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HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 - Caught on Camera

Everything that's happened in the Will Smith v Chris Rock saga today

It all began with a joke

Wales Online

Will Smith: can his career survive – or is the Fresh Prince finished?

For three bravado-filled decades, he was box office dynamite, pulling in $9 billion. How will the star now win back the public’s esteem – and keep Hollywood onside?

The Guardian - UK

Will Smith’s Oscar night slap shocks and divides celeb audience

Actor Will Smith walked on stage and struck comedian Chris Rock after a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

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The story of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s unconventional relationship

From extra-marital ‘entanglements’ to separate lives, Amy Francombe charts the power couple’s rollercoaster relationship

Evening Standard

Talking Point: What do you think about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock?

Actor Will Smith made sure that everyone would only be talking about one thing post-Oscars ceremony when he marched up to the stage and hit Chris Rock after the comedian had made a joke about his wife’s haircut, with Jada Pinkett Smith having previously spoken about her struggles with alopecia.…

Evening Standard

Who is Jada Pinkett Smith and why does she shave her head?

People all over the world have been talking about last night's Oscars ceremony after Jada's husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a GI Jane jibe about her buzzcut.

Daily Record

Will Smith gets jiggy on dance floor after shocking Oscars

Will Smith danced with glee at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, waving his best actor Oscar in the air and rapping along to his own songs with wife Jada Pinkett Smith at his side

The Independent UK

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Picture shows moment shocked Hollywood stars watched Will Smith hit Chris Rock

Taika Waititi's face says it all as table with GI Joe and People v OJ stars react to incident

Wales Online

Inside the marriage of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith

The drama at last night's Oscars got everyone talking after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock live on stage for joking about wife Jada Pinkett Smith, but this isn't the first time the Hollywood couple's marriage has been in the spotlight...

Daily Record

Jaden Smith backs dad Will after he hits Chris Rock at the Oscars over joke about Jada

Jaden Smith took to Twitter as his dad Will caused a storm by hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night

Chronicle Live

Will Smith hits Chris Rock on stage at Oscars after he made joke about Jada Pinkett Smith

The drama unfolded when Chris joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's buzzcut, quipping: "Jada, can't wait for GI Jane 2."

Daily Record

Call for Will Smith to be sanctioned: Hollywood stars react to assault

"The ‘vessels of love’ I have known or admired never acted violently against another human being…"

Wales Online

Will Smith son Jaden defends dad's Chris Rock smack after comic insulted his mum

Jaden Smith, 23, aid he was overcome with emotion when Will, 53, spoke of "protecting my family" as he accepted the award for King Richard after the on-stage smack

Daily Mirror

Oscars 2022: Celebrities react to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars

Stars described it as the ‘ugliest moment’ in the ceremony’s history

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - US

‘Violence isn’t OK’: Hollywood reacts to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock

Reactions from in and around the industry to the most talked-about moment of the Oscars ranged from delight in the mess to concern

The Independent UK

Jaden Smith responds after Will Smith hits Chris Rock at the Oscars

In the most shocking moment of the night, Smith struck Rock across on the face on stage

The New Daily

What just happened? Will Smith sensationally ‘slaps’ Chris Rock, leaving audience stunned

At the pointy end of the Oscars ceremony inside the Dolby auditorium on Monday, an on-stage "slap" between two of Hollywood's biggest stars has left the

Daily Mirror

Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage at Oscars after Jada Pinkett Smith joke

Will Smith smacked comedian Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars on Sunday night with the audience going quiet in shock. The incident occurred before the actor won his first ever Academy Award for his role in King Richard

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The Guardian - UK

Oscars 2022: Will Smith not facing charges for slapping Chris Rock, says LAPD, as Academy releases statement – as it happened

Family drama Coda won best picture at a ceremony that was overshadowed by Will Smith attacking Chris Rock

Mic

Donald Glover interviewed Donald Glover

And … it was actually pretty good?

Evening Standard

Jaden Smith: I could feel I was famous before I could even speak

Jaden Smith has said he was aware of the pressures of fame before he could even speak.

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