“The war. What’s more opposite to music?” asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky when he appeared on the Grammys telecast via video. A raspy-voiced Zelensky went on to an extended explanation of how war silences music and music can end war. Deadline hears the segment was taped in a bunker two days ago and bounced around to various points to […]
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A handler for Mel Gibson ended an interview the actor was doing with Jesse Watters after the host asked about The Slap at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Specifically, he asked Gibson if he’d be treated the same way as Will Smith was after he hit Chris Rock for making a bald joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Will Smith was allowed to stay for […]
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After consoling Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, Denzel Washington has now spoken publicly about what happened at last Sunday’s awards show. Washington attended author and bishop T.D. Jakes’ leadership summit on Saturday morning for a discussion about his career and faith when Jakes asked him about what happened between Smith and Rock at the Oscars. “Well, […]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United States to send more arms to the country amid its ongoing efforts to fend off Russia’s invasion. In an exclusive interview aired on Friday’s Special Report, with Bret Baier, Zelensky stated through an interpreter, “Our military, our people, our soldiers are stronger than the Russian Federation. But they have a lot more weapons.” […]
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Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday’s Oscars telecast, has instead resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The move comes as the actor is embroiled in the gravest crisis of his career and as the organization behind the Academy Awards has struggled in its attempts to deal with the […]
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Broadway will maintain its mask and vaccine requirements through April 30, the Broadway League announced today. The organization, which represents the owners and operators of the 41 Broadway venues, will meet again on April 15 to determine whether to continue Broadway’s Covid protocols after April 30. The April 30 date coincides with the end of the current 2021-22 Broadway […]
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Andrew Sullivan slammed Jon Stewart on Friday after his appearance on the comedian’s show earlier in the week. Sullivan appeared on the show with Stewart and two other guests, one of whom was a woman named Lisa Bond. Bond is a “Resident White Woman” at a group called Race2Dinner, which – and this is real – dines at the […]
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Gillian Anderson knows that “The X-Files” fans would love to see more of FBI agent Dana Scully. That doesn’t mean she’s interested in taking it on again. When she joined the original Fox series, which aired from 1993 to 2002, she was excited to take on the obscure role that was different from “pretty much everything […]
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The White House press corps confronted Jen Psaki over a report Friday that she is in exclusive negotiations to join MSNBC as a host on the network. When asked if the report is accurate by CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe, Psaki said, “I have nothing to confirm about my length of public service or planned service or planned service or anything […]
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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes accused critics of Disney’s decision to oppose Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill of waging a “war against gay people.” The law forbids teachers from speaking about sexual orientation or gender identity to students from kindergarten to third grade. Critics have labelled it the “Don’t Say Gay” law, arguing it marginalizes gay and transgender […]
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Oscars producer Will Packer has addressed Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the ceremony on Sunday night. In a preview clip of Packer’s upcoming interview on “Good Morning America” with T.J. Holmes, he revealed that the Los Angeles Police Department was on the scene on Sunday night and ready to arrest Smith if Rock wanted to press charges. “They were […]
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Taraji P. Henson was among those appointed to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Also named to the board was NBA star Chris Paul. The members of the board work to to “increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest-quality education to its students and continue serving as engines of […]
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has claimed that it asked Will Smith to leave Sunday’s Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock. However, sources close to the situation are refuting that the actor was ever formally urged to leave the show. It appears that in the chaos that surrounded the altercation, the Academy and the show’s producer […]
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Both “The Rookie” and “The Good Doctor” have been renewed at ABC. For “The Rookie,” that means the show will go to a fifth season, while “The Good Doctor” will be back for a sixth. “The Rookie” currently airs Sundays on ABC with “The Good Doctor” airing on Mondays. The renewals come as ABC is also […]
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Former President Donald Trump’s social media app isn’t getting off to the start he may have envisioned. Despite Trump’s overwhelming support from far-right voters, the former president’s new social media platform Gettr, according to TheWrap, has only managed to get 1.2 millman downloads. When the app was made public on President’s Day, it quickly reached 800,000 downloads. […]
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Days after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars telecast, the Board of Governors held an emergency meeting to discuss the best actor winner’s consequences. He faces “suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted.” The statement coming from the Academy is highly damning, citing the standards of conduct and Smith’s violations of “inappropriate physical contact, abusive or threatening behavior, and […]
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Oscars co-host Wanda Sykes says she’s “still traumatized” by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage and is disappointed by how the show handled the incident, as well as the industry’s reaction in the audience. “I just felt so awful for my friend Chris. And it was sickening, absolutely sickening,” Sykes tells Ellen DeGeneres in a clip from her visit to The Ellen DeGeneres […]
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Hollywood is rallying behind Bruce Willis after the actor’s family announced on Wednesday that he will be stepping away from acting after being diagnosed with the cognitive brain disorder aphasia. “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been […]
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Kelly Clarkson has finalized her name change and will now be legally known as Kelly Brianne. A California judge granted the talk show host, 39, her new moniker, according to court documents obtained by Page Six. “There being no objections, the petition for change of name is granted,” the docs read. “The Decree is signed […]
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Gina Rodriguez is returning to broadcast television. The Jane the Virgin grad will lead the cast of ABC comedy pilot Not Dead Yet, the single-camera comedy from This Is Us scribes Casey Johnson and David Windsor. Not Dead Yet revolves around Nell Stevens (Rodriguez), a broke, newly single and self-described disaster who restarts the life and career she left behind a decade ago. […]
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Will Smith has issued an apology after slapping Chris Rock on the Oscars stage Sunday night. “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear […]
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Apple made history by nabbing Hollywood’s most coveted honor, as “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Apple Original Films’ “CODA,” which has a predominantly Deaf cast, marks the first time a streaming service has won the best picture Oscar — with Apple TV Plus beating rival Netflix to the punch. “CODA” took the […]
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Movie’s biggest night lured Hollywood’s brightest stars to the red carpet on Sunday. Jessica Chastain, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lily James, Tracee Ellis Ross, along with co-host Wanda Sykes and co-producer Will Packer, were among the first stars to arrive at the Oscars, the 94th annual awards show honoring the year’s best films. In an Oscars-first, the Academy Awards will have three hosts […]
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Chris Wallace spent nearly two decades at Fox News before shifting to the new streaming service, CNN+. In an interview with the New York Times on Sunday, Wallace gave what is believed to be his first public statements on the reason he left his longtime media home. Wallace claimed Fox News shifted in the months following Donald Trump’s […]
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Just when you think Ted Cruz couldn’t make a bigger ass out of himself, there he is—jetting off to Cancun while his constituents freeze to death. But even by Ted’s standards, this has been a doozy of a week. It started off with him going full Karen on an airline employee at a Montana airport when the Texas senator was […]
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