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  • ‘I Am Legend’ Sequel Will Ignore the First Film’s Downbeat Ending

    The second film will also take a page from “The Last of Us,” said producer Akiva Goldsman, who’s “obsessed” with the HBO series

    By

    Sharon Knolle
    February 16, 2023 @ 5:06 PM
    Movies
    5:06 PM
    ‘I Am Legend’ Sequel Will Ignore the First Film’s Downbeat Ending
  • Motion Picture Academy President Calls Its Response to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock ‘Inadequate’

    “We learned from this,” Janet Yang noted at Monday’s Oscar Nominees Luncheon

    By

    Scott Mendelson
    February 13, 2023 @ 2:58 PM
    News
    2:58 PM
    Motion Picture Academy President Calls Its Response to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock ‘Inadequate’
  • Kimmel Worries Oscars Betting Sites Are ‘Encouraging Someone With a Gambling Problem to Slap Me’ (Video)

    Jimmy Kimmel hosts the Oscars a year after The Slap, and we know you know what we’re referring to

    By

    Joshua Vinson
    January 25, 2023 @ 6:15 AM
    6:15 AM
    Kimmel Worries Oscars Betting Sites Are ‘Encouraging Someone With a Gambling Problem to Slap Me’ (Video)
  • ‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith Slavery Saga Challenges Audiences With Grueling Cruelty

    The script focuses on the physical and spiritual brutality endured by Smith’s real-life character without addressing the man’s actual humanity

    By

    Carlos Aguilar
    December 8, 2022 @ 2:50 PM
    Movies
    2:50 PM
    ‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith Slavery Saga Challenges Audiences With Grueling Cruelty
  • How to Watch ‘Emancipation’: Is the Will Smith Drama Streaming?

    Will Smith stars as an enslaved laborer who battles treacherous conditions to reunite with his family

    By

    Loree Seitz
    December 2, 2022 @ 12:54 PM
    Movies
    12:54 PM
    How to Watch ‘Emancipation’: Is the Will Smith Drama Streaming?
  • Will Smith Tells Trevor Noah ‘I Had to Humble Down’ and Learn ‘I’m a Flawed Human’ After Oscars Slap (Video)

    “That’s not who I want to be,” Smith said.

    By

    Ross A. Lincoln
    November 28, 2022 @ 9:39 PM
    TV
    9:39 PM
    Will Smith Tells Trevor Noah ‘I Had to Humble Down’ and Learn ‘I’m a Flawed Human’ After Oscars Slap (Video)
  • Will Smith Says He Will ‘Completely Understand’ if Audiences Skip ‘Emancipation’ Over Oscars Slap

    “I would absolutely respect that and allow them their space to not be ready,” Smith said

    By

    Andi Ortiz
    November 28, 2022 @ 8:19 AM
    Movies
    8:19 AM
    Will Smith Says He Will ‘Completely Understand’ if Audiences Skip ‘Emancipation’ Over Oscars Slap
  • Will Smith Enters the Oscar Race (Again) in New ‘Emancipation’ Trailer (Video)

    Antoine Fuqua’s slave drama will debut in theaters on Dec. 2 and on Apple TV+ Dec. 9

    By

    Scott Mendelson
    November 16, 2022 @ 7:00 AM
    7:00 AM
    Will Smith Enters the Oscar Race (Again) in New ‘Emancipation’ Trailer (Video)
  • ‘Emancipation’ Director Antoine Fuqua Says Film Is ‘Bigger’ Than Will Smith’s Oscar Slap

    “Isn’t 400 years of slavery, of brutality, more important than one bad moment?” the director said

    By

    Jeremy Fuster
    November 15, 2022 @ 4:27 PM
    Movies
    4:27 PM
    ‘Emancipation’ Director Antoine Fuqua Says Film Is ‘Bigger’ Than Will Smith’s Oscar Slap
  • Universal Acquires Action-Comedy ‘Regulators’ From Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios Starring Nicky Jam

    Brooks McLaren and D.J. Cotrona are writing the script based on their own pitch

    By

    Brian Welk
    September 26, 2022 @ 9:54 AM
    Movies
    9:54 AM
    Universal Acquires Action-Comedy ‘Regulators’ From Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios Starring Nicky Jam
  • Will Smith-Produced Film ‘Brilliance’ Moves Forward at Paramount With New Director

    “Ms. Marvel” filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has been set to direct the project for Smith’s Westbrook Studios

    By

    Brian Welk
    September 20, 2022 @ 3:38 PM
    Movies
    3:38 PM
    Will Smith-Produced Film ‘Brilliance’ Moves Forward at Paramount With New Director
  • Apple May Give Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ a 2022 Release and Awards Campaign, After All (Report)

    Apple is reconsidering the film’s push to 2023 after Smith slapped Chris Rock, which could portend an Oscar run for Smith

    By

    Loree Seitz
    September 19, 2022 @ 7:21 AM
    Movies
    7:21 AM
    Apple May Give Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ a 2022 Release and Awards Campaign, After All (Report)
  • Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock Clap Back at Will Smith Over Oscars Slap

    “Will did the impression of a perfect person for 30 years… [then] showed us he was as ugly as the rest of us,” Chappelle said during a U.K. comedy gig

    By

    Sharon Knolle
    September 2, 2022 @ 2:51 PM
    Culture
    2:51 PM
    Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock Clap Back at Will Smith Over Oscars Slap
  • Chris Rock Blasted Over ‘Disgusting’ Joke Making Light of Nicole Brown Simpson’s Murder

    “Will Smith should have slapped this asshat harder,” tweeted one person about the Oscar-related quip

    By

    Sharon Knolle
    August 29, 2022 @ 6:09 PM
    Culture
    6:09 PM
    Chris Rock Blasted Over ‘Disgusting’ Joke Making Light of Nicole Brown Simpson’s Murder
  • Chris Rock Says He Turned Down Invite to Host 2023 Oscars After Will Smith Slap

    The comedian told a crowd in Phoenix that returning to the Oscars stage would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant”

    By

    Brian Welk
    August 29, 2022 @ 1:59 PM
    Movies
    1:59 PM
    Chris Rock Says He Turned Down Invite to Host 2023 Oscars After Will Smith Slap
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