defending her at the Oscars earlier this year. Chris was, at the time, presenting the award for Best Documentary in late March, before he noticed Jada in the audience. “Jada, I love you. G.I.

Oscars. “Happy Bald is Beautiful day to all my brothers and sisters with no hair,” Jada said in the caption of her post.The star was diagnosed with alopecia in 2018 and was at the receiving end of a joke which led to her husband defending her at the Oscars earlier this year. Chris was, at the time, presenting the ceremony and the award for Best Documentary in late March, before he noticed Jada in the audience. “Jada, I love you. G.I.

USA, Chappelle said that just moments before he was about to win the Best Actor award for his role in the film King Richard, he acted “like he was back in Philadelphia”.Chappelle, who is known for his satirical comedy sketches added: “Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years, and he ripped his mask off and showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us.“Whatever the consequences are… I hope he doesn’t put his mask back on again and lets his real face breathe.“I see myself in both men,” Chappelle added.Chris also spoke openly about the incident, dedicating a small portion of his comedy set to the event. It was during this part of the show that the funnyman said: “F*** your hostage video,” referring to the actor’s viral YouTube and Instagram apology video.Having posted the video back in July, these comments are the first time that Chris has aired his opinion on the video.The three-time Grammy award winning comic and actor also referred to Will as “Suge Smith” in reference to the former Death Row Records music executive Suge Knight, who is currently serving a 28-year jail sentence for voluntary manslaughter.Shortly after, the star swiftly moved on to say that he’d been back at work the following day after the slap, stressing that he was not a victim, before discussing an array of topics from Trump’s election to the dating habits of the Kardashian family.Similarly to Chris, Dave has also been attacked on stage, when performing back in Los Angeles back in May.

Not backing down. Chris Rock rejected Will Smith’s apology video…again. The former Saturday Night Live cast member took to the stage in the U.K. with Dave Chapelle and he confessed what he truly thought of Will Smith.

Chris Rock to be opening up about the infamous Oscars slap anytime soon. ET spoke with January Harrison, founder of January Designs and Creations, who was in attendance at Rock's show in Phoenix on Sunday, where she said he not only discussed the incident between him and Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards, but was adamant about not speaking publicly about the slap.As many will remember, it was at the Academy Awards that Smith slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith before presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature. Harrison said that Rock told the audience that Oprah Winfrey asked him to do a sit-down interview with her to discuss the incident, but he declined.«During the evening, he did describe that he declined an offer to go onto Oprah to do to a sit-down interview and even a Super Bowl commercial with Will Smith himself,» Harrison shared.

Chris Rock was once again asked to host the Academy Awards, following the televised and controversial slap by fellow actor Will Smith during the 2022 ceremony.The 57-year-old comedian revealed details of the offer during one of his comedy sets in Phoenix, Arizona, over the weekend. He explained to the audience that going back to hosting the Oscars would be like returning to the scene of a crime.Rock even made a reference to the 1995 murder trial of O.J.

Chris Rock, 57, has reportedly said he was asked by the Academy to host next year’s Oscars, but that he turned the opportunity down.The star discussed the apparent offer during his stand-up routine, five months after he was slapped across the face by Will Smith, 53, live on stage.Earlier this year, the King Richard actor shocked onlookers as he stormed across the stage to smack the comedian after he made a joke at the expense of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 50.While the star has since apologised, the story rocked the world of showbiz for weeks on end, with many celebrities and other famous faces offering their perspectives on the altercation.Chris told his fans at a Phoenix stand-up gig that he had since been asked to host the award show, but explained why he didn’t think it would be a good idea.The Everybody Hates Chris actor joked to his audience that returning to the award ceremony would be like returning to a crime scene, according to a report from Arizona Republic. The comedian went on to jibe that coming back to host the Hollywood awards show would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson to "go back to the restaurant".This was in reference to the events that led to Nicole’s death and the infamous OJ Simpson trial that followed.The late mother-of-two ate at LA restaurant Mezzaluna Trattoria before she was murdered that evening in her Los Angeles home at the age of 35.The joke was made with a nod to the dramatic events surrounding the slap from the beloved Independence Day actor, which shook the world of Hollywood. Rock reportedly added that he had been offered to star in a Super Bowl commercial following the incident, but turned that down as well.Express.co.uk has contacted the Academy for comment.On March 27, viewers

Oscars, but turned the opportunity after he was infamously slapped by Will Smith during this year’s ceremony.As the Arizona Republic reports, during a stand-up show in Phoenix over the weekend, Rock said he refused the invitation and joked that it would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant” she ate at on the evening she was murdered at her Los Angeles home.Rock also reportedly said that he had been offered to star in a Super Bowl commercial following the incident, but turned that down as well – and noted that Smith’s slap was physically painful. “He’s bigger than me,” Rock said of the Ali star.

Arizona Republic, the “Everybody Hates Chris” alum told the crowd that going back to the Oscars would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant” where she left her eyeglasses before she killed, in a reference to the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in the case. His rejected hosting duties would’ve come a year after Will Smith, 53, walked on stage on March 27 and slapped him at the Academy Awards for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, about looking like “G.I.

Chris Rock to be emceeing the Oscars anytime soon. According to multiple eyewitness, Rock revealed during his Sunday night show in Phoenix, that he was asked to host next year's show, but refused.As many will remember, it was at the 2022 Academy Awards that Will Smith slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith before presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature. «Chris Rock said he was asked to host next year's Academy Awards at his Sunday night show at Arizona Financial Theatre, and that he refused the offer,» the eyewitness shared. «He also noted that he was offered the chance to do a Super Bowl commercial that he also declined.»Eyewitnesses also told ET that Rock compared hosting the Oscars to returning to the scene of a crime, referencing the murder trial of O.J.

Will Smith is in improved spirits after his impassioned video apology to Chris Rock, which he posted in July.A source tells ET, that, in the wake of his apology, «Will is feeling much more confident and much more positive and less depressed.»«He was in very low spirits prior to making his public apology,» the source continues. «He feels less ashamed now and more comfortable being out and about in public again because he has and continues to do the work that needs to be done for himself, his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues, his fans, The Academy, Chris and Chris' family.»The source adds that Smith «knows he still has a lot of making up to to do and that it will all take time.» However, the 53-year-old actor is «putting in the work and that is putting him in a better state mentally.»«Will was so regretful of the situation and the situation he put his family in with all of the backlash, especially publicly. He wanted to acknowledge his wrongdoings and apologize and take accountability.