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Emmys Host Kenan Thompson Predicts Conflict-Free Ceremony

Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson and the ceremony’s producers are predicting a conflict-free zone, unlike the Oscars show that was marred by an on-stage slap. Thompson said the confrontation last March in which Will Smith attacked presenter Chris Rock over a joke directed at Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, was…

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Emmys host Kenan Thompson predicts conflict-free ceremony

Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson and the show’s producers are predicting a conflict-free zone

The Independent UK

Chris Rock breaks silence on Will Smith’s ‘hostage’ apology video

The comedian addressed Will Smith’s apology for the Oscars slap during his gig in London

Evening Standard

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First Thing: Judge grants Trump’s request for special master over Mar-a-Lago raid

Federal court accepts ex-president’s call for official to set aside materials potentially subject to privilege protections. Plus, Chris Rock on Will Smith’s apology video

The Guardian - UK

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’

The Guardian - UK

‘F*** your hostage video’: Chris Rock issues sweary response to Will Smith’s filmed apology

In the clip, Smith told comedian: ‘I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk’

The Independent UK

Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle at the O2 review: lively, unique but ultimately flawed

Moving on from controversy with a brief UK sojourn

Evening Standard

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Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle discuss how Will Smith broke his 'perfect' image

Chris's jaw met Will's palm during a hugely controversial moment at the 2022 Academy Awards back in March after the comedian joked about the Hollywood actor's wife

Daily Mirror

Taylor Hawkins tribute concert: Who's performing and how to watch show live

The show is taking place on Saturday with a packed out line-up of rock and roll stars paying tribute to the Foo Fighters drummer

Manchester Evening News

‘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?

The Guardian - UK

Fall Entertainment Guide 2022: Plenty of laughs in store on Chicago’s comedy stages

Big names including Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and Kevin James will be performing at the area’s clubs, theaters and arenas.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chris Rock ‘turned down’ tell-all Oprah chat about Will Smith slap

Chris Rock is said to have turned down a chat with Oprah Winfrey following the infamous Oscar slap drama.

Evening Standard

Need To Know: what’s on this week in London 2 September - From Chris Rock to Taylor Hawkins tribute concert

Get the lowdown on Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, hear Chris Rock’s take on that slap and sample Wole Lagunju’s colourful works

Evening Standard

Chris Rock: Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister calls comedian’s joke about murder ‘horrible’ and ‘distasteful’

‘There are families behind this tragedy,’ she said

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Daily Mirror

Chris Rock 'turns down tell-all Oprah interview' after Oscars slap

Comedian Chris Rock reportedly claimed he turned down the chance to sit down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars this year

Evening Standard

Chris Rock criticised for ‘tasteless’ joke comparing Will Smith slap to Nicole Brown Simpson murder

The 57-year-old comedian reportedly made the quip during a stand-up show in Arizona when he revealed he had turned down an offer to host next year’s Academy Awards

The Independent UK

Chris Rock criticised for comparing Will Smith slap to Nicole Brown Simpson murder: ‘Truly tasteless’

Rock told his audience that returning to the award ceremony would be like asking Brown Simpson ‘to go back to the restaurant’

The Independent UK

‘Truly tasteless’: Chris Rock criticised for comparing Will Smith slap to Nicole Brown Simpson murder

Rock told his audience that returning to the award ceremony would be like asking Brown Simpson ‘to go back to the restaurant’

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Evening Standard

Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle at the O2 Arena in London: when and how to get tickets

This will be the first time the two comedians perform together

Evening Standard

Chris Rock ‘turned down offer to host the 2023 Oscars’ after Will Smith slap

The comedian is said to have compared returning to the Oscars to revisiting a crime scene

The Guardian - UK

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

Irish Mirror

Chris Rock turns down offer to host next year's Oscars after Will Smith slap controversy

He jibed how going back to the biggest night in Hollywood would be like asking Nicole Brown Simpson “to go back to the restaurant,” referencing the events that led to her death and the subsequent OJ Simpson murder trial.

Daily Mirror

Chris Rock 'turned down' hosting the Oscars next year after Will Smith slap

Comedian Chris Rock is said to have made a joke about being offered to host next year's Oscars during a gig in Phoenix, Arizona

The Independent UK

Chris Rock says he declined offer to host Oscars next year after Will Smith slap

Rock said returning to the Oscars would be like Nicole Brown Simpson going ‘back to the restaurant’ where she left her glasses the night she was killed

Los Angeles Times

Months after that slap, Chris Rock says he turned down hosting the Oscars next year

LOS ANGELES — Five months after Will Smith slapped him onstage at the Academy Awards, stunning millions watching around the world, Chris Rock delivered another sort of slap back at the Oscars.

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