Oscar-winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi: ‘The world is full of mystery and absurdity’
After being catapulted to the big time with Drive My Car, the director’s next film Evil Does Not Exist has helped him escape the pressure of his success – and is designed to retain an air of the unknown
September 2023
Sean Penn: Will Smith slap wouldn’t have happened if Oscars had let Zelenskiy speak
The actor, whose documentary Superpower is about Ukraine’s president, spoke in an interview about Smith’s ‘worst moment as a person’
December 2022
Video of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars tops YouTube chart
Guardian clip which attracted more than 103m views and 1.5m likes was highest trending in UK this year
November 2022
Will Smith ‘completely understands’ if audiences avoid his films post Oscars slap
Actor says he hopes his actions won’t ‘penalize’ the work of others on Emancipation, his first film since he attacked Chris Rock on stage
September 2022
Chris Rock: Will Smith public apology was ‘a hostage video’
In his first at-length comments on the slap, Rock tells an audience in Liverpool that Smith had impersonated ‘a perfect man for 30 years’ before revealing he was ‘just as ugly as the rest of us’
August 2022
Chris Rock says he has turned down offer to host Oscars again
During a standup set Rock said that to return after Will Smith attacked him at this year’s awards would be like returning to the scene of a crime
July 2022
Will Smith says he is 'deeply remorseful' for slapping Chris Rock – video
Kevin Hart: Will Smith is ‘in a better space’ after Oscars slap
June 2022
Samuel L Jackson criticises Oscars for sidelining Poitier and losing mystique
Jada Pinkett Smith hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock will ‘reconcile’ after Oscars slap
May 2022
Chris Rock in a hard place: will he make comedy gold out of Will Smith’s slap?
Brian Logan
As his hotly anticipated tour arrives in the UK, audiences are wondering whether Rock will share some freshly minted material on the Oscars bust-up
April 2022
Liza Minnelli was ‘sabotaged’ at Oscars and ‘forced’ to appear in wheelchair, claims friend
Director Laura Wandel: ‘The brutality of the playground is conveyed through noise’
What’s the real reason why Black celebs are still so angry with Will Smith?
Tayo Bero
Belfast’s Jude Hill: ‘All the celebrities at the Oscars, they were shaking with nerves!’
Amy Schumer: I received death threats after Oscars seat-filler joke
Will Smith banned from Oscars for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock
Jay-Z and Beyoncé crossing a picket line to party shows how shallow celebrity activism really is
Emma Dabiri
Will Smith projects reportedly stalled or under threat after Oscars slap
Will Smith resigns from Academy, saying he betrayed its trust
