It’s Barbenheimer mark two at the Golden Globes as blockbusters face off once again
Peter Bradshaw
There is also room for two really outstanding films in the shape of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things
October 2023
Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith have lived separately since 2016
Actor says she and husband – banned from Oscars after hitting Chris Rock – are not romantically together although they have not divorced
September 2023
Rustin review – Colman Domingo shines in by-the-numbers civil rights biopic
Story of Bayard Rustin, an often unsung Black queer man who fought alongside Martin Luther King, is adapted into a rousing, if creaky, drama
March 2023
Jimmy Kimmel roasts Will Smith and the Academy in Oscars monologue
Host promises if anyone commits an act of violence, ‘you’ll be given a hug, awarded best actor and allowed to make a 19-minute speech’
Chris Rock on Netflix: did his live special deliver the goods?
The streamer’s first ever live comedy special saw the star cover everything from Meghan Markle to the infamous slap
‘It still hurts’: Chris Rock speaks about Will Smith slap for first time
Comedian lays into victimhood, Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband during his new standup show, saying ‘she hurt him way more than he hurt me’
December 2022
Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Review of the year 2022 – Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
Chanté is joined by TV critic Scott Bryan and producer Yasmin Philgence to talk through the biggest pop culture moments of 2022
2022: what happened next?
‘That was a horrific night’: how Will Smith has tried to move on after the infamous Oscars slap
The actor striking comedian Chris Rock on stage is all anyone remembers about this year’s Academy Awards – and it has left its mark on both men
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 speaks to Trevor Noah about ‘bottled rage’ behind Oscars slap
Will Smith ‘completely understands’ if audiences avoid his films post Oscars slap
September 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links Kid Cudi to Serena Williams and Harley Quinn?
From horror movies to Wimbledon, where do rap star Kid Cudi’s twisty showbiz connections lead?
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’
‘Did Will Smith hurt me? He played Ali!’ – Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle live
They are arguably the two greatest US standups of their generation – and both topical for not always lovely reasons. Could this double whammy possibly live up to the hype?
August 2022
Chris Rock says he has turned down offer to host Oscars again
Sally Potter on making a film about violence with Chris Rock: ‘He is aware of what happens when a man feels humiliated’
July 2022
Chris Rock jokes about slap after Will Smith apology video
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Will Smith says he is 'deeply remorseful' for slapping Chris Rock – video
Will Smith posts emotional apology for the slap: ‘I am deeply remorseful’
Kevin Hart: Will Smith is ‘in a better space’ after Oscars slap
