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"The View" says Will Smith needs therapy

Meanwhile, the actor's mother weighs in on her son's actions, and wife Jada Pinkett Smith calls for healing

Salon

Will Smith's friend claims slap was 'triggered by childhood trauma'

Hollywood actor Will Smith issued a grovelling apology to Chris Rock on Tuesday after walking up onto the Academy Awards stage and slapping him live on air

Daily Mirror

Will Smith and the function of a slap

Something struck me as not quite right about Smith's gesture – he missed a step in the tango of toxic masculinity

Salon

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Who was in the wrong in the Will Smith slap of Chris Rock? Let’s go to the polls

According to new polling, 3 in 5 Americans disapprove of Will Smith’s slapping of Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards after a poorly received joke about Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith. But there are some groups that think Rock was “more wrong” than Smith in the altercation at…

Los Angeles Times

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says Will Smith’s slap ‘perpetuated stereotypes’ against Black people

Abdul-Jabbar said “Smith’s tearful, self-serving (Oscar) acceptance speech” was “worse” than the slap: “The speech was about justifying his violence.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Venus Williams accidentally exposed boobs at the Oscars after Will Smith slap drama

Venus Williams, 41, appeared to try to cover her breast as her plunging neckline veered open during the dramatic night which saw actor Will Smith smack comedian Chris Rock across the face

Daily Mirror

Chris Rock sold more tour tickets after Oscars slap 'than in past month' as sales surge

Chris Rock and Will Smith have been the names on everybody's lips over an altercation at the Oscars awards ceremony over the weekend, following a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith

Daily Mirror

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Social media explodes during Oscars; TV viewership doesn't

Will Smith's violent slap of Chris Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony had no appreciable difference on the size of the ABC broadcast's television audience

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Alopecia 'strips people of their identity'

Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that affects millions of people around the world

The Independent UK

Customers react to Fashion Nova text referencing Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars: ‘Crazy for this one’

‘The Fashion Nova marketing team will stop at nothing,’ one respondent tweets

The Independent UK

Will Smith reveals Denzel Washington advised him after he hit Chris Rock at Oscars

Will Smith has revealed what Denzel Washington told him during a short ad break after his unexpected outburst when he hit Chris Rock at the Oscars. This came after he jibed at Will's wife Jada

Daily Mirror

A slap in the face of civility

Violence of all forms is destructive and should never be condoned -- a message that should be clear following "the slap" meted out by Will Smith on Oscars host Chris Rock before the King Richard star collected his first Oscar for best actor at the Academy Awards on Sunday night.

Bangkok Post

Was Chris Rock's 'GI Jane' Oscars Joke In The Script?

A new report says the joke made by Chris Rock during Sunday night’s Academy Awards that triggered Will Smith to approach the comedian during the live broadcast and slap him across the face was not scripted.

Benzinga

Slim Dunlap, Replacements Guitarist, Dies at 73

Bob 'Slim' Dunlap has died at 73; reflecting on his legacy as guitarist for The Replacements and solo artist.

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Los Angeles Times

Will Smith vs. Chris Rock through the eyes of a photographer

LOS ANGELES — Veteran Los Angeles Times photographer Myung J. Chun was on assignment at the 94th Oscars on Sunday, capturing the show with three cameras from within the projection booth at the back of the house (along with about 10 other shooters from various outlets). About two hours in,…

The Independent UK

Jim Carrey says Will Smith ‘should have been’ arrested for hitting Chris Rock at Oscars

‘I’d have announced this morning that I was suing for Will for $200m,’ actor added

USA Today Sports Media Group

Doug Baldwin: Will Smith was wrong, can’t escape accountability

Former Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin has never been wrong about anything.

The Independent UK

What was the joke Chris Rock made about Will Smith’s wife Jada at the Oscars?

Comedian looked visibly shocked as Smith told him to ‘keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth’ after the altercation

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Tribune News Service

Oscar controversy shines light on Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss with alopecia

After an eventful Oscars on Sunday night, a disease that causes hair loss is dominating conversations.

Mic

So, uh, what happened to Rudy Giuliani on Staten Island?

“All of a sudden, I feel a shot on my back ... like somebody shot me,” he said of a man patting him on the back at a Staten Island grocery store.

Asharq Al-Awsat

From Hollywood’s Illusion Factory, Some Unexpected Reality

In the minutes and hours after Will Smith accosted and slapped Chris Rock before a live audience of millions, social media platforms lit up with a breathless and emphatic hot take: Surely, multitudes insisted, the whole thing was staged. They talked of the specifics of the altercation (“Rock barely moved”).…

The Independent UK

Kayleigh McEnany claims Will Smith slap shows double standard for conservative women

Donald Trump frequently made demeaning remarks about appearance

The Independent UK

Did Chris Rock suffer the curse of the Scottish Play? ‘Macbeth’ theory gains traction on Twitter

An ancient superstition holds that saying the name of the play in a theatre – as Chris Rock did just before Will Smith’s slap – triggers a terrible curse

Evening Standard

Chris Rock ‘didn’t know’ Jada Pinkett Smith had alopecia before Oscars

The comedian and actor have ‘not spoken’ since Smith slapped him

The Independent UK

Oscars bartender shares behind-the-scenes insight into award ceremony: ‘Everybody stopped drinking after slap’

‘Nicest celebs of the night were Reba and Rami Malek’

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